The Washington times., 1911-08-14
MARCH Of DISTRICT
MILITIA TO CAMP
STARTS TOMORROW
Signal Corps and Artillery
to Leave-Others Go
Friday on Trains. =.

Preparations for their overland trip
from Washington to Frederick, Nd,
which means humping along over forty
six miles Of rough roads while they sit
| on the springless army caissons with
their arms folded, are being made to-
day at the District National Guard
Armory, AL Missouri avenue northwest,
by the battery of Field Artillery and
Signal Corps.
The 116 men and eleven officers are
under orders to be at the armory to-
morrow morning at o'clock, but 1t Is
not expected the trip will be started
until three hours later. Though three
days Is allotted for the trip, the officers
expect to negotiate the distance in two
days.
Ten draft and twenty-four saddle
horses will be used by the Signal Corps.
The battery will use rifty-four draft
and twenty-six saddle horses, besides
eight OF the Indispensable army mules.
Two reel carts for establishing wire.
communications along the way will be
carried by the Signal Corps. The bat
terry will carry four guns and caissons.
First Night Camp.
Tomorrow night when the men put up
their little pup tents after their initial
day Of marching it is expected that
the battery and Signal Corps will be two
the Signal Corps will endeavor to get
in wireless communication with Wash
ington. for the purpose OF advising
headquarters of the events of the trip.
Ihe power for the transmission of the
messages by wireless will be generated
by hand
By the evening of the second day the
oIhcers expect that they will be in
Hyattstown, Md, and that the next
morning by S or o'clock they will be
in Frederick, Md, with an average dis
tance of twenty-three miles a day
covered.
Upon their arrival in Frederick, the
signal corps will at once start upon the
work of installing a complete telephone
system, which will be maintained dur
ing the ten days of the camp.
Telephone Service.
Capt. o. c. Terry in telling of the
plans this morning said:
we intend to have a complete indi-
vidual telephone system at the camp for
the first time in the history of the Dis
trict Guard. We will generate our
own power on the grounds" Mr..
Terry was one Of the Guard officers to
receive instruction during the regular
army maneuvers at San Antonio.
few hours after the arrival of the
Guardsmen at Camp Ordway at Fred
erick, 1t is expected that the four train
loads of militiamen from Washington
will arrive. BY Friday evening the en-
tire Guard Of the District of Columbia
will be in camp for its ten days course
of instruction.
One hundred and thirty officers of the
District National Guards, who are to
instruct the nOn-commissioned officers
and priyates during the encampment,
today are receiving instructions from
the regular army officers at the camp
they established near Fort Myer yes
terday. They will take lectures and
practical exercises, then will break
camp at Fort Myer and go to Freder-
iCk with their commands.
approximately 1,500 men will leave
New York avenue and Florida avenue
northeast Friday morning. They will
go on four special trains, leaving WASH
ingt0n at half hour intervals.
FOrty-two cars will be used in trans
porting the militia to its camp.
There will De eight baggage cars to
tire brigade. four stock cars for the
mounts, one Pullman for the
general. stan officers, and
of staff departments. and twen-
ty-eight coaches. Two seats in the
coaches are to be allowed every three
men. The vacant seat will be used
for the stacking of guns and other
heavy marching order.
Civilian hostlers are provided the Of
fcers, but II they take servants to
camp they must pay for their transpor-
tation themselves.
Children will not be permitted to at
tend camp" say the orders. No per-
son who is not commissioned or enlisted
will be permitted to wear the uniform
Or any part of the uniform"