Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-29
BACK FROM THE WARS
District Troops Return From
Camp and Fort.
CAMPAIGN OF 1907 OVER.
Experience Regarded as of Great
Value to the Guardsmen.
CONGRATULATIONS BY OFFICERS
Private Steele Dismissed From the
Service-Other Gases Before
Court Martial-Briefs.
CONGRATULATIONS BY OFFICERS

After what Brig Gen. George H. Harries
calls the most successful encampments OF
the District militia, the members ofrthe Ma
tional Guard are back in Washington The
men from Camp Ordway left Harpers
Ferry at about the same time the troops at
the Potomac forts embarked aboard the
Jane Moseley, and both bodies reached
Washington at nearly the same time.
Colors We're taken down at Camp Ordway
at o'clock in the morning, but long before
that time the men had turned out had
breakfasted and had received their pay at
the adjutant generals tent from the pay
master, Capt. Andrew Parker, assisted by
Mr.. Boyd Taylor. The sum of $40 900
was disbursed, 5000 of it to the officers.
The general commissioned staff was
paid before breakfast. After assembly call.
when the companies were lined up in front
of their tents. Gen. Harries. accompanied by
his staff, visited each company and con-
graduated the men on their fortnights
work. The commanding officer was cheered
by the companies after his utterance of his
opinion that the camp had been the most
successful ever held by the guard. taking 1t
all in all and thanked the men for their
loyal spirit and their attention to their mill
tary duties.
Dishonorably Dismissed.
Private NJ. F. Steele. Company X. LIST
Regiment, found guilty by court-marti Of
conduct unbeconing a soldier in resisting
arrest and swearing at the officer of the
day when ne was placed in the guardhouse,
was called to the front when the regiment
was in formati and dshonorably dis
charged from the militia. He was told that
his pay for the. years work would revert to
the United States Treasury. Steele was
kept under guard until the regiment
reached Washington. where he gave up his
uniform and other government property and
was released.
The case of Charles W. Stansbury, Com
pany |. ist Regiment. will probably be
disposed of this week, when the members
Of the court-martial which tried him
Thursday will meet and go over the notes
of the trial Stansbury is charged by Maj.
Robbins with having failed to perform sem
tinel duty properly last Thursday.
Tents were left standing at Camp Ord
way 10 give them chance to dry. obviat-
ing the necessity of opening them and
driving them at Washington. The men had
packed their other belongings the night be-
fore, so that they were ready TO march to
Harpers Ferry to entraln MAI Neu-
mover Lieut. Chase and Lieut. Bliss re-
NAMED at the camp to look after the prop
erty.
Trip to Washington.
The train ran in three sections. the first
| reaching Washington at about 0:30 am.
and the last at noon. The chief excite
| ment of the morning was the boiling of
some of the officers horses at Harpers
| Ferry, after they had been frightened by
| the blasts Of locomotive whistle blown
| by a mischievous fireman.
| On the first section was the 1st Battery
/ Field Artillery; on the second the lst Sep
] arate Battalion. camp horses and civilian
/ employees. and on the third Gen Harries
| ana his stan. the brigade band and corns
| of field music the 1st Regiment and the hoe
| pital corps. The last train did nor stor,
! until 10 o'clock. A large crowd was Wit
/ ing to greet the militia when the men die.
! embarked at the Baltimore and Ohio freieb,
station They then marched directly to The
armory and were dismissed TO their homes
At the Forts
At the river forts packing was not done
until Sunday morning, but then everything
was cleaned up early, and at Fort Hun,
the men had all their impedimenta down al