The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-23

$3.50, mess 4, boots and saddles 4:30,
and promptly at o'clock the battery
moved out of camp. The route car
! ried the battery for about one hun
dred yards over the mill DAM which
was but little wider than the car
riages and wagons. thence through
| the swamp for mile or more over
roads along which 1t looked impos-
sible to move the column, but the
drivers put to practical use their eX-
| perience of the past two days, and the
| long line of Carriages, guns and wa
lyons marched from the swamp with
out mishap.
| The column arrived at Ivor at 1880
io'clock. AT this place a stop of thirty
minutes was made. and meat and other
| supplies were purchased. 1t was here
! that the battery met Mr.. Joe Davis.
a wartime Howitzer. who saw that
1.-the commissary wagon had at supply
| OF good things for the days march.
| AT o'clock the bugle sound of for
! ward, march was heard, and the
iHowitzers passed out of the town. At
/ a ford five miles from Ivor a halt of
1 twenty-five minutes was made to water
/ the teams This point was reached
at 9:1O o'clock the column resuming
| its march at 9:35, and continuing on
to Zuni this point being reached at
11:1O o'clock. At this place forage was
u
cook set to work cooking the midday
meal. which was served to the men at
| 1890 o'clock noon.
i The horses We're fed, and the bat
terry was ready to move at 1915, but
4 II was here that the first and only ac-
I cident. to the teams happened. One
! of the horses, which had been playing
l his tricks ever since the battery left
Richmond. reared back this time too
far. and fell over on the gun carriage.
\ mixing up things considera bly,. None
/ OF the drivers or cannoneers were hurt,
and the horse was but slightly injured.
4 The delay in putting In another team
and treating the wounded animal pre-
J. vented the battery from leaving the
4 point until 2:3O, at which time the
d column moved eastward, the accident
:. causing delay of one hour and fiji
! teen minutes.
Fate seemed to be against us this
4 morning, for out Of Zuni there are two
Z roads leading to Windsor. The bat
4 terry. being mlsinformed. took the most
4 indirect one, and thus lost two miles.
Rain soon began to fall, and the roads.
y already quite heavy, became perfect
lakes of mud At 5:25 O'clock the bat
terry reached Windsor Station, where
4 a halt of fifteen minutes was made.
~ O.4V. luc Il1dICil WIS ItSullleNlf W q
point two miles east of Windsor. where
n halt Of one hour and fifteen minutes
Il was made, the teams being watered
and the men and horses taking advan-
i tage OF the rest. AT 1875 the column
i moved on, passing Providence Church
I at S:25 o'clock, reaching Suffolk at
! 1890, on the outskirts of which city
/, camp was pitched.
| Made Thirty Eight Miles.
The battery moved in hard rain the
greater part of the day. over roads
newly worked and heavy with mud and
sand, the men wet to the skin, the
small rubber poncho proving itself Of
no value In keeping the men dry.
i Little did the men think when they
settled down that night that they had
possibly broken the worlds record.
4 They knew that they and the horses
/ had done more thanSa good days work,
i and they also knew that Suffolk should
4 be reached that night In order to make
4 the march a success. The Howitzers
\ marched this day, June 10th, thirty
eight miles, making q record hereto
A fore unthought OF.
\ With men taken out OF their con-
filming positions in offices and stores,
N accustomed only to city life, with
i horses unseasoned, and many of them
! unfit for artillery service, and with
Il only four horses to the carriage, the
army regulation being six, and with
4 the severe roads and many other dis
lcouraging conditions, they established
La new record for artillery marching,
i and exhibited to the world what Vir-
L gtnia soldieyy was capable of accom-
j plishing, During the entire days