Evening star., 1900-07-23

of them were sent to quarters. Just here ]
want TO make special mention of the ser.
vices rendered by the ambulance corps, un.
| der the command of Lieut.. Fales. TheiI
services rendered to the cases of heat
stroke, the greatest number of which oc.
Cured from the troops while in line OF
parade, were most rapid and efticient-ir
fact, the rapid way in which these sick
men were handled had much to do with the
fact that there were no fatal cases among
them.
An Escort for Major Dnvidge.
Major Walter D. Davidge, jr., the Ches-
terfeldian judge advocate general of the
militia, appears slightly agitated these
days, for the joke seems to be on him
Major Davidge knows what it Is and sc
do few others, including the command
ing general All the latter will say when
approached in reference to the matter is
Hereafter when Major Davidge goes
forth from camp intend most certainly to
have assigned as escort for him a pay
masters guard detail, armed with ball
cartridges
Some Sentry Challenges.
There are quite a number of guardsmen
in camp who have not yet graduated from
the recruit class. The new men, Of course.
are not as we'll versed in the intricacies Of
guard duty as they might be, and as re-
suit of such lack of knowledge and ex-
perience many amusing utterances have
been made in connection with challenging
at night by sentinels.
Adjutant General Love was making the
rounds late last night or rather early this
morning. He halted in front of head
quarters the man on post inquiring:
who is there?"
Friend with the countersign," explained
the adjutant general.
Advance, friend, and show the pay roll, "
directed sentinel
His thoughts in all likelihood had been
dwelling on the appropriation for pay OF
troops that became available the 1st In
slant.
1t was not a recruit, but an experienced
guardsman, who halted a party Of uni
formed men last night just outside one OF
the regimental camps. He demanded to
know who was there and the reply was:
Friends
After a brief pause the sentinel some
what impatiently demanded:
"Well with what?'
with the countersign.' He was mistaken
The spokesman for the halted party
promptly and unblushingly answered:
with a bottle
The corporal of the guard was sum-
moned to the scene to take charge of the
party and, incidentally, of the bottle
1t Was Waterloo, Sure Enough.
One of the companies of the 1st Regiment
has valuable member who was recently
transferred to 1t after a year or more OF
service in the Naval Battalion. He chal-
lenged an officer Saturday evening and
called for the countersign.
Santiago" whispered the man who
holds the commission.
AYE, aye, SIR the former jackie added
The story tellers further recite that last
Friday night one of the sentinels halted,
in an entirely proper manner, an officer,
who, upon demand. divulgod the fact that
he had knowledge of the countersgn.
rs it Waterloo" This from the sentinel
1t was
1t proved to be n sort of Waterloo for the
sentinel after the corporal, the sergeant
and the officer of the guard had concluded
several series of conversation with him.
This Surgeon Was Like Solomon.
Dr. Cox the surgeon of the Naval Bat
TALON, who is on duty in camp by special
assignment, put in appearance Friday
evening, without warming to his comrades
wearing n complete white uniform with
gold trimmings. AS the sun had finished Its
tour of duty for the day, it is safe to assert
that one Solomon in all his glory never
skone did the Naval Battalions profess
sional healer. DR.. Cox declares that he
approached one of the distant guard posts
the sentinel on duty there hurr.edly dropped
his rifle and disappeared from view as rap
idly as human muscles could aid him.
Probably thought l was a ghost re-
marked the anything but ethereal surgeon
when he submitted his report Of the alleged
occurrence.
Ambulance Not Needed.
By direction of the adjutant general,
Lieut.. Mattingly had the Signal Corps
wagon report to the Ambulance Corps for
ambulance duty during the dress parade
yesterday. There were a large number
Of prostrationS from the heat Saturday,
but yesterday, although the Ambulance
Corps was prepared to handle anything in
the wa of casualties that might occur,
the spectators had no opportunity of wit
Messing the spirited dash of the ambulance
along the line.
Commissioners Macfarland's Reception
Commissioner Macfarland reached Gath
ersburg promptly on schedule time Satur-
day afternoon, and was escorted to camp
in proper style by a detail Of mounted
officers from the general staff. Upon en-
tering the camp grounds the Commissioner
was greeted with a governors salute of
seventeen guns, fired by the Light Bat
terry. After a rest at headquarters the
visitor was conducted through the camp,
the details of which were pointed out to
him..
After Witnessing dress parade, Commits
sioner Macfarland reviewed the troops and
afterward at headquarters all the COM
missioned officers were personally intro
duced to him.
He expressed himself as highly pleased
with everything he had seen. and added
that it was source of regret to him that
the general public of Washington could not
see, for the opportunity of appreciating
what a really efficient organization is the
District of Columbia National Guard
c. F. c.