The Washington times., 1895-06-09

ing hard, and on July team Will
leave for st. Louis, to drill for the prize
to be offered there. The teamswas selected
last night. 1t will continue to recruit
and from the number of applications being
made. could form battaliop very soon.
There Is room for the overflow in the
Second Battalion. and the second company
would be known as Company G.
THE BATTERY'S MARCH.
When, on Thursday, Capt. Forsberg
commands Forward" Battery A, Light
Artillery, will bid farewell to home and
friends for time aud start on its annual
march and encampment. For the past
few weeks the boys have been busy getting
ready for the great annual event. This
years field work will be ON a larger scale
than those of the past, and in consequence
the qIartermaster aud saddlery sergeants
have been buster than ever. IL is no small
undertaking to furnish rations and sub
sistence for fifty men or more Whiie on
the march and to provide for all possible
contingencies which necessarily ARISE on
such occasions, such as the breaking Oh
harness, Indictment weather, or injury to
guns or Wagons.
Most of the time will be consumed IN
marching, and the route as mapped out py
Capt Forsberg, covering distance OIL
over eighty miles, is through one OF bile
most delightful parts OF Maryland, aud ex-
and southwar to Marshall Hall The trip
is to end with two days eueampment
with the rest IF the brigade, under Gen.
Ordway, at Fort Washington. just
what the young citizen soldiers or the
artillery branch OF the District National
Guard will experience and the route TO De
Travelled may be shown by the following
circular promulgated by the Captain com
manding Battery a, at the last meeting
of the organization, viz: Route ana
Encampment of Battery A, D. G. N. u.
Leave the l. street arnlory at O'Clock
June Is, arrive at Sutland, Md, at 10 80
a. m; arrive at Forestville at l p. m.
Here stop OF two hours Will be made Tor
dinner. Leave Forestville at 3 p M, arrive
at Upper Marlboro at 6 p. M, where the
Battery will camp for the night. Leave
Marlboro at 10 a. M. on the 14th, arrive at
woodward at IL M, two hours for dinner.
Leave woodward at p. M, arrive at
Surratsville at p. m., where q halt OF
nehour will BE- made. Leave surratsviilea at
A o. M, arrive at Piscataway at O'Clock
and camp for the night. Leave Piscataway
| at a. m. on the / 9th arrive at Accokeek at
8 O'Clock, leave at go, arrive at Mar
| shall Hall at l p. M. Here the Battery
will be in camp for four days Leave Mar
| shall Hall Thursday, June 20 e q. M, arrive
Accokeek 10, leave 10 80, arrive PlScat-
/ away IL 80, leave at 4, arrive at Fort
| washington DIT % % CLOCK. 4 W. uo99 F" ~
be spent in camp at this place with the
brigade. Leave Fort washington z a. M.
on the 22d arrive at Oxen Hill at IL 80,
! leave at l D. M, arrive in Washington at
! p. M.
TWO SECTIONS.
The Batter Twill take two sections OF ar
| tilery, comprising two Gattling guns with
theircaissons, forage and eommissary
wagons All these viii require aboutthirty
! five or forty horses. 1t is indeed an I'M
posing spectacle to behold battery or
| the march and the District artillerymen fee
proud of their officers and of their owl
| ability to successfully complete the exten
sive arrangements that are made each veal
| for camp. Then, too, the experience they
derive in the art of warfare relating tc
their branch Of the service, is OF tnestimable
benefit to the community they represent
The following members OF the Battery viii
| participate in the march:
Capt. H G. Forsberg, Senior First Lieut.
! A P. Robbins, Second Lieut.. Thomas Marion
! First Sergt Milo Quackenb4sif, Sergts, j
| W. Murray, E. E.Longley, w, F. Pierce
! and w l. Henderson; Quarterulaster Sergt
! Joseph S. Blondi, Saddery Sergt. w. a
Fry. veterinary Corporal Grant Long, Cor
porals C. T. Morgan and ". III. Chase
! Privates E. p Gooding, s. T. Carpenter
w. s. Carpenter, c. NJ. Hoover, H, jacobson,
j. H. Lowe, j. p. Moore, Lawfence Sher
wood, E. d. Vernon, p. w, Taylor, 9. b
Beaumont, r. P. Espey, P. G. Shannon, w
! A. Fraser. John WEIGH, G. n Heinline
Edgar Church, w. W. Maxwell f. Oxley
| d. L Morgan, a B. Durant, Bpglers G. Nye
Fraser and w ]. Biopdi. Major Alexan
der, Inspector general of the brigade, WI
accompany the Battery on the march.
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