Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02
Sumner, the ship which took the famous
!, Taft party to the Philippines.

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Taft party to the Philippines.
Not All Play, by Any Means.
So it is easily seen that all is not a
matter of dress parade and burning gun
powder in the army. The guardsmen
have gradually progressed so that they
against any foe that the officers ar
ranging the program may select
1t seems remarkable that one week ago
the reserves were ignorant of artillery
work. for they have been handling the
big guns like veterans for two days. The
supports have been progressing under the
instruction of the regular officers. They
have done picket duty. patrol duty. have
secuted. have sent. out advance guards
have acted as rear guards and have
dug trenches to defend themselves
against either infantry or field artillery
The advance guard and rear guard work
is more difficult than at first appears
for the men have to deploy and send
out f1ankers in the proper order at the
proper distance from one another and
have to observe a great many rules laid
down in the books to keep from being
shot to pieces. That is the value of these
maneuvers.
Value Of Training.
Under the instruction of the trained
army officers the guardsmen will get an
idea OF the value of training in actual
warfare. They know now that they must
have an accurate knowledge of the coun-
try on all sides, and that they must
keep men out constantly watching the
enemy. They also know that an advance
guard must not be too far ahead of the
main body. as reinforcements would not
be able to reach them in time if an actual
Gr,0r bot
guard never expects reinforcements and
is expected to delay the enemy's advance
so that the main body can get away safe
ly. They have been taught to deploy sc
that the enemy must do the same thing
or be shot to pieces, this deploying cost
ing, the enemy time, during which the
main body of troops will have crossed
the river or have otherwise protected
themselves
The camps are full Of music with the
th1rty-siX bugle calls a day and the band
and corps of field music at work The
army officers were very glad when the
drum corps reached Fort Hunt. Not one
of them fails to call the corps the "hell
cats. That is the name applied at West
Point to the field music and it sticks in
an officers mind throughout his service
The guardsmen term the drummers the
boilermakers' union.' AT any rate, they
make noise and awaken every one at !
O'Clock in the morning, and that is one of
reveille gun. bugle and twenty nine
musicians plugging away for all they are
worth, it is an old. old veteran who can
sleep through it all.
"Old Veterans" in Camp.
There are many ''old veterans in
camp too. Around their tents the young.
sters sit and listen to all sorts of tales
true and near-true, of war and service
t. to-
Regiment that is called the Board OF
Strategy" 1t is occupied by several old
campaigners, some of whom have seen
twenty years of service. What they dc
not know about the army Is hardly worth
knowing. Their observations on the days
work are of the most critical character
and 1t is of such soldiers that the officers
are proud.
The regulars of the coast artillery gel
along with the guardsmen very well. The
regulars are a fine looking lot of men
nearly every one being an old soldier
| Some of the men have nine enllstmentS tC
| their credit. These heavy artillerymer
seem to be of a very high grade, anG
their work is of scientific character
| They are a quiet lot, but look effective
| If lady should sit in one of their com
pany streets in the evening she would no.
| hear profane language. She would SEE
men who have manners as refined as she
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| be in better hands than if she selected the
| first hundred men she met on any stree
| of any city. The regular army man is
| not mollycOddle, neither is he a brute
but he is mighty good sort-at least here
| at the Potomac forts.
Shore of the Snorer Who Shores.
There are no sounds of revelry by nigh
at Fort Washington. But there are Other
sounds Among these the principal are
the shores of the snorer who shores. Fol
lowing the lead of Sancho Panza, million:
of people have blessed the man who frs
invented sleep, and since that time mil
lions of others-closely sympathizing will
the late Mr.. John Godfrey SaXe-have Gu
loose curses loud and deep" in their en-
deavors to besmirch the name and mem
DRY of him who first invented early rising
but there have been no serious efforts It
organize the forces of those who night,
concoct frightful maledict!ons with which