Evening star., 1912-08-26
ARMIES IN THE FIELD
UNDER SHELTER TENTS
Heavy Fighting Expected Tonight
in Vicinity of Charles Town.
VISITORS LUGGAGE SEARCHED
Gen. Harries Explains Order for Ex-
clusion Of Liquor From Camp
Ordway-Presentati of
Service Medals.
Special From STAFF Correspondent.

| Special From a STAFF Correspondent
CHARLES TOWN. w Va. Headauar-
ter Of the Red Army. August ga
| great Blue force commanded by Brig.
Gen. Harries has discovered that the
Red army's store of supplies. twenty
miles west Of this place. has but
weak guard and has started out to
pierce the advance forces. seize the
supplies and make away with them.
The Reds have placed a small advance
party near Charles Town with the inten-
tion Of holding the Blues back until
the greater Blue army can reach the
scene Of action. when great fight may
be expected.
There will be fighting tonight. with tho
men struggling to protect their bivouac
camp under shelter tents. and tomorrow
the Blues will make a dashing attack
! upon the 18th Cavalry. Troop :. and half
OF Austin's regular battery-the famous
: L Battery OF the Sd Field Artillery. sup
| ported by the 1st Separate Battalion. This
| little force comprises the keds' advance
! guard. The big Blue army has I'm ad-
vance the 1st and I'd Infantry y. G.
D. c.. and the other half of Battery r.
I'd Field Artillery. commanded by Lieut..
stewart. Gen. Harries liz determined to
, smash the Reds and capture the supplies.
| The railroad bridge destroyed Saturday
has been recaptured anf built up again.
and in theory this problem is another
move in the chess game of war which
started last ween
| The true picture Of war will be pro-
| duced tonight. The men will sleep un-
der shelter tents and will cook their own
| food. Each one OF the National Guards
men will be his individual cook. Mai.
Z. II. Neumeyer. commissary. and his AS
sistant. Capt. Ed Neumeyer. issued to
both armies. as far as the National
j Guardsmen are concerned. enough food
for haversack full Of grub for the even
ing meal.
Realities of War Period.
This means real scamping-real i'm the
sense that each fellow has to look alive
and shift for himself. The companies
! will OivOuas in a spot to be selected by
the officers, and campfires will be lit.
mess kits will be produced. and each fell
low will have to grumble to himself IL his
stuff is not satisfactorily cooked. There
will be no time for the luxuries of a
company mess. for the armies are on
their toes. a fight may occur any mo-
ment AS far as can be learned at this
writing. scouts may fire into us at any
moment.
| Gen. Harries on the Blue side has a
greater force. but the little Red outfit is
| not afraid Of him. There will be active
! maneuvering when the real struggle
| comes. Tonight or this afternoon il is
doubtful whether there will be much
| more than the hystericai rifle firing of
| outposts Each force is feeling out the
| other.
Around the little shelter tents i'm both
armies sentinels will pace and pickets
will be posted to warn the sleeping men
/, of any approaching worries from adven-
turOuS sharpshOoters.
Gen. Harries has with him two redoubt-
able National Guardsmen in Col. William
| Z. Harvey of thte I'd Infantry and Col.
Ourand. commanding the 1st Infantry.
These two were opposed to each other
Saturday. and great quantity OF phan-
/ tom blood was shed under the fire of each
commander. Capt Harry Shannon. the
gallant artillerist who shot the Blues line
| to pieces from the heights of the Potomac
Saturday. Is not with US oday. as he left
Camp Ordway early in the morning for
! a three-day hike to Washington.
This will be the final movement of the
! troops in the war game. When they go
1 back to Camp Ordway tomorrow after
noon tney will Immediately start prepara-
tons for breaking camp Wednesday. Pay
will be doled out to every one of tho
| 900 officers and men I'm camp. Mai.
Boyd Taylor and Capt. Raymond Clark.
paymaster department. were at work al
most every minute of yesterday getting
/ the intricate pay rolls in shape.
Yesterday was an elegant day i'm camp.
1t was hot and dusty, but an ideal day
for the visitors and for the great military
spectacle in the form of dress parade BY
| the entire brigade. supplemented by thu
crack riders OF b troop. 10TH Cavalry. and
| the guns OF f Battery. 3D. Field Artillery.
both OF Fort Myer. The LIST Field Bat
terry. n. G. d. c.. and the Signal Com
pany. with their horses and equipment,
swelled the parade to greater proportions.
and the 1st Infantry and I'd Infantry. to-
gether with the 1st Separate Battalion.
n. G.. d. c.. furnished the straight in
fantry lines. without which a dress pa
rade would be nothing at all. Gen Har-
ries was the reviewing officer. With his
staff he accepted the formation as made
up in accurate military style by Mai. Le-
roy Heron. inspector general n. @. ID.
c.. and who received the plaudits of sew
eral thousand visitors. scarcely any OF
whom had previously seen so large a mill
tary spectacle.
Service Medals for Veterans
Inspiring in the extreme was the inter-
polated ceremonies of the presentation OF
service medals to the veterans who have
served the guard exactly a quarter of a
century. Just previous to the front and
center order, when the officers of the
line come to a point In center field and
march forward to report to the reviewing
officer Gen. Harries directed that the
veterans should march forward to be
decorated with the medals, which mean
all the glories. the hardships, the striy-
ings and the longings OF soldier for
twenty-five years ihey were Col Charles
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