The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-07

OF the officers of the District National
| Guard.
Lost in Cornfeld.
! ooh. go on. said one Of the prison FRS,
who were Of the Sixteenth Regular In
/ fantry. I'VE were caught in corndeld
! at o'clock this morning. and they sent
us on into the lines. We lost our way
and went to sleep"
All day long the four prisoners iayl
around the press camp in the hands Of
/ the Ninth They were not released until
| nearly o'clock. Then they started on
| their weary trUdge of ten miles to Camp
/ Throughout yesterday and today the
! captured" and wounded wandered
up and down the turnpikes, wearing pap
! er tags 10 show that they were hors De
! combat. Many of them were caught Tar,
! far from home. and had TO walk miles
! back TO their camps.
Others. who were supposed TO be ssri-
/ ouslv injured were carried of the field
| by the hospital corps, placed in Their
| tents and bandaged up. Later they were
! supposed 20 be reincarnated, and had
/ TO perform the same walking stunt that
the slightly wounded and captured per
formed.
Real Horse Famine.
The horse famine is another problem
I chat has grown serious. Every country
man in the land il hiring out his plow
horses at 81 and s. day, as cavalry
chargers, and even at this high rate
mounts are hard to find. A number
of commissioned officers OF National
Guard infantry companies who are en-
titled TO mounts are walking about the
fields with the privates. because Of their
Inability 20 procure horses. A placard
on the door OF a store in Haymarket
reading IAN officer OF the national guard
will paw an exorbItant price for pair
of horses shows now hard it is to find
steeds
The only man who has been found who
takes the other view OF the horse propO-
sition is Georgia major After , O'Clock
yesterday. when hostilities had ceased
for the day. lieutenant or the Ninth
/ Infantry was detailed 10 give the Geor-
gians instruction in outpost duty. He
went TO where their regiment was
was Enthusiastically received. as the
GeOTRians are eager 10 learn every JnlnB
about actual warfare He had a com
pany drawn up so he could talk 10 the
whole lot at once. and was preparing
to start the first lesson. when dapper
little ma jor rode up on beautiful sorrei
mare.
I The Georgians were so keen on the
lmaneuvers that they arranged for their
horses as far ahead as last April. and
all procured good mounts IN me
IneighbOrhOod of Manassas.
Takes the Tall Timber.
AS the major rode up on his charger
the orders for rest arms was given.
Down went the guns OF the company
with "A bang To the woods went the
majors mare In a series OF lunges. Up
and down. backward and forward. now
. I - LID I'D on that the
major. touching a different spot on his
saddle at every jump. Finally, the mare
darted sideways, and relieved the major
Of further jOlting by depositing hin IN
/ The Georgian limDed back TO the lieu
tenant OF the Ninth. as the little charger
disappeared into a nearby grove.
I'm not used TO riding. ne STAN
mercd apologetically, and It's walking
for mine after this.
Rivals in the Cavalry.
The rivalry between the Seventh and
Fifteenth regular cavalry regiments
continues to furnish many incidents Of
the maneuvers. This rivalry is old and
deep-seated. and the presence of the
Seventh with the Blue army, and the
presence of the Fifteenth with the
Brown army affords abundant oppor-
tunities for clashes.
A few days before the maneuvers be-
gan a part Of the officers Of the Seventh
rode 10 Thoroughfare from Manassas TO
visit the officers Of the Fifteenth. When
they started for home II was dark
and a bright genius of the Seventh
conceived the idea Of a joke on the
Fifteenth After a consultation a wise
and experience quartermaster-ser-
geant was called on to carry out the
He dismouated and went 20 the
stables OF the Fifteenth Finding z
on rffgrd the sergeant I'm
the most matter Of fact tone, told the
sentry he wanted the guidOns OF the
first, second. third, fourth, and fifth
/ troops. The unsuspecting rookie
promptly handed them out. and the
Seventh trotted out Of Ihoroughfare
carrying the guidons OF the Fifteenth
with them The next morning they sent
one guidOn TO the Fifteenth with their
| compliments. The four days following
they did the same thing. until all five
p had been returned.
Fight With Fists.
This performance grated on the
Fifteenth, and yesterday the first clash
occurred. A detachment Of the Seventh
, met "A detachment OF the Fifteenth on
outpost duty. No umpires were near, so
the troopers got off their horses and
INDUCED I'm a glorious battle royal with
I, their fists. An officer happened along
! and stopped the fracas before IL as
sumed a serious character, but while II
1 lasted IL gave great relief to the en-
= vious feelings Of the cOmbatants
. Later IN the dag a troop OF the
Fifteenth was caught I'm the fire Of Il
, regiment OF Connecticut infantry. and
was declared collectively dead bv the
y umpire on the field. Positively refusing
to be killed several Of the Fifteenth
. charged into the midst Of the Connec-
$ ticut and snatching their colors. gal
Z lOoed away with them.
RI Militia Enthusiastic
The eager enthusiasm OF the militia
= on picket duty is one Of the interesting
q features Of the occasion, and also the
e inability Of the majority Of them 20