Evening star., 1911-08-23
DISTRICT GUAROSMEN
SOLVE WAR PROBLEMS
Great Activity Of Troops in the vi.
cinity Of Frederick, Md.
MAPS AND SKETCHES IN USE
Gen. Harries Gives "Briskn Lecture
to the Non-coms Regarding the
Preservation Of Order in
Camp ordway.

Special From . star Correspopdent
CAMP oRDwAY, Nd. Aup,,s, "a 7Aa
peacefui atmosphere of the broad ca
toctin valley was shattered rudelv NJ n,
early hour this morning when the field
wireless sent it's invisible lightning into
the air to tell the people back tr camp
that three miles up the valley outposts
had been established and all wa. well.
Col. Samuel z. Smiley, adjutant gan
eral. who went out on the problem, this
morning with the 1st Separate Battalion.
sent IN the hrst message. which In war
times would have meant that. Camp Ord
way was protected by a string OF out
posts, no that no creeping advance guard
coming over the Catoctin range could
spring q surprise on the brigade. When
the busier at headquarters blew .as-
sembly." ut o'clock this morning, there
was busting all through the infantry
camps, for last night the onicery had ar
ranged to get the men out early for q
quiet little problem IN advance Of guard
Wofk ana outpost work.
Troops Seek Position.
| Ihe lst Infantry went on toward
Edgewood. the I'd Infantry made for
the Catoctin road, the lst Separate
battalion hiked out in q northerly al
rection. The battalions formed them
selves into separate advance Ruards.
or into skeleton formations. which
unSer.,s Moasr give nI the men a 'bird's-eys"
guard Is .nd xhat q !, sh.t r. s IN sd.snse
Away down the road would no the the
Sovence party with one man far
anead OF the others. That would be
tne point Trailing behind at long
Meeting the point with the supports
Ano the reserves. The single men ars
the nles They were passing signals
batta,ion bait a a1sonr nHs.n tnis morning. keeping
was going on ahead OF the point"
| After an hour or two OF thai sn,+ -
work the infantry. in its widely ssnS a
Ia.eo T,s. STAT sthations. had an outpost problem.
JUST wnat that sort OF thing Is could
ne gathered very easily from the nroh-
lem which Col. Harvey OF the o. ~
fantry gave to his oficers as thav
stood around near a very picturesque
OLD church on the Catoctin road.
Colonel Explains Situation.
Said the colonel: ''This rez;r.,. 4.
the advance guard. and we have >,
ceived word from the commapd;n~
eral that he is going to stop ar cam,,
ordway to await supplies. The enc
my's scouts have been seen on tbs
ridges Of the Catoctin hills over there
| we are to form outposts along This
| 'front.' ana Keep the main BODY informed
OF what We see ahead of us"
inen ne TOOK out the map which
Maj. Wheaton had furnished the ON
GERS and showed each battalion the
section of country 1t was expected IN
cover. That was alI There were No
otnef instructions. Capt. Allison, 7th
United States Infantry, said that was
about all the men would get in sctual
conditions.
And so the companies went out into
the valley, crossing brooks cIimbin.
Fences and spreading out I'm a compiler.
change of outposts each movement hav
Ing q good reason behind H. The lieu-
tenants meantime were making sketch
maps OF the country, so that the main
body VIII know where il has TO travel
when II leaves it's camp When the chain
OF ontposts was spread across the valley
II would have been difficult FOR even "A
snake to get through without detection
Wireless Sputters Army Talk.
\ Meantime the wireless pole i'm front @,
headquarters in Camp Ordway was busy
sputteIing army talk that was jumpiu..
three miles through the air with eas.
Gen. Harries was sitting. as lie always
| does In the mornings, with his mans i,f
4 front of him, one eye on the maps and
the other on the broad brown camp that
| lies below him, and could tell from the
| little yellow dispatches brought 10 him
| from the wireless pole just what th,.
men We're doing In the field
herr
yanced problem in the war game. apd
| Friday the entire brigade will be fight
| ing for all 1t IS worth
Harries Lectures Non-Coms.
| IT would have done an old soldiers
heart good TO hear Gen. Harries' talk 10
the 'non-coms' Just before sundown last
night. The several military gentlemen
who take occasion to critcse all the
newspaper accounts of things pertaining
TO the army may object TO the descrip-
ton, but non-commissioned officers are
the foremen of the job. They are
sergeants and corporais. They handle
| the men like the boss Of a Job handles
| his gang. Gen. Harries was non-com-
missioned officer once, when non-com
had to lick every man In his company
| or had 10 be able to.
1t was some of the soldier spirit that
CONS" He told them a few things for
| their own good: he called them down a
| little but It was all In the family. and
| not to be biurted out publicly.
| He talked to his men while they were
formed In O great hollow square, two
hundred or more Of them. He sat on
| his horse He told them that the mon
com is the most important man In the
a-my and advised them to uphold their
dignity and exercise their authority.
nj was q rare touch he used when he
| told them to take a fail' out OF an
ohstreperous private who can't be made
| 10 obey in any other way. He didn't use
any words that could be termed direct
instruction to punch any man In the
head. but II Is an even chance. or better.
that the next private that gets gay at
Canp Ordway will find himself fiat on
his back In the company street
Only Regular Bather In the Block.
Cant. John Brooks, sdtutant, "a Innan-