The Washington times., 1901-07-22

strappists were passed without further
well kept.
Special orders No 50. issued yesterday,
oruered a number OF routine discharges.
On surgeons certificate of disability an
honorable discharge will be granted Pri-
vate William FIJI, of Company b, Fourth
| Regiment. In the interest of the service.
Private Alexander Lecarione. of Company
q, Fifth Battalion will receive his dis
charge. Private Charles A Moulden, of
the Ambulance Corps, will receive an
honorable discharge, granted upon his
own application
1t was extremely quiet in Leesburg to-
night and there is practically no disturb
ance. The Guards conduct themselves
while in the little city in manner high
~ creditable to their organization. A
number OF the Guardsmen, both officers
and men, have made friends in Leesburg
Notes of TIE Camp.
An investigation has been ordered re-
sarding the circumstances surrounding
the death of a pig, found the other day in
one of the company streets of the Fourth
Battalion. No report on the matter has
yet been made The porker when found,
had apparently been smothered to death.
Major j. Il. X. Lee, First Battalion, is
field officer of the day today. Capt. f.
Penrose Smith was officer of the day for
the Second Regiment, and F. +. des
Garennes officer of the guard for the
"a
Capt. w. E. Dix is officer of the day.
and Lieut.. +. II. Heidenreich officer of
the guard. Lieut.. A. Il Bennett, jr., sur
gecn of the Fifth Battalion. is medical
officer of the day OF the First Separate
Battalion, Capt ]. c. Campbell is officer
of the day, and Lieut.. Joseph ii. john
son the officer of the guard.
All trains on the Southern Railway are
now stopping at the crossing neax camp
for the convenience of passengers who
desire to visit the Guardsmen. The cross
ing is about quarter. of mile from
camp, and the longer journey from the
Loudoun County metropolis Is thus
avoided.
Major James E. Bell. Inspector General
panied by Mir. and Mrs. Maston of Wash
ington. They returned to the Capital
early this evening.
Rifle Practice of the Sixth Battalion. the
only absentee on the staff of that COM
mapd, visited camp today. Lieutenant
Cookson is on detached duty with the
Brigade Rife Team. Lieut.. Horace Bell,
also of the Brigade Team, was another
visitor.
Ernst Gerstenberg. donor cf the Ger
of the Guard. visited Camp Ordway to-
day. Among others who arrived this
morning were Capt. Thomas E. King. In
spector of Rife Practice OF the First Reg
pany c. Sixth Battalion. Lieutenant Pas
chal has recently been ordered up for ex-
animation for commission in the Reg
ular Army. For that reason he is not in
camp.
Commissary Sergeant ]. w. Williams,
of the Second Regiment. was today visit
ed by Harry EVERY, Einstein, Ustman,
and Dr. ODonnoghue, of Washington.
EX-Lieut. Carroll Mattingly. who last
year made an enviable record as COM
mander of the Signal Corps, visited camp
today. Before an hour had passed Lieu
tenant Mattingly was out with the corps
assisting in work on the telegraph line,
which has been connected with the inde-
pendent line between Leesburg and Alex
andria. The Signal Corps is having no
end of difficulty in getting direct connec-
ton. Twice has their line been grounded,
evidently by some one who objected to the
connection. although permission had been
gained from the manager of the line. In
the meantime all telegraphic communica-
tion is handled through the office of the
Southern Railway depot in Leesburg,
where traffic over the wire is quite heavy.
Lieut.. p. w. Smith. assistant to the
commissary general, has been i'll for the
past day or SO. but is now rapidly round
ing into shape again.
The countersign last night was "Caloo-
can. The choosing of the word was
compliment to Lieutenant Overton. who
was wounded near the place of that name
early in the Philippine campaign
section of the brigade band will play
at the Leesburg Inn tonight. The Inn is
the popular hosiery where most of the
Guardsmen congregate when they visit
town.