Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-07-15
END OF MANENERS
LOCAL COMPANIES RETURN
FROM FORT HOWARD


uoeu4ers A. Fort NoM2fd* W1~s -
| which Companies = and -. - The
| Pirst Regiment, tbe local militia
companies, participated, came to an
end ON Saturday a. noon. and on -ou
day the different organizstions ieft
The reservation.
Company a., under command - ~ee-
ond Lieutenant ~. u. Meade. returned
10 Annapolis. and Company ~. M
der command - Captain > Iaey
| chinn, stopped on ~ Saunders Range.
near Glen Burnfe. this county. where
II will engage 10 Target prsetics for
a week. returning - Annapolis on
saturday ne1t. Company "a and
Companies T.. ~ EIkt0n. =. ~ kas-
ton. ard y. 81 Bel Air, from the
provisional battalion commanded ~
Major Charles ~. ADAMS. ~ Easlon.
| which will BE- ~ tire range this week
Next week ihe provisional baffai-
ion will be- c0mpOsed ~ Companies -,
81 Annapolis q. 81 cambridge J., -
lrenfrevilIe. and q. ~ Frederick Is
l will be commanded ~ MAJOR Haxh
X. Riley. ~ this city
The local guardemeu no have re-
Turned 10 the city are nnAnimOas ~
| the expression that the camp a. Fyrt
4 Howard vas the best they haze. ever
attended from every point = sieN-
| They say that they learned n8gfss bad
more interesting work. were treated
1 with greater consideration and attend
| cd IS more pleasant incidents than
any tour 81 duty IN which any portion
/ Of the Maryland National Gnard has
ever participated. The officers and
men have been in splendid health
1 throughout and the conduct - the
command has been exemplary The
only regret is that there vas not a
larger attendance from Annapolis and
| vicinity.
1 A. Is generally known. tbe idea 90
| the whole affair Vas that F0rf Hos
ard, which commands the DIoutb -
1 the Pata6cs0 river and consequently
4 The apprOacb 70 Baltimore. was 0e-
1 sieged By fleet accompanied by a
strong body u troops It was the
1 part Of the defenders ~ the fort. in
1 Guiding the regular garrison and the
4 miIfliamen, 10 defeud the fort against
every character u attack that might
| be planned and executed by the naval
force. The latter was represented ~
i tie Maryland Naval Militia, manning
| thc IsIa de Cuba and other vessels
| To this end, one battalion 81 the First
l Regiment Was assigned 10 work -
coast artillery. while the other two
battaifons formed the supports. The
important function 81 the latter may
be understood. when il Is considered
that the workers Of the big guns are
entirely helpless should tssy be ~
tackled in the rear BY infantry Or light
artillery.
That they might learn their duties
| in this connection, Captain Guy y r.
| smith. a brilliant officer ~ the Uni
/ ted States Army, was assigned % the
/ regiment. and instructed the officers and
1 men daily in the construction Of
| trenches. advance and rear guard daiy
| and outpost duty. All the members
" the regiment learned to hold Cap
1 tain smith in the strongest regard and
| DC bad the happy knack u fmpaTtIn<
4 knowledge tn q way which made m
attractive and securing effective work
from the men without taxing too
greatly or causing them 70 sulk-
PART ~ three days were occupied IN
trench digging. the trenches being 81
the lying type. the most hastily eon~
structed protection for Fifeman- the
kBeelfng type and the standing type.
the latter being the most slaborste
and efficient and requiring . CORES
1 bonding amount ~ work Gun pfts
aud epanlmcnts, for tbe purpose ~
protecting field artillery from IRE, wsre
also constructed. The members -
the baftalfOns also received th0rDuz5
drilling ~ the formation - front and
rear guards and various kinds - ont
| posts.
The latter was pot IN practice On
| Friday afternoon ard night when sew
eraI companies ~ the regiment were
thrown across TIE narrow meek -
land, upon the projections ~ WHICH
lie North Point and the Fort Howard
reservation. For full twenty-fSur
hours the men held these neeks Bot
tied up 50 strongly that q rabbit e0gisi
| not have passed in, and there Was
not even an affzlk ~ this point
Three large companies were detailed
10 this work under The command -
| Major Riley. Trey we're formed -
| Cossack posts and were pi3eed a.
points ACROSS the strip ~ land between
the Bay and Back creek, ubieb Insured
the discovery - any hostile party
which wOuId have attempted tss foFt
from that direction
The Cosszck posts are composed ~
three priyaIes and = nen-cOnnDissiOn-
I'd officer. One private acts - ire ser
| tinel IN an advanced position. Ire
others resting. and the seDfinsI - r.
fetcd every two hours. thus insgrIng
rest to the others. The n0B-eomnsfs--
stoned officer - IN gersr4i enzrgs-
The post remains a. constituted durinz
the fwenty-four hours and may %
said n b. seIf-gupp0rtinz, the nem
hers Carrying their Tatfo1s for N
1 period.
This was an iueident which indeed
the true aaaIifies ~ The u1en FOR tbe
most rigorous soldiers life The "a
ton consisted ~ uncooked Dzeon- bar
tack and ground coffee ard TIRE zen
made their Little fires. cooked their
bacon. boiled their coffee and IN tbis
way prepared their meals ~oue -
the men soaked their hardkaek unffI =
was soft and then fried u IN bacon
grease, making them most pziataoIs-
Though fbe~ mosquitoes were fearf14.
the men stood the tiresoms nIzhi
without murnur, entering bezrttlT
into the spirit 81 the occasion, and
really deserve the greatest credit
II and q COMPANIES were setfng -
reserves and we're hurried during sie
night To any point where ~ atlas
| Wa threatened The r4raI reg afs-fi {.
" dfF s~,I ~ = resrf fraieie fne al
vane. .sst 1osta, ara fn@ 5o-1t eoE1-
panfe. ~efc in both stiff DrzEsbes.
This work proved very fatiguirg. ~
At every alarm, the reserves Eers