The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-30
GUARD ORDERED OUT
TO GO INTO BATTLE

are ended. The roundabout roads tho
men will be marched over during the
maneuveTs will take them over about
thirteen miles Of ground each day.
Everything went off smoothly yester-
day during Secretary Roots visit. The
review of the Guardsmen just before Mr.
Root left constituted the final fancy
work the boys will do this year. The
men proved they were thorough soldiers
when the review was in progress. JUST
before they started a heavy storm was
sighted in the West. and when the line
was formed there was a terrific down
pour of rain. and large haustones as big
as cutloaf sugar pelted the boys in the
face
Men Stood Like Statues.
Mr.. Root. General Harries, and The
members of the two STATS were all we'll
protected from the rain, but not so the
Guardsmen, who remained as still as
monuments. Lieutenant Colonel Ras-
pOpow, the military attache of the Rus
sian legation. who is one OF the most
enthusiastic persons in camp, was on
hand and did not complain about the
rain or anything else. The exhibition
drills in front of headquarters were also
performed on wet ground. but the rain
had ceased at hat time
Secretary Roots special train was di-
vided into two sections. the first of
which left shortly after + o'clock Great
speed was made to Washington, and the
first section arrived in the National
Capital little after o'clock.
Private James Dement,, who put up
such furious fight at the guard tent on
Monday night and was tied for thirty-six
hours, after six men had their trouble
holding him, was dishonorabIy dis
charged from the Guard yesterday at the
termination of the court-martial He
was ordered out of camp Immediately
after the court reached its decision.
Efficient Ambulance Corps.
The ambulance corps is one OF the
most efficient organizations in the Ma
tional Guard. There are more men than
ever in the corps this year and the
sick and wounded of Camp Ordway We're
never looked after so carefully as they
are this year.
The corps is under the competent COM
mand of Lieutenant FaIes. who knows
medicine from Alpha to Omega and back
again. DR.. Fales calls his twenty men
TO the tent about three times day, and
instructs them in field duty, bandaging,
dressing wounds, resUscitating drowned
persons, treating sun-stricken persons.
and everything that could possibly be
r.To ~
Fales is one of the most popular Of
hcers IN the National Guard, and is an
able teacher. The men digest what be
says very easily, and the profit they and
the National Guardsmen derive from it
Is incalculable
There are eight medical and one dent
al students in the corps. Some OF the
embryo medicos are in their last year at
Columbian or the National Medical
Schools Of Washington. The corps las
three litter squads, an ambulance with
a most careful driver. yards and yards
of bandages, quart after quart of lin
iment, and other stuffs good for sprains,
bruises, Commissions, and abrasions.
Operating on the Mascot.
n Clever piece OF WOrK was done tY
the corps Tuesday when Fritz, the bull
dog mascot Of the signal men. was
stepped upon by a horse and injured
severely. The little animals toes were
all crushed and bleeding, and il yelped
all the way over to the ambulance CORPS.
but after they dressed It's wounds and
put it to bed it remained quiet and its
name was placed on the sick list Wed
nesday morning. Just previous to the
accident 10 Fritz the ambulance corps
lads dressed and bandaged the burnt
arms OF a war correspondent, " who re-
ports that he was much relieved after
receiving treatment
Sergeants Wilkerson and Terry are
well drilled in the art of handling pa-
tients and putting them into and get
ting them out Of the ambulance. 4 large
number Of cases have been handled
since the establishment of camp, and the
ambulance boys are proud to say they
have not lost one. Powder burns. neat
prostrations, cramps from green apples.
and sickness from over-eating constitute
most Of the cases.
A GhOstly Prank.
After taps had been sounded Tuesday