The Washington times., 1903-07-28


during the encampment. They got their
first taste of mimic war and learned
what it is TO attack and retreat on the
field OF battle.
Two engagements took place within
seven miles of the camp. One was the
battle of Goresville and the other the
battle OF Goose Creek. The victory at
Goresville went to the gallant First
| Regiment. under command of Lieut.. Col.
! Burton r. Ross. The victory at Goose
/ Creek was awarded the Fighting Sec
ond." commanded by Col. NJ Emmett
Urell. The vanquished were thu two
troops of the Second Cavalry. command
ed by Captains Trout and Wade.
General Harries was the proudest man
in camp last night because his volun-
! teers had drub5ed the doughty regulars.
About 1880 o'clock in the morning the
troops of cavalry left their camp. One
troop went directly south in the direc-
tion Of Goose Creek, while the other
took a northerly course for Goresville.
About an hour later the Second Regi-
ment marched out of camp and wen1
south. with orders to reach Goose Creek
or Evergreen Mills by IL o'clock in the
day. or forfeit all claim to victory.
Warned Against Defeat.
They were instructed that the cavalry
would be awarded the prize IL II sue
ceeded in harassing the infantry or re-
tarding its practice so as to make It
impossible to reach Goose Creek by
noon. With determination TO reach their
destination. the boys in the Second hit
II up" and were soon out OF hailine
distance of the camp.
At 9:15 the cavalry officers put our !.
patrol to make It interesting for the in &.
fantrynen. The mounted boys were
routed. They retreated several hundred
feet at time. dismounted and gave tn.
iEfantrymen a few volleys from thefr
carbines. The foot soldiers. however.
were out OF range of the deadly mis-
siles-"
The cavalrYmen did not CO very much
in the retarding line. although they did
] make the infantrymen work hard to win
I the day.
The Second Regiment reached its dss-
tination with its wagons and everything
in good order by 11;45 O'Clock. The
men then-ate the lunch they had brought
in their haversacks.
One OF the most earnest fighters in
the Second Regiment was Chaplain Dud
/ ley. who rigged himself out in khaki
suit, haversack. canteen. and a Krag,
and marched off with the boys like a real
soldier. He is reported to have per-
formed great deeds of vaIor. and al
though the troopers endeavored to cap
ture him. he succeeded in keeping out
OF their way until after the battle.
Advanced on Sheep.
On the return trip one of the flank
Ing companies of the main body OF the
Second espied what it thought to be
the enemy coming over the crest of 8
I hill. The company poured a shower OF
lead at the supposed troop" and after
running about half a mile to capture
the enemy. the captain of the company
decided that he had been firing upon a
flock OF inoffensive sheep which were
quietly grazing in the field
Practically the same maneuvers were
executed by the First Regiment and the
troop OF cavalry which was sent out 10
harass It. Lieutenant Colonel Ross
marched his men at a fast pace, and
although they encountered the troopers
several times and were under the dead
ly fire OF the carbines on number OF
occasions, the cavalrymen thought II
best 10 run away and fight another day
AS they were so much interested in
running away, the infantrymen pro-
ceeded on to Goresville and the umpires
awarded them the victory because II
was only 11:35 when thev reached their
destination. They were allowed until
noon. The cavalry endeavored to cap
ture the wagon trains, the cook, and
coffee wagons. BY some good fast work
they managed TO intercept the infan-
trymen just as they reached the road
which leads into the troopers camp
THE wagons we're captured. but the In
fantrymen had already won the day.
Ambulances Busy.
All of the warriors were back in
camp before o'clock. There was ar
ambulance with each Of the regiments
and the men fell out of line by fifteen.
and twenties In some OF the companies
None of the cases was severe, and tn,
men Strengthened up and went to their
company tents after a little rest