Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-24
an hour and telling yarns that Kiplins
might love to hear.

| strange terms ana with sang that Tue
civilian would not understand. There
are men who tell what they think of
| their officers. some Of whom would flush
| with embarrassment, and perhaps pride,
to hear the rough but clean-cut praise
| given to them; while others would per-
haps like to be buried six good feet I'M
der ground if they could hear the I'M
stinted scorn. couched and drawn in
such military and yet picturesque fashion
of the man who has to salute them as
| they pass by.
The District of Columbia enlisted men
and the regulars get along together
smoothly There has been no i'll feeling,
guardsmen chatting together here on the
| crowded streets surrounding the square
any night at ALL The militiamen. OF
course. look up to the regular in a
| way, and try to listen to all he has
| to say. The regular is a hard-lookinS,
lean, clean-faced and dark-tanned chap.
He does not say much, but what he does
say is to the point.
Exemplify the Real Thing.
The regulars are always Stimulating the
actual conditions which are spoken of
during maneuvers. For instance, they
crawl through underbrush and wade
streams and act as if the bullets were
actually flying. The militiamea do not.
1 ne regulars tel the IUlllIldTlen uOW
| it should be done, and after that the
conversation breaks on every conceivable
military thing capable of the mind, of
enlisted men, You hear them talk of
| the food they get, and that's a mighty
| important thing to the enlisted man.
| The regulars here are getting fine food,
| but no better than are the District OF
Columbia guardsmen, and the greatest
| Josh the regulars toss at the militia
men in town here seems to be an accusa-
/ hot mill oy,oan on
! 'slumgullion, a mess stew that tastes
| just like it sounds.
Second Regiment Parade.
| The big thing in camp tomorrow will be
| the parade by the I'd District of Column
bia Rebiment, headed by its own band.
1t is the show piece of the day, going
| ahead in a spectacular way of the big
war strength turn out of the provi-
sional brigade in the morning. Every
man In ne "a who can possibly be
spared from the camp and guard duty
will be in the parade when it lines up.
The I'd Regiment has in it some of the
| finest soldiers in the entire camp, and
there has been general scrubbing and
furnishing all day to get ready for the
big event, which will be the attraction for
| thousands upon thousands of visitors.
The LIST District of Columbia was on
dress parade today. with it's band, and
attracted great attention and caused IA
vorable comment on account of it's splen-
did drilling appearance.
Many OF the officers of the District of
Columbia brigade rode over the Gettys-
burg battlefield this afternoon, under the
guidance of Maj. ID. H. Boughton. United
States Army, of the War Dep artment gen
eral staff. Maj. Boughton has made a
special study of the tactics during the
battle and is able to point with exactness
| to the spots occupied even by many Of
the individuals during the engagement.
Wireless for Maneuvera
Wireless apparatus is expected to be
raised at this camp within short time,
| the Districts Signal Corps being in readi-
ness to raise its field poles at a second S
notice. 1t is possible that the District s
wireless and the guards own wireless
operators will play very important part
| in the general maneuvers. which will
start Tuesday, and in which the entire
camp will take part.
| The Signal Corps Company camp is
pitched away off from everybody else from
Washington, with the possible exception
| of the Ambulance Corps, which is even
| farther off yet. No one sees this little
| Signal Corps of the Districts, but it's men
are plodding away all day long, doing a
lot of very important practice work, and
getting ready to be the nerves of the army
| when the battles start.
| Many people think that the Signal
Corps gets up and waves flags violently.
and that those flags mean some utterly
| unintelligible things, and let it go at
| that. Really. though, the government
supports Signal Corps to transmit mes
sages over distances too great for man
to get there and back within limited time.
! For short distances orderly gallops
up with the commanders orders, but
| when the general Is one mountain
peak and brigade commander is on
another. then the Signal Corps is called
on to get a message across the several
miles of country by one of it's various and
ingenious methods of transmission.
Field Buzzer a Wonder.
| The thing the Signal Corps seems to be
busying itself with most is the little field
| buzZer. That Is in reality a whole
| telegraph Office set up in the space of a
camera and ready for use very quickly
| 1t is invention from the American
army recognized by the Japs and used
| to tremendous advantage in the Russo
Japanese war. The men lay the wire fol-
this outfit along the ground. The wire
! Is field COLOR and is hard TO see i'm TN.
grass. The field telephones are laid in
| the same way, and miles of outposts can
| be connected very simply and effectively
| by this Signal Corps, that the brains
| OF the army can know by telephone
| even on the widest frontier, what is
going on.
| A field company of. the Signal Corps
should have seventy-tive men, and the
| I. s. \. manner of doing things has
resulted in introducing a great deal OF
speed into the laying of wires and push
| ing ahead to get stations set up. Some
| OF the things which have been accom-
plished by the District of Columbia Signal
Corps Company and which are expected
of it by the officers are remarkable.
| Its reel carts laying field wire tee
| graph-telephone lines should keep ur
| with field artillery travelling eight miles
| an hour.
Its telegra ph-teleph or buzzer. sta
| tons should be opened within two min
| utes after halt for that purpose
| It's lines should be so laid as to leave
the road clear for troops following at a
distance of one-half mile or more
| II should have four carts aggresatine
| forty miles of wire, available for duty al
| all times, with the necessary personnel
TO operate them, allowing four stations to
| a cart.
Do It in Five Minutes.
1t should be able to lay one-half mile
of wire, open two stations and transmit
twenty-word message between those
two stations in five minutes time from
| a standing start.
Its operators should be able to handle
twenty-five words per minute by buzzer
telegraph.
1t should erect wireless station in
twenty minutes.
1t should establish Photograph statior