Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-16
RUM0R OF NIGHT ATTACK. 4
VISIONS OF BLOODSHED
Alarm Caused by Three Boisterous
Boys From Military Camp.
ROUTINE OF TENT AND FIELD
Attention of Soldiers Divided Be-
tween Beauty and Duty-Real
Campaign Ahead.

Special From a STAFF Correspondent
CAMP ORDWAY. BOLIVAR HEIGHTS.
w. Va, August 16-Harpers Ferry folks
are talking In hushed whispers today about
the way those awful sildiers'' came TO
| town last night and how three of Them
| got so bad that Constable White chased
| them on his gray horse. with his coat
tails afyin': and how he caught one OF
them and locked him up. This was the
second great event in the history of
! Harpers Ferry, the first being the capture
I of John Brown
Every one who knows the enlisted man
| understa that all he wants to do
when he gets his pass to leave camp at
night Is TO walk about three miles I'm
the dust, buy 10 cents worth of ice cream.
couple of pies. some cigarettes, and to
stand on the corner OF street and sing.
Three hundred more OF the en-
| Hsted men Of the National Guard OF
| the District Of Columbia received
passes last night and made straight for
| tne great white way of Harpers Ferry.
| where the strongest drink sold is called
| sass-pariila by the clerk who dis
penseS it. On their way to town some
| or them were~ lured from the peanut
| wickedness of the great white way by
two church sociables which were timed
| In such manner as to catch many and
many nickel from the passing sol
| dlers. Ice cream and bunting. Japa-
I nese lanterns and Harpers Ferry beau
ties helped pay off the church debts
last night
However. the three soldiers who
made such a fuss in town went on
across the river. contrary to orders.
| and came back singing much louder
than man can sing when he has
nothing but sass s-parilla" to tune him
up. That would not have been So bad
q lfh hnr Toe .,lf 10
| would go hard with any guardsman
this year who thus makes a spectacle
OF himself. but the three musketecrs
fell to nghting among themselves. and
rolled and battered each other all over
the rocky highway which runs
through the town. All business was
suspended for the evening. for the
roars these fighting men emitted
echoed up the canyon-like streets and
brought people to the windows
Town Officer on the Job.
Constable White. young man with q
copper-plated badge. with "chief of po-
lice" wrought upon it, came galloping
down street to the scene of the excite
ment. The rolling mass of fighting khaki
broke into its component parts at the
sight OF this doughty officer, and. like
good strategists, they ran i'm three diff
ferent directions. Constable White steer
ed his Speckled horse "Dr. Watson" after
the largest one. under the theory that
large bodies move slowly, and eventua ~
caught up to the fleeing guardsman, pull
ed alongside and collared him.
Now. Constable White himself admits
that he had tussle 10 land his man.
but he finally locked him up. where the
lighting one gave his name as James An
derson. II Company. I'd Infantry.
Constable White then had a conference
| with Mayor WentZell. and the mayor de-
cided that the town must be put under
military law. He sent Constable White
to Camp Ordway. where the constable's
official dignity was somewhat ruffled bv
a sentinel from the 1st Separate Bat
talon. who ordered 'Dr. Watson off
the adjutant generals lawn.
/ Eventually the town officer told his story
and asked for a military guard 10 patrol
the town. Maj. c. Fred Cook, Maj. Hodg-
son, Maj Wheaton. Capt. j. Harry Saan-
hand thought at first the town was i'm
real danger. but hearing that il was the
same old case of guardsmen in boisterous
spirits. they turned the matter over to
the company commander. who sent to
town for his man.
i Captive Pays the Penalty.
And now that fellow will be under
guard all through camp and will have 10
peel potatoes pick up sticks and do other
dirty work. Other than that. non-com-
missioned officers all through the bri-
gade will brace up their men good and
hard tonight. and keep them from any
Of that sort OF thing again. IL Is fixed
fact that all freedom VIII be cut OH lr
there is too much noise in town. The
old campaigners viii knock il out of IN"
raw ones who think il smart 10 give
Harpers Ferry a scare
\ Notwithsta anding l1arpers Ferry mace
such a fuss about the affair of last might.
the town is perfectly capable OF taking
care OF itself. Two or three men from
IA q
express purpose OF running automobile
busses from town to camp left last might
in disgust because Mayor Wentzell want
ed to charge them in the neiehborhood %
| so for a license for each vehicle.
| Mayor Wentzell WAS perfectly frank
| about it, He said he WAS high tariff
man because he wanted to protect nom"
industries The hacknen Of Harpers Ferry
figure on making more money during TINS
| encampment than they ever made in TWO
weeks before. and Mayor Wentzell sees
no reason why he should not shut out
competition. He put the matter up to the
| town council. and he was upheld.
| However. he Is not making much out
| Of the guard itself. The enlisted man
| walks to town always. The officer rides
| his horse.
Flutter of Hearts in Mountains.
/ There are any number OF pretty girls
| In these mountains and from their con-
yersation one would imagine that the Ma
tional Guard of the District OF Columbia
has come up here for their special benefit
| Men are scarce in the summer colonies.
AMI as military men are always looked
upon as being especially feminine prop
erty, you can guess what hutter OF
hearts is going on all the time. You can
| hear littls bits Of girlish conversation
| from the porches. you can hear II In the
hotel dining rooms. you can hear IL on
| the tennis court. where they mingle "hf-
| teen love" with ''Oh. isn't he just too
grand,'' 1t is in the air.
The old campaigner who has been to
Camp before knows full well that before
many hours have passed the entire femi-
nine population of these grim mountains
Ia going to capture the brigade and hold
it fast. 1t always happens. but it always
has to wait until the brigade gets its
bearings.