Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-25
HALF DOZEN TO RECEIVE
THEIR SERVICE MEDALS
Gen. Harries Himself to Present the
Half-Century Awards.
BIG CROWD EXPECTED TODAY
Fierce Battle Between the Opposing
Forces Results in Huge Loss
of Life"-Stirring Incl
dents Noted.

dents Noted.
Special tlom Stan Correspondent
CAMP oRDWAY. BOLIVAR
HEIGHTS. W. Va, August 24-Orders
to move the troops composing the Ma
tiona! Guard Of the District of Columbia
We're issued last night The brigade will
break camp early next "Wednesday morn
ing. AMI will entrain as soon as the
tents have been struck and the camp
baggage all accounted for. packed and
ready for transportation.
4 full dress parade, in which the en-
tire brigade will participate. has been
ordered for this afternoon. At the ''func-
ton. which is the fuss-and- feathers
event of military routine. the twenty
iive-year service medals will he presented
To the half dozen or So members of tile
brigade who are entitled to them. The
presentation will be made by Gen Har-
ries I'm person. and ii is believed the gen
eral has prepared some pretty as well
as patriotic, speeches with which 10 ac-
company the presentation ceremony.
Expect Big Crowd of Visitors.
Another big crowd of Sunday visitors
is expected at Camp Ordway today. as
many of the guardsmen have received
word that their mothers. wives, sisters
or some other fellows sisters Intend
TO spend the day at the camp. Visions
of homemade cakes and pies and gen
erous SAMPLES of mothers cooking float
ed through the minds of the guardsmen
Yesterday. and occupied their dreams
Ix- "A ins of Isas.
feed for a couple Of weeks is calcu-
lated to make the average citizcn-soldic:-
look with extreme favor on any kind
of cooking that differs from the grub
dished up at the camp kitchens.
Tomorrow's program includes a night
camp and some sort OF night maneuvers.
The entire brigade will leave Camp ord
way, divided into two bodies. These will
march In different directions, and in tho
evening the two divisions will make camp.
Ii is supposed the meneuvers will consist
of an attempt by the two divisions TO locate
each other-or rather. for one of the
bodies to try to find and capture the 9TH
er. while that other tries 10 keep from be-
ing located and made prisoners None OF
the guardsmen, excepting perhaps a few
OF the officers, knows just wha. he Is
to do, however, and the might maneu-
vers" may not come off till the chill gray
dawn of the morning after Monday night.
Enemy Is Discovered.
Two cavalrymen of Troop. 10Th L. s.
Cavalry. lying fiat upon the ground behind
a farmhouse near the littlo village of KEEL
cavalrymen strung itself out behind
hedges an fence rails and began shipping
Ter this morning spotted the cautious adj
vance guard of the Blue army under Col.
Charles Fl. Ourand. and, having reported
this fact TO their lieutenant, a platoon OF
cavalrymen strung Itself out behind
hedges and fence rails and began sniplng
off Ourand's infantrymen as fast as they
showed themselves.
They made "A terrific racket about IL,
and there was some trepidation in the
B.ue army when the rattle was heard
half a mile ahead. The fact that those
cavalrymen held back the entire Blue
army Tor ten minutes is more responsible
for the destruction Of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad bridge, several miles west
OF Harpers Ferry.
Had it been Ieaden instead OF
paper bullet war. the bridge might today
be mass of ruin. with all commurica-
ton cut off, and the Blue army would
be in terrific fix, they have beer,
using the Baltimore and Ohio for its
line of communication. according TO the
general situation as laid down i'm the
problem of today.
Armies Aligned at 8 AM.
The umpires found the two armies in
hostile array at O'Clock this morning.
The Blues consisted of the LIST Infantry.
n. G. D. C.. commanded today by Mai.
Wallach McCathran; the LIST separate
battalion. commanded by Maj. Webster
Battery E. Sd Artillery. L. s. A.. COM
rnanded by Capt. Fred T. Austin: Sigma |
Corps company. commanded by Lieut.
Lands and Lieut.. McLennan, and am
ambulance company. under Lieut.. Hud-
Soi..
Col. Ourand, in command OF this brig
ade. reached the Millville crossing at y
o'clock. he being i'm command OF the adj
vance forces, and the understanding was
that two hours back of him, coming
along the same dusty pike, was the main
army of the Blues. They marched like
a horde of iocusts over hostile country.
and the Inhabitants Of these neighbor-
hoods are supposed to be friendly to the
Reds. The Red cavalry had been III
light. keeping just far enough ahead to be
out of sight. but always replete with tho
proper information.
Col. Harvey Heads Reds.
Col. William r. Harvey commanded
the Red force, which was seen in action
today. He had but one single mission
today and that was to keep back Col.
Ourand's Blues. The Red cavalry, pa
railroad bridge and prevent the Reds
engineers from blowing II to pieces. Col
Harvey had with him the 18th Cavalry.
the LIST Battery, Fie Artillery, n. q.
ID. c.. and the I'd Infantry.
Col. Harvey sketched out a situation
which on the map was almost a perfect
square. three sides OF il being roads.
Along the lower road to this square carns
Ourand's Blues The Red cavalary, pa
trolling the rolling meadows several miles
back from the bridge 'yhich was to bs
destroyed IL possible, was to stop the
advance guard Of the Blues and to hold
1t in check as far as possible.
The Blues marched with considerable
caution. There Is low white farmhouse
at the Millville cross road, with a fine old
well and an od-fashioned farmyard. The
advance guard had just reached II when
ii ere was a splitting fire from behind ~
fence, CHATTER of hoofs, and in few
a rail fence q hundred yards or
more away was cracking with rife FIRE
from the hidden cavalry platoon.
Blue Guard Ducks to Cover.
The few men in the Blue advance guard
ducked TO cover, getting behind the old