The Washington times., 1912-08-18
TEN THOUSAND VISIT
DISTRICT M|L|TIAAT
l HARPERS FERRY
Camp Ordway OverAows
! With Pretty Girls and
Friends of Soldiers.
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be commanded by Col. Charles H. Our
and. of the First Infantry. Major Jo-
seph s. Hodgson, senior major of the
First Infantry, will command that or
ganization. Colonel Harvey will COM
mand the Second Infantry. Major
James e. Walker will command the
First Separate Battalion.
The signal corps. the field hospital
and ambulance corps, the First Battery,
Field Artillery. under Capt. ]. Harry
Shannon. Battery E, Third Field Ar
and Troop 3. Fifteenth United states
will pass on review before the division
commander.
The bands of the First and Second
9nfsntries will unite, making a COM
plned organization of more than seventy
pieces. The men will be on the parade
ground for at least an hour.
The visitors will occupy positions in
front Of brigade headquarters. which
camping grounds.
Impressive Services.
The church services conducted in
camp this morning were the most i'm
pressive and most largely attended ever
conducted at a District encampment.
rhey were in charge Of the chaplains of
two regiments. Music was furnished by
the First Infantry Band.
The invocation was given by Capt
George E. Dudley, Of the Second In
fantry, who, when in Washington. Is
tector OF st. Stephens Episcopal Churcn.
The band then played Nearer, My God,
to Thee" and Captain Dudley gave the
scripture reading. Lead Kindly
light was then sung, followed by the SER
H.. rJ
the First Infantry. who is pastor Of
the Bethany Baptist Church in WASH
lngton. The closing hymn was "Ameri-
The services were held on a knoll
midway between the camps Of the First
and Second Infantries, and were con-
Quoted in the open.
The skies were just cloudy enough to
protect the worshtpers from the hot
sun.
Ready For Maneuvers.
Everything is ready for the interest
tng-from the standpoint of the men
part Of the encampment, when maneu-
vering. although on a small scale, will
be taken up tomorrow. Thus far the
men have been kept in camp during
the military day, and have engaged in
the simpler. although important, work
of drills of various kinds. They have
shown themselves proficient In this
work. and tomorrow they will be given
more exciting tasks.
Inc engineers department, under
Major F. B. Wheaton, has made a topo-
graphical map of this entire section Of
the country. Every creek, river, noun
tain, and hill appears on the map. Be-
sides these, the various farms through
which the militiamen will pass during
the maneuvers, are laid off, fences
marked, the maps showing whether
these are of wire, picket, rails, or mere
lines. Cornfields through which the
men will not be allowed to travel un-
ger any circumstances, likewise appear
on Major Wheaton's map. as do other
sections of the rural districts.
The maps completed last night are
the most accurate and contain moro de-
failed information than any ever turned
out Of this historic section of the
country.
Cover Large Area.
The maneuvers will cover a large
area The guardsmen will go as far
West as Charles Town, nearly five miles
away, and to the Shenandoah Junction
by a circuitous route something like
eight miles in length. By NJ lday.
however, the men will be 80 hardened
by their Ave days camp life that they
will be able to traverse this territory
with but little difficulty.
The remaining eight days to be spent
on the hills near Bolivar Heights, while
filled with physical exercises such as
but few Of the men know, will be pleas
ant ones. A lot of real experience
about life upon the field Will be given
the men, but the officers In charge Of
imparting these instructions know how
to go about 1t in the least tiresome way
for the guardsmen.