The west shore., September 06, 1890, Page 52, Image 4

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WY.-l ?HOKE
Ob tb floor above are three company room Etch company tu to ?it
apartments om used fcr the storing of iU uniform, uuj sad t,rfcra.
and th other for its oniinees tod social meetii:?. The rwxs L-e a.1 dec
orated, do two being alike.
Eattery A, Stand Regiment originally known is the " First Ci2-.fi U
Guard "; (or whom i fioe arm
ory U being erected on Pacific
arenoe, near Polk itrtet, may
ell b proud of iti rotors
quarters. The main hall ia
panned by aiz trustee, ao aa
f. . feeaeat, composed of scattered company in the eastern half
rx tu not been ab to obtain thii needed instructun. The two
rUwo- Ml eP31"4 to 18,1 ,Mt Jane' Md
' it! rrto ior baaalion instruction wu improved to the utmost.
W Uba- sraory of any consequence in the state-the building at
' " eis occupied i! headquarters of the First Regiment and osed by
CoipMies B, I ind E. This w the headquartera of the military
and the relief .-ommittee daring the troublous days following the
frt fire at SearO.
. v Wo itited. the cordition of the national guard is as
good at the average of the guird throoghoot the union, or better.
In in emergency call, miking allowances for all the virions caosee
ti.it redoce the erTctive strength of militia regiments below the
enrolled strength, the three states could turn oat lor a
jhort campaign not less than 4,000 fairly well trained
and disciplined men.
aix'Hy or roMPixiu a, d io s, n-r tin., wash, j. c , nunu. win
to give ample support to the roof without the aid of puts. Adjoining the
main hall on the west it a spacious riding hall. The aecond story coatitta
of a ball which will be need for social gathering! and entertainments. It ia
to be elegantly equipped and embelliihed in the latest style. The infantry
companies of the Second Regiment bare accepted plans for a mocb larger
and finer building. Toe regiment now oat an old ikating rink as an armory.
The Oregon National (ioird coniisti of one brigade of three regiments,
averaging 500 men each, two troops of cavalry, and one battery of artillery,
with two rattling gone. The entire force is in a lair tute of efficiency, and
ia composed of moat excellent material. At Salem, Oregon City, The fillea
and Baker City are very (air armory building! designed for the nee of com
panies. By far the moat complete and substantial arm
ory in Uie west is the one in Portland, occupied by
Companies A, C, E, O, I and K of the Pint Regiment.
It is a compactly built brick structure, with a solid lower
wall of itone, ?X feet long and 100 feet wide, with
bastions on opposite corners. The drill room is on the
second floor, the entire site of the building, free from
ports or other obstructions. The lower fix is divided
into a large room for Uis board of oflwert, seren com
pany rooms, libraiy room, headquarters room, field and
stalT room, noo-commiasiooed staff room, band room, a
large drill room lor squids, and quarters for Battery A.
The rooms sre all elegantly furnished and decorated.
Work is now procreating on the ot.er half of the block
upon a new floor, giving a drill flwr IOOi.iw, with a
spectators' gallery around it. When this is completed
the present drill hall will be fitted up for s grmnatium,
etc. A rifle range is being dottrncted in s brick and
cement tunnel under Uie new building. Other regiments
ia the stats hare bad but little opportunity (or battalion
instruction, so w idely eratle red are Uie companies. No
fumls have ever beea appropriated by the tute lor de
fraying the tipenaea of an encampment.
Two regimenu of Infantry and two troops of riv
alry, united ia one brigrade of about 800 men, comprie
the National Hoard of Washington. The First Regi
ment, computed chiefly of eompaniea in Tacoma and
Seattle, baa reached a commendable stage of enViency.
OS TEE MOVE.
A familiar scene in the western moon tains is that
shown in the double page engraving in the center of this
number. A family has selected s new location and is on
the way to take possesion of it. They are not newly
arrived immigrants, ss the nature of the loads upon the
wagons, and en weir otner impeaiamenu,
tbows, but persons who, having accumulated a
little of this world's goods in one location, have
decided to move to another, though not necee-'
sarily a better one. The migrating instinct is
strong in the breasts of many people. The idea
that they can do better somewhere else that
indefinite elysium so difficult to find renders
them restless and lees industrious, thrifty and
economical than they would be were they to go
to work with the idea that they were making a
permanent borne. Borne of the finest farms in
the west, so far as natural advantages are con
cerned, have been sold for a song by such peo
ple, who hare loaded their portable belongings
into a wipn and sought another temporary
abiding place. A few years ago the writer
stopped over night on Siskiyou mountain, within a few yards of the bound
ary line between California and Oregon. One of these " movers " was in
camp near by, and the proprietor of the house said that this particular
family was now miking iu fifth jjurney over the mounuin in as many
years, the enchantment of distance alluring them to California and then to
Oregon alternately year after year. There is room in the Pacific northwest
for thousands of families to build themselves hsppy and prosperous homes,
but the conditions of success are perseverance and intelligent industry
qualities which those who sre constantly " on the move " do not possess.
Happily the latter are few in number, and are an interesting, rather than
an important, feature of the west.
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