The times., 1899-06-17
home COMING OF THE
DISTRICT GUARDSMEE
Scenes Upon Their Arrival in
This City.
Incidents of the Closing Day at
Camp 0rdway.
The Encampment said to Have Becn
The Encampment said to Have Been
the Most Successful Held
in Years.

Twelve hundred dusty and begTimed Dis
trict Guardsmen returned from their nine
days outing at Camp ordway yesterday
afternoon in three sections over the South
ern Railway. The first section comprised
the Second Regiment under Colonel Urell
and General Harries and staff. The second
was composed entirely of the First Regi-
ment, while the colored troops. forming
the First Separate Battalion made up the
third section. Some time elapsed between
the arrival of the different battalions
Mothers and fathers and numerous sweet
hearts were gathered to welcome the boys
home, and Ninth Street and Maryland
Avenue, where the troops disembarked, ap-
peared for short time as ii did the day
The District volunteers returned from
Cuba.
When the last of the Guard had left the
trains the line of march was taken up for
the armory. Washingtonians have been
interested in the doings Of the boys, and
a parade for their benefit was part CT
the programme, in spite of the fact that
many OF the soldiers would rather have
left at once for home The brigade
marched to Seventeenth Street by way of
Virginia Avenue, thence to Pennsylvania
Avenue thence to Fifteenth Street, thence
down the Avenue 10 Seventh Street, where,
after leaving their military equipments,
the order for dismissal was given.
AT the head of the parade was Gen.
George H. Harries and staff, followed by
the engineer corps, the signal corps, the
hospital and ambulance corps, and the
Second Regiment, commanded by Colonel
Urell. The First Regiment was under the
command of Lieut.. Col. Burton X. Ross,
as Colonel May did not take part.
The boys worked hard all day yesterday
and were tired out when the city was
reached, but they were all cheerful, and,
while there were some who complained OF
the camp life the majority agreed that, so
far as the commissary department was
concerned, Camp ordway was the most
successful ever held. General assembly
sounded at y noon. at which signal the
tents in the camp were simultaneously
struck, folded, and tied to be removed
and transported to Washington later, and
at 1:i5 p. m the brigade left what had
been Camp ordway. The march to Lees
burg consumed less time than was ex-
pected. The work of loading the boys on
the trains was done with as little delay
ss possible under the circumstances. The
first section pulled out at 2 o'clock fol-
lCNcQ atteT Intervals OF Ulleeu
by the second and third sections.
Thursday night the eommissary wagon
in charge OF Lieut.. Won Dauchenhausen
left camp for Washington. The start was
made at o'clock p. m, and the march
continued during the night IT is expected
to reach the city some time today.
The last day in camp was marked by
unusual activity and hard work, but M
confusion resulted. The boys were astii
early and actively engaged in getting TO.
gether their belongings. There were ne
drills and no practice marches, and every
body was consequently in a good humor
About o'clock the order was given by IN,
captains to take up all stakes except thos,
necessary TO keep the tents from falling
The guns and equipments were stacked
in the company streets and the work o
policing the camp began. Each man shoul
dered his bed sack, carried il to the ex.
treme end OF camp and proceeded to re-
move the straw with which IL wa!
filed Every scrap OF paper and ever,
stick Of wood, in fact everything not ma.