Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10
District Guardsmen Have a Damp
Time at Ordway.
RETURN OF PRACTICE MARCHERS
Arrest of Men Who Went to
Leesburg Without Leave.
INSTRUCTION TO SENTRIES
s...-lnI IIsratch To- The Evening Star.


LEEaBJ ItCi- Va June ~ amp ~,
WY cannot uuthlHLE De Saiu u "' ''' ''''
attractive today.
y persistent rain Is IN progress Inc
moisteniug process began shorty before
o'clock and without an intermissloh was III
active operation up to a late hour this
,s,.-,,,.,,, H,+ eva, the signal CORPS with
,,,,.ti,,,<,,s. could datect
'Ae' ul-''-'"'e @pii'''''o
the slightest sign OF the ram ahatlhs-
IL is practically impossible for the
a,uar,!~meu to keep dry, but nevertheless
- .. -. \, in GOOD sDirits
''' - .1i
owing 10 inc "'dl"vi ''io''i'.i' i'o'''''-9
has been attempted today IN the way OF
drills or ceremonies with the exception of
-, ,,,.,,,,,.,r,,, md ,,,.rci.ae hr the am
hu.dH't corps
General Harries had 0fhcers can sounded
On ring the morning and gave instructions
DIDO d, r,,,r,,T.r of moro mr. loss i'm
- r,a'ttar. he desired looked after
- - ~, ,r s,,hiect of sr,1ard
-. 7-rt.,,,y,I'+ r. a., Schools If in
80 "a En-, i,,..rIctc3
80 a., IN ,3 ms ana tbe lar
~; 49,, i,ar,,I ~. inf, r,na.i6, ia
il' ''i iI'i!'''I 70 - IL, 49,
priN"'eS As TtSuI. sLard GUY VIII u,i-
trHn.r'IS pt peII"I H.r ti,eI III ., ti.
'i'd-ti"Ie Iiii'IiTi 'l'H u"i ms '0 "
,"' I"|9 Oh ne CAMP
Return From Practice Marches.
~ want Of Some interest was he return
~ camn mis- morning Of the 9TH Battalion.
9Th Battalion and LIST Separate Battalion
the orgauiza lions that started carly yester-
day morning ON practice marches The 9TH
battalion was the first to come into view
entering the camp ground shortly before
O'Clock
About a quarter of an hour thereafter
,-rIoct[ H. fth Tattaiinn had reached
mir tanrs An the nrranizatfOns returned
in svCaTart rIT1f+ion fbara heinr no mis-
ms 1f am, cbara,tcr TN, rcreF into
I, -" ~ - -, alr' 81 ,-f,
IT, '-,,,,I a. - W -. r,,r+ .r,o+ tho
ne I'liil'ifl LING 2IilIsIs Iepi 10. 70, .ite
- 800 nv nc. ~ 8" H. an I
~ - : "a 'el.sll ~ az. an I'm e
"a lNei-"ItN ~ uIV tHeNl VI IlIe HeaNS
Hsp' III StS'gl%"E "G' dPl.dltI tHe men
va ny mo- 81 80, Ia 90 ~ - 'i'dH tiioSe
"Ste "t CaiIP oiuM"Si
IvP"ll having ieaChtu hcaiqudrterS
mat certain guardsmen had not acted in an
tA'TvE proper manner thursday evening
III i-t-~"u < d provost SuaFu was on dutE
IN town last night. Ihree members OF the
'ItsaG+ wrre ,ahgh III Clarg Fh tneS Delns
GUY WITHOUT proper passes ne men were
IT IT, 10 camp IN Chafse OF the guards
lh~N VIII he dealt Win according 10 nil
IT. NJ = +.r+ rro,-a,7 , 1,o,r, -
many Of the guardsmen while off duty to-
day The tent il large and watertght and
lhT suidlerS Inunu thfre, IN addill9h 10 a
- - anu
,
II l4eFe Il any one thlhS calculated l"
s--".A's.oe .eei-hs u! incense hoiie7lchlle9s
III me oi'"s' VI 7o''lei "iIHe III 'iie Hei'
L. i ram anu Such ram as dtScehdeu upon
Camp Oriway yesterday afternoon, it was
reCk1ne,i, would bt. apt to dampen if no:
,rrfr-I,- drown tho .r,rnusia,-r, of the mos
s.llfrrIy Of fbe a,714rJ Until afr4rnon.
.-rer--rhinas about csrnD was snick and snau
sTh.- morning. had been devoted TO the com
u.c-fur left over from Yesterday. and rhe
village Of tents was perfect i'm construction
and ARRANGEMENT as well as in comfort
But trouble was brewing Clouds appeared
in The distant sky THa rIrfII. rev da rl,-
er- few officers and men. as a precau-
-51uary measure. lowered the sides Of their
tents OF sudden rain began falling.
Their. Was hurryin@ and scurryIug in an
trdcHVCr 10 make everything secure. Then
th- "a iuI took a hand i'm what was going on
Their seemed to be a dozen or more ordinary
storms concentrated into one and NJ TN
eai ~ fifteen minutes Camp Ordway was.
to a Iarg- degree. q scene of havoc and de-
uIoiitiOn. Tents were on the ground prop