The Washington herald., 1911-08-29
DISTRICT BRIGADE
CLEANS UP WORK
Tents Spread Out to Dry on
Monument Lot.
SOLDIER IS SERIOUSLY ILL
Sergt. GinnelIy, of the Signal
Corps, Stricken with Typhoid
pneumonia During Annual En-
campment - Cavalry and En-
gineer Corps May BE Formed.

Details from the various organizations
OF the District National Guard put in a
busy day yesterday unloading freight
cars at the lexington freight station of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad BY
night practically AL of the impedimenta
Of the brigade was stored away
y On account of the wet condition Of the
tentage, due to the heavy rains at Camp
Ordway during the encampment, all the
tents were taken to the Monument
grounds and spread on the ground to
dry.
1t is probable that by next year, when
the District brigade's encampment will
probably be part of some joint camp
of instruction, 1t will have a notable ad-
dtiOn, in the shape of AT least one
company of an engineer corps. Maj.
Francis p. Wheaton, chief engineer on
Brig. Gen. Harries' staff has already
started a movement to organize the COM
a troop of cavalry will be organized.
but nothing definite on this is known at
present.
Sergeant Seriously Ill.
There was a rumor in circulation yes
terday that a member Of the First Reg
iment died Saturday night at Camp Ord
way OF typhoid-pneumonia. knowledge
of this was denied at militia headquar-
ters yesterday. There was one severe
case of this disease, however. The VIC
tim, Sergt. Albert J. Ginnelly of the
Signal Corps, was reported yesterday
as much improved. Another fever pa
tient was Private Grove, Of Company \.
Second Regiment, detailed as a head
quarters orderly. Grove was able to
return with the rest of the troops. Sergt.
Ginnelly was sent back on Saturday
under the care of a member of the Hos
pital Corps He was SO III that he had
to be carried to the train on stretcher.
Maj c. J. Fox, Lieut.. Albert F. Wier.
and Lieut.. John D. CarmOdy, all of the
Ordnance Department, yesterday began
an inspection of all the rifles and re-
volvers, and will report on their condi-
ton. Due to rain, the rIrIes of many of
the men are somewhat rusted. Each
guardsman will be compelled to see that
his small arms are put back in the same
condition in which they were issued to
him.
The regular drills will be continued
this week and all property Strengthened
out and turned in to the quartermas-
ters of each organization. Drills will
then be discontinued until October ..
VIII Recruit Companies.
During the winter all commanding
officers will make efforts to recruit
their commands up to the required
minimum strength. This will be done
in view of the probable char
acter of the encampment next year. In
joint camps recruits must have at least
three months experience before being
permitted to attend the camp.
Mrs. Catherine NJ. Gallagher, of 5l2
A street southeast. president Of the So
ciety for the Protection of the Dignity
and Honor of the Uniform of the
United States, who was~one of the dis
tinguished guests at Camp Ordway last
week, sent an automatic fly" fan to
the officers of the Signal Corps for their
mess tent. They were the envy of the
with the only fly fan there,
and where flies were quite plentiful.
After its use for one day, with knots
Of officers watching from a distance
what they thought was an electric fan
fitted up by the Signal Corps. the fan
came to grief and the other officers had
their revenge. The fan was placed in
the kitchen tent. and so severe was the
rain that night that everything was
soaked. including the cloth wings of
the fan, which fell off Imply.