The Washington times., 1895-06-13
Fort Washington Waiting TO Re-
GeiVe District Guardsmen.
DETAILS ARE ALL COMPLETED
One Thousand Soldier Boys to Leave
the City This Morning BE
welcomed by Wet Grass and Muddy
Roads-w hat the Camp Looks Like.
The Boys Started This Morning.

these same white patches VIII have been
stretched into a canvass city OF 600
tents, and Camp washington viii have
sprung into being
a prcttier site for n camp coIld rot
have been chosen. The climb from the
wharf TO the camp proper is steep one.
The road winds up past the guard tents,
old Fort Washington, the barracks, TO
be transformed into a post canteen, on
out past the excavations of the new fort,
until The quarters OF the First Regiment
and those of the Ambulance Corps, with
the hospital tents, are met.
On the rigl;- lie the quarters of the First
and Second battalions. with rcgimental
headquarters further back. Across the
road on the left lie tie tents Of the Third
Battalion and the Ambulance Corps, facing
each other. and on the side nearest the
! river are TIE hospital tents. This is the
most beautiful site in the camp. The sick
soldiers can lie in the hospital te;t aud
see the Monument and the city around it
clearly and well. and he gets all the breeze
there is coming from the river The beauty
Df the situation VIII be a temptation for
.fe boys 20 get sick.
THE OLD FLAG.
Further on Up the road hes brigade
beadqua rterS marked by the beautiful
flag, which flies proudly from the flag
pole The hut Immediately behind II,
whose golden weather vane is surfnounted
10y . golden ga gle, is the office Of the adj
jutant general The general command
ing and has staff are a little To the left and
the rear. Six large hospital tents flank
the approach 10 Gen. Ordway's tent,
which is arranged in three compartments,
sleeping-ToOm. office, and Teception-roon.
StIl further hack on 10 the right lies the
Engineer Corps, with its battalion head
quarter lenJs laciug old Glory In
front of them ard nearer the road lie the
tents OF the Second regiment. Tie regi-
mental headquarters are shaded by large
4 pear tree and inlroatlie the three b3 ttaiioHs,
Fourth, Fifth and Sixth in he order named,
the sixth tents running down TO the line
4 OF the woods. Across the road are the
4 quarters OF the First sepHIaie battalion,
4 the colored troops, and just few steps
/ ahead is the parade ground. so situated
1 II is almost anideal camp.
Yesterday morning the River Queen was
4 loaded down with baEgaE 81, Qua arteIIIla sirrs,
1 quarteTnlaster eergeants, details aud cooks.
The landing at Fort Washington alter the
i Queen steamed ava Y lookedlike themoring
4 OF a great army. Cots, barrels, boxes,
chairs, horses and wagons, Hnif oTn2s,
cooks, cfevrons, shoulder straps. swords,
4 hats and few civilians thrown in looked
as II they had been piled together by some
4 great wind To add 10 The confusion che
OF The Fort Washington showers came up.
and hurried things along. But after a
while the wharf was cleaned and the goods
/ carried 10 the various battalion quarters.
GETTING GROUNDS IL SHAPE
4 For nearly two weeks a detail OF thirty
or forty n1en has been putting the camp
2 g. I
4 laid out the various streets. and the boys,
with Ihe help Of the carpetIi ers. had laid
/ the floors OF each tent ard the tent itself.
I folded into a square bundle, was pinned TO
+ the floor Ester pipes had been laid.
dItchs's dug, mess SHEDS put up. handy 10
water. and mess tents stretched and com
misssry aud uuartermaster stores arranged
These boys have been messing and sleep-
ing IL 1 Ne old barracl1s, and have had lots
OF fun. Tuesday night the FouTfh and
Filth battalion details had a pitched
pillow battle, and tie Fourth boys dsclaFe
the Firth was forced 10 run. Inllled.a .ately
they awakened n few ghosts Of soldiers
who Killed themselves cUT1Hc The war. and
in bis way they have nlausEod To pHi q the
time, and are Ready 10 give their coTnpa
Mes he benefit OF EUnGerous pointers
The afternoon was sprLj by the quarter
masters ia getting their supplies IN
Down IN tie fort carp utensils Were being
2 Issued. spades. rakrs. W GshpaLs. br0oInS.
. etc. each QuarttTmlstcT or his sergeant
Tec'IptiuE for the supplies. TIE Cooks,
+ too, were puE TO work, OTe1s were carried
{ to The Tness sheds, and shelter for the right
4 was ARA aged. Later III The afternoon
I Mai krumfyer. carnnlissary general, Is
sued al mess utensils. aud early this morn
Z ing win issue ratio-s. HC has about the
incest quarters in the reservation
il is an uld-fashi0Bed iiiree-story la i'd
/ ing, and 5s known as the White House
Entering from the front his office VIII
1 be un The first floor Below are The
vegetable r,t0IlS. meat room, ice room and
! chest and abJVe are stored the groceries.
! Some Of the articles he has stored are these.
+ Sugar, coffce, tea, rice, beans, flour;
meal, canned TOMATOES, corn, hoEainy,
I yeast powder, salt, pepper, Goldfish. con
densed milk, canned cuTn beef, molasseS.
sugar cured shoulders. cabbage, parsely,
CARROTS. bects, etc. Nobody viii starve.
WET IN CAMP.
II rained all day; that is the day was
fun of showers Every last man at
camp as dead sure it's going to rain during
/ the next ten days. Its olIr luck, - they
say. The great stra pile, from w. III
I the bedding is To come, was partly pro-
tected by heavy tarpaulins, but part OF
I it got wet. The road leading through
] AI4c camp eau Etb pretty iIluuuS 0u sIlOTl
aotlce, aud the grass gets wetter quicker
than anywhere else around. But the
] drainage is good aud the boys ought 10
have pretty good time.
Bets were freely offered yesterday that
the boys would have TO wait for their din
ner to-day, but 1t looFs as If everything
would be in shape. By Friday the camp
VIII be moving as pleasantly as If it had
! been running for weeks. Only thee
mess tents We're up at 3 O'Clock, ont tie
Others had arrived and work was IIshed
right along With them.
The Guard, that is, the infantry branch
/ of it, leaves this morning at $50 on the
George 1eary. Facn man VIII be in heavy
marching order and will wear slate
! colored campaign hat issued last Satur-
day. On arriving at camp the first duty
viii be the pitching OF tents and getting
matters into shape. There viii be no after
noon drill but guards wlll be mounted, and
this ceremony takes place at 4 O'Clock.
/ Tue detail for duty to-day is Company ID,
/ First Battalion.
THE BATTERY'S START.
battery A, d. c. n. G., leaves the Ma
tional Guard ATmory on L strdet for its
annual march and encampment at an early
hour. About forTy-five men are in the
command. and they take thirty-six fine
large horses and two gattling guns, to-
! gether with the necessary forage and
/ commissary wagons.
Ii will be a long train and stretch out
for several blocks. Capt. Forsberg, the
! popular commander, has made every effort
to have The present encampment suIpass
| all former ones, and, TO judge by the in
| tense interest," there is no doubt but that
his efforts VIII he crowned with success
| The route lies through East Washington,
crossing the Eastern Branch on the new
| Pennsylvania avenue bridge.
The first halt will he made at Suitland,
Nd, going from there to Forestville, where
/ a halt VIII be made for dinner. After