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ANNUAL REPORT
ADJUTANT GENERAL
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
YEAR 1906
RALEIGH
E. M. Uzzell & Co., State Printers and Binders
1906
CONTENTS.
1. Report Adjutant General.
Report of Inspections.
2. Report Quartermaster General.
3. Report Surgeon General.
4. Report Paymaster General.
5. Report Chief of Engineers.
6. Report Inspector Small Arms Practice.
7. Report Commander First Brigade.
8. Report Commander Naval Brigade.
9. Report Commander First Infantry.
10. Report Commander Second Infantry.
11. Report Commander Third Infantry.
12. Report Special Service Salisbury.
13. General Orders Issued.
14. Special Orders Issued.
15. Register Military Forces.
ANNUAL REPORT
ADJUTANT GENERAL.
State of North Carolina,
Office Adjutant General,
Raleigh, December 31, 1906.
The Governor and Commander in Chief:
Sir :—I have the honor to submit my annual report for
1906, in which are included reports of heads of departments
and brigade and regimental commanders, which I commend
to your careful attention. So far as discipline and efficiency
are concerned, the several units composing the National
Guard of North Carolina are in fine shape. The arms and
equipment issued to the various organizations are ample in
quantity, and are of the best pattern at present issued to the
militia. Generally speaking, the uniforms are serviceable,
bur in some cases the clothing outfit is not sufficient either
as to quantity or quality. From reports occasionally received
at this office a few companies in the land forces are in need
of additional clothing, which it is hoped can be supplied in
time for the spring inspection. Judging from personal ob-servation,
and from my own knowledge of the Guard, I have
no reason to doubt that both officers and men are of material
from which good soldiers can be made, their capacity for
work and service of course depending on their own efforts.
I think it safe to say that the Guard has made considerable
advancement during the past year, and I am encouraged to
believe that as the days go by still further improvement will
be seen. Indeed, I am free to say that the State has an excel-lent
body of citizen-soldiers ready and willing at all times to
answer calls to suppress riots and disorders, and assist in
upholding the law.
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The present strength of the organized militia, both land
and naval forces, is 2,143 officers and men. The land forces
arc organized into a brigade composed of three regiments of
infantry, of twelve companies each ; one battery of field artil-lery,
and one hospital corps of three detachments, the whole
aggregating 107 officers and 1,802 enlisted men, in which
are embraced forty-three officers of the General Staff.
The Naval Militia consists of three divisions, with a total
of 20 officers and 121 enlisted men.
During the year the band of the Second Infantry at Tar-boro
was mustered ont of service, and a new band for that
regiment organized and mustered in at Kinston. A new divis-ion
of Naval Militia was accepted and mustered in at Wind-sor
in July, with the required complement of officers and
men. The infantry regiments have their full quota of com-panies,
and there are now no vacancies in that branch of the
service. There are at present but three divisions of Naval
Reserves, less than one-half of the number allowed by law.
Efforts, however, are being made to increase this number
to at least six, which will probably prove effectual in time
for next summer's work.
As you are aware, the First and Second Infantry, and
First Battery Field Artillery, were encamped for ten days the
past summer at Camp Glenn, near Morehead City. Having
attended both encampments, I am glad to bear testimony to
the fact that the troops named did their work on the whole in
a very satisfactory way. As the new camp ground had not
yet been properly prepared, some serious inconveniences were
suffered by the troops, but in spite of this both officers and
men performed their duties well.
It was to be regretted that only one regiment was able to
engage in target-practice at camp; but under existing cir-cumstances,
and through the fault of nobody at all, the omis-sion
was unavoidable.
All the reports received of the tour of duty of the Third
Infantry at Chickamauga, Ga., while participating in field
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manoeuvers with troops of the Regular Army, during the
month of August, indicated that North Carolina's contingent
reflected greal credit upon the State I have learned, both
from official and unofficial sources, that Colonel Craig and
his men made a splendid impression upon those with whom
they were associated in the manoeuvers, and I have also been
told that the regiment compared most favorably with, and
for the most part surpassed in soldierly conduct, discipline,
and field work, the militia from the other States. In this
connection I urgently recommend that advantage be taken
of every opportunity in the future to send our Guard to
engage in similar manoeuvers.
The cruise that the men of the Naval Militia were per-mitted
to take in July resulted in decided benefit to that
organization, and I trust that more work of a like kind will
be put upon our "Navy" the coming summer. If it is pos-sible
to do so, the Naval Militia ought to be afforded equal
facilities with the land forces for practical work, and I favor
as liberal appropriations for that branch of our organized
forces as the law-making branch of the government may feel
justified in making.
It is a matter of congratulation that the new rifle-range at
Camp Glenn will soon be completed. It is unnecessary to
discuss the importance of frequent target-practice. A soldier
who can't shoot effectively has no place in our military
establishment, and is practically of no use at all to the State
or to the General Government. In the event that you should
determine to again encamp the troops at Camp Glenn, I
recommend that all ceremonies lie eliminated from the daily
routine of camp, and that every minute of time available for
work be employed on the rifle-range, and that every officer
and man in camp be required to practice on the range so as
to make the scores provided by regulations. Our State has
not heretofore done its duty in this respect, on account of
difficulties that could not veil be surmounted, but we will
have no excuse for this neglect in the future, and we must
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certainly do our best to make amends for our shortcomings
in the past. The President of the United States considers
this matter of target-practice so important and essential that
he called especial attention to it at the meeting of the Inter-state
National Guard Association held in Washington last
January, and the Secretary of War, both personally and offi-cially,
avails himself of every opportunity to impress upon
National Guard officers the urgent need of such continuous
practice as will make our soldiers good marksmen.
Colonel McGhee, State Inspector of Small Arms Practice,
deserves special commendation for his untiring zeal and
efforts to build the State range at Camp Glenn, and I feel
confident that his work will be successful, if sufficient facili-ties
are afforded him.
Before this report is probably in your hands the First
Battery Field Artillery at Charlotte will have received a
new equipment of four modern machine guns and necessary
appendages, which will add very much to the efficiency of
that organization. I recommend that the three Gatling guns
now at Charlotte be turned over to the infantry branch when
given up, one to each regiment, and placed at such points as
may be deemed best by the respective regimental commanders.
I think it advisable, and I so recommend, that a Signal
( Jorps be organized at an early day, and whenever the appro-priations
made to the Guard will permit It would be well.
also, to take special note of the recommendation of the Chief
of Artillery of the Army for the organization of some com-panies
of Coast Artillery in this State for coast defense serv-ice
in future emergencies.
The greatest need of the Guard is an increase of the an-nual
appropriations. The standard of efficiency required by
National legislation cannot be met and lived up to unless we
receive more money from the State than has been heretofore
provided by the General Assembly. Indeed, I don't see
how we can well get the benefit of the National appropria-tion
unless the allowance from the Slate i- very materially
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increased. The Guard cannot be maintained an air or prom-ises,
ami the fostering care it deserves from the Stale can
only be secured by liberal appropriations. We need fully
$25,000 annually to keep up the Guard, and I earnestly
trust that the next General Assembly may be persuaded to
set apart that sum for our use.
Both the land and naval forces were inspected by Colonel
T. II. Bain, late Inspector General, last spring' and summer,
and the results of the inspections are appended to this report.
The land forces were inspected at the same time by Captain
T. F. Schley, Twenty-third U. S. Infantry, detailed by the
War Department as Special Inspector, under an Act of Con-gress.
The Guard suffered a grievous loss in the death of
Colonel Bain, which took place at his home in Goldsboro the
8th day of October, 1906. I am sure I am only doing
simple justice to his memory when I say that no more loyal
officer of the Guard ever lived than he was. lie was always
ready for duty, and both in peace and in war he performed
his duties promptly and cheerfully. Upon the outbreak of
the Spanish-American War he was amongst the first to offer
his services, and I know of my own knowledge that he fol-lowed
the flag with that fidelity that always characterized his
military career.
The Guard was only called out once during the present
year to aid the civil authorities in preserving the public
peace, and that was at Salisbury in August, where Com-panies
B, D, and E of the First Infantry, and the First
Battery Field Artillery, were on duty for several days. The
details of this service appear in the annual report of the
commander of the First Brigade, as well as in a special re-port
submitted by the commanding officer of Company B,
First Infantry. I am satisfied from all the information
obtained in regard to this special duty that both officers and
men did everything that was possible under the circum-stances,
and under the limited authority conferred by statute,
to enforce obedience to law and maintain the public peace.
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I have been especially gratified by the active interest taken
by you in the Guard, which I can assure you is appreciated
by every officer and man connected with it, and I feel greatly
indebted to you for it, and I am much encouraged to work all
the harder in the future for the upbuilding of the Guard by
the patient and kindly consideration with which you have
treated me in the administration of the affairs of this depart-ment.
Referring to appended reports for more specific informa-tion,
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully yours,
Tiios. R. Robertson,
Brigadier General, Adjutant General.
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REPORT OF THE ANNUAL INSPECTIONS
MADE BY
Colonel T. H. BAIX, Inspector General.
FIRST REGIMENT OF INFANTRY, HEADQUARTERS SHELBY, N. C.
Colonel J. T. Gardner, Commanding.
Company.
M
Band
Hospital Detachment -
Field and Staff
Total
Station.
Hickory
Salisbury
Winston
Charlotte
Statesville--.
Asheville
Shelby
Waynesville
Mount Airy-.
Asheville
Concord
High Point-.
Asheville
Charlotte
45
43
44
45
45
46
45
43
43
44
45
43
22
12
23
39
41
43
42
42
40
41
36
37
41
40
40
17
11
20
530
6
2
1
3
' 3
6
4
7
6
3
5
3
5
1
3
58
OS
Ph<!
86.66
95.35
97.72
93.33
93.33
87.00
91.00
93.72
86.00
93.18
88.88
93.00
77.27
91.66
87.00
90.00
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SECOND REGIMENT OF INFANTRY, HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON, N. C.
Colonel H. C. Bragaw, Commanding.
Company. Station.
^ 01
a) +;
M
Band
Hospital Detachment
Field and Staff
Total
Tarboro
Kinston
Wilmington
Goldsboro
Goldsboro
Fayetteville
Washington
Clinton
Edenton
Wilson
Lumber Bridge -
Maxton
Tarboro
Clinton
564
82.22
100.00
93.00
100.00
100. 00
93.72
91.00
84.78
100.00
100.00
81.40
79.00
disba'd
100.00
71.48
S9.S9
Adjutant General. i:;
THIRD REGIMENT OF INFANTRY, HEADQUARTERS REIDSVILLE, N. C.
Colonel J. N. Craig, Commanding.
Company. Station.
°S
Lexington -
Raleigh
Henderson
D Louisburg--
E 1 Oxford
F Franklinton
G Reidsville
H Warrenton -.
I Burlington-.
K
L
M
Band
Hospital Detachment -
Field and Staff
Total
Raleigh
Greensboro -
Sanford
Raleigh
Reidsville---
75.00
91.49
89.30
86.36
97.67
89.36
90.00
86.36
79.00
88.37
80.00
79.54
100. 00
100.00
54.50
596 512 84 85.90
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FIELD ARTILLERY, HEADQUARTERS CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Captain R. E. Davidson, Commanding.
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REPORT OF QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
State of North Carolina,
Office of Quartermaster General,
Henderson, December 1, 1906.
The Adjutant General,
State of North Carolina.
Raleigh.
Sir :—I have the honor to submit the annual report of the
operations of the Quartermaster's and Ordnance Depart-ments
for the fiscal year ending November 30, 1006, together
with report of my receipts and disbursements as United
States Disbursing Officer, from July 1st to date
In making this report I am mindful of events and circum-stances
which invite an explanation of details.
During the late encampments there was complaint of the
deficient equipment of a portion of the troops, and of the
insufficiency of allowance for rations, etc. Indeed, the Gov-ernor
was moved to make public mention of the fact that
there were troops present in "coca-cola caps and mixed uni-forms,"
to the great discredit of the Guard. There has been
a disposition to lay the fault of these conditions at the door
of this department, particularly by those who are responsi-ble
therefor.
With the double purpose of vindicating the department
from such knowingly false and unjust criticisms, and of pre-venting
a recurrence of the disorder by exposing its occasion,
I beg t<> present a resume of the conduct of this office, in
respect to such equipment, since the passage of the Dick Bill
in 1903.
CLOTHIXO AND EQUIPAGE.
REPORT OF 1903.
"The Guard has been adequately supplied with khaki uniforms for
summer use. This clothing is of good quality, and, with proper care, will
be serviceable for at least three years. It ought not to be replaced in that
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time. The condition of the blue uniform now in use is fairly good, and if
used in cold weather and for dress occasions it will be of service until the
new regulation dress uniform can be secured. These will supplant the
blue uniform now in use. The blue flannel shirt is supplanted by the new
shirt of olive-drab color, but it is thought that flannel shirts are not re-quired
by us, and their issuance will be discontinued. The troops will be
supplied with shirts made of chambray instead, they being much cheaper
and more suitable for summer use, for which purpose the flannel shirts
are intended. Should the olive-drab sendee uniform be preferred to the
blue uniform, it being impossible to supply both, flannel shirts will be
issued as a part of this uniform. Blankets will be issued to the troops
before the next encampment. It was not possible to issue them this year,
as was intended, which fact occasioned the usual annoyance at camp."
At the time of this report, it will be seen that the uniforms
were in good condition, and without the further issue of
khaki clothing, blue uniforms, leggings, hats, or caps, the
troops then supplied should not be in want now, even though
no other property had been issued since to replace that then
in use. The use required by our service for uniforms and
equipment as compared with that in the Army would not
permit the replacement of these articles of clothing within
one year from now.
With some companies of the Guard this is sufficient, -for,
since the 1903 report, a few companies have required but
little property to replace that then in use, and some of these
few companies are even better uniformed, armed and equip-ped
than many which have had repeated issues of supplies
of all kinds since I made that report. With the exception of
Company K, Second Eegiment, Wilson, IST. C, this applies
to each of the companies who complained at the encamp-ments
of the lack of property, and reported for duty with
coca-cola caps and mixed uniforms.
REPORT OF 1904.
"The supply of uniforms, both blue and khaki, has been sufficient to
furnish one of each to every soldier in the Guard, and to provide the sev-eral
organizations with reserve supplies to meet the requirements of an
enlistment to the maximum strength.
"Ordinarily, this would represent a most satisfactory condition, but the
changes which have been made, and are being made, in the uniform will
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become burdensome and necessitate the discarding of serviceable clothing
for the adoption of the new regulation uniforms, which are to supersede
those now in use.
•"\\ ithin live years after the passage of the militia law, approved Janu-ary
2.'!, 1903, the uniform, etc., of the National Guard is required to con-form
lo that of the Regular Army. This law is supposed to carry with it
sufficient appropriation to meet the financial requirements which it im-poses,
but, in estimating the funds required, it is certain that Congress
did not contemplate the unusual and expensive changes which are being
enforced. Retrogression is not to be found in our history, but if we are not
relieved from the present order, a check in progress is inevitable. It was
understood that the adoption of the new uniform would severely tax our
resources, and it was in utilizing the time granted, and in getting full
scrricc out of the uniforms now in use, that we expected to comply with
that requirement.
"The order from the War Department discontinuing the use of the
khaki uniform in this section of the country, and supplanting it with
olive-drab seriously complicates our military affairs. It forces upon this
State an expenditure of $2-5.000, at least. The cost of the dress uniform
will exceed this amount by $10,000. Overcoats will cost $20,000, and the
other property which we will require before the expiration of the time
represents an expenditure of $90,000, against our annual appropriations,
which aggregate, for the time in question, less than $75,000.
'•This estimate makes no allowance for encampments for the next
three years."
Since this report (1904) $40,000 has been used for en-campments.
I would invite vour attention to this extract from my re-port
without comment:
"I am constrained to refer to my last annual report with reference to
the use of the uniforms by unauthorized persons. The very objectionable
practice of supplying uniforms to servants was more noticeable at this
camp than ever before. In view of the duty imposed upon the Quarter-master
General to protect and care for the property for which he is held
responsible, I more than once reported this violation of law and regula-tions,
but without avail.
"Finally, upon seeing a dozen, or more, servants completely dressed in
the regulation uniforms, I had them arrested and turned over to the
proper military authority. If any action was taken against these per-sons
the result was not apparent. The abuse of the uniform increased
from the beginning to the end of the camp. Had these offenders worn the
uniforms of a commissioned officer instead of that of a private, it would
doubtless have created the greatest sensation in the experience of the
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Guard. The uniform should be protected, and a recurrence of this offense
will not be tolerated by this department.
"In this connection it is of the utmost importance that the various
companies remember that all uniforms and equipment are charged against
this department by the Government and against the various companies by
this department. They must be accounted for in proper manner. Giving,
or selling them to servants, or others, will not be accepted by the Govern-ment,
nor by this department, as a proper accounting. A failure to
account for such property will interfere with our obtaining further ade-quate
supplies."
In this report was given the circular from my office with a
hope of bringing about greater care of property by responsi-ble
officers charged with its protection. Had this circular
been followed there would have been abundance of property,
and at least $20,000 to our credit for further supplies,
instead of coca-cola caps and mixed uniforms. This circular
was printed on the requisition blanks, that all concerned
might see clearly what was required of them in caring for
the property ; yet the companies which have complained most
because of the lack of supplies have, without exception, failed
to comply with these requirements.
REPORT OF 1905.
"It is seldom possible to reissue, even for temporary use, returned
property, and it can never be done except in cases when taken up from
disbanded companies. Generally, in such cases the supplies are in a most
deplorable condition, which would indicate that their discharge had been
inadvertently delayed. This leads me to submit that when organizations
appear to be weakening and failing in efficiency, instead of deferring the
inevitable, it will be greatly to the interest of the State that their ac-counts
be closed, and not postponed so long as to permit the total destruc-tion
of the property in their possession.
"Under present conditions, when a company is disbanded we only ex-pect
to receive a lot of old plunder and rags in return for the clothing
and equipment intrusted to it. Sufficient attention is not given to the
care of property. It does not appear that the condition of property is
recognized as an essential requirement of our service. It is the essential
requirement of the National Government; but, without the power to deal
with separate organizations, the Army Inspector is unable to classify the
different grades that are found, and he is, therefore, compelled to equalize
the whole, and grade accordingly. For instance, at the inspection last
year one State was found to have a few perfectly uniformed, armed and
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equipped organizations, but on account of the poor condition of some
other companies the percentage was so greatly reduced that the National
Guard of thai State was deemed not sufficiently uniformed, armed and
equipped for service, and was cut off from the Government appropriation."
"Thert are eight or ten companies in the Guard who incur as much
eccpense in maintaining the standard of efficiency as is required by the
remaining thirty, or more, and these same eight or ten companies are
always the trust prepared for the inspections. A few more such organi-sations
and we arc ruined; a few less and we are safe."
Four attention is respectfully invited to property state-ment
on pages 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 31, 35,
36, 37, ;iiid 30, respectively, of the same annual report.
Great pains were taken in formulating this statement, so
that all parties concerned might know the exact conditions as
they then existed with reference to the uniforms and equip-ment
of the Guard.
It shows with regard to each article of property how much
had been asked for, how much had been condemned, what
had been issued, and the balance due. Bequisitions are made
by the commanding officers, and are supposed to contain the
property which is necessary for the use of the soldiers of the
several organizations.
The condemned articles of property are those which are
supposed, by the Inspector General, to be unserviceable. It
is understood, of course, and it is the law, that all articles of
condemned or unserviceable property must be sent to the
arsenal upon receipt of the new property, which is issued in
exchange therefor. Property is issued by this department
in exchange for that which had been condemned by the In-spector
General. Balances reported show the amount which
has not been supplied on requisitions, and is also a statement
of the deficiencies which appear in uniforms and equipment.
From this statement it will be seen that very few balances
are reported, and that the total amount of clothing asked for
and not furnished at the time of report was as follows : Hats
52, leggings 89, blue uniforms 30G, khaki uniforms 21,
shirts 30.
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I would submit further that at the time of this report there
had been shipped from the Government arsenals clothing
sufficient to fill these requisitions (see financial statement
entry January, February), which was promptly issued upon
its receipt here, but failed to reach a few companies before
the inspection, which was on at that time. The whole being
entirely delivered long before the encampment of 1906. This
exhibit shows conclusively, not only that the balance due was
small, but that a large quantity of property which had been
condemned should have been in the possession of responsible
officers. In view of this, I notified the several officers to turn
into the arsenal the condemned property which was charged
against them for credit to their accounts.
The money value of clothing condemned in 1905 is
$5,041.77. None of it has been returned to the arsenal for
credit. This brings us face to face with conditions that must
be adjusted. The fact that a company commander does not
receive promptly new clothing in exchange for the old, which
is in his possession, should not be a source of great annoyance
to him, because the property which was condemned as unser-viceable,
if retained as required by law, could be used a little
longer.
I would remind you of the fact that this statement covers
the transactions of one year only ; and right here would say
with regard to condemned property, this showing is an im-provement
over that of other years.
Since July 1, 1903, I have issued to the troops $24,000
worth of property. In return therefor we have not received
at the arsenal $3,000 in exchange. Where is this unservice-able
property ? This is an important question, because it is
charged against our appropriation, and deprives us of this
great amount—$7,000 a year—which would otherwise be
available for the purposes of the Guard. This property is
charged against us in Washington. I have issued it to the
troops of North Carolina, and have it charged to them. Re-
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peated culls for an accounting here failed to secure returns
of this property.
I would invite your attention to these extracts from my
1905 report, which was published nearly a year ago:
"Of the balance to my credit from the last three encampments I find
that about $3,000 of this fund can be spared for the purchase of cloth-ing.
Application has been made for the transfer of this amount to the
property credit. When this is done, I will purchase the blue uniforms
now required and have them issued prior to the next inspection."
(See financial statement, entry January 4).
As seen from financial statement, the transfer was made
January J,th, and requisitions were charged against this
amount on January 20, 29, and February 5th, for the prop-erty
which was bought therewith to complete the requisitions
on file in this office. This settled the balance reported as due
on requisitions November 30, 1905, which in regard to cloth-ing,
as before stated, was as follows, viz.
:
52 hats at $1.56 $ 81 10
89 pr. leggings at 41c 36
'
49
30 shirts at 61c 18 00
306 blue uniforms at $4.81 i 470 36
24 khaki uniforms at $2.79 66 96
Though this balance, $1,674.93, represented what was
sufficient to satisfy the total requirements of every organiza-tion
m the State, as certified to by their commanders, and
was^ settled during the month of April, 1906, some com-panies
could not report for duty in three months thereafter
without using coca-cola caps and mixed uniforms. Such
irresponsible waste of public property calls for some stronger
measure of repression than has heretofore been applied. By
a further analysis of this 1905 report it will be seen that be-tween
the encampments of 1904 and 1906, for such clothing
as is used at encampments only, i. e., hats, leggings, shirts
and khaki uniforms, together with the cost of the property
then in service (based upon the average enlistment of 45),
without taking into account the accumulation of supplies
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which should have been returned to the arsenal in exchange
for issues covering a period of several years prior to 1904,
represents the sum of $12,388.57, actual cost,
From a further review of the 1905 operations, I submit
this statement for your consideration
:
Total appropriation $23,937.24
Cost of encampment $16,452.00
Cost of clothing 5,041.77
($2,780.57 of which were hats, leggings, and
khaki uniforms )
.
Balance due State May 9th 376.65
Expended in ordnance equipment and clothing
not included in the above 2,066.82
Total $23,937.24
On December 13, 1905, finding, as before indicated, that
funds not used in 1905 encampments could be applied in pur-chasing
the balances due in uniforms and equipment on the
requisitions for that year, I applied to the Military Secre-tary
for the transfer of $3,000 from the encampment fund
to the property account, by letter as follows
:
State of North Carolina,
No. 3743. Office of Quartermaster General,
Hexdersox, December 13, 1905.
Military Secretary, War Department, Washington, D. C.
Sir:—I have to inform you that cf the balance to my credit as Dis-bursing
Officer, Organized Militia, North Carolina, with the Assistant
Treasurer United States, Baltimore, Md., there is about $3,000 which
will not be required for encampment purposes. The purpose of this
letter is to ascertain how this money may be transferred to the State's
property account with the War Department.
It is deemed advisable to expend this amount on requisitions for
Quartermaster's supplies and ordnance stores for issuance to the militia
prior to the next inspection.
Yours very respectfully,
(Signed) Francis A. Macon,
Quartermaster General and Disbursing Officer.
Diet, by General Macon—M. L.
The Military Secretary referred the matter to the Assist-ant
Treasurer of the United States at Baltimore, who directed
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me to scud him check payable to myself as Quartermaster
General. My compliance with these instructions is shown
by a letter of transmission, December 30, 1905, which is as
follows
:
State of North Carolina,
No. 3795. Office Quartermaster General,
Henderson, December 30, 1905.
Assistant Treasurer United States, Baltimore, Mil.
Sin:—In accordance with your endorsement, December 29, 1905, I
have the honor to enclose herewith check to myself, as Quartermaster
General, for $3,000, endorsed over to credit of the Treasurer of the
United States, for payment to apply for arming and equipping the
militia. Please forward to me your certificate covering the transaction.
1 have the honor to be,
Yours very respectfully,
(Signed) Francis A. Macon, '
Quartermaster General N. G. N. G.
Diet, by General Macon—M. L.
Enclosure.
When the necessary arrangements had been made, I for-warded
requisition for the following supplies : 47 blue
blouses, 477 blue trousers, amounting to $1,940.46. Twenty-six
music ponchos, $98.80, and 20 music stands, $10.90,
were purchased (by order of the Adjutant General) for the
Third Regiment Band, $115.70. Ordnance stores, $570,
making a total of $2,627.15.
Although these arrangements were made as early as it was
possible, owing to the delays in receiving the supplies some
of the troops had not been supplied with the property due on
their requisitions as before stated. Finding that this would
be the case, and endeavoring to relieve the companies from
embarrassment, because of deficiencies in supplies due on
requisitions, I addressed the following communication to the
Inspector General
:
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State of North Carolina,
JSJo. 3973. Office Quartermaster General,
Henderson, February 27, 1906.
Colonel T. H. Bain,
Inspector General,
Goldsboro, N. C.
Sir:—Find enclosed list of new property, which is due to the several
companies on their requisitions of last year. If I am unable to issue
these supplies before your inspection, will ask that you give credit to
the different organizations for the articles of property due to them.
I have been expecting a shipment from the War Department for sev-eral
weeks; have received bill of lading and invoice for the shipments,
and am endeavoring to trace the property, which I think must be lost
or hung up in transit somewhere. Will begin issuing immediately upon
receirpt of LproprertyJ. xYrours very respect,f,ul,l,y,
(Signed) Francis A. Macon,
Quartermaster Gene nil.
Diet, by General Macon—M. L.
Enclosure.
That the company commanders might be in a position to
justify themselves, in so far as their responsibility in regard
to the lack of supplies due on requisitions, I wrote to each
officer to whom property was due the following letter
:
State of North Carolina,
Office of Quartermaster General,
Henderson, March 1, 1906.
Sir:—Find enclosed copy of letter to Colonel Bain, with reference to
the property due you on requisition. You will note my recommendation
to the Inspector General to give you credit for this property as though
you actually possessed it.
I sincerely trust that the shipment of the property due you can be
made before the inspection, and although the time is short, I still
believe that this may be done.
Yours very respectfully,
(Signed) Francis A. Macon,
Quartermaster General.
Diet, by General Macon—M. L.
Enclosure.
As before stated, the property was received during the
inspection, and before many companies had been inspected,
so that for their inspection the companies west of Ealeigh
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had been issued all the supplies due on their requisitions for
1005. This matter "was carefully gone into and reported to
Governor Glenn on April 25th, which was asked for by the
following extract from the Governor's letter of April 21st:
State of North Carolina,
Executive Department,
Raleigh, April 21, 1906.
General Francis A. Macon,
Henderson, N. G.
Sir:—The Captains of the various companies throughout the State
axe writing me in regard to not having all of their supplies, stating
that you had written Colonel Bain not to hold them responsible, as you
could not get them. Xow I do hope you will take the matter up at
once with the proper authorities at Washington and get all the needed
supplies, especially the blue uniforms and hats, to the end that our
regiments may make a more decent appearance at the encampment. If
I can aid you in any way, command me.
Yours very truly.
(Signed) R. B. Glenn.
The report is as follows
:
State of North Carolina.
No. 422.1. Office Quartermaster General,
Henderson, April 25, 1906.
Hon. R. B. Glenn,
Governor and Commander in Chief,
Raleigh, X. C.
SIR:—Immediately upon receipt of your letter of the 21st inst., I
went to Raleigh to ascertain which were the companies referred to in
your letter which had not received the blue uniforms due on requisitions.
On January 12 we made requisition on the Secretary of War for the
clothing required to complete the requisitions I then had on hand.
Finding that this property was being delayed in transit, and to relieve
the company commanders of the embarrassment and inconvenience which
might have been caused at the inspection by reason of this delay, I
wrote to those concerned en March 1st. when I had endeavored to
explain to them the situation. I also instructed them to show their
letters to Colonel Bain, that he might give them credit for the property
which was then due on their requisitions. This is the letter you refer
to, and is the only one I have written on the subject. Colonel Bain
declined to follow my recommendation, and, therefore, I assumed entire
responsibility for the property which was due these companies. The
property referred to was received while the inspection was in progress.
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I went to Raleigh and personally superintended the filling of the requi-sitions,
the greater number of which were fully complied with prior to
the inspection.
The following is a list of the companies to whom my letters were
written, and gives the dates upon which shipments were made:
Company E, Second Regiment, 36 blouses, 35 blue trousers; date of
shipment. March 16, 1906.
Company D, Second Regiment, 15 blouses; to be issued.
Company F, Second Regiment, 20 blouses, 25 pairs trousers; to be
issued.
Company K, Second Regiment, 40 blouses ; to be issued.
Battery A, Charlotte, 20 blouses, 20 pairs trousers; to be issued.
Company D, First Regiment, 18 blue blouses, 16 pairs blue trousers;
date of shipment, March 24, 1906.
Company C, Second Regiment, 6 blouses, 18 pairs trousers; to be
issued.
Company B, Third Regiment, 15 blouses, 28 pairs trousers; to be
issued.
Company H, Third Regiment, 20 blouses, 20 pairs trousers: to be
issued.
Company G, First Regiment, 30 blouses, 30 pairs trousers; date of
shipment. Much 15, 1906.
Company M, Third Regiment, 3 blouses; date of shipment, March
16, 1906.
Company L, First Regiment, 25 pairs trousers, 25 blouses; date of
shipment, March 16, 1906.
Company H, First Regiment, 34 blouses, 34 pairs trousers; date of
shipment, March 22, 1906.
Company A, Third Regiment, 45 blue blouses, 45 pairs trousers : date
of shipment, March 16, 1906.
Company B, First Regiment, 11 pairs trousers; date of shipment,
March 16, 1906.
Company E, First Regiment, 15 blue blouses; date of shipment, March
23, 1906.
The property was not received at one shipment; in fact, the last con-signment
arrived on the 21st inst. The balance of the requisitions will
be filled as scon as Sergeant Pike is able to go to work. He has been
sick for some time, but I hope will soon be out again.
I have recently requested the Colonels commanding the regiments to
have sent me requisitions by the 1st of May for the supplies which will
be required for their regiments this year. The summation of these
requisitions will be the basis upon which you will make requisitions
upon the Secretary of War; and if these instructions are carried out
there can be no reason for property deficiency with any organization in
the Guard before the next inspection. This is the method I have used
for several years in keeping the Guard equipped, and as the requisitions
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arc always filled, you can see thai if there is a deficiency in supplies it
i^ no fault of mine. Our appropriation is available the 1st of July, and
within fifteen or twenty days thereafter the supplies on our requisitions
are received. I then fill the requisitions for the companies.
In this connection I beg to quote the regulation governing- the issuance
of clothing: "At the annual inspection, the Inspector Geeneral will
condemn all unsuitable or unserviceable articles of clothing, and will
report same on the requisition blanks furnished by the Quartermaster
Genera] and Chief of Ordnance for this purpose.
•'This report will be delivered to the officer who is responsible and
forwarded by said officer, through regular channels, to the Quarter-master
General and Chief of Ordnance."
The Inspector General informed me that he would not condemn any
property this year. If he adhered to this—and I do not know whether
he did or not—then under the regulations it would not be proper for
me to issue any property this year; but knowing that the troops must
need some clothing every year, and to relieve what would be a most
embarrassing situation. I have, as before stated, written the Colonels,
and asked them to send me requisitions. I did this so that I might be
enabled to supply the wants of the troops; and should it take every
dollar of our appropriation to meet our requirements in this particular,
I should unhesitatingly recommend to you that it be so used. There is
no economy in spending money, excepl where it is mostly needed, and we
can better do without encampments than uniforms and equipment.
When these requisitions are received I can then ascertain what the
equipment for this year will cost, and in this way know how much money,
if any, can be spared for the encampments, under section 14.
It would be my pleasure to furnish you with any information or
data concerning the workings of my department you may desire, and I
shall be very glad for you to call for it.
Yours very respectfully,
(Signed) Francis A. Macon,
Quartermaster General.
FUNDS AND ESTIMATES.
Our appropriation is available
—
First. For arms, uniforms and equipment.
Second. For encampment. Nothing is available for the
encampment until the first have been fully supplied. The
estimates for arms, uniforms and equipment are of necessity
based upon the requisition for these supplies from the indi-vidual
companies, and their sufficiency is dependent upon the
manner in which officers perform their duty in this respect.
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May 1st was fixed as the time when all requisitions should
be on hand, and the Colonels of every regiment were notified
in ample time of the necessity of observing this requirement.
This was necessary that the amount available for encamp-ment
might be ascertained. A delayed requisition must be
disregarded, and the company making it deprived of necessary
equipment, or the whole estimates of the Department dis-arranged
by the transfer of credits from one account to the
other.
With the "War Department the essential requirement is
that the troops be uniformed, armed and equipped. I was
particularly active in my efforts to make accurate estimo tes
this year, and endeavored to secure prompt requisitions for
the property required in uniforms, arms and equipment.
On April 17th I addressed the following letter to each of the
regimental commanders
:
State of North Carolina,
No. 4202. Office of Quartermaster General,
Henderson, April 17, 1906.
Sir:—I am just finishing up the requisitions from your regiment, and
want to ask that you kindly have requisitions made by your company
commanders for the supplies they will need this year, and as it is neces-sary
for me to have them at an early date, in order1 to prevent the con-fusion
which was caused last year by the delays in getting them in, will
thank you to have the officers send them to me certainly before the
middle of May. I will then make requisition upon the Government for
the supplies to be issued between the 1st of July and the encampment.
Please explain to them the necessity of an exact compliance herewith,
and that upon this will depend the manner in which the supplies are to
be furnished, etc.
I understand that the Inspector General has condemned but little
properly in your regiment, but knowing that the companies must need
something this year, I feel it my duty to take this step, in order to
enable them to get what they should have. I have already sent requisi-tion
blanks to your companies, but, as yet, have had none returned to
me. They may use these blanks for making requisition for what is
required. Yours ypry respectfully,
(Signed) Frvncis A. Macon,
Quartermaster General.
Diet, by General Macon—M. L.
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In complying with this letter the Colonel of the First
Regiment forwarded on May 10th requisitions from all the
companies of his regiment, with the exception of B and I.
These were received before June 9th.
The Colonels of the Second and Third Regiments promptly
acknowledged my request. With what success, best appears
from the correspondence as follows
:
Headquarters Second Regiment N. C. N". G.,
Washington, N". C, April 18, 1906.
General Francis A. Macon,
Henderson, N. C.
Sir:—I have yours of the 17th inst., and thank you for the sugges-tion,
which I will endeavor to have carried out at once, so you may not
be put to any inconvenience.
With best Avishes and hoping for an early meeting,
Yours truly,
(Signed) H. C. Bragaw.
State of North Carolina,
No. 4331. Office of Quartermaster General,
Henderson, May 16, 1906.
Colonel H. C. Bragaw,
Washington, N. C.
Sir:—If you think the companies of your regiment will need any
supplies this year, please urge them to send their requisitions immedi-ately,
because if this is not done I cannot possibly get the supplies and
issue in time for the encampment. My requisition upon the War
Department must go in thirty days in advance of the time when the
supplies are needed, and in order to get this done, I can in no way
arrange to fill requisitions which are received here later than June 1st,
because on that day my requisition is forwarded to the War Department,
and is based upon the requisitions on hand here.
Yours very respectfully,
(Signed) Francis A. Macon,
Quartermaster General.
Diet, by General Macon—M. L.
Headquarters Second Regiment N. C. N. G,
Washington, N". C, May 22, 1906.
General Francis A. Macon,
Henderson, X. C.
Sir:—I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your favor without
date regarding requisitions of companies in the Second Regiment, and
beg to advise that I have requested their immediate attention to the
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matter, and enclose herein documents which have been received from two
of them.
Not having had any report from the Inspector General since his visit,
I am not in position to state whether or not the articles enumerated as
condemned were passed upon on his tour.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) H. C. Bragaw,
Colonel Second Infantry.
Diet. H. C. B.
State of North Carolina,
No. 4360. Office of Quartermaster General,
Henderson, May 25, 1906.
Colonel H. C. Bragaw,
Washington, N. C.
Sir:— * * * There is something still due to a few of your other
companies, and without timely notice these balances will be understood
to represent all that is required for these companies for this year.
I did not suppose this to be the case, but will be more delighted than
surprised if this is true. .
All of the balances due on every requisition will be provided for in
my requisition upon the Government, and, as before stated to you, I
cannot receive company requisitions after that date for supplies to be
used at the encampments.
Yours very respectfully,
(Signed) Francis A. Macon,
Quartermaster General.
Diet, by General Macon—M. L.
Headquarters Second Regiment N. C. N. G.,
Washington, N. C, June 7, 1906.
General Francis A. Macon,
Henderson, N. C.
Sir:— * * * It appears to me a very difficult matter to secure
anything like the right sort of attention on the part of company com-manders.
* * Respectfully,
(Signed) H. C. Bragaw.
Colonel Second Infantry.
State of North Carolina,
No. 4411. Office of Quartermaster General,
Henderson, June 11, 1906.
Colonel H. C. Bragaw,
Washington, N. C.
Sir:—After having repeatedly urged the company commanders to"
send in their requisitions, so that the supplies might be issued to them
without delay, I think that you and I have done our duty towards pre-
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1
venting the confusion which lias occurred heretofore in making prompt
issues of the property which is needed for the Guard. I am surprised
at receiving the requisition sent in this morning, because, under the
circumstances, 1 had thought that surely every company commander
who needed supplies for his company would have certainly sent the
requisition here before now. As it is now, although I have made my
estimate and summated the quantity of supplies required for all the
requisitions at hand, excepting these just received. 1 have now to undo
all this and hold back the other requisitions in order to get these in.
My requisition goes off to-morrow; so after to-day I can receive no
more from the company commanders, and will ask that you kindly
return the ones, if any, that may tome in to you at this late date, or
after now. It is not possible for me to hold back any longer, without
delaying all the companies, and as this would not ho fair to those who
have more promptly complied with instructions in this connection, you
doubtless appreciate the wisdom and justice of this action.
Yours very respectfully,
(Signed) Francis A. Macon,
Quartermaster General.-
FAM—ML.
Headquarters Second Regiment 1ST. C. X. ('•..
Washington. X. C, June 13, 1006.
General Francis A. Macon,
Henderson, N. C.
Sir:—I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of yours of the 11th,
and I heartily agree with everything you say regarding the tardiness of
the company commanders. A good deal more might be said, I think,
regarding their absolute lack of responsibility. In this connection I beg
that you will advise me what company commanders in the Second Regi-ment
failed to comply with request from you for bond. The lack of
accountability with which we have had to contend in the past is surely
demoralizing to the entire aggregation, and I, for one, pledge my hearty
cooperation to an effort to insure a much needed reform in that direction.
I enclose herewith requisition for the Band, attached to which is a
recommendation from Colonel Bain. I cannot quite understand why this
has not been turned in earlier. If it is possible to secure this requisition
without any great inconvenience to you, or rearrangement of your plans,
I would greatly appreciate it: especially in view of the fact that this is
the first time we have had anything that savored of a band in reality;
yet, while I know you are perfectly willing to do anything you can for
me personally, I prefer not disarranging your final program.
Awaiting your advices, I remain.
Yours very respectfully.
(Signed) H. C. BRAGAW,
Colonel Second Infantry.
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State of North Carolina,
No. 4203. Office of Quartermaster General,
Henderson, April 17, 1906.
Colonel J. N. Craig,
Reidsville, N. C.
Sir:—I am just finishing up the requisitions from your regiment, and
want to ask that you kindly have requisitions made by your companies
for the supplies they will need this year, and as it is necessary for me
to have them at an early date in order to prevent the confusion which
was caused last year by the delays in getting them in. will thank you
to have the officers send them to me certainly before the middle of May.
I will then make requisition upon the Government for the supplies to
be issued between the 1st of July and the encampment. Please explain
to them the necessity of an early compliance herewith, and that upon
this will depend the manner in which the supplies are to be furn-ished,
etc.
I understand that the Inspector General has condemned but little
property in your regiment, but knowing that the companies must need
something this year, I feel it my duty to take this step in order to
enable them to get what they should have.
I have already sent requisition blanks to your companies, but, as yet;
have had none returned to me. They may use these blanks for making
requisitions for what is required.
With kindest regards,
Yours very respectfully,
(Signed) Francis A. Macon,
Quartermaster General.
Diet, by General Macon���M. L.
State of North Carolina,
No. 4330. Office of Quartermaster General.
Henderson, May 16, 1906.
Colonel J. N. Craig,
Reidsville, N. C.
Sir:—If you think the companies of your regiment will need any
supplies this year, please urge them to send their requisitions imme-diately,
because if this is not done, I cannot possibly get the supplies in
time for the encampment. My requisitions upon the War Department
must go in thirty days in advance of the time when the supplies are
needed, and in order to get this done I can in no way arrange to fill
requisitions which are received here later than June 1st, because on that
day my requisition is forwarded to the War Department, and is based
upon the requisitions on hand here.
Yours very respectfully,
(Signed) Francis A. Macon,
Quartermaster General.
Adjutant General,. 33
State of North Carolina,
Headquarters Third Infantry, X. ('. X. <;..
Reidsvu.i.k. May 19, l'JOG.
General Francis A. Macon,
Henderson, X. C.
Sir: —1 notified each one of tlic commanding officers of my regiment
that they must make requisition for what supplies they need at once,
and I sent each one a blank; so if they fail to do so, it will be their
own fault.
With best wishes. Yours truly,
i Signed > J. X. Craig,
Colonel Third Infantry, X. C. X. G.
State of North Carolina.
Xo. 4410. Office of Quartermaster General,
Henderson, June 11, 1906.
Colonel J. X. Craig,
/,'. idsvillt . V. C.
Sir:—After having repeatedly urged the company commanders 1" send
in their requisitions, so that the supplies might be issued to them with-out
delay. I think that you and I have done our duty towards prevent-ing
the confusion which has occurred heretofore in making prompt issues
of the property which is needed for the Guard. 1 am surprised at
receiving the requisitions from you this morning, because, under the
circumstances. 1 had thought that surely every company commander
who needed supplies for his company would have certainly sent the
requisitions here before now. As it is now, although I have made my
estimates and stimulated the quantity of supplies required for all the
requisitions at hand, excepting these just received. I have now to undo
all t his. and hold hack the other requisitions in order to get these in.
My requisition goes off to-morrow, so after to-day I can receive no more
from the company commanders, and will ask that you kindly return
tlie ones, if any. that may come in to you at this late clay, or after now.
It is not possible for me to hold hack any longer without delaying all
the companies, and as this would not be fair to those who have more
promptly complied witli your instructions in this connection, you doubt-less
appreciate the wisdom and justice of this action.
Yours very respectfully.
(Signed) Francis A. Macon,
Quartermaster General.
FAM—ML.
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Headquarters Third Infantry, N. C. N. G.,
Keidsville, April 14, 1906.
General F. A. Macon,
Henderson, A. C.
Your letter in regard to requisitions coming in too late received and
noted. 1 rind it impossible to get the captains to do their duty in regard
to reports and other things, although they have been properly notified
and instructed to do so.
I have on hand one requisition, which I have just received. I send it
herewith to you, that you may make the proper endorsement upon it,
which you will return to me, and I will return to the company com-mander.
Yours truly,
(Signed) J. N. Craig,
Colonel Third Infantry, A. C. A. G.
State of North Carolina,
No. 4443. Office of Quartermaster General,
Henderson, June 16, 1906.
Colonel J. N. Craig,
Reklsville, A. C.
SlR:—Acknowledging receipt of yours of the 14th inst., forwarding
me a belated requisition from Company —, your regiment, let me say
that while my requisition has gone to the War Department, and I cannot
promise to supply the property required for this company, I will hold
the requisition until the last and do the best I can on it, if it is possible
for me to do anything.
Yours very respectfully,
(Signed) Francis A. Macon,
Quartermaster General.
Diet, by General Macon—M. L.
Notwithstanding the importance of having' the requisitions
in my hands by the first of May had been urged, it was not
until June 9th that a' sufficient number of officers had com-plied
with the several requests to enable me to give even an
approximate estimate of the cost of property required for the
Guard. At that time I notified the regimental commanders
of the cost of supplies asked by their requisitions, which were
as follows
:
First Infantry $3,353.90, complete.
Second Infantry 3,092.87, incomplete.
Third Infantry 1,259.72, incomplete.
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Based upon these figures, I made the following reporl and
estimate to the A.djutan1 General:
State of North Carolina.
No. U07. Office of Quartermaster General,
Henderson, June 9, 1906.
General T. R. Robertson,
Adjutant General,
Charlotte, N. C.
Sir:—The cost for all the supplies which are required by the Guard
for this year amounts to the following:
First Regiment $3,353.90
Second Regiment 3,092.87
Third Regiment 1,259.72
Ordnance stores 480.00
Tents 1,200.00
Additional clothing for equipment and stock 1,157.00
$10,543.49
Appropriation $23,931.24
Balance to credit 1,400.00
Total , $25,331.24
10,543.49
Balance available for encampment $14,787.75
Yours very respectfully,
(Signed) Francis A. Macon,
Quartermaster General.
FAM—ML.
The total amount of property required on requisitions and
in equipment and camp supplies was $10,493.74, and was
ordered from the War Department as follows
:
870 campaign hats.
895 dress caps, with baud-.
100 blankets, light.
.'!.")(l ponchos, rubber.
1,030 hat cord-, infantry.
600 hat numbers.
460 blouses, unlined.
520 pairs dress trousers, 16 oz.
104 pairs trousers, stripes.
400 coats, khaki, patch pockets.
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515 coats khaki.
855 pairs khaki breeches, foot.
1.200 pairs gloves, white cotton.
1,000 pairs canvas leggings.
12 pairs buckskin gauntlets.
157 pairs cloth chevrons.
157 khaki chevrons.
25 axes with helves.
10 camp kettles.
25 hatchets with helves.
20 tents, wall, complete.
40 tents, conical, complete.
Almost immediately after this requisition had gone in,
other requisitions were forwarded from companies making
urgent appeals for property to be used at the encampment.
So on June 30th another requisition was made upon the War
Department for property to supply these wants, amounting
to $1,856, as follows:
300 service hats, new pattern.
100 blankets, light weight.
100 blouses, lineck made.
100 pairs dress trousers, 16 oz.
200 summer sack coats.
200 pairs summer trousers.
200 pairs leggings.
Iii addition to this, the cost of the ordnance stores required
was increased, from June 9th to July 7th, by reason of
belated requisitions, from $480 to $1,014.32, which, with
the cost of the Quartermaster's stores on that date, July
7th, amounted to $14,064.10, and as against my estimate for
the cost of supplies $10,543.49 made a difference of $3,520.61
against us, leaving a balance available for encampment pur-poses
of only $11,167.14.
On June 22d the bill before Congress increasing the ap-propriation
from one million to two million dollars was
passed, and even in the face of the depleted condition of our
appropriation, would have given us funds sufficient to meet
our demands in property, and provide an encampment of ten
days for two regiments. Proceeding under this impression,
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arrangements were made for the encampment. On June 3d
notice was received from the War Department that the regi-iment
for Chickamauga would be required to take tentage,
stoves and other camp equipage for use at camp. Upon re-ceipt
of this, requisition was made for the additional supplies
needed. The cost of these supplies amounted to $1,307.94,
This increased the cost of supplies to that date to $16,095.69,
and left us a balance of $9,235.55, which was increased
by the passage of the above bill to $33,166.79, supposed at
that time to be available for encampment, and Avas ample
in amount for that purpose. I was not informed to the
contrary until the receipt on July 20th of a circular from
the War Department, dated June 25, 1906, from which I
quote the following:
In accordance with the provisions of law and the requirements herein-before
set forth, the apportionment to the States. Territories, and Dis-trict
of Columbia of the $2,000,000 provided by section 1661, Revised
Statutes, as amended by an act approved June 22, 1906, for the fiscal
year 1907, is as follows:
XORTH CAROLINA.
Representation 1
2
Arms, equipments, and camp purposes $35,905.86
Promotion of rifle practice 11.908.(12
Total appropriation $47.874.4S
Under the requirements of paragraph 5 above, the amounts in this
column are set aside for promotion of rifle-practice as provided in said
act, and must be entirely devoted to that purpose ; any balances thereof
on June 30. 1907. will be carried forward to next fiscal year for applica-tion
to same object. These amounts constitute the minimum limits of
expenditure for the promotion of rifle-practice required by the depart-ment,
but it should be expressly understood that no maximum limitation
of amount has been fixed, the Governors of the States and Territories
having discretionary authority to expend for this purpose in excess of
such minimum requirement any amount out of the balance of the allot-ment
to the State or Territory for other purposes as in their judgment
may be deemed proper.
The possibility of carrying out onr plans in the face of
this regulation became very uncertain, and it was then, and
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for this reason, that the force in my office was instructed to
make close figures in estimating the cost of the encampment.
So close was the margin of safety that it was impossible to
ascertain just what could be done until the exact number of
troops that would attend the encampments was known, which
could not be in advance, because the companies were per-mitted
to have anywhere from thirty to sixty men each.
The attendance proved the largest we have ever had, and
as soon as this became known to me it was apparent that we
would not be able to meet the expenses out of the funds
available, and I so reported to the Adjutant General, who
very properly changed his order to meet the necessities of the
situation. The cost of transportation for two regiments this
year amounted to $3,000 more than the total cost of transpor-tation
for three regiments last year. This alone was suffi-cient
To upset any calculation or estimate that could have
possibly been made prior to the encampments.
Experience here served us well, and saved the State great
embarrassment, for realizing that the estimate had been upset,
and that the cost of the encampment would largely exceed
the amount apportioned, and knowing that our balance in
Washington was very small ($930.30), I was forced to recom-mend
:i cut of the encampment expenses. The cost of sub-sistence
could not be lessened without great discomfort and
inconvenience to the troops; neither could the amount for
transportation be reduced without involving the State in
debt, which was not authorized; so through a plain necessity
the reduction had to be made in the item of pay. In my
earnest efforts to make as little change as possible in the
encampment plans, I recommended the cut so small that the
amount accruing from the shortage in pay was not sufficient
to offset the increased cost of transportation and subsistence,
the first of which could not be paid until after a further appeal
to the War Department for funds. So, with the Governor's
permission, I called upon the Acting Secretary of War, and
upon the presentation of these facts he very generously, though
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reluctantly, transferred from the money sel aside for the
promotion of rifle practice $2,500—the amount required
to meet the unpaid cost of transportation. See financial
statemenl entry October 27. In doing this he assured me
most positively that it musl not be expected again, and but
for the fad that we were not responsible for the conditions
which called for this action he would not grant the request
It was, of course, gratifying to have this endorsement of my
action, which, I am told, has strengthened rather than weak-ened
our standing with the War Department. It was also
a satisfaction to secure for the men pay for eight days, when
the funds available for that purpose would have paid them
for only five days.
What happened after the announcement of the changes and
during- the encampment at Morehead is too well known for
review, and serves but to show the extent of demoralization
reached by the troops, because of lack of discipline, which
was exhibited by unprecedented acts of disorder and a fla-grant
disregard of military ethics and unsoldierly deport-ment
by a few officers of the Second Regiment.
ARSENAL.
The transfer of Colonel Alfred Williams, Assistant Adju-tant
General, to this department, at my request, assures
greater satisfaction in receiving and issuing stores. He is
an experienced and efficient officer, specially fitted for this
duty. The increased work made such assistance necessary.
It would appear from the quantity of property isstted to
the Guard that the uniforms, arms and equipment ought to
be sufficient. I regret exceedingly to report that this is not
true, and with only $840 to our credit. Colonel Williams has
reported that the stores are not sufficient to meet the demands.
Under these conditions, and in view of past experiences, I
am thoroughly of the opinion that the Guard must be reduced
considerably, and if this is done by dropping the inefficient
and extravagant companies, our property expenses will lie so
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reduced that the danger of disbandmentj which is now too
imminent, will be entirely removed. If this is not done it
will be necessary to find some means of compelling proper
care of supplies and lawful accounting for property which
goes into the hands of the companies.
It is not only to the interest of the State Guard and the
deserving companies therein that this action should be taken,
but it is a duty that the military authorities owe to the people
of i^orth Carolina, that the interest of this State be protected
by those charged with the direction of its military affairs.
In order that it may be seen that my views are based upon
actual conditions, I have given a review of military operations
pertaining to this department from the passage of the Dick
Bill, and it is hoped that my efforts in making such an exhibit
of plain and cold facts has been sufficiently successful to cause
a clear understanding of the present state of the Guard, and
that not only its efficiency, but its life, is threatened by the
persistent neglect of those in authority to perform the duties
prescribed by law.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
1. I renew the recommendations and invite your attention
to my 1905 report respecting insurance.
2. That a Board of Apportionment be created, who shall:
(a) Make such apportionment of the Federal appropria-tions
as shall meet the requirements of law and the necessities
of the Guard.
(b) Pass upon all requisitions for supplies, and make a
proper allowance to each company for arms, uniforms and
equipment, to be charged against the appropriation ; and pros-ecute
before the proper military or civil authorities such
officers as shall fail to account for property committed to their
hands.
(r) Eecommend and apportion the amount of funds to be
used for encampment purposes.
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subsistence.
Mention has been made of short allowance for rations.
The amounl fixed by law is 20 cents per enlisted man, per
day, with no allowance for commissioned officers, who in
the Regular Army provide their own subsistence. It has
been customary in the Guard for company officers to mess with
the enlisted men and invite friends at pleasure. This is
equivalent to some 10 or 15 per cent, from the amount be-longing,
by law, to the enlisted men. This can be changed by
the regulations or orders. Beyond that, I know of no practi-cable
plan for increasing the allowance, other than by a State
appropriation.
A ,, ()IXTS.
Accounts current for each month have been forwarded to
the War Department, and abstracts and duplicates thereof
giving an itemized statement of receipts and disbursements
are submitted herewith. Eespectfully submitted,
Fraxcis A. Macon,
Quartermaster General and Chief of Ordnance
and Disbursing Officer Org. Mil.. X. C. V. G.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT FROM 1002 TO NOVEMBER 30. 1906.
Debit.
Balance due December 31, 1902, allotment under section 1661,
II. S., as amended $16,316.39
Allotment July 1. 1903. under section 1661, R. S.. as amended. . 23,937.24
Allotment under Act of March 2. for 1903 equipment 15.1186.79
Credit. $55,440.42
Disbursed to October 31, 1902, under section 14. Militia Act,
January 21, 1903, for encampments $18 553.68
Expended in Quartern)aster's supplies and ordnance stores. . . . 1.5.608.48
Expended in publications 87 20
Balance to credit October 31st, under section 1661, R. S 4,557.95
Balance on deposit October 31, 1902, with Assistant Treasurer
United States. New York, under section 14. Militia Act.
January 21, 1903 1.446.32
Balance to credit, by allotment under Act of March 2, 1903,
for equipment 15,186.79
$55,440.42
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For Arming and Equipping the Militia (Sec. 1661, R. S.).
1903.
Jan. 1.—By balance $ 4,557.95
1904.
Feb. 26.—To requisition for publication $ 15.00
Mar. 9.—To requisition for Q. M. stores 36.57
Mar. 22.—To requisition for Q. M. stores 117.53
Mar. 22.—To requisition for Q. M. stores 104.25
April 20.—To requisition for publications 60.00
June 13.—To requisition for publications 1.01
$ 928.36
July 1.—By balance 3,629.59
July 1.—By apportionment for fiscal year 1905... 23;
93". .24
$27,566.83
July 13.—To requisition for commissary stores.... $ 62.26
July 13.—To requisition for publication issued A. G.
O. in 1903 21.20
July 23.—To requisition for Q. M. stores 869.70
Aug. 2.—To requisition for commissary stores .... 121.20
Aug. 8.—To requisition for Q. M. stores in part
balance to account March 2 710.76
Aug. 15.���To requisition No. 708, on Assistant Treas-urer,
Baltimore, for 20.000.00
Aug. 18.—To additional charge on requisition of
April 20, for publications 5.00
Sept. 13.—To requisition for publications 56.00
Nov. 16.—To requisition for publications 31.50
$21,877.62
Nov. 30.—By balance to credit of State $ 5,689.21
1904.
Nov. 16,—By balance to credit of State $ 5,689.21
1905.
June 29.—By apportionment from Porto Rico allotment 204.51
1904. $ 5,893.72
Dec. 21.—To requisition Q. M. stores $ 1,949.28
Dec. 21.—To requisition Ordnance stores 788.00
Dec. 24.—To requisition favor General F. A. Macon.
D. 1,400.00
1905.
April 20.—To requisition publications (Ordnance
Manuals) 6.24
April 20.—To requisition publications 2.70
May 26.—To requisition Q. M. stores 969.80
June 17.—To requisition Ordnance stores 328.18
$ 5,444.20
Adjutant General. i:;
July 1.—By balance to credit of State $ 449.52
July 1.—By apportionment for fiscal year 23,937.24
July 13.—By certificate of deposit (General F. A.
Macon, D. O.) 3,000.00
1900.
Jan. 4.—By certificate of deposit (Genera] K. A.
Macon. ]). O. ) 24.28
.May 7.—By certificate of deposit (General F. A.
Macon, D. O. ) 2.80
$27,41:}. 84
• July 1.—By requisition Q. M. stores on requisition
June 5 $ 3,184.11
July S.—By requisition Q. M. stores on requisition
June 17 328.18
July 13.—By requisition favor General F. A. Macon,
D- 20,000.00
Sept. 23.—By requisition Ord. stores 10.80
Sept. 26.—By requisition Q. M. stores 887.!>.">
1906.
Jan. 20.—By requisition Ord. stores 570.00
Jan. 29.—By requisition Q. M. stores 1,940.45
Feb. 5.—By requisition Q. M. stores 115.70
$27,037.19
May 9.—By balance to credit of State $ 376.65
To Date 1006.
May 9.—By balance, as per account rendered $ 376.65
June 13.—By certificate of deposit No. 52 by Colonel Macon,
D- �� 551.24
$ 928.49
July 1.—By balance $ 928.49
July 1.—By apportionment for fiscal year 1907 35,905.86
July 19.—By certificate of deposit No. 2041, by Colonel Macon . 337.85
July 19.—By certificate of deposit No. SO. by Colonel Macon. . 153.12
Oct. 6.—By overcharge on Q. M. requisition June 16, 1900. . 6.80
$37,332.12
June 16.—To requisition Ord. stores, issue ordered
July 1 $ 1.265.80
June 16.—To requisition Q. M. stores, issue ordered
•Inly 1 10.493.74
June 23.—To requisition Ord. stores, issue ordered
July 1 78.52
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June 23.—To requisition Q. M. stores, issue ordered
July 1 $ 1,856.00
June 30.—To requisition Q. M. stores, issue ordered
July 1 451.75
July 7.—To requisition Ord. stores, issue ordered
July 1 270.00
July 11.—To requisition No. 304 Assistant Treas-urer,
Baltimore, Md., favor of General
Macon. Disbursing Officer 20.000.00
July 13.—To requisition Ord. stores 263.00
July 13.��To requisition Ord. stores .80
July 13.—To requisition Signal stores 677.40
July 16.—To requisition Q. M. stores 1.044.94
Aug. 1.—To additional charge on Q. M. requisition
June 23, 1906 24.40
Refundment to General Macon 2.80
Aug. 20.—To additional charge on Q. M. requisition
June 16, 1906 11.70
Sept. 10.—To requisition publications 2.94
Nov. 13.—To requisition medical supplies 48.00
$36,491.79
Nov. 14.—Bv balance to credit of State $ 840.33
THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
In Account with THE UNITED STATES,
Foe Arming and Equipping the Militia.
(Allotment: Promotion Rifle Practice).
1906.
July 1.—By amount set aside by order of Assistant Secre-tary
of War ' $11,968.62
Oct. 27.—To requisition No. 1S75, Assistant Treasurer, Balti-more,
favor General Macon, Disbursing Officer. . 2,500.00
Nov. 14.—By balance to credit of State $ 9,40S.62
Adjutant General. 15
REPORT OF ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
Goldsboro, 1ST. C, December 19, 1906.
General Thos. E. Robertson,
Adjutant General,
Raleigh, N. C.
Sir:—In obedience to Special Order Xo. 7-4, instructing
me to go to Clinton, 1ST. C, and examine tbe books, accounts
and vouchers of the Paymaster General, I have the honor
to inform you I have made an examination of the books,
accounts and vouchers of the Paymaster General, and find
the books neatly and accurately kept, accounts in good shape,
correctly balanced, and all vouchers regularly issued, and
properly authenticated and approved either by yourself or
the Commander in Chief, and ample legal instructions for
the disbursements of such amounts as are not expressly pro-vided
for by the statute, by the Commander in Chief. I
respectfully submit the following findings:
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand December 1, 1905 $ 8,986.05
State appropriation.. 1906 16,000.00
$24,986.05
DISBURSEMENTS.
Company appropriations $10,010.00
Brigade and regimental headquarters 900.00
Adjutant General's department 2,049.96
Quartermaster General's department 839.92
Paymaster General's department 499.92
Surgeon General's department 225.00
Encampment expenses, First Infantry. Charlotte,
North Carolina, and Naval Brigade cruise, 1906. . 1,519.73
Balance in bank, as per certificate herewith, Decem-
1, 1906 8,941.52
, $24,986.05
The above dates from December 1, 1905, to November 30,
inclusive, 1906.
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Find herewith certificate from the bank showing balance
in bank December 1, 1906, and made a part of this report.
I approved the vouchers, accounts, etc., in accordance with
your instructions.
Sincerely trusting this report will be satisfactory, I have
the honor to be,
Yours very respectfully,
Geo. E. Hood,
Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Quartermaster General.
THE BANK OF CLINTON,
Clinton, N. C. December 1, 1906.
To Whom It May Concern:
This is to certify that Colonel George L. Peterson, Paymaster General
of North Carolina National Guard, has on this date, in this bank, the)
sum of eight thousand nine hundred forty-one dollars and fifty-two cents
($8,941.52).
H. McKinnon, Cashier.
Adjutant General. 47
REPORT OF SURGEON GENERAL
State of Xortii Carolina,
Surgeon General's Office,
Concord, December 1, 1006.
Brigadier General Thos. R. Robertson,
Adjutant General of North Carolina,
Raleigh.
Sir :—I have the honor to submit herewith my report- as
Surgeon General for the rear ending November 30, 1006.
The Hospital Corps, consisting of three detachments of
12 m»n each, are well drilled, well disciplined, and in every
way satisfactory. I was told by a medical officer of the Army
on duty at Chickamauga that North Carolina had by far the
best hospital corps and the best equipment of any State that
had sent troops into camp there during the year.
There were three regimental encampments this year—two
at the State's permanent camp-site at Morehead City and one
at ( 'hickamauga Park, Ga. There was little or no sickness
at either. There was a prompt and cheerful response by the
commanding officers to the recommendations of the Medical
Department in reference to camp sanitation and kindred
subjects.
I was not present at either of the Morehead City encamp-ments,
but attended that at Chickamauga, and was highly
gratified at the way in which the Medical Department of
our State compared with thai of other States there encamped.
I had the honor of attending the meeting of the Association
of Military Surgeons of the United States at Buffalo, X. Y.,
in September. This meeting was both pleasant and profitable.
I was instructed in many things pertaining to military medi-cine
and surgery that will be applied to the betterment of the
service in our State.
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To the Commander in Chief, to yourself, and to all the
officers of the general staff, I beg to acknowledge my obliga-tion
for many courtesies shown me.
I have the honor to be, sir,
Very respectfully,
Robt. S. Young,
Surgeon General.
Al>.J UTA.XT ( r K.\ ERAL. VJ
REPORT OF PAYMASTER GENERAL
State of North Carolina,
Office of Paymaster General,
Clinton-
, November 30, 1906.
Adjutant General State of North Carolina,
Raleigh, X. C.
Sir:—I have the honor of submitting herewith' the report
of this office for the year ending November 30, 1006.
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand last report. November 30, 1005 $ 8,986.05
State of North Carolina, annual appropriation 1906 16,000.00
DISBURSEMENTS. $ 24,986.05
First Infantry Companies $ 3,000.00
Second Infantry Companies 3,000.00
Third Infantry Companies 2,875.00
First Infantry Band 100.00
Second Infant ry Band 100.00
Third Infantry Band 100.00
Fust Battery Field Artillery 250.00
Wilmington Division Naval Brigade 250.00
New Bern Division Naval Brigade 250.00
Windsor Division Naval Brigade 85.00
. $1 0,010.00
Adjutant General's Department.
General Thomas R. Robertson, Adjutant General,
one year's salary $ 999.9G
Colonel Alfred Williams, Assistant Adjutant Gen-eral,
thirteen months' salary 650.00
Miss Lillian Thompson, stenographer to the Ad-jutant
General 300.00
Balance due of office expense, 1905 100.00
$ 2,049.96
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Brigade and Regimental Headquarters.
Brigade Commander First Brigade $ 300.00
Commander First Infantry 150.00
Commander Second Infantry .' 150.00
Commander Third Infantry 150.00
Commander Naval Brigade 150.00
Quartermaster's Department.
General Francis A. Macon, Quartermaster Gen-eral,
salary one year $ 499.92
Miss Magdalene Landis, stenographer to Quarter-master
General, salary one year 3-10.00
Paymaster General's Department.
Colonel George L. Peterson, Paymaster General,
salary one year $ 499.92
Surgeon General's Department.
( 'harlot te Hospital Corps $ 75.00
Clinton Hospital Corps 75.00
Re-idsville Hospital Corps 75.00
$ 900.00
$ 839.92
$ 499.92
$ 225.00
Encampments and Naval Brigade Cruise.
Balance due on expense First Infantry encamp-ment.
Charlotte, 1905 $ 19.73
Naval Brigade cruise, on account S. O. No. 41,
A. G. O., 1900 1,500.00 — $ 1,519.73
Total disbursements $16,044.53
Balance on hand November 30, 1906 8,941.52
$24,986.05
Receipts from all sources $24,986.05
The following is a list of the warrants paid account Naval
Brigade cruise, after being approved by the Commander of
the Naval Brigade and the Adjutant General
:
Adjutant General. 5 1
No. 150.—rohn B. Peschau $ 3.00
No. 151.—T. L. Willis 3.50
No. 152.—-J. H. Weddell 15.00
No. 153.—W. 15. Hanff 10.00
No. 154.—J. C. Williams, Agenl A. and N. C. R. E 19.60
No. loo.—J. B. .Moil mi 17.82
No. 156.—D. B. Wade 7.00
No. 157.—Oaks Meal Market 45.96
No. 158.—Weddell Grocery Company 20.16
No. 159.—<?harles S, Wallace 1.00
No. 160.—J. B. Morten 1.50
No. 161.—John B. Peschau 40.00
No. 166.—Wilmington and Little Biver Transportation Company 750.00
No. 167.—G. L. Arthur 25.00
No. 1 08.—C. W. Hollowell 40.00
No. 169.—H. M. Chase 3.38
No, 170.—Charles S. Wallace 1.50
No. 171.��Roberts & Hunt 45.75
No. 172.—Western Union Telegraph Company 2.16
No. 173.—-Home Telegraph and Telephone Company 1.50
No. 174.—C. D. Bradham 3.00
No. 175.—Weddell Grocery Company 276.70
No. 176.—Bell & Co 61.65
No. 1 77.—E. D. Arthur & Bro 3.36
No. 178.—D. B. Wade & Co 2.50
No. 179.—Kafus Market 32.00
No. 181.—Bell & Co 3.06
No. 182.—Cape Fear Club 2.40
No. 183.—People's Supply Company 13.96
No. 204.—John B. Peschau 47.54
$1,500.00
Very respectfully,
Geo. L. Peteksox.
Pin/master General.
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REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS.
State of North Carolina,
Office Chief of Engineers, N~. C. ~N. G.,
\Yinston-Salem, December 31, 1906.
General Thos. R. Robertson,
Adjutant General N. C. N G.,
Raleigh, N. C.
Sir:—I have the honor to submit my annual report as fol-lows
: During the past year there has been no unusual routine
work in my department.
During the encampment of the First Regiment at the
Alorehead camp-site, the Governor and Commander in Chief
instructed me to visit the encampment and inspect particu-larly
the water supply and general sanitation of the encamp-ment,
to advise and report thereon in connection with the
permanent arrangements for future encampments.
For a permanent water supply I would recommend that
wells should be driven on the rear side of the property com-prising
the camp-site, at as remote a point as practicable
from where the tents are pitched, and that the water be
pumped to an elevated tank and piped from it to the various
parts of the camp-site where it may be needed ; and that the
use of driven wells in the immediate vicinity of where the
tents are pitched, and the spring used during the last encamp-ment,
as drinking-water, should all be discontinued, as all
these are quite liable to serious contamination and dangerous
to the health of the troops, when used as drinking-water.
For the location of permanent sinks, I think it would be
very desirable to avoid having the drainage from the sinks
empty into Bogue Sound, and this can be accomplished by
locating the sinks at some point on the interior of the property
near the rifle-range, where the drainage can be piped to a
good-size creek that runs in the rear of the camp-gronnds.
Adjutant General. 53
The general sanitation of the camp-site I found to be very
good, and as complete as could be expected for the first en-campment
at this site and the short period of time that was
available for preparation. As stated in my last annual report,
the general conditions at this site are very favorable to perfect
sanitation, and an ideal camp-site from a sanitary standpoint
can readily be secured at a very reasonable cost.
Very respectfully,
J. L. Ludlow,
Colonel and Chief of Engineers.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SMALL ARMS PRACTICE.
Headquarters
Inspector Small Arms Practice, X. C. X. G.,
FranklintoNj November 30, 1906.
General Thomas R. Robertson,
Adjutant General North Carolina.
Raleigh.
Sir:—I have the honor to submit herewith the annual re-port
of my department:
On July 1st I was ordered, by the Commander in Chief,
to Washington, D. C, to consult General Robert Shaw Oliver,
Assistant Secretary of War, and get necessary instructions,
plans, etc., for the construction and equipment of a State
rifle-range at Camp Glenn. Upon my arrival at Washington
I called on General Oliver, at the War Department, and
found him exceedingly courteous and very much interested in
my department. General Oliver kindly assisted me in the
Ordnance, Signal Corps, and other departments, where I
secured blue-prints and maps and necessary printed informa-tion
for constructing and equipping a first-class State rifle-range.
lie then advised me to spend a few days at the District
of Columbia and Annapolis ranges. Acting under his sugges-tions,
I visited the District of Columbia range by electric cars
five miles from Washington, where I found Major J. E. Bell,
Inspector Rifle Practice, Militia District of Columbia.
Major Pell constructed this magnificent range at a cost of
about $12,000, and it is known as the "Bell range." Major
Pell was in charge and target-practice was going on every day.
The three District of Columbia National Guard Regiments
practiced on this range at an average of two companies a day.
At this range the supply of ammunition was unlimited and
free to all sokliers who wished to practice rifle and pistol shoot-
AlMITANT (iKXKCAL. 55
ing. Everything a1 this range and camp was carried on
strictly under Army regulations. Major Bell welcomed me
tn every department and would have me spend three days
with him on the range. I think Major Hell's range and camp-site
equal to Sea Girt, X. J., but not so large. On my way
home I visited the ranges at Annapolis and Norfolk.
On July 12th I received orders to go to Camp Glenn
and begin the construction of the State range. I arrived
at camp on the 13th, secured fifteen hands and cleared the
fifteen acres of land selected by Colonel J. E. Dimmick
and myself during March, and on which Mr. Fred L. Merritt,
of the Atlantic and Xorth Carolina Railroad Company, had
secured an option for the State. After clearing this fifteen
acres I found it would require ten acres more to construct a
first or second class range as required by the War Depart-ment,
and that the entire range land must be deeded to the
United States Government. I then proceeded to buy the
twenty-five acres from four parties, investigating title, ab-stract,
etc., for fifty years back. After buying the twenty-live
acres I had it surveyed, plots and deeds made to the
United States, the entire tract cleared, and began to lay out
the rifle-range. Here I realized that I would be compelled
to have the service of a first-class civil engineer, and as Colonel
Ludlow had not been ordered to assist me, I secured the ser-vices
of Engineer Charles Pearson of the Contracting and
Engineering Company at Morehead < !ity, to survey, lay out,
and estimate cost of the entire range. Also to trace the course
and fall of any wild bullets that might go over the back-stop.
In tracking these bullets we found that should any go over
the back-stop they would pass over an uninhabited country at
a height of 100 to 200 feet, for a distance of one mile, and
fall in the shallow water of Bogue Sound. Being satisfied
with the location, title of land, and perfect safety of the range
as laid out, I proceeded to work.
The site averages 200 yards wide by 1,100 yards long,
located immediately adjoining the drill-ground. It is very
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convenient and is so located as to be available for practice
at all times, without endangering any part of the drill-ground.
The target-butts and back-stop are on a slight rise,
the balance of the range being practically level. The de-sign
is to back the butts with a brick wall one foot thick,
eight feet high, three hundred feet long, piling sand in front
with a thickness of six feet at the top and taking its natural
slope to the bottom. The target pit is to have a floor of brick
and cement properly drained, supplied with well of water and
a shed the full length of the butts to protect the markers from
the sun and weather. The back-stop will have a wall of brick
two feet thick, thirty feet high, and three hundred feet long,
designed as a retaining wall. Sand will be piled in front with
a thickness of four feet at top taking its natural slope. The
target-pit will be equipped with twenty-five Aiken targets,
sufficient to allow fifty men to practice at the same time.
They are the latest models, are not affected by sun or rain.
Any boy can work them. I will also state that I purchased this
car of targets, etc., at $250 less than they were sold to the
State by the manufacturers. No construction is necessary
at the 200, 300, 500, 600, 800 and 1,000 yards firing points.
The land being level, they are simply marked by streamers
erected at each point. Each stage is provided with lead-covered
cables, telephonic and outlet box for the purpose of
communicating with the markers or any part of the range.
Engineer ( 'harles Pearson and myself estimate that this range
can be built as laid out on the accompanying plan and as
described above for about $8,000 to $10,000, and in my opin-ion
this will give us a range as good as any in the United
States. Being impossible for me to get this range ready,
with the help I had, for the use of the Second Regiment,
which came to camp first, they did no shooting. On account
of the rains and mosquitoes I could not have had it ready for
the First Regiment, which came to camp last, but for the
kindness of Major -T. C. Bessent in lending me his battalion
a half a day to assist me on the work. The range having been
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partly finished, Genera] Armfield inspected same, considered
it safe and ordered the First Regimcni to commence shooting.
My assistants, Lieutenant Colone] White and Major Bristol,
not being ordered to camp, I was shorl of help in my deparl
incut to conduct the shooting. General Armfield kindly de-tailed
Major D. R. Johnson of his staff to assist me as range
officer; he kepi the score-books and rendered faithful service
on the range during the shooting.
After practice on the range had begun, I spent two days in
the rear of the back-stop horse-back riding in a radius of four
miles to discover any possible danger from wild bullets. I
was unable to find or hear of a single bullet having gotten by
the hack-stop. Then, having requested Major J. C. Bessent to
shoot twenty-five bullets just over the back-stop, with several
citizens I took post about one-half mile in the rear of the
range. We heard the bullets passing apparently 100 or
200 feet overhead. These bullets must of necessity have
fallen into the shallow water of Bogue Sound. It would be
hard to imagine a situation in which any danger from wild
bullets could so completely be minimized.
I earnestly recommend and urge that the work on the
range begin again in the early spring before the rainy and
mosquito season, and that the entire range be completed as
soon as possible after April 1st..
The construction of a first-class rifle-range is a laborious
task. In the work thus far done I met with many obstacles
and seeming impossibilities. But there has been a real
appreciation on the part of Governor Glenn, General Arm-field,
and others, and I have felt encouraged to press for-ward
and do all in my power to make our range the Sea Girt
of the South.
The Third Regiment was encamped at Chickamauga, and
had no target practice. As before stated, the range could
not be prepared in time for the Second Regiment. It should
ho completed and ready for the entire brigade the next en-campment.
I recommend that each regiment spend three-
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fourths of its time during the next encampment in practice
on the range so as to qualify the men to enter the National
teams and to have a record for the War Department,
REPORT OF EIFLE PRACTICE AT CAMP GLENN.
August 15 to 18, 1906.
Range, 200 yards; slow fire, standing; 1 score, 5 shots; possible total, 25.
First Regiment.
Company A -
Company B -
Company C -
Company D -
Company E -
Company F -
Company G -
Company H -
Company I--
Company K -
Company L
Company M
Number
Men
Firing.
14
19
13
9
15
9
15
11
15
8
15
17
Score.
52
116
55
16
60
27
.64
58
56
22
76
63
Average.
3.7
6.10
4.23
1.77
4
3
4.26
5.27
3.73
2.75
5.06
3.7
Range, 200 yards; slow fire, standing; 2 scores, 5 shots each; possible total, 50.
First Regiment.
Company A-Company
B -
Company C
Company D-Company
E
Company F-Company
G -
Company H
Company I--
Company K
Company L
Company M
Number
Men
Firing.
Score.
20
22
17
33
30
17
29
24
14
27
19
16
529
621
523
871
874
443
811
782
367
727
599
446
Average.
26.45
28.22
30.76
26.39
29.13
26.05
27.96
32.58
26.21
26.92
33.52
27
Number
Men Quali-fying
in
Special
Course C.
11
10
16
15
5
12
17
6
11
12
6
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REPORT OF RIFLE PRACTICE-Continued.
Range, 300 yards; slow fire, kneeling; 2 scores, 5 shots each: possible total, 50.
First Regiment.
Company A-Company
B
Company C
Company D
Company E
Company F-Company
G
Company H
Company I
Company K
Company L
Company M
Number
Men
Firing.
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REPORT OF BRIGADE COMMANDER.
Headquarters First Brigade, N". C. N". G.,
Statesville, N\ C.j December 31, 1900.
Adjutant General, of North Carolina,
Rale igh . N. C.
Sir :—I have the honor to make report of the First Brigade
for the year 1900. The brigade, as at present constituted,
consists of three regiments of infantry, twelve companies and
a band, each, and a battery of field artillery. The strength
of the brigade, as shown by last monthly report of command-ing
officers, is approximately 1,750 enlisted men, with a full
quota of officers.
The regiments are armed wjith the Krag-Jorgenson rifle.
The battery with three Gatling guns, caliber 45.
The uniform consists of the cotton khaki and the blue
dress uniform. Both have been much worn, and in many in-stances
hardly presentable.
Field instruction was given the brigade during the past
summer, as follows : First and Second regiments of Infantry
;ii id First Field Artillery, at the State camp at Morehead City
for ten days ; the Second Infantry and First Field Artillery
from July 25 to August 3, and the First Infantry from Au-gust
11 to August 20. The Third Infantry at Chickamauga
Park from August 19 to 20. The Colonel commanding that
regiment has forwarded your office, through these headquar-ters,
a detailed report of this tour of duty.
As per General Orders Xo. 3, Office Adjutant General,
Raleigh, June 30, 1900, detailing me to proceed to .More-head
City on July 25, and assume command of the post
(Camp Glenn), for the respective periods of the encamp-ments
at that place, I did so, arriving there on the 25th,
with three members of my staff: Lieutenant Colonel R. L.
Adjutant General. Gl
Leinster, Assistant Adjutant General; Major W. G. Smith,
Assistanl [nspector General; Major D. E. Johnson, Ord-nance
Officer.
The Quartermaster Genera] was on the ground, and had
established a depot of supplies. The day previous tents for
the Second Infantry and First Artillery were pitched by de-tails
from those organizations. I found the water supply
consisted of driven pumps at convenient places throughout
the camp. The mess-halls and kitchen used last year were
utilized for this camp.
The Second Infantry arrived—the first company at noon
and the last company at 7 p. m. The first Field Battery
and Hospital Corps arrived at 7 o'clock. All came into camp
in good order promptly on arrival, and the Colonel commandr
ing reported no casualties or mishaps of consequence to any
detachment en route.
The Second Regiment reported 34 commissioned officers,
513 enlisted men; the First Field Artillery 3 commissioned
officers, 58 enlisted men; the Hospital Corps, 3 officers, 11
enlisted men.
For administrative purposes the First Field Artillery was
attache d to the Second Infantry. Camp guard was posted
by the Second Infantry immediately on arrival in camp.
In pursuance to instructions from the Adjutant General
to allow regimental commanders full control of routine of
camp duties and drills for their respective commands, I di-rected
the Colonels of regiments on arrival of each at camp to
submit to me a schedule of proposed duty calls and drills for
the period of the tour of each. This was done, approved, and
carried out by both regiments.
The morning drills of the Second Infantry were devoted
t<> exercises in extended order, first by company, then by
battalion. The duration of the drills was about an hour and
half each day. The afternoon drills were devoted to school
of the battalion, leading up to the evolutions of the regiment.
There was a very noticeable improvement from day to day
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in the bearing of the men in the ranks, and the promptness
with which the different units of the regiment performed all
duties was noticeable to a marked degree. This was accom-plished
by systematic and faithful work of both officers and
men. No target-practice was done, as the range was in an
unfinished state for shooting. The Field Artillery drilled
each morning and afternoon, and participated in parade with
the regiment each day. This organization showed good prog-ress
in drill and discipline.
Camp was inspected each day, and after the first day was
kept in a clean condition. Guard duty was very unsatis-factorily
performed, the men showing no previous instruction.
Very little sickness occurred, and this was of a mild form.
On the morning of the 3d of August the Second Infantry
and First Field Battery and Hospital Corps detachment
broke camp and returned to home stations.
On August 12 the different detachments composing the
First Regiment and Hospital Corps arrived in camp, ex-cepting
Company E, which arrived on the 13th. The troops
reported the following strength : First Regiment Infantry,
45 commissioned officers, 490 enlisted men ; Hospital Corps,
3 officers, 11 enlisted men.
Practically the same list of camp duty calls were adhered
to during the tour of these troops. The drills were, for the
first day, company drill, close order; battalion drills every
morning and afternoon thereafter, interspersed with an oc-easional
drill by a company or battalion in extended order.
Target-firing at the range was commenced on the 14th. By
pushing the work, Colonel McGhee, Inspector of Small Arms
Practice, assisted by Major D. R. Johnson, established four
targets, and the shooting thereof was continued unremittingly
every day until the regiment broke camp. 26S men shot 10
times each, and 160 men shot 5 times each, at the 200 yards
range. Sixty men (5 of the best shots of each company,
designated by provious scores) shot 10 shots, each, at the
800 and 500 yards ranges, respectively.
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The rules and regulations governing Special Course "C"
were adhered to. A report in detail of this practiceis for-warded
your office by the Inspector of Small Arms Practice.
The progress in drill and discipline of the regiment while
in camp was very gratifying. X<» sickness, except of a
minor nature, occurred; one case of threatened typhoid fever
was sent, home.
The regiment and Hospital Corps detachment broke cam].
on the morning of August 20, returning home in good order.
I KAXSPORTATIOX.
Transportation was arranged by the Quartermaster Gen-eral
for officers and men. Transportation for the authorized
mounts for officers should be arranged for in the future.
SUBSISTENCE.
Subsistence was furnished by Quartermaster General (act-ing
Commissary) on the basis of 20 cents per day to each
enlisted man—the amount prescribed for the National Guard.
This was not strictly adhered to; 20 cents will not feed a man
three meals at prevailing prices for food-stuffs. The ration
was supplemented by company commanders from company
funds, and the men themselves in a great many instances, at
the lunch-stands around camp. This 20 cents allowance should
be supplemented by the State so as to permit the issue accord-ing
to the quantity allowance prescribed for the Army. En-listed
men should be paid commutation of travel rations at
the rate necessary to feed organizations while en route to
camp. For the return journey to stations the Army travel
ration should be issued, and money for coffee provided for the
requisite period.
HOSPITAL CORPS.
The hospital conducted by Major Holmes for the Second
Infantry and Field Artillery, and that of the First Infantry.
Major Jordan in charge, were all that could be desired. The
sick of each command were well taken care of.
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pay.
The troops of each camp were paid on the day before
breaking camp for eight days, by the Quartermaster General
(Disbursing Officer), at the rate to each man prescribed by
regulations. Troops should be paid in the future for the
entire period from the time they start from their homes to the
time of their return to home station.
ADMINISTRATION.
There was some improvement noted in both regiments
in keeping records, but most of the companies are still defi-cient
in the necessary books for records.
DISCIPLINE.
During the tour of the Second Infantry and Artillery,
no charges were preferred calling for the action of a court-martial.
Two or three minor offenses of breach of discipline
were tried by the Regimental Summary Court. The camp
was generally orderly and quiet.
1 luring the tour of the First Infantry a court-martial
was organized by these headquarters, and one enlisted man
tried for larceny. He was acquitted, the findings approved
and forwarded to your headquarters. The order and quietude
of this camp was good; practically no drunkenness was ob-served
at either camp. Several blind-tigers, in the shape of
boats loaded with whiskey, and men carrying the same on
their persons, were captured on the edge of camp, and before
they had a chance to sell much of it.
The camp-site, I think, can be improved, made more com-fortable
and convenient for the troops, easier to be kept clean,
better sanitary conditions maintained, the better preserva-tion
of Commissary and Quartermaster stores made possible
by carrying out the following recommendations:
1. The entire grounds should be fenced with wire, so as to
turn hogs, goats and cattle, that are running over the same,
as grass will no1 grow under these conditions, even if sowed.
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2. As soon as possible, the grounds, including the camp-site,
drill-ground and rifle-range, should be leveled and grass
sowed, or some method used to secure a turf. This should
be done this fall or winter to permit the ground to become
settled and a turf formed before the time for the next en-campment.
:!. A shell-road should be made running' parallel to mess-halls
and kitchens and adjacent to same, running the entire
l( ngth of the camp, and also shell-roads running from this
main road south between each regimental camp. All haul-ing
in and out of camp, the travel of horses and artillery,
should be confined to these roads. This will protect the grass.
4. A good, wholesome water supply, for drinking and cook-ing
purposes, should be secured by a deep well and the water
distributed through camp in pipes. The present supply
(driven pumps) is very unsatisfactory; half the time the
water is full of sand, and when at its best, it is not good.
5. Sinks of a better kind and more conveniently located
should be arranged before the troops again encamp on the
ground. Officers' sinks were located near the sound and
about on a level with the water ; consequently, at high tide
they were flooded and could not be kept clean. Sinks for
men were at the edge of parade ground, one-fourth mile from
camp—too far off and in wrong place.
If a sufficient water supply, and with force enough, can be
secured, as above indicated, closets should be built in each
regimental camp, with sewer connection ; sewer running to
the ravine north of rifle-range, about one-half mile from
camp. If it can possibly be avoided, sinks should not be
built on the sound front.
6. If the present mess pavilions are to be retained for
permanent use, or are to be used again, they should be
floored. The sand under these sheds is very loose and ap-parently
bottomless, and the tables, seats, etc., cannot be
kept clean under these conditions.
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7. A storehouse, at least 20x60 feet, for Commissary and
Quartermaster's stores, should be erected at the end of camp
nearest Morehead City, on the above-mentioned shell-road;
this storehouse not to occupy ground that could be used or is
needed for camp-site, but on the edge of camp. Also a
storehouse in each regimental camp, one-third the size of the
above-mentioned house, at the junction of the shell-roads
mentioned above, on line with mess-halls and kitchens. All
these buildings should be built in a substantial manner, cov-ered
with shingles or tin, weather-boarded, and with good,
close floors.
8. .V covered corral, with stalls sufficient for fifty horses,
should be built at one end of the camp.
These recommendations come clearly within the promise
of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, and the citi-zens
of Morehead, to the committee who selected the site, as
to what they proposed to do in fixing up the grounds—sup-plying
the necessary buildings and a good and sufficient
water supply, all of which was to be done by them free of
charge to the State.
9. A keeper should be hired to care for the grounds, build-ings,
and all Government property in the camp.
Troops of the command were ordered out to aid the civil
authorities on several occasions during the year; but, in each
instance, have been so ordered by the Adjutant General, and
have made report of such service to that office, excepting duty
al Salisbury on August 7 to 11, inclusive, which I have the
honor to report as follows: On August 7. at 5 P. M., the
Governor and Commander in Chief, at Raleigh, telephoned
me, a1 Statesville, to proceed to Salisbury at once, and take
command of Companies D, E and B, First Regiment^ and
the First Field Artillery, all of which had been ordered to
Salisbury, and would arrive there that night. I tried to get
in telephonic communication with the civil authorities at
Salisbury at once to learn what was going on and the situa-tion
generally, but the wires were down, and I could not do
Adjutant General. <>i
so. I wired the Sheriff Inter to meet me at the station, and
I proceeded to Salisbury with Company E. On arrival and
upon inquiry 1 found this situation: On the night previous
a mob of -*5,000 or mere people had attacked the jail, took
therefrom several negro prisoners and lynched them. The
jail was guarded at the time by aboul twenty deputy sheriffs
and Company B, with about thirty men. At the time of my
arrival Company B had been relieved by the Sheriff, and their
services dispensed with for the time being. That day several
people, charged as being part of the lynching crowd, had been
arrested and placed in jail, and it was feared that anothei
mob would gather and release them. On arrival at jail, 1
requested the Sheriff of the county to state in writing what
he wished the troops to do, and sign the statement officially.
This he did, which statement was to the effect that he wished
them to guard the jail and prisoners, and maintain order, etc.
I then informed him that he could relieve his deputies if he
so desired, and go home and get needed rest himself.
I requested the Mayor of the city to tell the people, who
were crowding the streets around the jail, that the troops
had been sent there by the Commander in Chief to guard the
jail, protect the prisoners and preserve order, and that this
would be done. I requested him further to ask the people to
clear the streets around the jail and stay away from that
locality. This was immediately done, and no crowds were
permitted to gather thereafter. The troops reporting con-sisted
of 105 men, including officers. On arrival of the
troops, aboul 8 o'clock P. M., they were. placed in camp near
the jail, and a strong guard established to command the same.
Outposts were established and scouts sent out to discover any
incoming mob. The Gatling guns were placed in position
and 50 rounds of ball cartridges issued. Careful and minute
instructions were given detachment commanders as to how
to form and disperse their respective commands during the
night, if ordered to fall in. The troops were kept closely in
their quarters, night and clay, and only permitted to leave
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quarters in the performance of duty. The troops encamped
under shelter tents, and were fed in near-by restaurants,
companies being marched to the same one at a time.
During the stay of the troops the accused lynchers were
tried in the eourtdiouse, adjoining the jail. This was also
guarded by the command. By direction of the Commander
in Chief, I consulted with the civil authorities as to how long
the troops would be needed, and as to when they should be
dismissed; and, as all excitement seemed to have been allayed,
Company D and a section of the Artillery were relieved and
sent to their home stations on the 10th of August. I placed
Major Flanigan, of the First Regiment, in command of the
remaining force, and proceeded to Morehead, where I had
been ordered. The troops were relieved from duty, Company
E and Artillery returning to their respective home stations
on evening of August 11th. Company B left Salisbury the
evening of August 11 at about 9 o'clock, with prisoners, for
Raleigh, and was on duty until about 8:30 August 12, when
they proceeded t<> camp at Morehead.
During this tour of duty no attempt or attack on the jail
or prisoners was made. ]STo disorder occurred and the troops
were kept closely in quarters, and the strictest discipline
maintained. The officers and men of the detachment showed
an appreciation of the situation, and performed their duty
admirably. The special duty performed by Company B on
the night of August 6 at Salisbury, before the arrival of this
force, is reported by the commanding officer of that company,
and enclosed herewith.
The Guard, at present, is poorly uniformed and equipped.
Very few, if any, companies in the brigade can uniform all
their enlisted strength, both in the cotton summer khaki and
the blue, or winter, clothes. Most of them are short in both
uniforms. All are short, either in blankets, shelter tents,
haversacks, canteens, knives, forks or meat cans—the essen-tial
things that go to fit them for service. This is due partly
to two causes: negligence and carelessness of some company
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commanders in not properly caring for the property. In
other instances, they have cared for it properly, but it has
been worn out in the service by fair wear and tear, and no
new uniforms or equipment have been issued them for six or
seven years. A more strict accounting for the care of the
property should be instituted and required of all responsible
officers, and an equal division of uniforms and equipment
made yearly. A system like this would give each company
it- proportionate part of the allotment, and a strict accounl
for the same should be instituted. The shabby appearance of
some companies in the uniforms they have i s not conducive to
securing good and desirable recruits, as they are needed, or
to promoting the necessary esprit de corps in the various de-tachments
to enable them to keep the organization up to the
desired standard.
A course of instruction for the brigade was ordered during
the past year, prescribing a course of instruction by company
commanders for their companies at home stations for the
months of March, April, May and June, with the view of
having the troops fitted for more extensive field manceuvers at
the coming State and Xational camps. Xo reports were ren-dered,
as ordered, and I judge from the state of proficiency
in drill little attention has been paid to the order by some of
the companies.
The school of the soldier is the basis of efficiency. Instruc-tion
therein of the recruit in the armony by company officers
should be thorough. This instruction should also include
fire discipline, theoretical sighting and firing at all ranges,
proper use and care of equipment, military etiquette, the
duties of the sentinel in camp guard-.
Theoretical instruction of officers and non-commissioned
officers should be had in extended order drill as applied to
battle tactics, posting and duties of outposts, advance, rear
and flank guards, and in reconnoitering and patrols to such
an extent that they can, when the time arrives for practical
Work, instruct the soldiers intelligently and without loss of
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time. Nothing that can be taught in the armory should be
left undone to consume time at the State camp.
The conduct of the troops during the movement to and
from the different camps of instruction during the past year
has been all that could be desired. Commanding officers have
reported the best of discipline maintained throughout these
trips. This is as it should always be, and no one desires praise
for simply doing what they should do; but, considering the
numerous complaints of rowdy actions of various troops here-t6fore,
it is noticeable, and I mention it as an indication that
the officers in charge of troops traveling are attending to their
duties more closely and the men are becoming better dis-ciplined.
^T ,» -,-,
1 V ery respectiully,
J. F. Armfield,
Brigadier General, Commanding First Brigade, X. C. N. G.
Adjutant General. 71
REPORT OF COMMANDER OF NAVAL BRIGADE.
New Bern, January 10, 1907.
General Thomas R. Robertson,
Adjutant General,
Raleigh, N. C.
Sir:—I have the honor to submit herewith annual report
of the Xaval Brigade for the year 1906.
The past year has not been one of growth in the Xaval
Brigade. This has been due to the fact that only ammuni-tion
and arms could be drawn from the annual appropria-tion
awarded by allotment on the United States Government.
The various divisions having to supply themselves with
three complete outfits has caused more or less loss of enthu-siasm
in the service; and while there have been applications
to form divisions to complete the allotment under the State
law, yet the expense of uniforming and equipment was so
great that none of the points desiring divisions could afford
to organize. Thanks to the efforts of our Congressmen, the
bill was passed through Congress, which went into effect on
the 1st day of January, allowing full clothing equipment and
allotment, the same as is drawn by the various commands
and ships of the regular service.
We have drawn requisition upon the department for sup-plies
and clothing to the allotment of our appropriation, and
when this equipment has been received .we shall proceed at
different points on the coast to fill out the maximum number
allotted under our laws.
Great enthusiasm and interest was aroused in the brigade
during the past summer by our cruise, which was ordered by
your department, $1,500 having been allowed and used for
this purpose.
The brigade was fortunate to secure the steamer "Comp-ton"
and had a very profitable and serviceable cruise. Sea-manship
and gunnery-drill with the secondary battery, to-
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gether with small-boat work, was the principal routine for
the ten days' service. Great benefit and experience was the
outcome of secondary battery practice ; and especially target
work with the one-pounders was worthy of commendation.
Several of the gun captains achieved such accuracy that they
v<m their gun pointer marks. The brigade was complimented
by the visit of inspection of the Commander in Chief and his
staff, to which one day was devoted, and the brigade was well
satisfied with the target-practice on that day, the gunners'
mates of the Wilmington and New Bern divisions both mak-ing
a total of 14 hits out of 15 shots at 1,200 and 1,500
yards.
I would recommend that your department secure from the
General Assembly during this session an appropriation of
$2,000 per year for the Naval Brigade, to be devoted exclu-sively
to maintaining a ship to be loaned to the State by the
]STavy Department for cruises.
I would recommend that a cruise of the Naval Brigade be
ordered each year during the period of encampment of the
State Guard, and cooperate afloat with the land forces, as this
association, in my mind, would result in better feeling, more
enthusiasm and general interest between the different branches
of the Guard.
The Navy Department has expressed its readiness to loan
to this State a gunboat of sufficient size and depth of water
as to be available for a cruise drill and inspection of the
brigade ; but it is necessary for the State to maintain the
said gunboat while it is in the State's possession. As there is
no appropriation available at present for this purpose, I have
recommended thai you secure the passage of this special
appropriation of $2,000 for that purpose, and also for cruises.
The brigade desires to express its appreciation of the
interest and courtesy manifested by the Commander in Chief
and vourself. T7. , » ,-, J very respectfully,
Tom C. Daniels,
Captam, Commanding Naval Brigade, N. C. N. G.
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REPORT OF FIRST INFANTRY.
Headquarters First Infantry, X. (
'. X. G.,
Shelby, X. C, December 1, 1906.
The Adjutant General,
State of North Carolina.
Sir:—I have the honor herewith to submit my annual re-port
for the year 1906, as required by law.
The inspection of the companies was made during March
and April of this year by Inspector General Bain and Cap-tain
Schley. I was with them at all except five points, and
Majors were at two of these. If a change had not teen made
in the dates I would have been at all but two of the points.
The field and staff reported at the places designated for them
to appear.
In obedience to orders from the Adjutant General's office,
my regiment went into camp at Morehead City, August 10th
to 21st, a period of ten days; and while we expected pay for
ten .lays, yet when it was explained to the officers and men
that, owing to the large amount spent in the purchase of the
rifle-range and putting the same in condition for use the State
was unable to pay but for eight days, there was no murmur
or complaint, for which I heartily commend both officers and
men. The camp-site at Morehead is very good. All the men
were veil pleased. The men had plenty to eat at all times ; but
one day some ham was issued that should not have been, and
there was some complaint on account of that; but with that
single exception the commissary was all right and gave satis-faction.
Some of the fresh beef sent down from Xew Bern
was not what it should have been, and acting upon my sug-gestion
Colonel Gary bought some cattle and had them killed
on the ground, and this meat pleased the men much better
than the shipped meat. Unless a refrigerator car can be kept
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at the camp all the time, would suggest that this plan of sup-plying
fresh meat be adopted in the future.
The discipline of the men was the best I have ever seen in
all my thirty years of service in the Guard, and the behavior
of the men at camp, on the boats, and at the hotel was highly
commended by all who visited camp, and I was greatly com-plimented
on the behavior of the regiment as a whole. Every
officer and soldier should feel proud that nothing occurred
this year to mar the record of the First Regiment while at
camp, or going to or from the same.
The strength of the regiment August 1st was as follows,
viz.
:
Field and staff 15
Non-commissioned staff 7
Band at Asheville 22
Company A, Hickory officers 3, men 37
Company B. Salisbury officers 3, men 53
Company C. Winston officers 3, men 47
Company D, Charlotte officers 3, men 48
Company F, Ktatesville officers 3, men 51
Company F, Asheville officers 3, men 50
Company C. Shelby officers 3, men 47
( lompany IT. Waynesville officers 3, men 41
Company I, Mount Airy officers 3, men 40
Company K. Asheville officers 3, men 51
Company L, Concord officers 3, men 42
Company M3 High Point officers 2, men 41
Total officers 50, men 577
One officer and 53 enlisted men were absent.
Three medical officers and eleven enlisted men of the Char-lotte
detachment Hospital Corps were present during camp
and did efficient service, and I take great pleasure in thank-ing
them all for the care they gave the sick of the regiment.
Great improvement was made in the regiment during the
year past, and I congratulate the officers on the appearance
their companies made at camp this summer.
Company B was on special duty at Salisbury during the
riot there, and from the report of Captain Barker, which I
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enclose, he seemed to obey nil the orders received and con-,
duel himself so as not to cast discredil on the Stair Guard of
North Carolina. Companies D and E were also on special
duty there. This is all the special duty any companies have
been called upon to perform.
The requisitions for the companies have not been filled
promptly for the last two years; hut the Quartermaster has
promised that in the future this would not occur; so I trust
that all companies will be fully supplied very soon now. On
account of the delay mentioned, most of the companies are
very short in clothing for their men, and this makes it hard
on the officers to keep the company up to the full strength;
for men do not like to go out to drill without good clothing.
All the men of the regiment were at the target-range, and
some of them made good scores at all the three ranges of two,
three, and five hundred yards.
The sanitary arrangements at. camp were not as good as I
had hoped they would be; but trust by another year, acting
upon the recommendations of General Armfleld, all this will
be corrected.
The regiment was reviewed by the Commander in Chief
and also by the brigade commander, General Armfleld. All
the companies were highly praised by both for their soldierly
bearing and fine appearance. This should inspire each and
every officer and man to do his best. By another year, with
the proper effort, we should do better still. It is my earnest
desire that one and all of the regiment make this effort.
In the death of Colonel Bain the Guard lost one of its
truest friends and instructors. I trust his successor, who-ever
he may be, will measure up to the high standard of his
predecessor.
In closing I desire to thank all the different department
officials for their uniform courtesy to me ; also to thank the
members of my staff and the officers of the companies for the
aid and assistance so promptly given me at all times.
Very respectfully,
J. T. Gardner,
Colonel, First Infantry, IV. C. N. G.
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REPORT OF SECOND INFANTRY.
Headquarters Second Infantry, X. C. X. G.,
Washington, X. C, December 29, 1906.
Adjutant General Xorth Carolina,
Raleigh, N. C.
Sir:—I have the honor to submit my animal report for
the year ending December 1, 1906.
All orders received from your office have been transmitted.
Xo part of the regiment has been called upon in aid of the
civil authorities during the year.
During the year a band has been organized at Kinston,
taking the place of that disbanded at Tarboro ; and if proper
encouragement is given this organization will be one of per-manency
and a credit to the State. They are in need of
important parts of instruments ; have no drum, which handi-caps
them greatly, although at the last encampment the Quar-termaster
General advised that this deficiency would be rem-edied,
as there was one at the arsenal. Since, however, he
advises that this was taken out without authorization by
some one. Why have an arsenal '.
At the encampment of the regiment a larger percentage of
attendance was shown than in years past ; but the appearance
of the men was not as creditable, due to lack of sufficient
khaki uniforms. It is true that the requisitions, made as
requested by the Quartermaster General in May, were not
sent in as promptly as desired ; but proper requisitions and
lists of condemned stores were forwarded by the Inspector
General after his tour in company with the United States
Army officer. Why these should have been disregarded is
unknown to me ; but such lack of attention is bound to react
on the Guard, and to its detriment.
Very slight progress is apparently being made in the cor-rection
of defects that are very glaring—defects which are
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due i" petty jealousies and unwillingness on our part to bear
the burdeu of our own mistakes.
No one man can correct all, but, working in harmony to-gether,
each mending his own fences, and then shoulder to
shoulder, every one willing to do just a little more than his
share, and doing il . whether we act credit for doing- it or not,
will so clear the highway down which the Guard must march
in the years that are to come, that "who did it" and "how it
was done" will be lost sight of in the satisfaction of seeing
"it is done." -p, - ln Kespectiully,
H. Churchill Bragaw,
Colonel, Second Infantry.
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REPORT OF THIRD INFANTRY.
Headquarters Third Infantry,
Reidsville, N. C, December 1, 1906.
To the Adjutant General of North Carolina.
Raleigh, N. C.
Sir :��I have the honor of submitting' the following' report
for the year ending November 30, 1906
:
At ] tresent my regiment consists of field, staff, band and
companies, as follows:
J. N. Craig, Colonel Reidsville.
S. W. Minor, Lieutenant Colonel Durham.
J. D. Gwtnn, Captain and Adjutant Pelham.
W. T. Wiiitten, Captain and Quartermaster Henderson.
R. W. Morphis, Captain and Commissary Reidsville.
Rev. A. McCillen, Captain and Chaplain Washington.
A. J. Ellington, Captain and Inspector Small Arms Reidsville.
J. E. Saintsing, Sergeant Major Wake Forest.
W. A. OVEKBT, Quartermaster Sergeant Warrenton.
W. R. Dalton, Commissary Sergeant Reidsville.
FIRST BATTALION.
J. J. Bernard, Major Raleigh.
W. R. Miller, Adjutant and First Lieutenant Raleigh.
R. L. Spears, Commissary and Second Lieutenant Raleigh.
W. C. Harris, Sergeant Major Raleigh. M J. Driscol, Commissary Sergeant Raleigh.
SECOND BATTALION.
C. L. McGhee, Major Franklinton.
S. E. Winston, Adjutant and First Lieutenant Youngsville,
B. T. Green, Commissary and Second Lieutenant Franklinton.
8. C. Duke, Sergeant Major Franklinton.
R. L. Conyers, Commissary Sergeant Franklinton.
THIRD BATTALION.
R. M. Albright, Major Raleigh.
S. G. Brown, Adjutant and First Lieutenant Greensboro.
A. C. Mendenhall, Commissary and Second Lieutenant . . .Greensboro.
W. L. Briggs, Sergeant Major.' Raleigh.
Band Raleigh.
Company A Lexington.
Company B Raleigh.
Company C Henderson.
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Company D Louisburg.
Company E Oxford.
( Company F Franklinton.
Company (J Reidsville.
Company II .' Warrenton.
i pany 1 Burlington.
Company K Raleigh.
Company L Greensboro.
Company M S