Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-09-30
ELL|PSE AS SCENE
OF CAVALRY DRILL
Charge by 5000 Troopers to be
One Unusual Feature of
Program.
FROM CAMP IN VIRGINIA.
Brigade Will Pitch Tents at Fort Myer,
to Remain at Least a Week.

TO Remain at Least Week.
Mimic war scenes with all the rea
lism possible will be enacted on the
grass-covered ellipse south of the Ex
ecutive Mansion in Washington mex
week The chief actors will be the
5000 cavalrymen VIII have beer
drilling and exercising on the field.
of Sheridan's historic ride in the
Shenandoah Valley, near Winchester
Va, for more than two months past.
The organizations consist of the
Tenth and Eleventh r4 gimelts of cav
airy, entire, including machine CUR
platJons, and two squadrons of the
Fife enth Cavalry, composing a pro.
visioual brigade commanded by Col.
q. H. Murray, of the Twelfth Cavalry
Acting under orders from Major
General Leonard Wood, chief of
staff, the camp near Winchester
was struck this morning and
transferred entirely to Washin gton
troops, mounts, field guns, tents,
quartermaster and subsistence stores
and all equipment of every kind es-
sential to movement of troops in
heavy marching order under modern
service conditions.
The march to the National Capital,
over ground made historic by many
sanguinary conflicts during the civil
war, began this morning as
soon as the wagon trains were ready.
1t is planned that the brigade shall
arrive in Washington Friday morn
ing and establish a temporary camp
on the reservation at Fort Myer, Va.
Tonight the brigade will 90 into
camp at Castlemans ferry, on the
Shenandoah river; tomorrow night il
will camp near Leesburg, and Thurs
day night at place not yet selected,
bat within short marching distance
of Washington.
There is no disposition to push the
troops, and they will do all their
marching in the daytime, with the
unders landing, however, that regard.
less of weather and road conditions
they shall arrive at Fort Myer on
schedule time Friday morning. AT
the special request of the authorities
in charge of the tair at Fairfax
Court House squadron of four
troops of cavalry, to be selecttd by
Colonel Murray, will visit that city
en- route and will not rejoin the bri-
gade at Fort Myer before Saturday
night or Sunday morning.
Although it has been deemed ad-
visable to establish the big cavalry
camp on the White House ellipse, as
had been originally intended, that
central open space has been selected
as the bsst available place for TIE re-
view of the troops by President Will
son and Secre tary Garrison, and for
series of drills to be given for the
benefit of the officials of the Govern
ment, the citizens of Washington and
the visitors within its gates.
At the War Department yesterday
it was stated that the programs OF
exercise will not be finally arranged
until after the brigade reaches the
city and the officials have an oppor-
tunity to confer with Colonel Murray,
the commanding officer. 1t is settled
however, that the troops will remair
in Washington about a week, witt
the probability that the President
will review them either Monday oil
Tuesday afternoon, and that the
drills and exercises will be held on al
least two days following the review.
Not since the grand review of tn,
Union troops at the close of the civi
war has a full brigade of cavalry
visited the Capital and never befor,
has that city been the scene of evoIu
tions by so large a body of mounted
troops. The drills to take place mex
week in the heart of the city viii
afford the first opportunity for mos
of the people of Washington ant
practically all of the younger ones
to see charge" by a brigade o.
5000 trained cavalrymen, general,
admitted to be one of the most aw,
inspiring Sights in military tactics.
With the approval of the authori
ties of the War Department the col
ored citizens of the District hav
arranged to give reception in Con
vention Hall one night next week il
honor of the Tenth Cavalry, one o
the four colored regiments of tn
Army. The committee Iin charge o
the affair consists of T. ID. Lee, Johl
c. Norwood, c. w. Childs, B. w
Kenney and Joseph Montgomery.
At the conclusion Of the encamp
ment in Washington the Tenth Cav
airy will return to its station at For
Ethan Allen, VT; the Eleventh Cav
airy to its station at Fort 0gt
thorpe, Ga, and the Third Squadro
and machine gun platoon of the Fif
teenth Cavalry to Fort Sheridan, III
They will make the trip from Wash
ingtcn by rail. The other squadro
of the Fifteenth Cavalry with tn
brigade il the First Squadron
which will remain at Fort Myer
which is its regular station.