The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-09
OFFICERS AND MEN
ARE WORKING HARD
There Are No ldlcrs at
Camp Of Virginia
Soldiers.
GETTING REAL FIELD SERVICE
Battle" on Saturday Morning
Most Important of Weeks
Manocuvres.
Especial to Tho Times.Dispatcb.

Camp Harvey NJ. Dickson Virginia
Bcach. Va. July s.-Work should have
been the password here to-day. for
from rcveillc until retreat that was
the order of the day from the lowest
private To the highest ranking officer
having shown Governor Ebcrhart yes
terday what they looked like on spe-
cial occasions. the men to day got
down to real business Each hour Of
tho day was employed in doing what
they were sent here to do, living under
conditions npproxmatinE field service
az near as possible.
The morning hours were devoted to
drilling squads and companies In ex-
tended order Each regiment has a
separate Held near the camp assigned
II. and TO these omen spaces they arc
marched as soon as possible. AS few
OF tho companies have armories large
enough for the extended order work
special attention Is paid 10 this work
In camp.
The afternoon was largely devoted
10 target practice on tho range. with
rcEimcntal parade By each In order
This is OF the most Important
drills Of the day. as mono Of the regi-
ments has all its companies in line
more than once twice 4 year. II is
carefully watched by the officers from
the regular army, who are here as in
structors.
Target Practice Begins.
Tho target practice to-day did
not begin until the afternoon and
was from the 5oo-ynrds line. the
samo butt being used az In the 500
yard tests. About $50 men were en-
gagged in tho target practice. and. be-
ginning tomorrow afternoon scores
VIII be kept Each fires two
range shots and then ten for his score
This morning Brigadicr- General
Vaughan was greatly surprised when
two officers from the Fira, Battalion
of Richmond. OF the First Regiment
Invited him TO dine at their mess In
honor OF his birthday The general had
been 80 busy he had LOST sight of July
Z. marking any special event Of inter
est In his life The hosts not only told
General Vaughan what to-day was. but
informed him of his age, which was
more than he was willing to Disclose.
He accepted. OF course Adiutaiit-
General W. W. Sale was also a CUES,
at the dinner given by the Thermometers.
as was Colonel Perry. OF General
Naughan's staff
AS far as nanoeuvrcs are concerned.
those or Saturday morning will be the
most important There IS TO be n bat
tie" One regiment viii he the de
fendin. army and the other two the
attacking" force. How the regiments
Will be assigned In the problem has
not been decided This years arrang-
ing of the problem VIII be more diff
cult than usual. owing TO the fiat coun-
try. In the past the encanplncrts have
been in hilly country. making IL pos
sible for one force 10 hide It's rnoye-
ments from the other
The health OF the soldiers so far has
been excellent. not a single case OF real
sickness having been reported. While
the temperature day was higher
than on yesterday and with less breeze
IL was by nc means oppressive. Last
night when the wind began 10 sweep
through the tents n hurried movement
10 get under blankets was made
Nearly ever man In camp has been
taking daily, and some of them twice
daily, dips In the ocean. They don
their bathing suits before leaving
camp, throw poncho or blanket over
their shoulders, and nike across the
half mile OF sand -or the bathing
beach where the special life guard is
on duty
VIII Brenk Camp sunday.
Arrangements were started to-day by
tho TRANSPORTATION pcople\ for the
breaking OF camp Sunday. The troops
VIII start 10 depart at O'Clock sun
day morning. and before sunset Camp
Harvey VI. Dickson will he thing OF
tho past
section OF the Second Regiment.
composed OF Valley OF Virginia COM
panies. VIII be the FIST 10 fold it's
tents. entraining at o'clock. The nrst
section of the First Regiment. made
up OF companies from Alexandria.
stanton, fredericksburg. I.ecsbure
and Charlottesville, will depart at 80
o'clock. The seconG section OF the
same regiment the Richmond conpa-
MES, Will leave at 10 o'clock.
The second section OF the Second
Regiment. composcsd OF the Roanoke
Farmvlle. Lynchburg and Petersburg
companies. viii be the next TO depart
leaving ut 1870 O'clock
AS the Fourth is nearer it's home
station than any OF the others. 1t will
be the last to leave One section, the
Emporia and Suffolk companies. with
the Cha Sc City and Danville companies
of the other command, will leave at l
o'clock
No Afternoon Drills.
With another bright, crisp morn
ing came the announcement that
there would be more after
noon drills The morning drills
Will be extended an nour hut the
only work I'm the afternoon will be
the dress parade and guard mount
This order issued yesterday by
General Vaughan TO enable the men
who arc competing for n place on the
team that is to represent Virginia at
the national match at Camp Perry in
September more time for practice
The live men from each company will
begin their work on the range at =
o'clock in the afternoon, and will con-
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