The Washington herald., 1910-07-23


Gettysburg. Pa, July 22.-High jinks
by the militiamen were INDUCED In dur
ing the early hours this morning. when
the good citizens of Gettysburg were
sound asleep. They were not noisy about
it; rather playful, and were not inter
fered with by the local police. About 200
Of them were in on the fun.
1t took the natives a good part of this
morning TO undo their pranks. The sol
der boys went 70 dance last night at
a country resort several miles outside
of the town and stayed until the wee
sma hours On their way back the troll
ley power gave out and they had to
hike" it back 70 camp.
Their good time of the night kept them
from being ugly at this unexpected hard
ship, but as they were passing through
Gettysburg's town square they felt
they must have some kind of revenge on
some one Porch furniture. tables. chairs.
potted plants, and other things left out
side Of homes soon adorned the railroad
tracks.
- store signs Shifted.
The attention Of the men then turned
TO the storess They did not seem to care
very much for the arrangement Of the
signs. That of an undertaken was
switched over TO doctor; bakers went
across the street TO the tobacconist; that
of bar was transferred TO an ice cream
parlor, and so on. When Gettysburg be-
gan TO move about this morning the
world looked topsy turvy TO it.
For the first time since the District
brigade has been at the camp of instruc-
tion. maneuvers we're conducted to-day
solely by the regulars Of all arms. The
infantry, cavalry. and artillery we're di-
vided in equal parts and designated as
the Red and Blue armies. The final
result found honors evenly distributed.
and II was called a draw.
The problem was the discovery that
each army was in the vicinity of the
other. and when this knowledge was OBJ
tained simultaneous decision was made
by each commander 20 attack TIE Red
army was commanded by Col Francis
W Mansfield. Second Infantry. United
States army, and the Blue army by Col
Joseph Gerard. eommandant Of Fort
Myer.
There was nothing spectacular in the
work Of the regulars In their maneuvers.
It was simply a business proposition with
them AS a District militiaman expressed
It. They look just as though they Eere
really going TO war" The first combined
maneuvers of the militia and the regulars
viii take place next Tuesday. Exercises
participated in by the District brigade
this morning included squadron and regi-
mental exercises in outpost and recon
noissance and battery exercises in de-
fense.
Drills In Afternoon.
In the afternoon there were troop, bat
terry, and battalion drills. followed by the
usual officers tactical ride and walk and
study of exercises for the following day.
In the outpost and reconnaissance work
OF the First Regiment. \. G. D. c., the
scene OF operations was In the vicinity
Of White Run. The proposition was the
suppOsition that the advance guard of
the army was moving east from Gettys-
burg. with the discovery of the enemy
In the vicinity OF Bonneauville. Outposts
were put out and reconnaissance estab-
lished, The latter was ON one OF the
lines OF the cavalry in the battle OF July
3. 1863.
Col. Charles H. Ourand was in COM
mand The battalion under Maj. W. A
McCathran covered the country 70 the
south; the Third Battalion. under Mai
George L. TAFT. to the north, while the
Second Battalion, under Mai J. F. Hudg-
son. was held in reserve
The operations OF the Second Regiment
were at Rock Greek. facing west White
handkerehiefs were tied on the arms of
two officers. and they were assigned to
penetrate the outpost In one instance
they succeeded, but were captured before
entirely through. In another case they
We're captured practically as soon as
they started and were sent back TO try
it again. They were nabbed again.
Favorable Comment Heard.
The exercises OF the First Separate Bat
tafon we're along the same lines in the
northern part OF the reservation. Those
OF the District Battery were in the east
ern part. Much favorable comment is
heard en- all sides here Of the work and
appearance OF the First Separate Bat
talon of the District Guard, which is a
negro organization. Their well-filled
ranks and soldierly appesraIAe has. II is
said. attracted the attention Nnd compli-
mentary comment of Brig. Gen. Wother-
spoon, commanding the camp Of instruc-
ton
Perhaps the mosk Interesting of all the
exercises to-day were those OF the Dis
trict Signal Corps For the first time
they set up their two sets of wireless
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