The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-30

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the encampment.
VI Field and staf officers are re-
| quired to provide themselves s.Wirn
mounts. It is suggested that Mr..
Joseph Usina, of st. Augustine, Flor
| ida, may be able to furnish mounts;
| but each officer must make his own
contract for his mount
VII. The troops will go into camp
armed and equipped as provided In
paragraphs 81 and 81 of general roders
| No. %, current series, general head
quarters, national guard of Florida
VIII. No ammunition of any char
acter will be taken into camp by any
one, except the ordnance officer of the
brigade, and company commanders are
enjoined to take such action sa may De
necessary to prevent any soldier OF
their command bringing ammunition
into camp. The ordnance officer OF
the brigade viii make a requisition for
such an amount of bah and blank am
munition, to be delivered to him at the
state camp grounds, as he estimates
will be required to carry out the pro-
gram of target practice and problems
prescribed by the brigade commander.
TX Officers will take with them all
books and records of their commands.
together with last retained copies OF
all reports, files of orders. etc, all OF
which should be taken in the field
desk. The regimental commanders Will
cause the last muster roll of each COM
pany to be sent to brigade headquar-
tiers as soon as practicable after ar
rival of the troops at the grounds.
x. Garrison rations win be issued
in two periods for three days. from
September 19, 1911. to September 81,
1911, Inclusive, and for five days. from
September %, 1911, to September 26,
1911, inclusive. Candles, soap, matches
and toilet paper are authorized to be
- A..
regiments will issue the necessary or
ders to provide for the prompt making
out and handing In of ration returns
for these periods in order to insure the
prompt issuance of rations. The reg-
mental commissaries will make timely
acquisitions upon the brigade commits =
sarv and the brigade commissary will
likewise make timely acquisitions upon
the acting commissary general of the
state of Florida, for the supplies for
the troops with which they serve.
These acquisitions will be approved by
their respective commanding officers
and forwarded through military chan
nels.
XXI. Thtre win be no general mess
for officers. as has heretofore been the
custom and practice. The regimental
commanders will control the messing
for the officers in their commands, and
may authorize company officers to have
their meals sent up to their tents from
the company mess. provided they pay
reasonable compensation therefor to the
company fund.
BY command. Of Brigadier General
Maxwell:
SAMUEL A. RAWLS,
Major and Adiutant General.
General Orders No. 4.
Headquarters, First Brigade, Ma.
tional Guard of Florida, Jacksonville,
Florida, August g. 1911.
I. The brigade camp of instruction
of the infantry of the national guard
OF Florida, about to be held at the
state camps ground, at, Black Point,
near Jacksonville. Florida, is hereby
named and designated, and will be Of
ficially known during the period of this
encampment as Camp Fleming" The
kaHhp is so named in honor of Hon
Francis P. Fleming, deceased, who illu-
minated the pages of the history of
Florida by his services as a soldier
during the war between the states,
and who served his state faithfully and
we'll afterwards as one of her citizen
COMMUNICATIVE chief of the militia of
the state.
II. The postoff1ce address of the
camp will be Camp Fleming. Jackson
vile, Florida and all mail for the Of
ficers and men Of the First brigade,
national guard Of Florida, shoulds be SO
addressed during the encampment.
The address should also state the com
pany and regiment to which the adj
dressee belongs.
III The following program OF drill
and field exercises will be carried out
during the encampment:
September 10, 1911-Battalion drill
in close order. Regimental dress pa
rade-Second infantry.
September 20, 1911-Regiment drill
in close order; brigade drill in close
order. Regimental dress parade-First
infantry.
lens. company acting alone. Regimen
tai dress parade-Second infantry.
September %, 1s11-Tactical prob
lens, regiment acting alone. Regf
mental dress parade-Second infantry.
September "a, 1911-Routine camp
duties; open air church services in
each regiment. Brigade dress parade,
and review by the commander-in-ch chief
Of the national guard of Florida.
September 20. 1911-Ffeld fpspec-
ton; muster of troops. Regimental
dress parade-First infantry.
September 26, 1911-Will be an
nounced later.
". Oficers' and non commissioned
officers schools will be held in the af-
ternoons. These schools are intended
to take up the work planned for the
next day, and to review and discuss
the work of the morning. The regi-
mental commanders will prescribe
whether these schools are to be held
by each company. each battalion, or
as a regimental school.
". Target practice for officers and
enlisted men will be held in the after
moons. Announcement will be made
later as to the details for conducting
this feature of the scheme of instrdc-
ton.
BY command Of Brigahier General
Maxwell:
SAMUEL A. RAWLS,
Major and Adfutant General