The Washington times., 1901-07-22
A QUIET SUNDAY In CAMP.
Guardsmen Have No Drills and
Entertain Many Visitors.
Hundreds of Persons Witness the
Best Dress Parade Yet Given-Re-
ligious Services in the Big Tent
Preparing for the Field Mancuvres

| CAMP ORDWAY, LEESBURG. Va.
! July 21.-Vith no drill and considerably
less routine duty than usual, the Guards
men spent Sunday in the enjoyment of
| what they rightly considered a we'll
| earned rest. Hundreds of people, many
| of them from Washington and many
others from the country surrounding
| Leesburg visited Camp Ordway during
I the day During the best dress parade
| of the encampment the parade ground
was surrounded with carriages and pedes-
| trians. Virginia's s cool breezes made the
brief sojourn of the visitors a pleasant
| one.
There is little doubt that widespread
satisfaction existed AT the fact that there
was no drill at 3 o'clock this morning
| Instead, religious services were conducted
| by the chaplains of the two regiments. the
! Rev. George F. Dudley and the Rev. Wal
| den Myer. The brigade band provided
music, and quite a number gathered when
| the strains of Onward. Christian Sol
der loated to the tents.
| The address was delivered by Chaplain
| Dudley. He took a text from st. Matthew
and pointed out the inherent characteris
tics Of manhood and the attributes of the
| good soldier. The theme was one which
appealed directly to the, citizen soldiers.
| Quite a number of the officers went to
church in Lcesburg at 111o,clock.
| The remainder of the day was spent in
| individual plans. Those of the boys who
| had visitors were engaged in escorting
| them through the grounds. There were
many ladies in the camp who were arx-
| ious to see everything and to have every
thing explained to them. There was
| scarcely mess in camp which did not
| have its guests. Especially honored in
| the matter of friends was the battalion
of High School Cadets. Quite number
| of relatives came up to see the boys in
| camp. The cadets have as a general rule
conducted themselves in a modest and
| soidierly manner. Ignorance OF certain
| points of duty in connection with guard
| duty led to the incarceration of one of
their number in the guard tent this morn
| ing. He had addressed an officer of the
guard in a highly Experiment manner
Both the chaplaihs of the camp and A.
A. Protzman. of the Y. NJ. c. A. conduct
| ed a well attended meeting at the asso-
citation tent. Chaplain Myer made brief
address. \ number of hymns were sung
to the accompaniment of a section of the
band. On Wednesday night there will be
services for the First Regiment at the
Y. NJ. C. A cent. Chaplain Dudley will
deliver an address. Chaplain Myer will
speak on Thursday night at a Second
Regiment service. Other organizations
will be invited to attend each service.
Under command of Lieutenant Over
ton the general staff this morning was
put through a stiff three hours riding
drill The non-commissioned staff was in
the command also, Exercise in dismount-
ing, mounting. saddling, taking low hur-
dies, throwing horses. and the ordinary
evolutions made up the programme.
The dates of the visits to Camp Ord
way of Secretary Root, Lieut.. Gen. Nell
son a. Miles, and Colonel Sanger, Assis-
tant Secretary of War, have not yet been
determined. Upon his return from the
West Mr.. Root is expected to fix day
when he will be able to inspect the Ma
tional Guard in camp Colonel Sanger
win not be here on the same day that
Secretary Root is. General Miles may,
however. accompany the Secretary. Pos
sbly the distinguished guests viii arrive
on Saturday. the day set for the field
maneuvres.
More elaborate than ever before win be
this years maneuvres. The platoon of
artillery now in camp here win cooper
ate with the Guard on this occasion. A
simple problem. involving the primary
principles Of battle exercises, will be
worked out There will be, however many
minor problems involved which will test
the generalship and resourcefulness Of all
commanders, from colonies down to squad
leaders. The field Of action will not, Of
course. be announced in advance. There
is considerable interest eVinced in the
Inaneuvres and much speculation as to
the ground on which the Guard will
struggle in mimic warfare.
At Gaithersburg last year no one
thought that there would be any engage
ment in camp but when the battle was
on in earnest the opposing troops fought
within the camp lines to the dismay of
a large number Of spectators, who had
deemed it a good place from which to
watch the operations.
The engineer ccrps has made recon-
noissance and a map Of portion Of the
country lying east of camp, in the vicin-
ity of old Fort Evans. There is little
likelihood of this territory being utilized
as the ground of operations Fort Evans
is strongly situated. on the brow of a
hill, II commands the surrounding coun-
try for range Of mile. One of the
officers today stated that the fortifications
were so admirably situated that two COM
panies with a couple Of guns could re-
pulse the entire brigade Camp Ordway
would be practically at the mercy of such
a garrison. 1t is desired that the condi-
tions be more favorable Il each side
than would be the case We're Fort Evans
attacked Doubtless some of the other
old forts which dot the country within a
radius of several miles will be combined
in the problem The action may consume
more than twelve hours. The usual COM
petent umpires will be selected.
In order that the Guardsmen may have
an opportunity to watch the target Irac- |
tice of the platoon of regular artillery
near Fort Evans tomorrow morning the |
usual drill will begin at o'clock and con- |
tiuue until instead of beginning at |
and ceasing at II O'Clock. Unused to
the bursting Of shells and the shrek of
shrapnel the GuardSmen Will probably |
drill better at a time when this distrac- |
ton is removed The artillery will be |
trained on the hill at the summit of which |
Fort Evans is located at u range of about |
2 100 yards.
Platoon drin is the order tomorrow |
morning. No ammunition will be issued |
until further orders. In the afternoon |
order viii prevail. Under the instruc- |
tions of Lieutenant Overton, of the Ar |
tillery Corps, the Guardsmen are getting !
an Idea OF what perhaps resembles regu- |
lar warfare more than anything ever be- |
fore experienced in camp. Lieutenant |
Overtou is a thorough tactician and |
keeps the troops constantly on the 60 |
Instructions in little details Of skir!nish |
the men. How TO get through a barb |
wire fence or to take advantage of slight |
deprcssiUns Of ground advantageously are |
instances of the small but important mat !
tcrs taught the soldiers.
Ey regular stages the form of drill will |
lead up TO the maneuVres on Friday |
Tuesday morning il will be company Of |
fensiVe drill and defensive tactics IN the |
battalion drill, both offensive and de-
fensiVe, and the same will prevail in regi- |
mental formation the following day
The programme Of the band concert last |
Sousa: overture. Jolly Robbers" Suppe: |
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