Evening star., 1914-08-02
TODAY GUEST DAY
AT MILITIA CAMP
Guardsmen Tired After Busy
Day Cleaning Up in Prep
aration for Visitors.
FIRST REGIMENT GIVEN
FIRST TASTE OF DRILLS
E-o:nbers of I'd Regiment, in Close
Order, Drill on March
to Seashore.
! r,m a stan Correspondent.

From STAT Correspondent
RIFLE RANGE CAMP. Va, District
National Guard Encampment, Virginia
Eeach. Va. August 1.-.ifter a day OF
,aried duties. work drills and play. night
overlook this camp Of the National Guard.
District of Columbia. finding the soldiers
tired but seemingly well repaid for the
work they had done to clean up camp and
prepare 1t for visitors tomorrow. For
the morrow will be visitors day despite
the fact that the program says COM
plete details Of camp arrangement"
With only a few tent pegs to drive
here and there. the city Of canvas is now
completed and during the afternoon men,
bers of the 1st Regiment were given
their first taste of drills Of the present
cncampment when they we're taken on
parade ground for close-order exercises
Members of the I'd Regiment. under
command Of Col. William E. Harvey.
we're given their close-order drill on
march to the seashore The entire
regiment was formed as though for
'trill on parade ground. but the soldiers
were taken by surprise when the regi-
nent filed along the road leading to
the beach. After the men had been
marched the three-quarters of a mile
they Were told they could go into the
surf. Without any hesitation of came
their uniforms and all hands went in.
rhey remained in the water for nearly
two hours.
First Dress Parade Held.
->fter ''colors'' this afternoon the 1st
Regiment held the first dress parade,
sad then there was scamper for the
ha IN
let through so they could primp up,
Set into clean uniforms and go to the
esort to participate In the amusements
:uc"e. The men received hearty well
oome, and there was no discrimination
isainst the enlisted mems uniform.
Tonight was the first chance the SOL
dicr boys had to visit the seashore re-
SIT. They came direct from the ca .ip-
ounds last night, and We're so tired
-..at they went direct to bed. and today
10 one was allowed away from the
imp except these who went in bath
There are many preparations for the
borrow, and the farmers from the coun-
tryside came on the campgrounds early
y. ith all kinds of fruits and vegetables.
u will be one of the feast days for the
boys, and when visitors begin to come
into the camp the odor of savory fried
chicken will overcome the smell of
burnt gunpowder. The cooks will have
big job on their hands. but the soldier
boys will be appreciative
At o'clock tomorrow morning there
will be a muster of the entire brigade to
check up the pay rolls to ascertain what
men are attending the encampnAent. and
shortly afterward camp will be poiiced
and every scrap of paper will be taken
from the grass. BY the tire Wis tors
begin to arrive everything will be spick
and span.
Guardsmen's Work Praised.
~ : O'clock fomorro1y afternoon the
entire brigade will be on dress parade to
show Virginia visitors just what the
District boys can do in the way of SOL
diering. Comments are heard on every
side from the regulars of the excellent
work the District militiamen are doing.
First guard mounting this afternoon was
done In excellent shape and brought
forth especial praise from the regulars,
who declared that during the entire en-
campment of the Virginia guard, with
whom they were assigned, no guard
mount was as well done as that of the
District boys today.
There is another thing for which the
boys will be joyful. and that is they
will be allowed to sleep one hour
longer tomorrow morning, for orders
say reveille will not send its unwel-
come notes across the camp grounds
until $50, one hour later than usual
During the middle of the day to-
morrow the boys will be free and will
have only to report for the brigade
parade tomorrow evening.
Drills started in camp two days
sooner than planned. made possible by
the excellent work done by the Dis
trict National Guard officers in attend
ing every detail of establishing camp
before even a troop moved from
Washington. 1t is this sort of soldier
ing which has brought forth the favor
able comments from regular men, used
seeing big troop movements ana
large bodies of men and establishing
field camps, while the District officers
let il only once year.
Regular Officers Arrive.
The order issued this afternoon by
Mai. Leroy Heron, inspector general
y. G. d. c., and acting adjutant gen.
eral. called for the following dress
parades: Today, 1st Infantry; tomor-
row, the entire brigade; August 3. I'd
lnfanrry: Tuesday. 1st Separate Bat
talon. During the parade tomorrow the
bands of the 1st and I'd Regiments will
Band will parade with the lst Sep
rate Battalion.
All Of the regular army officers as
signed to the present camp of instruc-
ZION arrived in camp today, and were
.ssigned to the various battalions.
capt. T. Raymond Clark, recently ap-
pointed paynaster of the District Ma
tionl Guard, arrived in camp shortly
;.fter noon and established his head
quarters.