Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-29
THE GUARDSMEN HOME AGAIN.
The Parade Last Evening-Troop AS
Ride From Camp.


were formed in line and marched By way Of
Wster street and 18th street to 18th and Penn
sylvania avenue. Here q parade was formed,
and. notwithstanding the drenching rain that
was pouring, every detail Of the parade as an
nounced was carried out. The men marched
down Pennsylvania avenue and were reviewed
at 9th street by Gen Ordway. The men
marched we'll, and with their packed knapsacks
and well-browned faces looked like veterans
After the review the parade was dismissed. The
Inherent organizations sought their armories,
where accoutrements were left, and soon the
Suardsmen were swallowed up again in the gem
erai population Of the city.
TROOP As RIDE HOME.
The cavalry were the only company to make
the trip home from Camp Washington over
land. There was some talk of the light battery
pulling three guns over the Maryland hills to
their armory, but 1t was finally decided to give
up the plan. As the cavalry troop filed off
from camp by twos with their baggage wagons
and watering carts they presented quite a for
midable appearance. On the march through
camp the troop was heartily cheered by the in
fantry along the side of the road and John
Linney was kept bowling continuously. As soon
rs the country was reached the blank ear
ridges which the boys had saved from the Skin
mish drill began to pop, and for few miles q
constant fusilade ensued. The cavalry had no
dust on their back trip. but in place at times q
drizzling rain paid its compliments to the
party.
ALONG THE COUNTRY ROAD.
The ride homo was pleasant and uneventful,
broken by one unsuccessful attempt Of McEl-
hone and Macius to capture q young colored
boy to use as a mascot At the dinner halt
the troops benefactor MIR. Hudson. was found
with wagon loaded down with good things
both to eat and drink. The small colored boy
took blanket ride at the halt, and Lieut.
Ferguson was detected taking drink Of water
from the cart.
When Mr.. Hudson first arrived at the stop
ping place there were a number of little colored
boys waiting to see the soldiers pass. Some Of
the boys were old to the business, having been
through tho mill last year, but others, and one
overgrown youth in particular. had never seen
soldiers, but were just beginning to do SO.
WHAT BOY WAS TOLD.
The knowing boys we're filling this young
man up with wild and weird tales of what the
troopers would do to him II they caught him
and the dark visage was already becoming
Eeved his mind by telling him that it was all
right; that the troop has permission to kill
only one boy on each trip. The orders were
very strict in this particular, he said. The
selected boy, he said, was skinned and his
outer covering hung up in the armory as 9
Cain because the boys got rather undersized
skin and this year they were on the lookout
Tor good-sized young man. By this time the
boys face was as white a. chalk and in fifteen
seconds all that could be seen was a streak dis
appearing across the fields. lie was an am
bilious boy, but his yearning did not tend
toward the trophy line.
HOME AGAIN.
The cavalry reached Washington in good
shape and, when the infantry came up 18th
street and wheeled into line the troopers
fell in behind them as if they also had come
up on the boat.
DAUGHTERS OF THE CAMP.
For many years past it has been common for
regiments and companies to have pets. "The
Daughter Of the Regiment il q numerous
Character which, in more than one instance, has
passed into history. The brigade pet in Camp
Washington was little Ada Neumeyer, the
youngest daughter Of Commlssary Sergeant Ed
Neumeyer. She is one OF the pleasantest little
girls that ever made camp sunshiny, even
when it rained. Her sister Lizzie is also a
good deal of a favorite, but she is too big to be
petted as little Ada ia.
INCORPORATION OF THE RED CROSS ASSOCIATION.
Mr.. Hit introduced bill in the House to-
day providing for the incorporation Of the
American National Red Cross Association. The
incorporators named are Clara Barton, Geo.
u. ID.
Omar ID. Conger Of this city and Jos. Sheldon
OF New Haven, Walter Phillips Of New York,
Mics NJ. E. Amon of Newport, RI and Mrs.
Enola Gardner Of Bedford, Ind.
sLRENApINa THE MEDICINE MEN.
Saturday evening the band gave q compli-
mentary serenade to the ambulance corps
Lieut.. d. Olin Leech, MD, in command Il
was whispered around camp yesterday that
the serenade WAS a testimonial Of the bands
gratitude because the members Of the medical
staff had refrained from carrying any of the
musicians down that rough and rocky hill in
their ambulance. This was probably a Islander.
and the physicians say the musicians would
have been very glad they were at hand il any
of them had been so unlucky as to need q sur
geons knife or physician'spill.
GAME OF BLUFF.
Only once or twice during camp was there
any infraction of the law that there shall
be no lights in tents or noise within the lines
after "taps" has sounded. One of the VIOLA
tons occurred Saturday night, and every living
sinner in that quiet little game Of poker was
scared pretty thoroughly before the fun came
to an end. The tent was in the first battalion,
and tn. gay CHANDELIERS were also of that COM
mand. For more than half an hour after
flights out" disturbed the humid atmosphere
there was the rattle OF chips and the murmur
OF many voices. Some of the wags who were
not in the game, but who probably had been
and were sorry for it, put up a job that worked
admirably. A stray cayalryman was taken into
the scheme, and when he, armed with rifle,
walked up to the tent and notified the entire
party that they were under arrest. there was
scramble. Visions OF yawning guard house
made men crawl under canvas with a CELEBRITY
unequaled since the days when they entered
circus tents in the same way. Everyb body got
away but one hospital steward. He remained
partly because it was his tent and partly be-
cause his adipose tissue is too ponderous to
permit much squeezing through narrow places
And the players all believe they had a very
narrow escape.
TAKING THINGS SERIOUSLY.
Adjutant Printz of the fifth battalion had an
ice chest He went to get something out of it
the other evening. but, like the bone which
Mother Hubbard had promised her pet canine
IL was absent wnen he got there. The guard
was turned out to look for il and il was finally
found in the adiutants tent, Just where il
always was and apparently undisturbed. A lit
tie guyng ensued, and when it went beyond
the adiutants endurance he ordered a captain
and a lieutenant who were most prominent in
the fun to report to the officer OF the guard.
under arrest They oDeyed. few minutes
later and the irate adjutant was requested to
attend at the guard tent to prefer charges
against the prisoners. That scared the owner
of the refrigerator. He realized that he was
in trouble and thought he had better let the
thing drop. He failed to put in an appearance
Mt the guard tent, in a little while the officer
OF the guard came along, putting the adjutant
under arrest aud taking him under escort to
the guard tent There thu sdjutant. who be-
lieved the whole thing was IN earnest, made