Evening journal., 1913-07-18
WEEK IN
CAMP FOR
GOVERNOR
Commander in Chief Of @. M. D.
Will Meet Men in Field
Duty
TENTS UP ON RIFLE
kASGE FARM TUMURR0W

Governor Charles X. Miller, comman
der n-chlef OF the Organized Militia Of
Delaware, viii establish permanent mead
quarters at Camp Macdonough, which
viii open on the State rlne range, be-
low New Castle tomorrow morning, to
continue one week. In anticipation o.
a large crowd at the camp, GONelnor
Miller today issued invitations to his
friends to visit him While ia the camp
and the precedent established by ~
mer Governor lea, Of having headQuar-
tres With the citizen soldiers at their
encampment will be followed out.
The biz day of the week Will be
Thursday, governors day, and as this
date has always been featured by re-
ception at general headquarters BY the
governor, the reception this year will be
as elaborate Is ever.
Members Of Companies A, G, u and +,
together with tho hospital staff and the
First Infantry Band, will assemble at
the Armory at $50 O'Clock tomorrow
morning After forming IN line and
headed by the general staff with Col
onel Theodore Townsend IN command,
the companies will march 70 Front and
Market streets and take special cars tor
the rife range.
The local companies will not be the
FIRST to arrive on the grounds however
as Company l.. OF Newark. viii march
from Newark early tomorrow morning
rhe Newark troops will be accompanied
/ by a hospital detachment. Members o.
Company II. of New Castle, also will
march to site. they being but a few
miles away
The down-state troopers VIII come to
State Road by train and march to tne
camp site
On arrival at the camp the soldiers
will get busy at once erecting tents
and the drst work Of the day in the
order OF camp life VIII be at 23f
o'clock when company drill will he held
/ The orders for the remainder of the
day. together with those for Sunday
I follow:
Practice of drills not taken during
srmory period Of instruction; 4.l5 p
IN, guard mount; 6.30 p M. regimental
parade
sunday, July 2o--o a. M, Deyine ser
vice: Lila p. m, guard mount; $50 P
m. escort OF .he color
( Yesterday was a busy day at the
rifle range Colonel Weller E. Stover,
ichief quartermaster Of the o. NJ. D.,
accompanied BY a detail of twenty
men spent the day at the camp site
/ The men were busy all day getting the
canvas out Of the storehouse and
despite the rain when nightfall came
the tents Of the general headquarters
the cook tents. and shelter tents had
been erected
When the regiment arrives tomor
row morning everything viii be II
readiness for the men. All they vii
have to do will be to erect their owl
tents.
The men will 60 into camp tomor
lrow equipped only with absolute es
lsentials such as they would have tC
carry along were they going into ac-
Itual warfare. The only thing neces.
sary to the camp would be ammuni-
ltion and more medical supplies.
During the encampment the VIII
mington and Philadelphia Traction
Company viii operate through car.
from Fourth and Market streets
direct to the camp grounds on tht
following schedule.
Beginning each day at 1890 p. m
and hourly thereafter. excepting
Sunday the goth and Thursday tht
path, beginning at 9.15 a. m. anC
every thirty minutes thereafter
The Wilmington Southern Traction
Company's through cars will leave
Front and Market streets each day or
the even hour. excepting sunday thu
goth and Thursday the oath. wher
they will leave on the hour and hal
hour
The fare over each line will be th'
same, free transfers being issuel
only at Fourth and Market sstreet
between the lines of the Wilmingtol
and Philadelphia Traction Company