Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-31
MILITARY CYCLISTS.
They Will Take Dispatch to Pittsburg by
Relays, Starting Friday.


Gen. Albert 0rdway, commanding the Dis
trict Of Columbia National Guard. is as proud
Of the military cycle corps as was Gen. Miles
when he sent a message by the wheelmen from
Chicago to New York, and day after tomorrow
he will give his cycle company an opportunity
of showing what they can do on the road. The
event will be the much-talked-of relay race be-
tween this city and Pittsburg, it having been
arranged for Gen. Ordway TO send message
from here to the newspaper Office of the Pitts
burg Leader.
Gen. Ordway recently addressed a letter to
Lieut.. William A. Balch, acting commander of
the military cyclists, in which he says:
Sir; On Friday, September 2. / desire to
transmit letter TO the Pittsburg Leader. Pitts
burg, Pa, by cycle messengers. am informed
that the proprietors of that newspaper have az
ranged for relays Of messengers from Freder-
lick. Nd, to Pittsburg.
You will make the necessary arrangements
and detail the necessary number of men from
your company to take this letter from WASH
ington to Frederick in the shortest possible
time and there deliver il TO the duly accredited
messenger of the Pittsburg Leader that you
will find at that point. l VIII personally de-
liver the letter to You, or TO such man as You
may detail to receive it, at the eastern portico
Of the Capitol at 2 o'clock pm. Friday, Sep
TENDER 2
Lieut. Frank P. Libbey OF the Overman
Wheel Company was assigned to make minor
details Of the race between here and Frederick,
Nd, distance Of sixty-five miles.
THE START on FRIDAY
In accordance with the order Of Gen Ordway
the start will be made from the east front of
the Capitol Friday afternoon at O'Clock. The
sixty fve-mile ride has been divided into seven
relays and riders have been selected 10 cover
the several relays in a specified time.
The company will be divided into seven
grades, each squad having a relay 10 look
after Ii will be the duty of each SQUAD "a
patrol the road between the given points after
leaving the principals at their post
Lieut. Frank P. Libbey and Private r. ID.
Howell will ride the first relay, leaving the
Capitol promptly at 2 O clock and riding to Nit
chells Cross Roads via It'll street, a distance of
eleven and one-half miles. The time allowed
them is forty-ive minutes. Lieut. Libbey will
ride q Victor pneumatic model ID machine.
which will be transferred from one relay TO an
other, and unless some accident happens the
wheel viii be ridden all the way through to
Pittsburg.
Relay No. 2-Mitchells Cross Roads to Brook
vile, eleven miles. Time, forty-five minutes.
Riders, Corp. W. ID. Hadger and Corp. s. H.
wiggin.
Relay No. 3-Brookville to Roxbury Mills. s
miles, 80 minutes. Riders-Sergt. W. H. Mus
eey anu IIiNoeo q. Il. NofWoOu. 1nls relay IL
sandy and billy, hence the long time allowance
Relay No. ERoxbury Mills to Cookesville. 5
miles, 80 minutes. Riders-Privates ]. c. Wood
and J. I. Hunter. Like the preceding relay,
the road is very heavy and bully.
Relay No. 5-Cookesville to Ridgeville. 10
miles, 40 minutes. Riders-Sergt. A. Dimmick
| and Private L. g. Thomson.
Relay No. 6-Ridgeville to Newmarket. 6
miles, Is minuteA Riders-P-ivafes W. L
Lembky and r. H. Stone.
Relay No. 7-Newmarket to Frederick. 8
miles. 40 minutes. Riders-Lieut. W. A. Balch
and Sergt. H E. Crook.
According to the time allotted the last
named riders will arrive in Frederick at 6:l5
o'clock, completing the sixty-fve miles in four
hours and fifteen minutes.
From Frederick to Hagerstown the rice Will
be under the management Of Frank s. Heard Of
Hagerstown and from there to Cumberland
Mr.. A. C. Wilson of the latter place vii, be in
charge. Beyond Cumberland the Pittsburg
Leader representatives have made arrange
ments to cover the distance.
The roads are very dusty just at present, and
the wheelmen are anxious TO see a shower to-
night or tomorrow to settle the dust, in which
event they think some Of the time limits would
be broken.