Evening star., 1911-08-24
PROTECTION AFFORDED
BY CIVILIAN SOLDIERS
Flank Movement Frustrated Today
by Work Of Field Wireless. :.
TASTE OF WAR TOMORROW
Rifles Will Crack in Monocacy Val.
ley as Each Army Tries to
Gain Positions of
Vantage.
Special From a StafY Correspondent.

vantage.
Special From Staff Correspondent
CAMP ORDWAY, Md. August a.
An enormous force of the enemy, whose
scouts have been seen on the two noun
tain ridges which guard the fertile valley
| of the Monocacy. was held in check today
by the quick disposition OF outposts of the
1st and I'd Infantry and the 1st Separate
Battalion. A flank attack from the hills
on the east was frustrated bp the out
posts of the I'd Infantry who were in
| formed of the enemys fanking move
| ment by a concise message penciled by
Brig. Gen. Harries and flashed by field
wireless and operated by the men of the
Signal Corps Company. Tomorrow there
| may be expected something like real war.
as a clash of the outposts Is scheduled.
| and the popping Of rifles throughout the
| country north Of US in camp will be
heard.
| Sounds like really and truly war: and
| to all intents and purposes for this ma
neuver work IL is real war.
The entire brigade of infantry and the
| Signal Corps Company are working to-
gether today to protect Camp Ordway
from the infantry fire of the enemy
There was no artillery on the enemys
| side. but the sound of field guns was
| waited into camp early this morning. the
| firing being that of the 1st Field Artillery
| working i'm a field to the south OF the
camp.
The regiments marched of early this
morning, the long brown lines OF khaki
clad men fading away into the dust OF
| the roads in three separate directions.
| They had been told that the enemy had
been seen in the mountains and that the
main body. supposedly at Camp Ordway.
1 must be protected.
The LIST Infantry went over the Catoctin
mountain turnpike. the 1st Separate went
| directly north, while the I'd Regiment
took up a position north and east of the
| camp, so that when the string of out
| plete defense of armed men to give In
| slant warning of any hostile move on the
| part OF the enemy.
Signal Corps Gets Busy.
Meantime the busy Signal Corps Com
pany was spinning out the long miles OF
wire which connected the stations Of the
front, and had the quarter circle Of out
posts connected with buzzer stations.
As soon as a regiment had completed
| its work of throwing out the Outposts
| and stationing them SO that their section
| of the country was effectively guarded.
! the officers in command communicated
1 the necessary IdctS 10 the cOiUHeis Oh liio
regiments, and one by one the regimental
| commanders sent dispatches by wireless
| to Gen. Harr.es, who sat In Camp ord
| way with Maj Wheatons map in front
of him, and stuck pins in. each pin rep
! resenting a company, so that when all
| was reported by wireless the general had
| map showing exactly where every COM
pany was hiding. with its outposts and
| supports. waiting for an enemy to get
busy in front.
This is one of the wireless MESA ges
| which showed where and how the troops
of the 1st Infantry We're located:
Preliminary line of outposts establish
| ed Maj. McCathran, support No. !.
Form 100 feet hill east OF camp with
| lst Battalion: Maj TAFT, support No. 2.
| with Sd Battalion half mile northeast OF
camp. Maj. Hodges, support No. 3. with.
| I'd Battalion, three-quarters mile north
| of camp. with left on Catoctin noun
tain road Headquarters outpost COM
| mander established on Catoctin noun
tain road. north of entrance TO camp.
| (Signed) COL. DURAND."
| The 1st Separate covered the railroad
| three-quarters of a mile north Of the
| camp, and wireless station was i'm their
| rear. The I'd Infantry reported that Its
| first support had been established at
| certain spot to the east of camp, and on
1 receiving this Gen. Harries sent back
\ message saying that the enemys scouts
| had been seen on the mountain and that
| g. considerable force was advancing his
| way. There was quick movement across
| the fields and into the woods. and In
| few minutes the flank was protected thor
| oughly with a line OF soldiers watching
| out for the advance force.
Picture of Actual Conditions.
| The maneuvers this morning covered .
wider space of ground than any held dur
| ing this encampment heretofore. It was
picture Of actual conditions and the
officers had to take actual conditions for
the elements of their problems Tomor-
row there will be firing of blank ammuni-
ton. 1t will not be a grand assault or
anything like that, but the advance
guards and outposts will come into con-
tact one with the other, and then there
will be maneuvering to see which COM
mander can get his men right at the
crucial spot and deliver the hottest fire.
There will be artillery. although 1t is
not known whether the battery will be
divided so as to give the invaders and
defenders each part Of the field guns or
| not. Whatever the disposition, there will
be plenty of excitement for all hands, es-
pecially the man with the rife who will
learn what it is to run up hill or down
hill as fast as he can with an officer be-
hind him yelling to his company to hurry.
The order TO break camp is being made
up today by Maj. c. Fred Cook. adju-
tant general. The brigade will march to
Frederick on Sunday and entrain In four
sections, the first section leaving at 4
o'clock pm. and the others leaving at
half-hour intervals. 1t will take about
two hours for the run home.
To meet the brigade be at the freight
yards at New York and Florida avenues
Sunday afternoon.
The battery and mounted men of the
Signal Corps Company, all OF whom have
been doing real campaigning, will con-
tinue their strenuous work by marching
home over the roads
The men will come back from the
maneuver tomorrow, and break camp and
sleep In their little shelter tents tomor-
row night. They will reach Washington
Sunday evening.
Col John Biddle, u. 8. A., Engineer
Corps, arrived in camp today. and will
be a guest at headquarters until the end
of the encampment Il. @.
NOTES OF THE CAMP.
The conmissary department Of the