Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08
A General View of Auckland.

they are put away. Company and other
organization commanders will make rigid
inspections both before the troops start
for Washington and at the armories.
The acting Quartermaster general will
make necessary arrangements to have
khaki uniforms. blue shirts and cham
bray shirts belonging to the brigade
laundered.
The regular schedule of drill assem-
blies for the period from Monday. August
10, to Friday, August IA. will be carried
out. Regimental. battalion and company
and other organization commanders will
make rigid inspection of all arms, equip
ments and clothing and see that all are
in proper condition for storing until Oc-
tober drills begin.
officers Of the LIST Battery Field Artillery.
Signal Corps and Ambulance Corps. Chief
Musician Mcleod and Principal Musician
Rabbit are to make written report inn
mediately to headquarters of the result
of their inspections. Enlisted men will
not be required to wear uniform at these
drills. All soiled khaki uniforms and
blue and chambray shirts are to be taken
to armories on the evenings mentioned.
They will be made up in bundles in COM
panies and each bundle tagged with let
ter of company and number of regiment
and contents of bundles. These bundles
will be turned over to battalion quarter
masters and commanders of separate or
ganiza tons, who will keep record of con-
tents and make arrangements to have
them turned over to the acting quarter
master general to be laundered.
Suspension Of Drills.
After Sunday, August 16, drills will be
suspended until October drills begin. ex-
cept that any regimental or separate or
ganization commanders WILL where neces-
sary, continue drills on regular drill
nights until the requirements set forth
are carried out.
Col Charles H. Ourand 1st Regiment,
will make complete inspection of the
battery and it's equipment at its arInory
at 0 o'clock am. August 16, and will
make written report of inspection to head
quarters.
Second Lieut.. George c. Weireich.
Company G. I'd Regiment. will be in COM
mand of the Signal Corps during the alb
sence of First Lieut.. Charles NJ. Putnam,
Signal Corps, at Camp Perry. Ohio. He
will receipt for property and will take
necessary measures to pack securely
signal property and see that 1t is properly
stored in Center Market armory, WASH
ington. Two Signal Corps men will ac-
Forts Washington and Hunt to Center
Market armOry.
To Inspect Signal Apparatus.
Col. Ourand will make a complete in
spection of Signal Corps property at 2
DIN
ten report to headquarters.
Capt Francis j. Woodman. surgeon. I'd
Regiment. will make inspection of prop
erty of the Ambulance Corps at o'clock
pm. Thursday. August ID. at Center
Market armory and will make written
report to headquarters.
Commanding officers of the list Regi
ment. I'd Regiment, LIST Separate Battal
ion. list Battery Field Artillery Signal
Corps Ambulance Corps. Band and Field
Music. are called on to submit to brigade
headquarters by noon Monday next. the
following data:
Total commissioned strength, July %
showing separately, strength for each
headquarters and for each company.
Average commissioned strength present
in camp from July Is to August q. incu-
sive. showing separately average strength
lot each headquarters and for each COM
pany. Total enlisted strength July %.
showing separately strength for each
headquarters and for each company.
Average enlisted strength present in
camp from July 26 to August o, inclu-
sive. showing. separately. average strength
for each headquarters and for each COM
pany. Names of absent officers and cause
of absence. Any changes in commission
ed or enlisted strength during camp. with
names of persons concerned, causes of
change and number of order in each case.
Time of Return Movement.
1t cannot be definitely stated just when
the steamer Jane Moseley, transporting
the majority of the guardsmen, will reach
Washington 1t is hoped to have the
steamer in readiness with the troops
aboard by or 3 O'Clock. The trip up
stream will consume about one hour.
General Harries will remain here until
the troops and all National Guard prop
erty are off the reservation. The COM
mandng general intends to return to the
city, with his staff, aboard the Oneida
starting at l o'clock and reaching the
naval battalion dock at o'clock.
c. F. c.