Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-28

The Artillery Boys Reach Home After
a Dusty Ride.


Yesterday at o'clock pm. battery A,
light artillery. d. c. N. G.. halted In front
Of their armory. after a long. tiresome
march Of thirty-four miles over the dusty
roads of Prince George county. Md.
At 8 o'clock Saturday morning reveille was
sounded and an order read commanding
the breaking of camp at 10 am. Up to that
hour every one was very busy packing up
and so forth.
Promptly at 10 Capt. Forsberg gave the
signal and every tent in camp. with the ex-
ception Of those used for headquarters,
hospital and guard quarters. fell.
The men were occupied about two hours
in clearing the ground of all baggage. At
O'Clock they began to harness up with
the intention p OF starting at 40 However, Howe
the marching column was formed and the
advance begun.
All hands were In happy mOoI, with
the comforts of home in view, and as they
passed Col. McKibben. their generous host,
who was seated on the veranda OF his
pied by camp ]. H. Griff1ths.
The young ladies were assembled to bid
farewell to their blue-coated friends. and
were treated in a manner similar to that
received by the colonel.
The sheriff Of Charles county acted as
guide until the boys met the scout who
conducted them to Marshall Hall.
The road was hardly reached when the
heavy f wheels and many horses IF the bat,
In volume until the men had changed to
the color of a mouse. but as the night Grew
on the journey became pleasant, and, as
the moon shown forth brightly, the prog
ress was rapid.
Pisquataway. Md. was reached about
midnight. and the command went into BIZ
At 6 o'clock Buglar Biondi sounded
reveille and Driver Posey, who acted as
cook. began the preparation OF breakfast
The horses were fed and carefully GROOM
ed before bit was issued to the men
:, Breakfast consisted of bologna sausage
was partaken of with a relish. Several
horses had to be shod and other business
delayed the march until about 10 O'Clock.
great masses of dust rolled AROUND them,
but the move forward was steady. Al
S sI. run halt was called and abcut
n1teen minutes allowed for rest An en-
trance to the country store was obtained
by means of a side door, and when For
S Mard vas was again given the dealer had
formation of the column the ambulance
was ,,, IN the rear. and as st. Eltzabeth's
10 y'rn I'VE, was passed Driver Oxley started
ne mad few crazy men aboard. But he
was induced by the fact that he. himself,
physician. to change his direction.
The boys were warmly received all along
a sne line OF march. but perhaps the warm
the roadside. W
~. After placing the cannon and catssons in
by Capt. Forsberg. and sought their pater-
nal roofs for good sleep.
path mP Gr ~ s, vas by far the strictest
point Of military discipline was observed
with scrupulous rigidity. and the battery
mas received innumerable congratulations
from army men who inspected their sum-
mer home. Guard duty was obser yed CAV
and night. and the man on duty did not
MAKE ina II !. o point to look sweet and attract
Yet, with all the frmness Of military rule,
the men had thoroughly enjoyable time.
an na.t 3anH PRONOUNCE their trip the
Mckibben wrote an open letter to the COM
mani Insnf!. commenting them for their gentle
way in which they had acted during the
encampment
At : o'clock Saturday afternoon as the
saluted with thirteen shots from the Ma.
poleon six-pounder. The flag was lowered
at the same time and Camp Griffiths was
Miss Mary Mercado fired the salutes to
the Manchester. ~
Corp. Jones. with two men. had charge
Washington. and reports all in good condi
ton. >o"N'
The, bivouac at Pisquataway was made
OF the men found comfortable hunks
among the ancient graves.
coward the man servant who attended
the command. declares that he saw ghosts
prowiing among. the tomb stones. and 1t
IS doubtful whether argument couli Induce
him to believe otherwise.
will begin earnest work in their armo oy
ana prepare for the next annual inspec-
They will probably revisit Marshall
Hall next year, and IL the camp OF 81 is
as COCO IN all respects as that 81 '93 our
light artilierymen will again be happy.