Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-09
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| FOR THE PRESIDENT
Potomac Park the Scene OF
Thrilling and Unusual
Military Spectacle.
NEW REGULATIONS SHOWN
FOR HANDLING HORSEMEN
Shouted Commands and Bugle Calls
Give Way to Shrill Signals
of a Whistle.

cnle1 or the United states Aru1N, tOudy
reviewed the provisional brigade of the
cavalry, which has been experimenting
with new drill tactics all summer at
Winchester, Va, and for two hours
watched them trot and gallop through
dashing evolutions in Potomac Park. Ac-
companied by members of his family
Secretary of War Garrison. Gen. Leonard
Wood and members of the Senate and
House committees on military affairs,
the President viewed the drill from
specially constructed stand southwest Of
the Pan-American Union building.
Commanded by Col c. III. Murray. 18th
Cavalry. detached, with Maj. c.. ID.
Rhodes as adjutant. dressed in the new
field service olive-drab uniforms. armed
with pistols, sabers and rifles and all
mounted on the best service horses OBJ
tainable, the 1.1O0 cavalrymen making
up the provisional brigade presented
strikingly businesslike appearance as
they charged wheeled and charged again
through the park. The thunder OF the
1. 400 hoofs Of the horses shook the
ground.
Small Reviewing Stand.
The presidential reviewing stand ac-
commodated only thirty persons, but
every available foot of ground from
which the drill could be seen was crowd
ed with spectators, who applauded again
as the cavalrymen flashed by. Most of
the spectators were in automobiles and
carriages but many were on foot. The
crowds were kept off the drill field by
large force of park and metropolitan
police aided by forty-five rcavalrymen
under command OF Capt. H. d. Berkley,
18th Cavalry.
Surrounding. the President was a large
group of high officers Of the army.
Among them, besides Gen. Wood the
chief of staff, was Col. James Lockett,
commander of the 11th Cavalry, which
took part in the drill. Col. Lockett OBJ
served his regiment from the stand. Col.
sColejewski, military attache OF. the Rus
sian embassy. was another military ex-
pert present. ef ~ -
The members of the Senate ana House.
lSeciaily invited In order that they
might understand the proposed new
cavalry factics. Five tickets to the resj
viewing stand were allOtsed ss It tS. ,sech sa
<hairman Of the Senate committee
u Hce! the kdeAths Of Senator. Johnston
.dk rAlabama, and ,Senat6rs.cLea bf Tens
hessee. Fletcher. Of Florida. Myers OF
Montana and vardaman of Mississippi
took the Senate commuters tickets.
Representative Hay of Virginia, chair
man of the House military affairs COM
rnittee, is out of the city, and could
not attend.
Passes Twice in Review.
The brigade, made up of the 11th and
10th Cavalry regiments and two squad
rons Of the 10Th Cavalry, with a
machine gun troop and three ambu-
lances. passed IN. review before the
President twice, first at trot and
then at gallop. Both times the
sabers of the cavalrymen were drawn.
There was no saluting, as this Is pro-
hibited by the regulations when pass
ing. at a, trot or gallop.e. Then there
were fifteen minutes of platoon drill.
thirty minutes of squadron drill. and
then a six-quadron regiment drill, and
finally four-sQuadron regiment drills
The most thrilling moment of the re-
view and drill came when during the
ix-squadron-regiment drill the order was
given for the charge Out flashed the
sabers of the mass of cavalrymen, the
horses leaped forward as. though anxious
let out shout which could be heard
for blocks away, and the entire l'egi-
ment thundered through the park> in
plain view OF the President and his party
Martial music was furnished through
out the review and drill by the ban6s' of
the 10th and 11th cavalries which were
stationed near the Presidents stand
The three regiments were divided into
two provisional regiments for the pur-
pose of illustrating the new orga nization
and tactics tested at Winchester In
command of the first provisional regi-
ment was Maj. George l.. Byram. 10th
Cavalry, with Maj. NJ NJ. McNamee, 18th
Cavalry. acting as lieutenant colonel, and
Capt. r. ]. Fleming 10th Cavalry, and
Capt 8. McP. Rutherford. 10th Cavalry,
acting as majors. Lieut.. Henry r. Adair,
10th Cavalry, acted as adjutant. The
squadron commanders were Capt. Con-
rad 8. Babcock. 10th Cavalry; Cant.
George Vidnler, Capt. Ben Lear. 10Th Cav
airy. and Capt. Harry Lat. Cavenaugh,
10th Cavalry.
Of1cers in Command.
Maj. Robert L. Howe. 11th Cavalry,
commanded the second provisional regi-
ment, with Maj. Melvin ". RowelI 18th
Cavalry. acting as lieutenant colonel, and
Capt. Samuel D. Rockenbach, 18th Cav
airy, and Capt. George c. Barnhardt. 18th
Cavalry. acting as majors. Lieut.. George
Grunert, 11th Cavalry. served as adjutant
The squadron commanders were Capts.
George w. kirkpatrick. 18th Cavalry:
Frank Parker, 11th Cavalry: Alexander
NJ Miller. 18th Cavalry. and Leon b.
KRONER, 11th Cavalry. Lieut. James s.
Greene. 10th Cavalry, commanded the ma.
chine gun troop.
Leaving Fort Myer at 80 o clock, the
brigade crossed the Potomac over the
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