Evening journal., 1912-07-24
ARTILLERY
CAMPS WITH
REAL INDIANS
IContinued from First Pagel

'OOnunued frOm First Pagc)s
illness since the march was started
AT Bel Air on Sunday night the camp
was nearly washed out during . heavy
wind and rain storm The officers
tent was blown over and everything
in It soaked with water.
In the two batteries there are 27O
men and about 25O horses and 30
mules. They are making from Is to
20 miles day. Major Charles p.
Summerall rs in command of the bat
TALON. Captain Frederick H. Gallup,
Is In command of Battery r. and Cap
tain Willard d. Newbil in command Of
Battery ID. The other officers are
Lieutenant William NJ. Myers, of the
Medical Reserve Corp and First Lieu
tenant William II. Shepherd. quarter
master and commissary The latter
has an automobile and goes ahead of
the battalion aud makes the necessary
arrangements for camp sites, etc.
Generally from SIS to $50 is paid for
site TO camp on each night All the
men either ride on the cannon wagons
or are mounted, except when they walk
TO rest the horses.
The soldiers left Fort Myer last
Wednesday They Will arrive at New
Haven ON August and the maneuvers
viii start on August 10. Tho route
was all mapped out in advance and
the remainder of the itinerary is as
follows Tonight, camp near VIII
mingtOn: tomorrow night, a. Ches-
ter. July 26. at Philadelphia; July
q, Bustloton July 20 Trenton; July
80, Princeton; July 81, New Bruus-
wick; August I, Elizabeth; August q,
Wechawken; August 3, New Rochelle; /;
August 5 Stanford, Conn; August G.,
Soupport; August z. Nangatuck
River: August s, New Haven.
Each battery consists of four 3-inch
rapid firing field guns and eight Cats
sons and one battery and one store
wagon carrying supplies. together with
the necessary covered wagons for cons
veyng the lmapsacks etc. A Caisson
carries the ammunition served TO the
guns and there is a large quantity Of
IT on this march
Each gun carriage and each CaissOn
carriage has six horses TO haul it. and
as there are twenty-four. all of them
together, IL requires 144 horses for the
gun and caisson carriages alone. Two
carriages comprise a section and there
is sergeant i'm charge of each section.
TO each carriage there are three driv-
crs, each driver having charge Of the
driving of two horses.
The soldiers are fine looking crowd
of young men and were evidently
picked for such duty.
Indians Scent Danger.
with the arrival of the artillery
men at Shellpot, the park took on a
real wild west aspect Twenty. In
dians, performing with a show there
rustled their feathers as the soldiers
hove in sight Some wag told the
Indians that the soldiers We're in pur-
suit OF them 10 return them to their
reservations and until the Red Men
90 a clearer understanding of the
situation they were greatly disturbed.
The command was due to arrive
at the park at 10 o'clock and had sent
scouts ahead To look over the ground.
In some manner they lost their way
and when found by the scouts, they
were travelling toward West Chester.
This made them about an hour and a
half late in arriving at the park but
in short time the ground was spot
ted with tents, army wagons, and
cannon and dinner was being cooked
for the wet and hungry troopers.
Captain Newbill seemed pleased
with the location of the camp be-
cause OF the excellent water supply.
The command will camp there until
tomorrow morning when they re-
sumo the march to Chester and on to
Philadelphia the next day.
II was the intention of the troopers
TO have their baseball team line up
against some home team today but
the rain prevented,