Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-04
Train IN Three Sections Car
ries Troops for Ten Days of
Field Instruction.
START FROM WASHINGTON
MADE BRIGHT AND EARLY
Friends and Relatives Present TO Rid
Guardsmen Farewell-Busy
Times Ahead.
Special Dispatch to The st.r.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
CAMP oRDWAY. BOLIVAR HErGHra.
! w. Va. ugust 4.-Camp ordway OF the
National Guard of the District OF Column
oia was formally established at Bolivar
Heights w. Va. at 2 O'Clock today. when
the I'd Infantry Band assembled at the
nagstah at brigade headquarters ana
| played The Star Spangled Banner an
the national ensign was broken to the
| breeze.
| The citizen soldiery of the District OF
Columbia had an uneventful trip to the
camp site. The guardsmen did not have
10 make the long march from Harpers
Ferry to the camp. Their train was
switched over to a branch line which
| carried them to within a half mile OF
the camp. This was a great thing for
the soldier boys, and only the veterans
OF the guard could appreciate the relief
from the long march from the ferry.
From piles of stakes and tenting. paced
in an orderly way about the field. swiftly
| grew the tented city. Things moved rap
| idly but quietly, and when the Stars and
| Stripes was raised at o'clock everything
| was ready for the ten-day maneu. ers.
Everybody was busy about the brigade
| headquarters preparing the order for the
| parade and other details for the ten-day
period. Maj C. Fred Cook, adjutant
| general, caused orders to be issued that
| the men from the camp were to drink no
| water except that from an approved well,
and then only after il had been filtered
| by the army method. Tomorrow there
/ will be general policing of the camp.
| Every guardSman who is not on other
4 detail will be Lined up at one end of the
| field, and, with field wagons following.
/ will literally come the field, picking up
| everything, from match stems to large
| stones. Maj. Cook also issued orders for
| brigade parade and inspection at 5:1S
this afternoon, when all of the members
4 Of the National Guard In camp will be
drawn up for inspection and review. 9th
! er parades also have been ordered as fol-
| lows: Tuesday, 1st Infantry: Wednes-
| day, I'd Infantry: Thursday. LIST Separate
| Battalion; Friday. LIST Infantry: Saturday.
"a Infantry; Sunday. another brigade
parade; Monday. LIST Separate Battalion.
and Tuesday. the day before camp In
broken. another brigade parade.
Or band concerts there will be plenty.
y Iney VIII be in the evening from 80 to
s:3O the LIST and I'd Infantry bands al
ternating. The 1st Infantry Band will
| start the concert this evening.
Camp Quickly Pitched.
Everybody who has ever attended Q
| National Guard camp is discussing the ~
pidity with which the present camp was
| established. By the time the brigade Of
| ficers arrived this morning all Of their
tents were ready for occupancy. and within
few minutes after their arrival things
were running just smoothly as IL the
camp had been established a month.
Washington automobilists and motor
| cyclists who contemplate visiting Camp
Ordway had better be cautious about the
| way they travel the West Virginia loads
| from Harpers Ferry to Bolivar Heights.
| The speed limit is four miles an hour and
wholesale arrests were made yesterday Of
| persons going eight miles an hour. The
| constable has his eagle eye out today and
probably will be looking for a great in
| fux of motorists Il ON Washington dur
| Ing the present encampment
Departure for Camp.
The rich odor Of boiling coffee and
ham and eggs and other edibles per-
meated the atmosphere early this morn
ing in the vicinity of many Washing
ton homes, and as the odor died away
il the neighbors were early risers they
might hear a door opened. a distinct
osculatory smack and a fond good
bye softly spoken through the early
morning air.
Then. IL one hastened to the window
he could discern a khaki-clad figure
walking swiftly away, and fond rel
ative watching on the doorstep until
the Districts protector was out Of
view.
1t was one of Washington's citizen
soldiery Fastening to his barracks there
to load up with full marching equip
ment for the tramp to the point OF
embarkation at the Baltimore and
Ohio freight yards at New York and
Florida avenues northeast where the
National Guard Of the District or Co
lumbia boarded trains for Camp ord
way, Bolivar Heights. w. Va. for ten
days. instruction In the science Of sol
diering for Uncle Sam.
Practically all OF the early morning
cars from all parts or the city carried
their quota of the khaki clad soldier boys
ON their way to their armories. And you
can bet the boys made the best of their
ride for they could hardly tell through
the haze OF the early morning when they
started whether Old Sol would come out
and make things warm for them The
"old vets" in the guard know what q
warm sun means. when they are loaded
up with blanket rolls, canteenS and
other heaving marching equipment. and
ii won't take the recruit long to find out.
And young Mr.. Recruit will find out m4ny
things before he has been many hours IN
camp, and will find himself trying To
loosen ND some stiff joints which were
perfectly good when he left mother and
father and brother and sister after that
nice breakfast I'm the morning.
Hustle and Bustle at Armories.
To the uniformed the various armories
of the National Guardsmen about the Dis
trict this morning might easily have given
the impression that the country was pre-
pairing to give Mr.. Huerta and a few OF
his countrymen the spanking of their
lives There was hustle and bust.e, the
rattle of musketry, the shouting OF or
ders. The blanket rolls We're lying in
orderly fashion about the sidewalks and
near the curb lines, and those who were
early prepared were lounging about. wait
ing for their slower comrades. and for the
bugler to inhale his breath and exhale it
through his bugle to the sound OF For
ward"
5 The bows seemed anxious TO board the
trains and were Almost impatient for the
orders to proceed on the march. The 1st
Separate Battalion was the first to leave
its armory, at 18th and u streets north
west for IL was to go on the first train.
II was but a little after O'Clock when
the colored troops started for the train
which was to leave for camp at o'clock
AS there was no brigade formation.
the headquarters stan went direct to
the train, and were all ready by the
time the 1st Separate Company arrived.
The first train was composed OF one
Pullman and eight coaches. ard carried