The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-17

soldiers to BE Pledged 10 Maintain
Good Ordcr-An Enthusiastic Re
ception Awaiting Them-Attend-
ancc of the Various Companies.
While at Camp Ordway the District
Gaardsmen~ Will be placed upon their hon
or to maintain the reputation Of their or
ganization for good conduct Ii has been
decided not to establish provost guard
in the little city. At the meeting Of the
brigade and regimental stats on Monday
night the commanding officer of the
Guard stated that he would trust each
man to so conduct himself that the ne
cessity for the provost guard requested
by the Leesburg authorities would be OBJ
Waited
Some people Of tie metropolis Of Lou
doun county evidently entertain fears that
the adjustment of the canteen in camp
and the opening eff saloons in Leesburg
under the provisions of the local option
law may result in more drinking and dis
order than prevailed in 1899 when the
Guardsmen were in camp there
Advices from Leesburg state that the
people Of the town are looking forward
eagerly To the coming Of the citizen-sol-
diery of the District of Columbia tomor-
row and that the boys will be accorded a
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ing their stay at Camp Ordway in 1893 the
Guardsmen made many friends among the
people of Leesburg. These friendships
Will he renewed during the coming en-
campment
William A Duval. superintendent of the
armory, is one of the busiest men in the
| Guard at the present time In the big
drill hall at the armory supplies are piled
! six feet high and it is the duty of the
| superintendent to issue these supplies
upon order Of the qUartermasters-
According to an estimate made by Su-
| perintendent DUvall. there will be fully
! 200 soldiers in camp The lists submit
/ ted to him were ultra conservative and
/ indicated that 1.050 would entrain tomor-
/ row morning. Many of the companies,
! whose estimated attendance was placed.
! for instance, at thirty-five. have made
/ requisition for supplies for forty OF for
1 ty-five men, thus indicating that more
| are expected to go into camp than the
| number estimated by Mr.. DuvaIl-
! The estimated attendance Of each com
/ pany as submitted to Superintendent Du-
/ vail follows: First Battalion. Company 4,
/ 40: B. IS: c. 35, and D, 30 Second Battal-
! ion, a 50; B. s.. and D. 10 Third BattaI-
/ ion ~ IS Fourth Battalion. y, .; 3, 80;
/ c 60 and D. IS Fifth Battalion, 4. IS;
I Z, %: c. %. and .. q. Sixth Battalion. \,
/ 30: c, %, and d, 3. Brigade Band, *.
| corps of field music, Is. Ambulance Corps,
/ .. Signal Corps. 10 Engineer Corps, "A,
/ Brigade staff. .. First and Second Tegi-
/ mental stats, %. First Separate BattaI-
/ ion. a. 80; B. 50; c. 60. and D. 90
! Despite the rather unpleasant weather
! there were a number Of GUardsmen at the
/ various company quarters in Centre Mar
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peared highly eIated at the prospect Of
/ going into camp Many Of the men were
/ engaged in cleaning up their rifles or
making their blanket rolls. When the
train began to pour down about 10 O'Clock
( the general hope was expressed that it
| would be pleasant weather while the
/ 6Iuardsmen were at Camp Ordway-
Lieut. R. b Hayes. Of the Engineer
Corps. who went to Leesburg the latter
/ part Of last week to stake out the camp
( and complete arrangements for the ad-
/ vent OF the militia. has not yet re- urAef.
/ Lieut. William Niemeyer. Of the Signal
I Corps. and eleven men Of that command
/ left for LeesbUrg yesterday afternoon
and win probably have the telephone and
/ telegraph system III working order by the
! opening day Of the enca mpment
Everything in the comInissary and
!
well A large number OF 9 Ks viii take
! the train for Leescurg to.siEht and will
/ tomorrow morning TX up their ranges
/ and be prepared y serve ratlOnS to the
! hungry miiitiamen. when they march to
I the camp ground ana raise canvas i-ieutS.
/ +. ". Smith and Charles Mortimer, as
/ SiStantS respectively Ia the COmmIsSary
I and QUarter-naSter. generals. have been
/ on the ground for several days and are
/ handling everything connected with their
/ departments. All the supplies have been
! sent by express. owing TO the inability
/ freight rapidly. --T
/ Capt. Jacobs. Of the office force Of the
{ conmisSary department. viii leave for
I At the National Guard Headquarters
! all the rush Of business preparatory to
the start FOR camp has been cleared up
/ by the acting adjutant general. Capt 4.
( Z. Robbins Ensign Frank Sigourney. Of
I the Naval Battalion and chief clerk in
the Headquarters Office, VIII go to Lees
/ burg tonight to arrange matters in the
Office OF the adjUtant general there He
I viii return to Washington on Friday
night IN time to leave with the Naval
Battalion on the annual cruise, which
/ viii begin Saturday morning.
At the Seventh Street wharf the Fern
I into the main channel for the beginning
/ clock tie naval nilitiaunen will sail
away for a weeks cruise. More sailors
! than ever before viii take the trip, and
1 indications point to a more pleasant and
| instructive outing than any in the his
tory of the Naval BaIfaliO-