Evening star., 1909-08-21
DUE HOME NEXT THURSDAY
They Are Now Chartered on Board
Transports.
ONLY ONES TO ENTER CITY
Gen. Wood Had Ordered Immediate
Departure. But Gen. Harries
Interceded Successfully.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
BOSTON. Mass. August 2l-The troops
OF the National Guard of the District &c
Columbia will arrive in Washington nexr
Thursday morning on the government
entire brigade will return together. in
cludins the First Battery. Field Artillery.
and the Signal Corps company, which
came to Massachusetts by rail
The troops are now quartered on the
Mcclellan and Sumner at piers Nos. |
and =. New Haven terminal. South Bos-
ton, where mail and kilograms can be re-
ceived from Washington up to ) o'clock
Monday afternoon, when the troops will
leave
The decision 10 remain in Boston until
Monday evening was announced this aft
ernoon by Gen. Harries. and was re-
ceived with cheers by the men, who ex-
| pected to have to return at 3 o'clock this
afternoon.
After week of the hardest kind OF
work, that was performed with a will
| lingness that called forth praise from
all the regular officers detailed with the
District troops, the men looked forward
| to spending few days in Boston, and
were keenly disappointed when orders
were received yesterday afternoon from
Gen. Wood for all troops to return at
once to their homes. Realizing that the
men felt disappointed. Gen. Harries made
every effort to hold the transports In
Boston, and that he had been successful
was announced this afternoon.
Out on Passes.
The 1st and I'd Infantry Regiments are
| quartered on the Sumner. and brigade
| headquarters, the 1st Battery, Field Artil-
| lery; the Signal Corps company, the band
| of the 1st Infantry and the 1st Separate
Battalion are on the Mcclellan. Nearly
all the men are out on passes and are en-
! joying themselves in and around Boston.
| They are being treated guests by the
people OF Boston, who seem to vie with
each other In giving the victorious Red
troops q good time.
The District troops are the only ones
who came through to Boston, which was.
| theoretically, captured by l o'clock Thurs
day. when. with every District guardsmau
| on the firing line, the Red army turned
! Gen. Pews left flank. After the batti,
the 1st Brigade, under Gen. Harries. went
into camp at Hanover four corners.
Battery Called Back.
1t was there yesterday morning that
orders came to return to Washington.
| The battery. with the horses of the
entire brigade, was marched twelve miles
to South Braintree, with orders 10 Gu
| train for Washington. Gen. Harrics told
| the battery commander TO go ahead and
he would try to intercept him at the
/ station with an order to go to Boston
instead. The horses. 1GO in number. were
loaded on the train and sent on to Wash
ington in charge of Carl BurgdOrf and
a detail of orderies. The guns We're
shipped to Boston after the train on
which they were loaded had gone fifteen
miles on the road to Washington
| The battery commander received tele-
gram to send his men TO Boston, and tho
men cheered and cheered the order
!! from the general was read to them. In
| the meantime the infantry regiments.
| after some delay. entrained for Boston.
and af er arriving there marched on
| board the Sumner and Mcclellan. The
was met by Capt. Mc6loskey. acting ad-
jutant general. who directed the men 10
| go on board the Mcclellan.
| Discipline Is Excellent.
The troops are now qusrtered comfort
ably. although the boats are crowded.
! Excep. for guard mount there is no mill
| tary duty to perform. Mess is served AT
| I; o'clock, noon and :, . clock in the aft,
| erncon, and passes are issued with a lib
era lity never before known iii the District
guard The spirit and discipline Of the
men are excellent. and officers are cnthu-
siast,. at the tine record made u. the
| District troops. All the men are well.
and there were no accidents Or serious
cases of illness.
| In this respect. as in all others. the
lst Brigade of the Red army. under Gen.
Harries made an excellent record. The
| officers and men had experience in train
ing and embarking troops. horses and
| impedmenta The men have marched
| miles through the dust and heat aud on
the following day through a perfect tor
| rent of rain. The officers declare that
| the brigade will return with all the va
ried experience it is possible to crowd
into a period of two weeks, unless II
actual warfare.
Harries' Leg Injured.
Cen Harries is troubled somewhat by
an injured leg. caused by his horse fall
ing back on him. but he says that IT
was only one horse and he is able IL
get about despite his accident Tie
Jumped on a freight car at the request .
the men, and was photographed with the
men az they loaded their last gun on
the Mcclellan.