The Washington times., 1904-09-11
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taught was that which made clear the
inefhciency Of the majority OF the quar-
termasters ard commissaries of the Ma
uOnal Guard regiments for what the
men OF these particular regiments suf-
fered while bivouacking, could not, I'm
one sense, have been surpassed had the
warfare been actual
Lost Their Wagons.
Nearly half the State regiments. in
fact. lost their supply wagons during
the first days fighting. and were forced
to go from eighteen TO thirty-six hours
without food. Part OF the time this was
the militia prlvates themselves. as they
would eat Up IN the forenoon the "a
tiuus which were supposed 70 last them
uAtE ntghtfall, but more OftcI II was
thS inability of the QuartermHsters to
perform properly the duties Of their Of
ices.
Again there was complaint among the
army people outside the army head
quarters OF the social side OF the man
euvcrs. Some Of this criticism was un-
warranted and some was not. One ar
tillery captain was IN q towering rage
this morning over the appropriation o.
his mount. which was taken from the
picket line for some one TO ride down 10
Gainesville 20 meet General Chaffee
when he arrived.
The captain rode into the press camp
from Camp No. ] last night ana put up
with a CORE spondent an Intimate friend
He took his horse to the cavaIry picket
line at corps headquarters to be kept
over night. When he sent for IL this
morning the message came back tnat
Ali the horses had Deen taken by Gen
, eral Corbin s staff and the guests OF the
corps commander to meet General Chat
| fee The horse was the private property
/ OF the artillery lieutenant. lie called
| the business hish-handed and raised a
row with the chief OF STAFF over It
General Corbin's Dinners.
| The wives OF army officers, who were
/ boarding in the neighborhOod while
their husbands were maneuvering with
the Brown and Blue armies, denounced
the Iuxuriousness Of General COrbin' S
| dinners. saying that they were far bet
ter than those which were being served
at the headquarters OF the generals coGl-
| handing the opposing armies In the
/ field. and ridiculed generally the social
/ features at corps Headquarters Much
has already been written about this, pro
| General Corbin's mess was a good
| one but he was entertaining the repre-
| sentatives OF foreign powers rhe gov
! ernors Of States. and personal friends,
and whether he should have stuck
strictly 70 conditions OF actual warfare
in the manner in which he took care OF
them IS an open question
| Speaking of the foreign attaches, they
/ created n DTOI OuTlQ impression Win AAAEAA
gaudy uniforms Newspaper men from
| sections of the country where foreign
attaches are none too prevalent, burned
the wires with accounts OF these PEI,
/ sonaRes Members OF the National
Guard stopped stock still on the march
and gazed with open mouths whenever
the foreigners went by. they were
usually riding with Gene rae oo 6FScia n
were passed up as unimportaht Deslos
the foreigners
Could Not Ride Well.
Some Of the foreigners. it may be
said frankly. could not ride at all. and
cut sorry figures bouncing up and down
lin the cavalry saddles. Others. partic-
lularlv the English and Russian officers,
were good horsemen. and suffered 10 in
lconvenIence from the daily rides over
1.-THE rough country. In the evening
however. they all shone brilliantly.
Saunteltng I'D and down IN front OF
General CSrbin's tent. the COntinentals
lAlphonsed and Gastoned 10 the ladies in
la style that was inimitable. Convers-
ling in foreign tongues they produced a
lBabel-like buzz that lent a thoroughly
cosmopolitan tone 10 corps headQuar
tiers.
As for the correspondents, they had
!. 1.-The time OF their lives" Those who
sought TO mingle with the dignitarie:
found their opportunities unlimited
They talked with General COrbin in tht
morning rode out to the scene OF ac
ltiOn under the flag of the chief umpire
rode back with a European nObleman
bowed u the wives Of the generals. tool
drinks with colonies and majors galore
dined with governors, and OtherWlS'
idispOrted themselves to their own ever
lasting glory. and described their exper
fences geographically at the expense d
their papers.
Those VINO saw more virtue In the sar
donic and prOfane humor Of the enlist
ed men OF the regular army. the yer
dancy OF the national guard. the gallOp
across country on horseback, the crit
cism and philosophy OF the natives o.
| Prince William county, got all that wa
! coming to them, while the military ex