The Washington times., 1911-08-06
DETAILS COMPLETE
FOR ENCAMPMENT
OF DISTRICT GUARD
Railway. To Furnish Special
Troop Trains To Fred
erick, Md.
ADVANCE MOVEMENT
MIDDLE OF AUGUST
Militiamen May Visit Battlefield
Of Civil War During
Their Stay.

Brig. Gen. George II. Harries. COM
manding the District National Guard,
and Col. S. E. Smiley, adjutant general,
have practically completed arrange
ments with the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road for the transportation of the mill
tiamen to Frederick. Md, on their an
nual encampmcnt.
The railroad officials, upon represen-
tations of Colonel Smiley. have kept to-
gether for ;hc local men the troop trains
used by the Baltimore militiamen in
their tourney to the Frederick camp and
return.
All details of the movement Of the
entire body of men. with their equip
ment have been carefully arranged.
The advance movement of the local
regiments will begin early On the MORN
ing of Thursday. August II. Two trains
in four SECTIONS will be provided. One
section will garry the brigade headquar-
ters and Headquarters stan: another
the First Regiment, another the Second
Regiment. and the fourth will carry the
First Separate Battalion. and the miscel-
laneous equipment and stores-
To Care for Visitors.
Provision also IS being made by the
railroad company for the handling of q
large number of visitors. particularly
for Sunday. August 20. The camp is but
two miles from Frederick. and as 1t
also is on the trolley line it is expected
to attract hundreds of visitors
As the troop trains wind their way
over the old Metropolitan branch of the
Baltimore and Ohio, through the Mont
gomery county hills, into the fertile
Monocacy and Frederick valleys, this
historic section of the road will look
something like it did in the stirring war
times of fifty years ago, when Northern
and Southern armies made alternate
use of the railroad in their movements
in attacking and defending the Ma
tional Capital.
Tentative plans have been made for q
visit across the Pennsylvania line to
Gettysburg, and the guardsmen PROB
ably will visit several of the old battle
fields which are in the immediate VI
cinity of the camp. The regular army
officers assigned favor several hikes to
the old battlefields for the men, but in
case this program is not carrIeo
through, details of officers Will cover
the ground.
Lieutenant Duvan Busy.
Wartime preparations are on in dead
earnest at the armOry over the Center
Market, and Lieutenant Duvall, in
charge of the army, is as busy as the
proverbial bee
All equipment for the camp has been
assigned, labeled, and packed ready for
shipment. On each drill night, from
now until the movement begins, eacn
company will be issued its quota Of
personal stores and equipment, for
which the men personally will be re-
spOnsible.
The First Battery Field Artillery and
the twenty mounted men of the Signal
Corps will ride horseback to the camp.
Consequently thew will start three DAYS
ahead of the infantry regiments and
cover the distance in three easy
marches. They will carry with them
the field ambulance and field wireless
and signaling equipment.
Lieutenant Wilson, who is acting
quartermaster, went over the road last
week and made all the necessary pre-
liminary arrangements