Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-19
LONG LINE OF TROOPS
HANDLED WITH SKILL
Many Visitors Witness Rare Spec
tacle at Bolivar Heights.
PROGRAM FOR PRESENT WEEK
Last Days Of the Encampment to Be
Occupied With War" Prob
lems-Elementals Are
Left Behind.

Special From Stan Corr-sroudent
CAMP ORDWAY. BOLIVAR HEIGHTS
! " Va. August 1a.-Every available man
IN the brigade of the National Guard OF
the District of Columbia was set 10 work
To-Day TO pick up the newspapers. match
stems. cigar stubs, pop bottles and other
remainders OF the big crowd of visitors
which swept over the camp hill yesterday
and remained until after dress parade. II
was the second general policing of the
camp grounds. In long skirmish line
several hundred yards wide the infantry
men secured the face of the reservation
| and cleaned 1t bare as a horde of
| locusts could have stripped the trees OF
foliage. The place is just as clean this
afternoon as if 1t had been washed.
scrubbed and ironed
Beginning with today. the men take a
step forward in their instruction. l.le-
mentals have been left behind with SAT-
| Lrday's work. and from now on they will
advance by easy stages through advance
and rear guard practice UP to the bigger
problems and maneuyers OF the last days
| in camp.
There has been little talk in camp today
| except that Of the crowd yesterday and
| the parade. Dress parade by the entire
brigade was a sight which not every
| army officer has seen. and to the
glory and credit of the District troops
yesterdays parade was without a hitch.
Regular officers in camp were loud in
their praises of the officers and men. 1t
! was inspiring sight. even to the man
who SCOTS at military things.
lofa < or u,bo he ~;
crowd was at its height ASSEMBLY
| heard in the regimental streets and soon
after the brown files of the I'd Infantry.
commanded by Col. Harvey. marched out
upon the parade ground. The 1st Regf-
ment followed. with Lieut. Col. Glendie
b. Young at the head of the column. The
| combined bands were stationed at the
right Of the proposed line, and signal
company men. with their flags, were sta
| toned to mark corners by which the ofii-
| GERS could align their men.
Wide Sweep of Parade Ground.
The enormous sweep of the parade
ground at Camp Ordway must be realized
in order to get a complete comprehension
OF the beauty OF dress parade. 1t is nearly
half a mile deep. and field glasses were
in use yesterday as the regiments came
out OF the company streets. AS the in
fantry marched around the field to get
into place. the maneuvering Of the 1st
| Separate Battalion attracted special at
| tention. The two regiments and the LIST
| Separate Battalion turned their columns
| first up the field and then across and
down. until finally they were stationed in
line Of masses facing Col. Ourand, In com
mand of the brigade, and Maj c. Fred
Cook. adjutant general and entirely re-
sponsible for the success of the big ma
neuver. In this formation the regiments
| were in line three companies wide and
| four companies deep.
| To their left rode the mounted
| troops the signal company under Capt.
| Oliver Terry. the regulars OF Troop b,
18th U. S. Cavalry. commanded by Capt.
| Berkley; the 1st Battery. Field Artil-
lery. n G. ID. c.. Capt; j. Harry shan,
non in command. and Battery r. Sd
| Field Artillery, commended by Capt
Fred Austin. When they were finally
massed in proper shape for the for-
malities by the adjutant. the band. etc.
1 ii appeared that there were about
twenty solid acres of soldiery.
The lines We're brought up straight
and were perfect. Maj. Cook ordered
parade rest and the band sounded on
| its first notes The great double ag-
gregation of musicians marched to and
fro along the line. crowding the air
full of martial music, and after that
took its position at the right OF the
line.
Retreat Gun" Fired.
Then came the retreat gun" one
| of the field pieces in Shannons battery
was used from its place in the parade
| formation, to accentuate the days end
| with a loud boom"
For a moment there was a pause while
the fiuttery hearts of nervous ladies wen;
back into place following the cannon's
roar Mai. Cook from his position a
horseback. far out in the field brought
the troops to attention. The bands played
THE Star Spangled Banner" while three
men from the guard al brigade mead
quarters lowered the big flag in front OF
the brigadier general 5 tent
,Present-arms" The rifles came
down like one piece. and then the adju
tant turned to Col Ourand. who with his
staff was placed at the extreme eastern
edge of the field, and announced that the
parade had been formed. Take your
post sir answered Col. Ourand. and the
adjutant galloped to the right of the line.
Col Ourand ordered few movements in
the manual of arms.
One or two more formalities were gone
through with. and the officers on the line
rode up to the center and presumably re-
ceived orders from the adjutant
Thus far the troops were standing In
the field like wax figures. with the ex-
ception OF one soldier who was bothered
considerably by a singing bee. When the
formaities of forming the parade had
Deen compieted 1ol- fldiSey eooh IN
mand of the column and was reviewed by
Col. Ourand and his staff, including Maj.
Cook. Mai. Leroy w. Heron. inspector
general; Maj. W. e. Hodges. MAJ.
wheaton, Lieut.. Col Reichelderfer, MAJ.
Boyd Taylor and Maj. Robbins.
Never Such q Combination.
There never was q sight like 1t. every.
body says for the reason that there never
was such q combination OF troops and
parade ground. The thousands OF people
who stayed in camp for the parade saw
something which they should treasure In
mind for q long time. es It does not hap
pen frequently.
While the long column Of hor0es and
men was swinging around the great
square field, the seventy musicians OF
the band made . reputation TOR them