Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-23
GHOST WALKS FOR 1ST :
AND 20 REGIMENTS
U. S. Pay Totaling $4,000 Is Being
"Doled" Out to Troops.
HACKMEN'S TRUST IS DOOMED
Merchants to Aid Soldier Bows De-
feat Exorbitant Tariffs-Real
Blood Flows, 500 Chickens
Being Killed for Sunday.
al From a stafr Correspondent.

Special From q STAFF Correspondent
CAMP ORDwAY. BOLIVAR HEIGHTS.
w. Va. August 23.-Gen. George IL. Har-
ries. commanding the National Guard OF
the District OF Columbia, arrived in
Camp Ordway shortly before IL O'Clock
today. His entrance in this camp was
quiet, and few of the officers or men
knew OF his arrival until later in the day.
He came into camp while the I'd In
fantry was fighting the Ist Separate
Battalion. two miles west of the camp
The 1st Regiment had attacked the Ist
Separate Battalion earlier i'm the morn
ing. The battalion was defending a
farmhouse which was supposed to be fun
of supplies. The 1st Regiment charged
across an open field after having sur
rounded the battalion's position and got
close enough to the farmhouse to make
final charge and capture 1t.
No Decision From Umpire.
As In the case Of all military maneuvers.
no fnal decision was announced by the
umpire 1t is understood. however, that
tn, farmhouse was captured
When the 1st Resiment had done its
work 1t marched back to camp. The "a
Regiment then marched out of camp and
having discovered the farmhouse and its
defenuers made second attack upon tn.
LIST Separate Battalion. No decision was
rendered In the case of the I'd Battalion.
Inc nshting this morning was made
realistic 10y the use of blank ammunition.
Maj. Boyd Taylor is paying OF the
troops OF the LIST and I'd Regiments this
afternoon. Fifteen thousand dollars of
United States money has been received
by him. This covers only the United
States pay of the troops, and the District
pay. amounting to 5000 or SIS, ,o0s. will
be given to the men later in the encamp-
ment.
Hackman's Trust Doomed.
These National Guardsmen OF the
District of Columbia are the finest little
trust busters ever seen in these noun
tains. and the way they have gone
abou. to bust the hackmans trust
would give some of the democratic rep
resentatives in the same line of en-
deavor something to think about.
There Is every dication. from to-
days activities in the trust-busting
line, that the hackmen of Harpers
Ferry will pull down the skull and
crOssbones flag they We're accused OF
s. round trip for taking ones
best girl to see ones best fellow. the
distance from train to camp being
about one mile.
alone in working out this trust busting
scheme. They Were aided and abetted
by several of Harpers Ferry's mer-
chants, who We're feeling bad because
the ha~ ems clique had brought dis
honor on the fair name of the Ferry.
When the news of high prices was
spread broadcast through the land
Harpers Ferry hack drivers claimed
xIH..% h.. hi 4.
business alone. but in all the other
Harpers Ferry business.
Merchants Aiding Militiamen.
During the week an entente cordiale mas
grown up between the quartermaster
sergeants and commissary sergeants of
the camp and the merchants of the town.
The merchants have learned that the
soldiers are good buyers. prompt payers
and that they purchase tremendous lot
of stuff. So the merchants have decided
to help put one over on the hackmen
who have dared to take dollar from a
soldiers best girl.
soldiers will be stationed all around the
station with handbills on which will be
printed. Don't pay more than 35 cents
vance, but don't pay over Is cents"
It is figured that this will break the
combination. II it does not. the soldiers
have another scheme. Every quarter
master wagon and every ambulance I'm
camp will be sent to the station Sunday
to take any one to camp-entirely free.
These wagons Will run all day IL neces-
sary. taking any one and every one who
can pile in, and the hackmen are pulling
long faces over the prospect OF several
hundred dollars velvet which will be lost
in this manner. Also they arc particu-
larly sore on the merchants Of Harpers
Ferry, who helped the soldiers think OF
this scheme.
Reds and Blues at It Again.
The Reds and Blues are at IL again to-
day around the field and woods of Bolivar
Heights. An attack on a strong position
was started late today, and the men were
put in possession of all the instruction
that army Officers and instructor r-sergeants
could possibly give them. The charges by
rushes. the advance by thin lines and all
the strategic footwork which has been
has been demonstrated In the camp this
last week was brought into use in the
problem. The 1st Battery Field Artillery
look up position on Bolivar Heights. and
worked out a problem in artillery duelng
to the officers and interesting
to the men.
The only man in the Red" army TO
get through the lines Of the Blues so
far is unknown by name to the general
officers, but the Reds are laughing at his
success. He hid himself under pile OF
soiled clothes going to a laundry In IA
wagon. and the Blue outposts let the
wagon through. never suspecting that the