Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-06-06
CAMPS For GUARDS
coresay viii Go To Hunting
ton From June 5fh to June

BY order Of the governor Adjutan
General ". s. Burlew has issued from
his office General Order No. II, wiricl
loutlines that camps OF instruction Of
rife practice will be established a
Anthem, Kingwood, Huntington an,
Rayenswood and near Weston. Alst
that they will be open June 5th ans
continue until July 10th, or as long a.
necessary to give each company three
days practice provided for in the
order
Assignment of Companies.
Companies are assigned to ranges
as follows:
To Kingwood range, Companies G
Fl. |, X, l. and NJ, First Infantry.
To range near Weston, companies
A and B, First Infantry and company
A, Second Infantry.
To Anthem range, companies G and
D, First Infantry
To Rayenswood range, companies B.
d, e and L. Second Infantry.
To Huntington range, companies G,
f, G, Fl, I, K, and NJ, Second Infantry.
The commanding General First
Brigade will detail an officer to com
mand each camp and will also assign
to each quartermaster and commits
sary and medical officer. The camp
commander and quartermaster and
commissary should both proceed to
the designated ange by the date set
for opening of the camp and have all
in readiness for the arrival of the
first company which should be on the
morning of June Sth Companies will
proceed to the designated range in
such order as will be most convenient
for all concerned but there should not
be any internission between the de-
parture of one company and the ar
rival of the next. The commanding
5fficer of each camp should arrange
for the date of arrival of each COM
pany assigned to his range.
Tenting, cots, buckets and wash
basins will be furnished by the quar-
termaster department. Subsistence
should not exceed Csc per day for
each enlisted man and each camp
commander will arrange for messing
the officers.
Payment will be- Rade at United
States Army rates under act of Nav
IL, 1908. In addition to government
payrolls which will be made out as
later directed, state payrolls will be
made out and signed in duplicate
and if it is found later that funds
will be available, enlisted men will
be paid the difference between the
and the state rate.
Field and staff officers will accom-
pany one of the companies nearest to
their station to the range designated
for qualification with both rifle and
pistol. Allowance of pistol anmu-
milton Is fixed at 1870 rounds for each
officer. For all, pistol practice target
A" will be used.
Each company will leave its home
station so as to arrive at the desig-
mated range as soon as possible on
the morning of the first day, and will
lava On tho avar,iy~o of +rx- tpsur D.,
For this duty transportation requests
marked For promotion of Rifle Prac-
tice" will be used and the names of
all officers and men transported will.
be written ON slip and attached to
the backs of both original and lup1i-
cate of the request.
To Have Full Equipment.
Each enlisted man viii be provid-
ed with cauteen, mess Kit complete.
poncho, and the necessary toilet ar
ticles. Khaki service uniforms will
be worn.
In order that the time of each COM
pany may be devoted to uninterrupt-
ed practice, the hiring of pitman and
markers at not to exceed $3.50 per
day is authorized. These should be
in charge of non-cOmmissioned
officer who should also attend to the
telephone at the pit.
The commanding General, First
Brigade, is chai eed with the execu-
ton of the details of this order.
Per diem travel and subsistence
enjoined are necessary in the public