The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
OFFICERS PLAY
GAME OF BALL
Second Regiment Team Beats
First Regiment Nine,
Is to ;.
BUSY DAY AT THE CAMP
Lieut.. Col Young VIII Leave Today
for Ohio to Take Part in
Rife Match.
BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT.

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| lamp oroway. harpers FERRY, w.
va, aug. s'-After mess and the
mimic battle with the Mexicans the
omcers OF the FIRST and Second Regi-
nehts prayed game OF baseball. The
SECOND Regiment oncers easily de-
leateo those OF the FIRST py the score
VI 10 10 D.
SaP.. Bryant OF company NJ SEQ
ohu hesiaeh'' was inc star Oh inc
sarne' ihaNihs TWO nome runs.
was ohiy one acciueht 10 mar
,ne sa,e anu '"a' was when Seeohu
leu. iiaZLaro' OF COMPANY f. FIRST
reg iiheht' was MT IN the lace py
pan.
Ioday saw many new commissioned or
hcers IN lamp ordway' The foiiowing
receNeu 'meH Soniihissions ana were
s"o[h m rHs' ihiahtry-rrNate James
o. 'ohes " seeohu heu'enat' I'D
.naisn -. bouenhaIier 10 SECOND Ecu-
tenant, ooIp' ahr 10 second lieutenant,
rlsl oe.s'. 'oiin a pusan 10 SECOND
To second lieutenant Second Infantry
FIRST Lieut.; Earnshaw TO captain. FIRST
ieut inhr so d.. ,,a,'t.. Seoona
JJeut Uonnemann IN frst Iieutanant
Corp. Victor H. Dent to second Neuten-
ant, Battalion Sergt. Mai. Frank p.
Shomette to second liuetenant and Second
Lieut.. Harmon to first lieutenant.
First Separate Battalion-First Lieut..
Sylvester II. Epps to captain. First
Lieut.. Davis to captain. Second Lieut..
John L. Smith TO first lieutenant, Second
Lieutenant Arthur Newman to first lieu
tenant. Sergt. West A. Hamilton to Sec
ond lieutenant and Sergt. BENJAMIN F.
Stewart to second lieutenant
Jjeut Col camp leaves camp tomor-
row morning for Camp Perry. Ohio. for
the international rife match TO be held
,h.ro fro,, au,us, I. IN Santemher Ia
He has heen appointed CAPTAIN of the
American team To connete with teams
representinp several Europesn and South
American countries in the 3D-meter
r,a,oh tro,,n A.. tho Grand intarp,tion.I
r,atch
Mi Foster dean of tho Medical
Corns. will receive his tgentv-fiye-year
cold service medal tomorrow evening
during brigade parade. This medal will
he nrese,ted by cen Harrie.
Capture Hill mt Hnlltown.
n;s,ric, N.,;on,, cu,rdsuS, renrasent
In, ~, ,,,a-,oan ,r,nv c,ntured .b.
commanding hill at Halltown in tie
morning fighting of the tactical WA,
IT,, ro,,od tv concentrating tho .,.-
49, 6r. on ,bs,r r,ain hodv the Mexi-
49,, 60. ,o,,,r,sas 90 81. so,,,Js
n,aI,oa 60, .ha ,a,..r.I ra,irn.,,, A,
.ha Noxican d.yotod ,h.ir .rfort. % the
- ho5,, 90 tho .r,.rIcars ubo b.,d
sa, Co. -, ,hn ,asL ~ c,n,ur;n, tb,
,,sarn,,;ns aanr;na ,,ov.,,.r, hror,b,
,t;otnr,, ,or ,h. .oidier. ~ ,b. Irn,,sd
S,a,a
Joss.s vsr. beavv n, both .;dss Tn
f,ci,,, ,ba ratir, sra ,ror, ,ha rieas ,,J
r,nid 76r;nr .,rs ~ the Noxic,ns ,ra
Ar,ar;c,ns - ,ha;- ,h,r, .anr;sr-.I
bnndre5s
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Inv uara boIr.aa hr ,ha e., 81, a.,
10. BE-, ro,ioa, T., ,h;. ,,ioi,,i,s 9 -, |
nine weeks thev n,ora abIa % rani,. ~
tb. ua~icar a. "
A. tho s,ar, ~, tho ao,.. so,,t g..
.rorico, ,roors - .,..i.,
smaIIer ridgs ar,,os;,a ,ha, onn,,,S
h,. ,ha Nari' r. in man.
,,,,a,, ha,,nao 81 ~ a.t In,v uie
rirIoc.d "a h,,.,os -. ,,H .au @ p.el
,-aaIss N,,os,arI. ., .: tos IN
wade To- ,Lo Ham. 80 Gu
r,r '' i'''i a' haii
D
"" inc
There were no machine guns to support |
the advance of the American army. The |
men perforce trusted to their rifles. and |
they fell in hundreds. Dead and dying |
men were left where they fell
As the charge progressed, the rain
stepped in to help the American troops.
The clouds gathered until they concealed