The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-10
Gettysburg Manoeuvres
Regarded as Highly
Successful.
MEN HAVELEARNED
/ SCIENCE OF WAR.
Part of Scheme to Train Citizen
{ soldiers-Camp Breaks Early
and Trip Is Made Without
Incident-Kindly Feeling
i. for Regular Of
ficers.
BY ALEXANDER FORWARD.

BY ALEXANDER FORWARD.
il Worn out by the unusual hardships
and exposure OF camp life at Gettys-
burg. and ready to rest after a series
tof strenuous manoeuvres, the Rich
mond troops arrived In the city last
evening. The return trip to the home
stations, although tiresomc, was With
out striking incident.
Both the officers and men OF the In
fantry and artillery are much dissat-
asfled with the failure to pay their
small income allowed by the United
States government for work in camp |
They had been led TO expect that the !
money would be theirs at the end or |
the camp period, and but few had been |
prepared to buy souvenirs for the peo-
pie at home. Scores OF the men had |
not a sufficient amount of money to
pay their car fare home after detrain-
ing.
No witnesses were summoned prior |
TO the departure from Gettysburg to |
give evidence in the expected general
court martial Of Private Thomas car
roll, OF the War College. who drew a
pistol on Lieutenant Hardy and Cor
.poral Truehart. OF Richmond A list
of the witnesses, however, with their
gpost-office addresses, was furnished to
the War Department by the Virginia
military authorities.
Unofficial Petition.
Fearing that their action might be
misunderstood by those unfamiliar
with military procedure. the officers of
the First Virginia Infantry who signed
the petition asking Governor Mann to
request General Wotherspoon to with
draw the summary court and order a
general court martial. they wish 1t
known that all the action taken was
informal. They felt that the Governor
might have influence with the COM
manding general, SO asked him to In
tercede for q trial before officers who
could tnfiict a punishment comrnensu-
rate with the gravity of the ofrense.
Neither they nor the Governor acted
officially. the latter's letter being
politely worded request. He could not
have commanded General Wother-
spoon.
Before the first streaks of dawn
tinged the mountains TO the east OF
Gettysburg yesterday, the Second Nir-
glnia Regiment was astir. Reveille
sounded at o'clock. The other COM
7nands were close seconds. the First
being the last to strike tents. Every
tent in It's encampment dropped TO the
ground at o'clock. BY that time the
first section of the Second Virginia
movement was departing from the
camp station.
Courtesics Exchanged.
AS farewell the Fourth Regiment
Band stood at the top OF the highest
eminence in camp. just above the
Fourth's location. and played selec-
tion of more or less appropriate tunes.
Among them We're: soldiers Fare
Well. I'VE Won't Go Home TIL Morn
ing" and Aud Lang Syne." Leading
the regiment toward the station. the
band played Dixie, which brought
the Fifth Maryland to the roadside
in great numbers, cheering at the tops
OF their voices. Seeing this, the band
struck up MARYLAND, My Maryland"
and both commands rent the air with
yells.
The auartermasters' departments
worked hard, and for time 1T seemed
there would be no hitch, the Second
Virginia. getting away from Gettys-
burg on time. and the Fourth. with
the field artillery. being only few
minutes late. But through some mis-
take part of the equipment of the
First which were scheduled to leave
last, was loaded before that of the
First Battalion. The latter which is
the Richmond command was thus
forced to stay on the field until the
wagons came, entailing loss of nifty
minutes. When the khaki-clad lines
at last marched down the Bonneau-
States Infantry crowded the lines and
shouted good wishes to the departing
Virginians,
Slow Service.
AS had been expected. the unspeak-
ably bad service of the Western Mary
land Railroad landed the troops into
Baltimore very late, four hours being
found necessary to move about seventy
miles The trains, supposed to be
specials. were held up to allow local
trains to pass by. However, the Penn
sylvania and the Richmond, Fred
ericksburg and Potomac gave good
service. The train with the First
Battalion reached Elba Station at s 80
yesterday afternoon. The Alexandria
company had, of course, been dropped
in that city.
The Howitzers entrained, as on the
going trip. with a portion or the
Fourth, going by way of Hagerstown
and thence to Basic. coming to Rich
mond by the Chesapeake and Ohio.
The train bearing the Second and
Third Battalions Of the First Regi,
ment, under Colonel Perry. caught ur
with the other section before a. star
was made from the Union Station II
Washing ton
AS showing the friendly feelinn
existing between the militia and some
of the regular army officers who were
acting as instructors. voluntary
cheer went up from the First Virgins
Just before taking the train at Gettys
burg for lieutenant Colonel j. G. F
Tillson. OF the Eighteenth Infantry
Il who had been assigned to duty will
q thereglment.
Colonel Tillson. who is immensel,
popular with the Virginians, was Wis
IDLY moved by the spontaneous tribute
The boys also have tender spot i
Y their hearts for Captain r. O. Sarratt
of the Third Battalion of Coast Art,l
lary Corps
Regretted to Leave.
The departure from the camp wa
not altogether "a scene Of rejotelnE