Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09
READY FOR TRIP HOME
National Guardsmen to Re-
sumo Pursuits of Peace.
COAST DEFENSEWORKENDS
Citizen Soldiery Arranges Early
Start for This City.
GENERAL STAFF GIVES DANCE
Gen. Harries Refers to Exercises of
Past Two Weeks as a Graft
flying Experiment.
GENERAL STAFF GIVES DANCE
Special From STAFF Correspondent by The Star 3
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Special From n STAFF Correspondent by The Star 8
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ARTILLERY DISTRICT OF THE PO-
TOMAC. August S.-By the time copies of
The Sunday Star are delivered at the
homes in. Washington tomorrow morning
the National Guard of the District Of Co
lumbia will be wide awake and practically
ready to start for the city. The only thing
that makes uncertain the time of arrival
of the troops in Washington is the neces-
sity for loading on the steamer and the
steam barge the camp equipage. imped
iments and baggage. All the property of
the National Guard is to be removed from
the Potomac forts tomorrow morning
The hauling of the tentage to the wharves
Will be started as early as O'Clock
Ihe camps tonight are quiet, most Of
the men retiring early, preparatory to
hard work. for a brief period. breaking
camp After the muster yesterday morn
ing everybody naturally was interested in
the paying of the troops for the two
weeks of service. The men had the after
noon practically to themselves to do nee
essary packing and to make farewell
visits to the regulars. with whom the
guardsmen have become very friendly
The final concert by the brigade band at
tracted large audience, the music being
greatly enjoyed.
General Staff Gives Dance.
The principal social event of the even
ing here. and perhaps of the encampment
was the reception rendered by Gen. Har-
ries and staff to the regular officers sta
toned and assigned here and to the la
dies of their families and house guests
The reception began at O'clock The
manor house, formerly known as War
burton. originally the home of George
Dfgges. and in which George Washing
ton was frequently entertained, was COM
pletely transformed for the event this
evening. A force of electricians and
detachment Of regular sailors. the latter
from the Puritan and the Oneida, were
put to work early i'm the day They made
OF the manor house a veritable fairy bow
er. Flags and bunting were generously
used Tor decorative purposes. The cleo
tricfans fairly outdid themselves. Hun
dreds of tiny electric bulbs. vari-colored,
were put i'm use, with lamps of higher
candle power. Electric fans were so 10
Gated as to produce the result Of the ma
tional colors waving in the breeze. the
effect of the whole being most pleasing
and patriotic.
The brigade band orchestra was located
on the elevated porch off the main or
dancing floor. During the evening re-
frcshmentS were served from ten. on
the lawn. 1t was long after midnight
when the last of the guests departed. The
affair was conceded to be one Of the most
elaborate in the history Of the post.
Names Of the Guests.
The names on the invitation list includes
those Of Lieut.. Col. William II. Coffin
Mrs Coffin. Mrs. Mansfield. Capt. Will
liam r. Doores. Capt. Philip S. Colder
man, Mrs Golderman. Miss Grace Perry,
Capt. George F. Connolly. Mrs. Connolly.
Capt. John l.. Roberts. jr.. Mrs. Roberts,
Miss Jenkins. Capt. Samuel ]. Norris Of
the Medical Corps, First Lieut.. John P.
Terrell, Mrs. Terrell, First Lieut.. Philip
Mathews. First Lieut. Horace +. Spurgin,
Miss Spurgin. Mrs: Spurgin, Second Lieut.
James H. Cunningham. First Lieut.. Franc
Lecocq. Capt. and Mrs. E. n. Macon.
Mrs. Bailey, Miss Falls. Miss Glover.
MAJ. Oscar I. Straub. Coast Artillery
Corps; Capt Jacob NJ. Coward. Coast Ar
tillery Corps; Capt. c. E. n Howard
Crawford, Coast Artillery Corps; First
Lieut.. Claude E. Brigham, Coast Artillery
Corps: irst Lieut.. Malcolm p. Andruss.
Coast Artillery Corps; First Lieut.. Adolph
Langhorst, Coast Artillery Corps; First
Lieut., Paul Horton. Coast Artillery Corps:
First Lieut.. John w. McKie. Coast Ar
tillery Corps, First Lieut.. Curtis G. Rore-
beck, Coast Artillery Corps: First Lieut.
Marcellus H. Thompson. Coast Artillery
Corps: rirst Lieut.. Lucian D. Both. Coast
Signal Corps: First Lieut.. Thomas T.
Duke. 23d Infantry; First Lieut., Emory
j. Pike, 18th Cavalry; Second Lieut.. Ed
win Gunner. 9th Infantry; Second Lieut.
Torrey Maghee, oath Infantry: Maj. Hen
ry c Davis. Coast Artillery Corps; First
Lieut.. Hugh S. Brown, Coast Artillery
Corps; First Lieut.. Harry X. Rutherford,
Coast Artillery Corps: First Lieut.. John
B. Rose, Coast Artillery Corps: Capt
Seaborn G. Chiles, 18th Infantry: First
lery; First Lieut.. William f. MacKinlay.
18th Cavalry; Second Lieut.. Loren G.
Grieves. oath Infantry. and Second Lieut.
Clark +. Chandler. 10Th Cavalry.
Maj. George Henderson. sugeon general,
d. c. militia, has submitted a report to
the adjutant general setting forth that
during the camp period he made daily
inspection Of the sanitary conditions Of
the military camps at Fort Washington
and Fort Hunt. Va. 4 strict sanitary
discipline was enforced in all of the
camps. Mai Henderson says. They were
we'll located as relates to drainage and
healthful environments. The regulation
tent space was observed in all of the
camps and the tents and company streets
were we'll ditched. The water supply is
from artesian wells and is of great purity
and in sufficient quantity to supply all
the camps. The troops occupying the
camps were subsisted by company mess.
The kitchens and cooking utensils were
scrupulOusly sanitary and the food well
cooked and wholesome.
aside from the disposition Of waste,
Maj. Henderson says, Il have no recon-
mendations to make as l have found an
ideal sanitary condition in all of the
camps. l cannot close this brief report
without mention of the valuable as
sistance rendered me in my daily inspec-
tons by Capt. S. J. Norris of the medical
department of the army and Lieut.. w. j.
Hart. Medical Reserve Corps OF the
United States
Maj. John Biddle Corps of Engineers.
United States Army. formerly engineer
Commissioner of the District of Columbia.
today sent the following telegram to
Gen. Harries in response to message of
greetings:
Thanks for remembrance. Good luck
to the brigade. Wish | were with you.
Experiment Proves Gratifying.
The exercises just ended were novelty
for the National Guard of the Dis
trict of Columbia in that they differed
materially from anything attempted in the
past. The Star correspondent this evening
asked the commanding general for his
views on the subject.
"A very gratifying experiment., said
Gen. Harries, land one which promises to
result in a fine local organization of coast
artillery. We have had ample opportunity
to determine the relative efficiency and en-
thusiasm Of officers in the handling of