Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-18

fork and spoon, personal baggage in the way of
underclothes, socks, &c. This il . portion in
the way Of individual baggage. In the wagons
are the tents and the regulation provisions H.
sued by the War Department.
THE RIDE THROUGH THE crrY
The route through the city this morning was
from the corner of 18th and New York avenue
to ii street, to 10th, to F. to 18th, to Pennsyl-
yania avenue, through Georgetown and out
the Conduit road. The camp tonight will be a
short distance the other side Of the Potomac.
THE ITINERARY.
From there on Sunday the march will be
to Dickerson, on the Metropolitan branch
Monday night the camp will be near Weaver
ton. from which point Charlestown will be
reached on Tuesday, Winchester stands for
Wednesdays camp and the travellers will stay
at this point over Saturday. Sunday and Mon
day will be spent at Round Hill and Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday at Leesburg. Friday
night the camp will be at Ammadals and Sat-
urday, at that time the veterans will reach WASH
ington once more.
A BIG MARCH.
This trip OF the cavalry is BY no means a
pleasure trip pure and simple. 1t is the first
time in the history of the National Guard of the
country that organization has ever at
tempted march Of this magnitude. The New
Aoih Ca'hry trOOp, q portion OF wnOm accom-
pany the local soldiers. have marched from
New York to the state camp at Peekskill and
back, but the distance covered and the real
soldier life met with were comparatively play to
the present undertaking. The boys on the trip
expect and are going to zee to il that they have
good time. A good lot Of hard. snappy work,
however. will also enter into the program.
Discipline of q high and shining order will be
maintained throughout the trip and although
there Is little chance of it being called into
requisi;lon a guard tent will always have its
flaps held inyitingly open for the reception Of
offenders The work, as has been stated, will
at times be severe. The work of marching in
cavalry array almost constantly for two weeks
In itself will be no light affair for militia.
DRILLS AND HARD WORK.
There will then be drills of every possible
sort, from dress parade to a wild skirmish
through the woods and underbrush. Every
evening there will be tents to put up and horses
to clean and make comfortable. Livery morn
ing there will be tents to take down and horses
to reclean and make ready for the day march.
All this, considering at the same time that many
OF the men are unused to any extended riding
and will lind their bones exceedingingly sore
before night, will constitute q portion of the
work Then again 1t will rain. There 10 not
the slightest doubt but what Uncle Jerry Rusk
has at least one good hard, skin-drenching
rain laid away in some safe place
Tor use during the next two weeks. The
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