Evening star., 1911-08-20
MEANS HEAVY CASH LOSS
TO MERCHANTS OF TOWN
Unhappy Girls Forced to Buy Their
Own Ice Cream.
HARRIES HAS BIG MAD ON
Entire Brigade Disgraced, He De-
clares. by a Few Disorderly
Men-Oficers Get a Lecture
They Will Remember.

Special From Stan Correspondent.
CAMP ORDWAY. FREDERICK Md,
August 19.-Because of the disturbance
the rockies raised in Frederick last night
the entire brigade of the National Guard
of the District of Columbia, with the ex-
ception of commissioned officers. are
practically prisoners. Gen. Harries. who
has received reports of the near-riot all
day, gradually increasing in seriousness
has shut up the entire camp. and not a
man can leave il until further notice.
For the first time in the history OF the
brigade this action has been taken. The
general said to The Evening Stars CORE
spondent this afternoon.
Il feel that a few men have disgraced
the entire brigade. but I'm going to sec
to it that the few are punished. II Is
very hard on the other fellows who went
to town quietly and hard on the men
who did not leave camp last night. do
not know when 1 will allow passes to
leave camp to be issued but certainly
not until the men know that they cant
have any such actions on a town street
! as those Of last night"
Sore Lot of Soldiers.
Mainline, the men who had nothing
| to do with the disturbance are as sore
a lot of soldiers as one could find in any
| command. Saturday night is soldiers
night for town. but Frederick will see
none at all this evening.
| There is another sad end to the affair
| None of the Frederick merchants who
| were SO loud i'm their condemnation to-
day thought Of the possibility OF the
| 500 men being shut up in camp. They
| figured 1on many a dollar rolling into
/ nd
| morrow and the day after, and now that
4 revenue is cut of.
| The girls of Frederick are buying their
own ice cream; no khaki-clad. gallants
| are taking them on car rides. The shade
| OF Barbara Frietchie hovers near and be-
! means the fact that no soldier boys are
! buying postcards with her picture and
| the stirring poem by Whittier about her
courage in the face Of Stonewall Jack
sons troops. The only merchant who is
reaping harvest is the man who runs
the camp canteen, where soft drinks and
| ice cream are being mixed. regardless OF
the fact that stomach aches may follow.
Heron Probes Rumpus.
Inspector General Leroy Heron went
| to Frederick this morning to learn all the
details of last nights trough house." He
| interviewed the mayor. the chief OF police,
the manager of the car lines. and several
other prominent citizens. They told high
ly colored stories of the nights doings.
| The street car manager claims that there
were fights on the car going into town,
and that all the lights were smashed.
| that more fares were rung up than will
ever be able to be disentangled from the
| companys correct accounts. The chief
| of police had his little say, and a bad lot
of soldiers he thinks the District troops
| are. The mayor is more inclined to say
| that boys will be boys. and realizes that
| one good punishment will stop any such
q hn n nod NJ ri in
| the day.
Maj Heron discovered that some of
| the citizens complained that there was q
| lot of revolver shooting during the even
| ing, and that side arms were worn by
some Of the men. For that reason officers
| of the commands where revolvers are
worn have been ordered to make out la
borious reports as to the whereabouts of
every revolver on the night that Fred
erick was kept awake.
0dicers Get a Lecture.
Maj. Heron returned and reported to
Gen. Harries, who called for every Of
ficer in camp to report to him at his tent.
| They fiocked across the parade ground
| and listened to lecture. the like OF
which they haven't heard for many
day. All passes to town gust be stopped.
he said and the officers went back to
their commands. Whereupon things be-
gan to get even buster for Maj. c. Fred
Cook. adjutant general, who passes out
the passes. Every enlisted man in the
brigade seemed to have a good excuse
why he personally should have a pass to
town tonight, I'm spite of the generals
orders.
My wifes in town and can't reach me
by phone: i've got sick friend: II
have to get tooth pulled; MY grand
mothers dead" These and hundreds OF
other excuses came pouring In. More ex-
cuses than an Office boy with ambitions
to see the ball game could possibly frame
in a dozen years were thought of right
off the bat But Maj. Cook had to turn
nearly every one down. A few necessary
passes. of course, were issued These
were for men who had to attend to the
business of the camp. Meantime the two
men who were locked up will not be
prosecuted by the civil authorities. but
will remain under guard during the camp,
and will be made to work ever so hard
Invited to Reception.
In spite of the bad impression Fre1-
erick got of the District troops. the presi-
dent of the board Of trade called at heal
quarters today and invited the staff off1-
GERS to a reception In Frederick Monday
evening Thousands of people are ex-
pected to visit the camp tomorrow. Al
ready the hotels are thronged with WASH
ingtonians. many or the wives, daug nters
train and automobile. To greet the crowd
the entire brigade will parade In the aft
ernoon with all the ceremony possible
and with splendid music by the combined
bands of the 1st and I'd Infantry.
To make the camp site as clean as
pin, big details of men have been busy all
this afternoon going over every foot OF
ground picking up every thread and
scrap of paper, and the place is cleaner
than IL ever was before.
II would be well for visitors to under
stand that they will not be permitted to
enter the company streets Sunday. except
between the hours of four and five in the
Afternoon and and at night. There is
a reason for this. The men want to lis
around in their undershirts before
O'Clock and the officers don't want =
throng of sightseers pouring over the regi-
mental camps treating the men as II it