Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-10
TRANSPORTS At DOCK
Ready to Take National
Guardsmen to Front.
OFF TOMORROW EVENING
How Sweethearts and Wives Must
Address Letters.
BATTERY GETTING IN SHAPE
Officers Go on Tactical March To-
night in Preparation for
Maneuvers.
OFF TOMORROW EVENING
BATTERY GETTING IN SHAPE

The army transports Mcclellan and
Sumner, which are to take the National
Guard of the District OF Columbia Z"
the coast of Massachusetts. arrived here
this afternoon, and are lying at the docks
ready to be loaded with the equipment
of the Guardsmen
The men will embark on the transports
before o'clock tomorrow evening. The
Mcclellan is at the lighthouse dock and
the Sumner at the Washington barracks
dock The work of loading the trans
ports with the equipment of the men viii
begin early tomorrow. All property must
be on board by 6 o'clock.
Everything is now in readiness. and
the officers and men are impatient to
start The boats will sail shortly after
8 o'clock.
About twenty-five officers Of the 1st In
fantrv will go on a tactical march this
evening. under the direction of the regu
lar officers detailed with the Guard
instructors during the field exercises in
Massachusetts.
The officers will assemble at o'clock
at the Center Market Armory, and will
go by car to Chevy Chase, where the
walk will begin. They will receive in
struction in patrol and advance guard
work similar to what will be required
during the maneuvers.
Capt. Malone Detailed.
Capt Paul B. Malone, 9th Infantry.
u. S. A., who has been detailed to the
National Guard during the maneuvers.
reported at militia headquarters this
morning
Gen. Harries held a conference yester-
day evening at militia headquarters with
the heads OF the different departments OF
the National Guard. at which final ar
rangements for the transportation and
subsistence of the troops and all other
details relating to the maneuvers were
completed. Everything is said to be work
ing smoothly in the arrangements for the
expedition, and SO far there has not been
a singl hitch in the plans. Orders, cir
culars, memoranda and kilograms are
coming in each day to militia headquar-
tiers from the Department of the East.
and general and special orders, circulars
and letters of instruction are being sent
out from militia headquarters in equal
numbers.
Mail for Troops.
memorandum from the Department
OF the East, received this afternoon.
states that all mall for troops in the
field during the exercises should be adj
dressed distinctly, giving the designation
of the regiment. troop. battery or com
pany of the person to whom addressed.
and should be sent in care of the provost
marshal, 1st Division. 1st Corps, Red
army. via New Bedford, Mass.
Sergt. I. C. Lanham and Privates
George Barker. John K. Reinoehl, Albert
Rosenbaum and Clyde Hammer have been
detailed as mounted orderles in connec-
ton with the field exercises, and will
report to LIST Lieut.. Leroy w. Heron.
aid-de-camp to the commanding general,
for duty. The mounted orderlies. i'm
charge of Sergt. Lanham, will go by rail
to New York with the horses.
Sergt. George II. Beck, Company II. 1st
Infantry, and Sergt. Charles Miller, Com
pan" G, I'd Infantry. will be in command
of the gatling gun attachments of their
respective regiments. and will report to
the commanding officer of the LIST Battery
for instructions for entrainig their men.
guns and horses.
Horses for Officers.
The horses for the mounted officers and
the LIST Battery will be loaded at 4:30 Fri
day morning. instead of at $780, as was
originally announced. The horses. with
attendants, will be landed at Cortland
street ferry in New York, and the troops,
guns and impedimenta at pier IS, North
river.
First Lieut.. Edward NJ. Nevils. who has
been designated as quartermaster for the
troops going by rail. has been ordered to
report for military duty today and to-
morrow in connection with preparing the
troops. making all arrangements for the
transportation of and subsistence of the
troops leaving Friday.
Getting Battery Ready.
Sergt. L. c. Vogt has been ordered to
report to the commanding officer of the
battery tomorrow for duty in preparing
the battery for the coming maneuvers.
The LIST Infantry had a regimental drill
last night on the Monument grounds and
also a practice march on the speedway
The troops were out for about two hours
and marched along Pennsylvania avenue
with field music.
AGREES Tn cHIMh'e pRnpnekIc.