Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-07

GERS Who Are Stationed at Headqua1
gin at II o'clock tomorrow morning Com
panies A. B. G. d, I, X. l.. NJ. I'd Regi-
ment. being first paid in the order named.
and then Companies f, F.. G. II. I, *, l..
Nj. list Regiment. in the order named.
The payment will be made in the
barracks of the 18th Company. Coast
Artillery Corps, the men entering the
front door of the amusement room
and. after payment. passing out the
side door and then the back door of the
building. Company commanders and their
officers will be present at the payment Of
their respective companies.
Land and Naval Attack.
The most ella borate exercise thus far
was the land and naval attack last night.
For the first time the batteries and the
infantry forces acted in unison. A large
fleet. including the Oneida, the Gushing.
the Bernard. the militia headquarters
motorboat and other craft. from point
down stream, made their way up the
channel. taking devious courses in order
to render it as difficult possible for the
searchlights to locate them. While the
big guns were endeavOrlng to put the
navy out of commission the supports
had most interesting time looking out
for imaginary landing parties in small
boats. While no actual attempt to land
was made. that fact wassnot known by
the commander Of the supports until after
the exercises ended. At his headquarters
he was constantly receiving reports of
the presence of the enemy, and dispersed
his forces accordingly
The problem was substantially as fol-
lows: A patrol ran across colored
man. a native to the friendly section of
the country hereabouts. The native
casually remarked: There is trouble in
store for you fellows tonight. l saw d
lot of soldiers and ships down the rive.
while l was at Marshall Hall early this
evening"
The patrol conducted the native to Col
Ourand. who. by close questioning. learned
the size of the force and the character
of the troops. and from the fact that no
fires were burning. the enemy eating a
previously prepared supper. assumed that
a night attack was contemplated.
Enemy's Motorboat Seen.
Patrols were sent all along the shore
line With them at the points of con-
munication were the army officers on
duty here as instructors. They told the
National Guard officers just what to do
and when. according to a previously ar
ranged plan. Col. Ourand learned by
field telegraph that motor boat had
dashed in close to Fort Point and then
disappeared. Later boats were reported
from off the engineers wharf. from a
point up Piscataway creek, and later near
the pumping station on Swan creek.
The responsibility was on Col. Ourand.
He finally concentrated most of his force.
with his reserves. at Fort Point, having in
all six companies with an assumed
strength of 100 men each there at the fin
ish. They used blank ammunition and
acted just as though they were repelling
a determined attack. 1t developed that
the movements in Piscataway and Swan
creeks were feints and that the main at
tack was at Fort Point. The instructors
decided that the imaginary enemy had
been repulsed. Full benefit was derived
from the drill. for only the instructors
was imaginary. not actual.
Destroy the Navy"
1t Is presumed. of course. that the Ma
tional Guard companies operating the big
guns located the opposing navy prompt
ly and sank the Oneida, the Gushing, the
Bernard and the others, although all were
safe at their moorings when taps was
sounded.
The exercse'was very spectacular. the
boom of the big guns mingling with the
rattle OF musketry and the flare OF the
twenty-five-pound powder charges har-
monizing with the colors of the rockets
and bombs discharged by the Signal
Corps. The cannonading shook the
DuliQ.nSS on the RESERVATION ike luey
were houses of cards.
Maj. Bailey and Maj. Hahn of the army,
coast artillery experts. came down from
Washington to witness the exercise and
as the guests of Gen. Harries and Col.
Coffin.
The booming of the big guns and the
rattle of musketry was again very much
in evidence this morning, the drill being
preliminary to the elaborate land and
naval attack scheduled for tonight
Brigade Team Going Away Tomor-
With the hope of capturing glory. and
tai, the members of the brigade rifle team
of the National Guard of the District of
Columbia have arranged to depart from
here at o'clock tomorrow morning, be-
ing specially excused from the final TWEEN
ty-four hours duty in the artillery dis
trict of the Potomac. The riflemen, under
the direction of Maj. Alfred P. Robbins.
aboard the supply boat Gushing, as fol-
! lows:
Capt. Alexander Summers. Company /.
I'd Regiment: Capt Samuel w. Forsythe,
Company NJ. 1st Regiment: First Lieut..
Frank W. Holt. quartermaster. I'D Battal-
ion. I'd Regiment First Lieut.. w. Milton
Farrow. inspector of rifle practice. 1st
Battalion. I'd Regiment: First Lieut.. Thos.
r. McAnalIy. QudTteTHaSteT, ISt bdttdi-
kiOn I'd Regiment: First Lieut. Ralph Al
derman. inspector of riflce practice, list
Battalion. 1st Regiment: First Lieut..
Frederick III. Heidenreich adjutant, 3D.
Battalion, I'd Regiment: First Lieut..
Frank D. Lakeland. Company h. I'd Regi-
ment: First Lieut.. Charles NJ. Putnam,
Signal Corps: First Lieut.. Richard Pow
ers. Company B. list Regiment Second
Lieut. Louis a. Clausel, Company X, I'd
Regiment; Q. NJ Sergt. John H. Cole. Sd
Battalion. I'd Regiment: First Sergt John
F. Mater. Company L. I'd Regiment;
Sergt Thomas Brown. Company I. list
Regiment: Sergt. Ollie NJ. Schriver Com
pany l. LIST Regiment; Sergt. James H.
Windsor. Company X, list Regiment. and
Private Robert H. Clouser. Company B,
LIST Regiment.
Maj James e. Bell. inspector general OF
rifle practice. District of Columbia militia.
Is range officer: Lieut.. McAnally, team
spotter and quartermaster. and Lieut..
Farrow, team coach. Mai. George Hen
dersen will accompany the team as sur
geon.
Start for Ohio.
The team will leave Washington at 0:1O
O'Clock tomorrow evening. travelling by
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to Camp