Evening star., 1911-08-26
BAND CONCERT TONIGHT
AT GRAVE OF F. S. KEY
Frederick Citizens to Hear "The Star
Spangled Banner" Played.
RAIN PREVENTS WAR GAME
No Fighting Today, But ofacery
Battle With One Another at
Headquarters by Means
of Big Map.

Special Prom stan Correspondent
CAMP ORDwAY. Nd, August o6-Thv
people of Frederick who have become so
enamored of the bands of the LIST and I'd
| Infantry that they can speak of little
else. will be given a surprise by these
bands this evening. IL the rain does not
interfere.
| The grave of Francis Scott Key, who
wrote "The Star sSpangle Banner" is
within two blocks of the courthouse
square. Consequently the massed bands
Of brigade, with detail of officers. will
go to that grave this evening before dusk.
and after a short military ceremony the
bands will play The Star Spangled Ban
ner." and will endeavor to play 1t as 1t
has never been played before. and after
that the concert in the courthouse
square. where every soldier will say
goodbye to his Frederick best girl, for
the brigade leaves tomorrow.
There was no lighting today. The
rain interfered. Harken; Is that some
one laughing and saying something
L d
| can't fight in the rain.
| Well they are pretty fine lot OF
soldiers, and IL they weren't fighting
in the rain, they were working just
as hard in their company street. rain
or no rain. The reason they did not
go out on a problem today is because
they could be much better employed
doing something else.
War Game on Paper.
Nevertheless, there was a war game
in the gas tent, which is the name for
the lecture tent On a tremendous
map of the Gettysburg country blues
and reds had 1t out, matching wit
against wit and fought a paper bat
the brains of war. 1t is chess OF
splendid sort. The men who played IL
all morning were Col. Ourand, Maj.
Wheaton. Maj. McCathran, Maj Sayer
Col. Harvey. Maj. Hodgson. Maj.
Brooks. Maj. Walker and Maj. TAFT on
the red. Maj. Marcus ID. Cronin, U. s.
A. acted as referee or umpire.
| No decision was rendered. but a tre-
mendous amount of thought was ex-
| pended There was a little excitement
| in camp today when 1t became known
that an enlisted man was suspected or
! turning his blanket over to barroom
proprietor in exchange. for liquor. Maj.
Heron Is making an inspection to see
| whether or not such is the case and
whether more property has been bartered
in that way. People on the main streets
of Frederick looked for repetition OF
the big noise of few nights ago when
they saw a soldier hit another in the
jaw and knock him down.
| 1t was a mere nothing, however, for II
was only a first sergeant making private
behave The private had shown signs OF
| becoming obnoxious on the street.
| The troops will march to Frederick to-
| hei1Q
for home at half-nour intervals begin
ming at 1 o'clock pm. The mounted por
ton Of the Signal Corps Company trotted
off in the rain this morning. and expect
to be in Washington tomorrow afternoon.
| They are accompanied by Lieut. Herbert
]. Bryson, Medical Corps. Maj. Charles
r. Luce, Medical corps. accompanied the
| battery on its march. which began yes
| terday.
Valley Covered With Soldiers.
Even a really and truly war corre-
spondent would not have wanted a better
view of the battle than he could have had
yesterday from behind brigade head
quarters, where The Star staff corre-
spondent saw the fight. The whole val
ley was spread out before him like a.
picture map, and with the aid OF strong
field glasses and some Imagination the
entire story would have been laid open
| to him.
That's the way Gen. HaYries. Maj.
| Wheaton and Mai. Heron saw the fight.
and they were busy sticking little pins
and strips Of paper in a map, each pin
and each strip meaning some chess-man
In the game OF war. There were little
black strips for the LIST Infantry. yellow
ones for the I'd Infantry, red for the
noisy battery which performed In a
! regular moving picture manner right In
sight of the field glasses behind head
quarters. white pins for the Signal Corps
Company wireless poles, and blue dots
| for the hospital stations.
Col. Ourand reported by wireless what
he saw in front of him. two battalions
of the Blues. and down they went on the
map. and in that fashion the battle
| ground was laid out upon the map I'm Gen.
| Harries tent. There was a rattle OF
| infantry fire directly to the north OF the
camp at 10 O'Clock. 1t sounded as IL
/ Ourand's advance guard had run afoul
of some of Harvey's patrols. few
| minutes later there was heavy firing
off TO the west. and after that the wire
less began to send in little brief stories
of what was going on away up that green
and brown valley. Ii seems that the
/ Blues had intrenched themselves strong
ly at place called Yellow Springs. three
miles or SO north OF Camp Ordway.
Artillery Opens Fire.
On the left or west side'of the attack.
ing army is a ridge of hills and II af-
fords considerable protection from q
fanking movement. However, Capt. J.
Harry shannon spotted battalion OF
Blues In full view on that ridge and be-
gan spattering them with shrapnel.
Shannon's battery was mile and a halS
| from camp, on a pleasant little grassy
knoll, and it could be seen working like
| a hive of bees. The field glass showed
| the battery to perfection. 1t fired round
after round of shrapnel In imitation. ana
the black powder smoke sailed up the
valley like in, the days of 81. Perhaps
| had their been real shrapnel I'm those four
| guns there would have been an entire
battalion wiped out. for the men were In
plain views
The officers of the battery saw a col.
umn of the Reds or attacking army
sneaking through a field quickly on to-
the left Through their field glasses theH