Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-24

III ess paraoe oeIore; the second OBSTACLE was
the new tactics, made necessary by the three
battalion formation.
Quite goodly crowd of Washingtonians
came down to witness the spectacle, and they
were more than pleased with it. The veteran
Sergeant Joyce watched every movement with
an expert eye, and when the parade was dis.
missed he remarked, enthusiastically: you
can't see anything finer than that; don't care
where you look for it. l never saw anything
to beat it in all my thirty years Of experience
in the regular army"
But the most thoroughly gratifed man there
was Gen. Ordway. Seated on his fine gray
charger, he was the beau ideal of soldier,
and every man that faced him was proud Of
his commanding officer. The long line was,
from military standpoint, as near perfection
as could be looked for, and it responded to
commands with promptness more steadily
exact than was looked for BY the most SAN
guine. The general had felt little dubious about
the experiment, and had fully made up his
mind that there would be much to criticise,
but his judgment was for once at fault.
GEN. oRDwAY PLEASED.
"Itrepays me for all my trouble" said he to
STAR reporter when it was all over. II had
good deal Of confidence in the ability of the
command, and I knew they would try to do
their best, but the performance far exceeded
my hopes. No commanding officer need ever
be ashamed to parade the District national
guard anywhere"
AN OVATION TO THE GENERAL
In a few minutes after the parade was dis
missed the men had relieved themselves of
their arms and belts, and formed in an irregu-
lar column of fours to march to supper. The
general rode down the line on his way to the
mess sheds. and the reception he got would
have made the emperor OF Russia, If he had
seen 1t, turn pale green with envy Everybody
yelled with all his might The first battalion
Washington Light Infantry sounded forth its
corps cheer and did the Father of His Coun-
try" breakdown. All the way to the fort the
general rode bareheaded for the ovation was
continuous and it was easier to hold his helmet
In his hand than it was to be momentarily
taking 1t off and putting it on. If there was a
Prouder man in the United States last night
cause for self-congratuiation he had better let
1t be known soon or he will not get the credit
Tor 1t. 1t Is easier to raise a cheer or three of
them, or three times three, for the general
than 1t Is to get drink of whisky in camp, and
every one who has tried the latter experiment
knows that it is as devoid of exertion as the
legendary rolling off log"
THE GRAND ROUND LAST NIGHT
was huge success, and it gave Inspector Gen.
eral Gale numerous opportunities to instruct
sentinels in their duties. 1t was interesting inl
more than military sense, for Adjutant Genera
Lemly had late in the evening promuI-
gated an order issued by General Ord
way to the effect that all newspaper
reporters who displayed their regulation police
badges were to be allowed to go and come as
they pleased anywhere on the reservation at all
hours OF the day and night Shortly after IL
O'Clock Inspector General Gale, Acting Quarter
master General Parmenter, Capt Jeffords and
HE STAR representative tramped away from
the generals headquarters for the purpose of
testing the intelligence and the solderly quail
ties OF the men who were doing guard duty
As rule the sentries had good deal to learn,
but they were all doing their utmost to do the
correct thing. Very rarely was the vigil
ance OF any of them at fault.
and in steady walk of an hour
and half, but two men were careless enough
to allow the reporter to pass them without anv
attempt on their part to challenge him. At
four OF the posts were found sentries who. at
the request of the major, gave up their guns
to him and received them back after being lee
tured pretty sharply for allowing any one to
hold the weapons but themselves. Two of the
men were
PRETTY BADLY "RATrLEp,"
but they recovered in little while and got the
thing done right at last One sentinel lost
most of his wits when the grand round reached
him. His was the last post, and as soon as he
had challenged the ''round" he yelled srTnrn
-
what-do- you-call-it come again" He had to
try that over again until he did it more ac-
curately.
.Serst. Joyce told Gen. Ordway early in the
evening that he was going to test his sentries,
and from IL until l o'clock he made the rounds
and was halted by every sentry on the reserya-
ton, much to his delight. He had all the off,
GERS Of the guard routed out and kept things
moving at pretty lively rate while he was on
his tour OF inspection. At one post it was
Atcc,, %o, vl,n@b "A
the proper thing to wake up Gen,
Ordway and inform him that man
without the countersign was all over
the camp at once. The general opinion
seemed to be that joyce ought to be committed
to the guard tent, but it was finally decided
that the best thing to do would be to take him
home
GUARD MOUNT OF THE FIRST REGIMENT.
Cadet Hine acted as inspector general this
morning at the guard mount of the first regi-
ment. He found the men surprisingly well I'D
in their duties. and with the exception of a few
minor errors they went through the evolutions
like veterans. The officer of the day for the
first regiment is Capt G. f. Edwards and
the officer of the guard is Lieut. C. L. NJ. Skier
rett Tomorrow morning Cadet Hine will
inspect guard mount OF the second regiment
and the men who will be on duty are hard
at work putting the finishing touches to their
ideas as to how the thing should be
uOue. iHSIt ~ " BOOu uSdl OF rivalry between
the two regiments as to which can put I'D the
best guard mount and number of interested
spectators will be on hand tomorrow morning
to see whether the second can hold up its end.
sKrRMIsH DRILL OF THE CAVALRY,
The cavalry did a good deal of work this
morning and did it well. For the first time
they tried skirmish drill, firing with blank
cartridge, and Sergeant Major Rennie of Fort
Myer was more than pleased with
the excellence OF their. work. The
only noticeable divergence from the
regular tactics was INDUCED in by Private
Forsberg's horse, who, whenever there was any
shooting, insisted on trying to start for WASH
ington and in doing so invariably brought his
rider right into the line of fire. The troop's
photograph was taken after drill by Prof. Jos
Abel OF this city, who is accommodating a very
fine collection OF camp pictures, many of them
being extraordinarily good
FUN For THE ARTILLERY.
While the cavalry were at work the artillery
boys were resting, If it is rest to be singing and
shouting and making very merry. Driver Bob
Joyce, who never leaves camp without fasteu-
ing to his coat tail tag inscribed, ..Send me
back to camp when get full, - stood on chair
and sold imaginary pools ON the evo-
buttons of the cavairy-which he in
sisted was racing its horsea ssHere
you are, he yelled, and his voice could be
heard half mile away. "Now's your oppor-
tunity to get your money back! Name your
horses, gentlemen! Nane your horsesr'
Driver Rebstoek was Just as noisy as Bob and
the funny things they did kept the camp in q
roar of laughter.