Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-11
THEY LEAVE TONIGHT
Local Soldier Boys Sail Under
Sealed Orders.
BOSTON BETTER LOOK OUT
Busy Time on Board Two Trans
ports Today.
BATTERY TO FOLLOW LATEI
Signal Corps Gets Busy With Wire
less and Talks to the
Sumper.

less and Talks to the
sumper.
BY O'Clock this evening about l.sN",
members of the National Guard Of the
; District. fully armed and equipped for
service i'm tho field. will have embarked
on the army transports Mcclellan and
| Sumner. \ little later in the evening
the transports will start for the coast of
Massachusetts sailing under sealed orders
as to the exact point of debarkation.
! Gen. Harres and his staff, the ist Sep
arate Battalion of Infantry. the division
| field hospital, and the band of the LIST In
fantry will embark on the Mcclellan. and
the LIST Infantry. under command of Col
Charles n. Ourand, and the I'd Infantry.
Col Richard u. Simms, commanding, Will
go on board the transport Sumner.
/ Everything is TO be ready for sailing by
| Z o'clock The guards for the transports
will report for duty at Is 20 . clock. The
LIST and I'd Regiments, with bands play
ing, will march from the Center Market
/ Armory to the transports, leaving the
armory about + clock.
| All was activity today aboard the two
transports. The Sumner is at the engi-
neer dock. Washington barracks. and tie
| Mcclellan is wing off the Naval Bat
talon, and lighthouse docks. lii compl ancc
with Geographic instructions received last
, evening from the Department OF Il e
East. the guns, ,.aissons and battery NaS-
on of the LIST Battery. Field Artillery:
! two Signal Corps wagons and the Calling
Clellan this morning, under the direction
j of Lieut.. Edward NJ. Nevils, who is quar-
termaster of the troops leaving by rail.
The guns were taken from the battery
armory three at time. loaded on a
lighter. and from there hoisted aboard the
Mcclellan.
Take Equipment Aboard.
| The loading of the personal equipment
of the officers and men began this after
| noon under the direction of Lieut.. Viii
liam A. Duvall. at noon the floor of the
large drill hall of the Center Market
| armory was covered with bagging rolls
of officers, cots. suit cases. field medical
| chests, cooking spiders and numerous
| other impedimenta which arc required by
trCcns In the field.
| Within few hours all of this baggage
| was transferred to the transports, some
| sent to the held and S. me to the officers
/
blcuses and extra trousers of the men.
which will not be taken into the field
during the maneuvers, were placed in
boxes. marked with the name Of the COM
placed on beard the TRANSPORTS to be is
sued to tire men after the hostilities are
| over and the brigade visits Boston.
Wagon Loads Of Beef.
The rat.ons and wagon loads of fresh
he 4.
morning. The docks of each vessel were
crowded with provisions and equipment
of all kinds. which was hurried on board
ferent commands could dispose Of them.
Lieut.. Col. s. E. Smiley (major I'd
United States Infantry adjutant general
District of Columbia militia. will be un-
able to go with the troops this year be-
cause Of Illness In his family. Business
adjutant general N. G. D. c., from at
tending the field exercises Capt Manus
McCloskey. 4th Field ARTILLERY L. S A..
VIII take Col smileys place and Maj
EDWARD r RIGGS ordnance DEPARTMENT,
has been detailed acting adjutant gem
erai n place of Mai Cook
ORDERS from headquarters. Department
of the East. have been received. detailing
First Lieut.. Harold $. Hetrick and Sec
ond Lieuts. Daniel 1. Sultan John A.
Holabifd and Charles K. Rockwell. Corps
Of Engineers. to go with the lthographic
detachment. engineer troops, on the
transport Sumner
Lieut. Col. William c. Langtitt corps
of Engineers. has been ordered to New
Bedford. Mass, for duty in connection
with the fed exercises and Capt Edgar
W. Miller, Medical Corps. United States
Army, fils also been detailed for duty
! with the militia.
Signal Corps Gets Busy.
The Signal Corps Company, n G. ID. c..
under command of Second Lieut.. Leonard
III. Johnson. will assemble at the Center
Market Armory at 7:3O o'clock tomorrow
! morning. and will spend the day in drill
ing. preparatory to entrainng Friday
morning before : o'clock.
| The Signal Corps erected its wire
less apparatus above the Center Mark Il
| .Armory this afternoon and got into
communication with tic transport Sum
ner, which Is fitted ont with wireless
which II will use on its journey up the
coast. The apparatus of the Signal I,orps
was III excellent order and frequent use.
Will be made of II during the field ex-
! ercises.
| The guns of the LIST Battery were load
ed on the Mcclellan today. The COM
mand will assemble at its urmorv at
Z o'clock tomorrow morning and start
to work immediately in fitting the new
harness. to the eighty horses which will
be furnished the command After the
collars and harness are properly adjust
| cd, the battery will spend several hours
| in mounted drill in the school of the
driver, and will then be given practice
! in suardmounting and pitching shelter
tents.
Battery Goes Friday.
| The battery, the Signal Corps company
and the gatling gun attachments OF the
| LIST and I'd Regiments will be marched 10
the Pennsylvania station at II. street at
$3.50 o'clock Friday morning to load the
horses and harness on the train. The
two sections of special cars will leave.
one just behind the other, at O'Clock
Friday morning.
! Officers of the local National Guard ex-
pressed regret today when they learned
| of the resignation Of Brig. Gen. Lawra-
son riggs. commanding the national
guard of Maryland. He handed in his
resignation yesterday morning to Adjt
Gen. Henry NJ. Wariield stating that
business interests interfered with his
military duties. He has been temporarily
succeeded by Col. Charles A. Little of
Hagerstown. but his permanent successor
will be appointed by Gov. Crothers. Gen.
!; Riggs is well known to many officers of
, the local National Guard.
A board of officers. known as the land
Gen. Wood to consider and pass upon
claims for damage to private property.
The board consists of Brig. Gen. William
IC. Rogers. judge advocate general Mas
sachusetts Volunteer Militia: Lieut.. Col
John A. Hull Judge advocate I'm ted