Evening star., 1912-08-28
GUARD COMES HOME
Field Battery First to Arrive
in Washington.
COMPLETES LONG HIKE
Other District Militiamen Reach
City on Trains Later Today.
TENTED CAMP rs LEvELED
Men Are Paid OFF and Huge Task
or Moving Equipment Begins.
Blues Maneuver Victors.


camp, and weary from their long hike.
the lst Battery. y. c. u e. reached
Washington soon after | O'Clock this
afternoon. Men and horses had been on
the road since Monday. wien they LETT
camp ord~ay. Bolivar IIeigats. w Va
Under the command Of Capt. Harry
Shannon. the battery arrived in first
class condition. The men were glao 10
get home. and said so. But they enjoy
ed their strenuous outing and felt that
II had done the organization world IL
good.
The arrival of the battery is only the
forerlnner OF the homecoming this after
noon of the entire National Guard OF tho
District. The 1850 men are aboard trains
which should get them here by !, O'Clock.
Special From STAN Correspondent.
CAMP ORDwAY. BOLIVAR HEIGHTS.
W. Va, August 2S.-This afternoons the
time when Johnny will he marching
home. for the tented city where the Dis
tricts National Guard brigade has been
following the profession of arms van
ished entirely after the last note OF the
general this morning. The general"
Is the bugle call which marks the falling
of the tents and as the bugler finished
the call at 7:3o this morning every tent
in the outfit collapsed. and the men
standing by quickly rolled the ropes
around the canvas and prepared tho
canvas for the train.
If the running time of the three long
trains is not nelay ed. the first section
wil arrive at the New York and Florida
avenues yards at 3:ij o clock this after
noon. il will contain tine ofuceIs and mea
4 a. N
leave Harpers Ferry at :.U cock today.
The 1st lnfan,ry should arrive at 3.sS
o COCK r. m, Tor II was Scncduled to leave
the terry at - O'Clock pm, and tho last
section was sch. duled for I'D O'Clock
pm. and should rive I'm Washington at
4:l5 O'Clock. This last train carries AL OF
the officers of ten. iiarr.cs' STAN, officers
and men of the lst Separate Battalion.
post UNASSIGNED stan, headquarters
employees, cooks, waters and hostlers.
Task Enormous One.
l 1t was an enormous undertaking 10
move the men and equipagc. handled
with considerable speed at the expert
| hands of Maj. Alfred II. Robbins and,
Capt. Edward Nevis, quartermaster
department. For the trains, special
quartermasters had been assigned.
| Capt. Werlich of the I'd Infan.ry taxi
| ing the first train. Capt. william l..
hc1aI0Tdn, lnIanITy. the seccnu
| train. and Capt. Edward Neyils taking
the third train.
Only few men were left on the camp
| site To c.can up n few odds and ends that
cou.d not be picked up and carried away.
Lieut.. Russell McLennan and a detail of
men from his Signal Corps company re-
manned today to take down the telephone
| connections. the rest of the signal outfit
having left yesterday. The company. un-
der command of Capt. Oliver Terry. ~
| to make march over the road to WASH
ington and expects to arrive there Friday.
~ chief Importance to the men this
| morning WAS the paying on Nearly
$5oGn0 was distributed by Maj. Boyd
| 1ayior and Capt. Raymond Clark, pay
masters department. for the brigade.
and Capt :. Field Dallam for the War
Department. The army paymaster dig
| triputed about S15,aoo. the rest of the
money coming from the Districts an-
hual appropriation from Congress. The
| two pay rolls gave each enlisted man at
least s26.75 for the fifteen days. this
sum increasing gradually through the
| succeeding grades until il reaches the
$3.50 and $500 wads that were handed
| out TO the higher officers.