Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-24

regiment.
Affords Heaps of Fun.
Yesterdays scrap afforded lots of fun.
and the men took great delight In II.
The first separate battalion was guarding
RusselTs barn. which lies west Of camp
two miles or SO. 1t was said to contain
military stores. The LIST Infantry made
an attack upon 1t early in the morning.
The broad meadows back OF Bolivar
Heights were filled with brown lines OF
infantrymen pouring a hot fire into an
other brown line on slight hill to the
right of the barn. The first regiment
spread its men out In a long string and
Col. Ourand placed "A reserve in position
where he could fill up gaps whenever
necessary.
The process of advance was slow. but
sure. Small sections of the firing line
darted forward at odd moments only to
duck into the tail grass and shoot a
few more paper bullets. Following them,
other sections of the line would rush for
ward. and finally. when the ammunition
had given out. the men were in a posi-
tion which could have carried the barn
with another charge. Capt. James g.
Allison. inspector. was sincere i'm his con-
gratulations after the problem had ended
In other words. the men did not get so
excited firing off cartridges that they for
got everything else: nor did they expose
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leaden bullets they would have been
shot to pieces.
The second regiment marched out OF
camp two hours later and tried to cap
ture the same barn. An advance guard
was sent ahead cautiously and scouts
were sent into the underbrush and into
the woods surrounding the barn. The
scouts were cautious enough to gain COM
plete information in some instances as
IL the strength and disposition of the
al nf ,x.l,- ri
Harvey had found out all about the first
separate battalion. commanded by Maj.
Walker, he spread his men out in
iighting line and worked across a wide
and open field with series of short bull
dog rusheS TO the rafting tune of rifle
fire.
The men show remarkable aptitude for
this style of paper-bullet war. Capt. ALI
son Is warm I'm his praises of their method
of infantry attack.
Todays problem was of the sort that
takes quick mind to work out The
two regiments and the LIST Separate Bat
talon. divided into two forces. marched
out from camp early and We're supposed
TO hit each other. The scouts and
fankers of each column must be alive
and keen. When they touch there is
skirmishing. and the colonel has to get
his men into the best place to strike a
quick blow. The man who acts the quick
est usually wins in case like this.
Battery Troubles End.
The army battery's beer troubles have
all been Strengthened out. and no blame
has been put on any one. 1t has been
found that the earlier stories of riot in
the battery and of an attempt to smuggle
beer into camp were erroneous. The facts
in the case are that the men of the bat
terry had a canteen, where beer was dis
tributed. The officers closed it. Two
hundred or 800 bottles of beer were on
their way to the canteen, and were de-
livered to the canteen. but in view of the
fact that the place had been closed, the
beer was sent away when 1t arrived.
which was in the dead of night A small
argument with a sentinel got some of the
batterymen excited and the beer was con-
fiscated. Col Parmenter looked into the
situation. and found that there was no
law being violated. no regulations shat
tered and that the battery was sending
back stuff it could not handle.
Capt. j. Harry Shannon. commanding
last night which put John Gilpin's famous
galiop in the shade. Capt. Shannon has
brown mare named Nancy, and he thinks
very well of this anima which Is thor
oughbred. and known throughout the bril-
gade as a fine little charger. Capt. Shan
non was away from his tent last night.
and while away his orderly took Nancy
of the picket line. where the horses are
tied. and put her in a neighbor's box stall.
When the captain came back he immedi-
ately figured that the orderly or some
one else had taken Nancy for ride to
Harpers Ferry and leaping on the back
Of an ordinary, plebeian horse, he started
out late at night to scour the country.
lie went up the road and down, into lanes
and byways searched the devious and
precipitous streets of Harpers Ferry, and
then came back to find Nancy more COM
Portable than she has been since she left
Washington.
Mishap to Infirmary Ambulance.
One ambulance attached to the LIST Reg
iment infirmary has been receiving at
tention itself. and today Is ready for work
again. 1t was blown over in recent
windstorm and the tongue shattered.
Mai. K A. Foster Medical Corps. was
standing by the infirmary when the blow
came and waS wrenched around the tent
pole to which he was clinging. Tent pole.
major, infirmary and ambulance seemed
to be mixed up for a moment. and when
the storm passed over the ambulance was
lying on one side with a splintered pro-
peiler auxiliary.
Lieut. John Doyle Carmody, acting as
Judge advocate for the court-martial in
the cases of Private Calls and Private
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hand. going over the details. When the
court has made its final decision the mat
ter will go TO Gen. Harries for ap-
prevail or disapproval and the sentence
or acquittal of the two accused soldiers
will be announced. Calls Is accused OF
striking a superior officer. and Klein Is
accused of leaving his post of duty.
The infantrymen experimental with
their shelter tents yesterday preparatory
for the night march Monday of next
week Shelter tents. which hold two
men, are wee little things about as big
as a Newfoundland dogs house. Each
man carries half "A tent in his blanket
roll, and when the troops bivouac for the
night they drive tiny tent poles and tiny
tent pegs and each man puts up his
crawl under. roll up in blanket and go
to sleep. Company a. I'd Infantry. COM
manded 10y Capt. Heap, put it's shelter
tents up in four minutes yesterday.
counting the time from the moment the
inen started to unpack their blanket
rolls.
Personal Mention.
Mrs. w r. Matthews of Clarendon Va,
il stopping in Bolivar Heights during the
~ncampment. SIS her husband is a mem
Der of the Signal Corps Company. Sergt
Matthews has served i'm the LIST North
Carolina Volunteers and also in the coast
artillery.
Scrgt !. y. Hodge of the Signal Corps
Company is veterinarian for the outfit
and Is an extremely busy man. He. has
attended horses in the two regular or