Evening star., 1911-08-22
TAUGHT ADVANCE RUSH
AND ORDERLY RETREAT
Problem Tomorrow Consists of Stra.
tegic Battle of Feelers.'
SIGNAL CORPS MAIN FACTOR
Battery Burns Powder for the First
Time Today-Oficers the
Guests of Citizens
at Ball

Special From a Staf Correspondent
CAMP ORDWAY. Md. August %, 1911.
Although the camp looks dull ard unin-
teresting today. the men are being put
through a course OF strenuous work I'm
the field which will be of great value to-
morrow. whenAthe first problems In the
war game will be presented All the in
fantry was out for several hours this
morning receiving instructions from the
regular army officers The men are be-
ing taught to advance by rushes, a method
OF getting there which carries with it the
hurrah and snap Of the melodramatic
stories Of war.
Maj. Wheaton placed on Gen. Harries
table this morning a map of the country
through which the troops will maneuver
for the remainder of the week. Gen
Harries said II was one of the best he
has ever seen. It is q map made on ex-
actly the lines used in actual service con-
ditions. with a hostile force to the north
and east Of the camp.
Battle Of "Feelers" Tomorrow.
Tomorrow's problem will be a battle of
''feelers." There will be no main body:
and after the actual contact of the ad-
vance guard the problem will be fin
ished. The advance guard. which feels
its way across country. is sometimes
nearly a mile ahead OF the main column,
its duty being to hit the enemy's advance
good punch' and get away in time to
let its own main column know what is
doing. af
The Signal Corps Company will be one
of the most Interesting elements in to-
morrow's problem, as headquarters will
be kept informed Of the movements OF
the messages through the air.
Chief Musician Tyrrel of the 18th Cav
airy at Fort Myer is in camp now, de-
tailed here for special instructions TO
the two bands. The bands will go to
Frederick some evening this week to
give an open-air concert.
For the first time during the camp
the battery burned powder in the field
today The battery made excitement for
the inmates OF the Frederick County IN
sane Asylum, as horses, guns and men
maneuvered in one of the surrounding
fields today and were invited to come
again any time
Fair Surrender to Brave.
This part is going to be short story
of the battle" of Braddock Heights
There were 100 officers of the National
Guard of the District OF Columbia on
one side. and nearly all the youth and
beauty of Frederick county on the other,
and. honest. the officers Of the guard were
SO handsome and SO gallant and danced
SO much and SO elegantly that the youth
and beauty of the aforesaid county sur
rendered without condition
All of which has reference to the grand
party which the board Of trade OF Fred
erick arranged for many officers of the
brigade. Not all the officers in camp
could attend the dance and reception al
Braddock Heights, but those who were
left in camp missed splendid time.
And il the officers never saw so hospit-
able a crowd of beautiful damsels and
good men, then the youth and beauty
Of Frederick county never saw so many
handsome officers.
There were fifteen million charming
women-well, anyhow, there were hum
dred and fifty-and they all got to the
dancing pavilion at Braddock' Heights.
Ave miles out of Frederick, long before
the special cars Of the officers arrived
All this happened last night The youth
and beauty arranged itself I'm tiers around
the. pavilion and waited most fmpauentiy.
Washington is famous for Its beauty-
but, oh-Frederick county is garden OF
Eden.
All Danced But One.
Now, when the officers get home. be
sure to ask each one If he was there. Ii
he says ne was. then you may know that
he was one of those who danced For
they all danced-except one And he Just
talked and talked and talked. with lit
tie bunch of youth and beauty around
him all the time. Artillery officers danced
with the brave, dashing step tnat goes
with that branch of the service: and in
fantrymen. who had hiked and hiked all
day. waltzed with a grace Wnicn pened
any smirch on stheir ability to nike All
day and still be able to do the correct
thing on a smooth floor, with band
that played SO well that even cecrepit
old campaigners had to cast on twenty
years and dance once more.
Signal Corps officers danced thelr
wio.war two STEP while quartermas-
ters and commissary officers made be-
ieve they were the gallants In the
front-rank Of the firing line. Young
second lieutenant with their new uni
forms made hits they never made In
niain dress suits in town, and here
and there a regular army ofiicer signed
and sighed and thought OF hop days at
West Point f. W.
NOTES OF THE CAMP.
Brig. Gen John J. o'Conneli. U. s. A..
retired. was a guest at staff headquarters
yesterday.
The Board of Trade OF Frederick.
through President Gambrii and Vice
President Markey. presented Capt. Chan
dler and Lieut.. Arnold with silver cigar
ette cases before the two men sailed back
TO washington yesterday afternoon. The
cases viii be inscribed with q statement
that the flight to Frederick marked an
epoch In Frederick county history Dates
Of other epoch makers will also appear.
such as the date of the first steam engine
in the county. the first telegraph mes
sage, etc.
An Italian fruit vender stroIIed into
camp yesterday. and contrary TO orders
began peddling down the company streets.
A fiery first sergeant chased the child OF
sunny Italy beyond the guard lines.