Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22
National Guard of the District
to Welcome Former CON-
mdnder Today.
FEATURES THE PROGRAM
OF FIRST SUNDAY IN CAMP
Rain Yesterday Cause of Great Dis
comfort to Members of Battalions
Under Inspection.

OcdUn IN Ine Camp VI tiIe A>dtlcliel SuShA u
of the District of Columbia here tonight
and the grounds are CORY from the bat
tle'-a sort of advance guard piece OF
work in the battle of popularity being
fought with all the vim that the company
cook can put into them tonight. The bat
ties will be continued until TIE steamer
leaves tomorrow night with the big crowds
which have come to see what the District
militiamen do in camp
A whole brigade of chickens was killed
for the big feed tomorrow.
Every soldier is putting himself in
order in a whole hearted desire to win
the appreciation of the throngs usual on
a Sunday in camp with the militia. 1t
will be popularity contest, as it were,
and every mess tent tomorrow will have
its quota of visitors, largely composed of
mothers. wives, sweethearts and sisters.
or course, the male visitors will be in
camp, but it is to the female of the
species that the "doughboys' are turning
their attention.
About everything has been cleaned out
of camp tonight, except the big eats and
the mud puddles made by the heavy rains
of yesterday. BY dress parade in the
evening the skies had cleared up, giving
promise of a fair day tomorrow for the
entertainment of the visitors. But there
was lGIt WITH the SOlQ1eE boys lHe damp
ness in their clothing annexed during the
march and inspection, when the rain
poured in torrents.
Two Battalions Inspected.
Two battalions. the 1st and Sd,
pass through their annual field in
spection while the rain poured off the
PREDETERMINED campaign hats in the
form of little waterfalls. The I'd Bat
TALON went through the advance guard
drill on the large drill field about a
mile from the camp ground.
Anxious to put up fine showing for
the brigade parade and review tomor-
row evening in honor of Mai. Gen.
tired. the soldiers composing the new
Sd Regiment went through the parade
and review in fine spirit.
1t was the first parade and review
Of the entire Sd Regiment in the short
history of it's existence. All the ad-
ditional command gained by the re
organization, including headquarters,
supplies and machine gun companies
We're in the parade.
For the first time during the week of
the encampment. which closed when
recall was sounded tonight announc-
ing the end of the days work, Camp
Ordway proved unpopular. When the
command had been marched off the
camp ground and the strains of the
ever popular mess call were sounded
there was a rush for the mess tent
and food was bolted, followed by a
dive for the living tents to get
chance to be brushed up for the re-
ception of the visitors who came ON
the evening boat
Before the sun had dropped out or
sight behind the little clump of woods
which forms the western boundary of
the camp, practically every soldier. ex-
he nnn
boys who have been unlucky enough
to get into the guardhouse, had desert
ed There will be no more work to do
until Monday morning, except, of
course. the customary cleaning up of
the tents in the morning and a little
poilcing OF the camp to gather UP all
OF the scraps of paper and other rub
Dish which might give the impression
that the District soldiers are untidy
housekeepers in the field
Round of Pleasure TODAY.
1t will be one grand round of enter
tafnment by the soldiers tomorrow
closing only when the sad strains of
taps drift across the parade ground at
1880 tomorrow night. OF course. the
soldier boys. having been victorious in
every theoretical battle which thew
nave fought since they have been here
VIII nave something to be thankful
for- They will be given a chance to-
morrow morning to attend diyince
services. Church call will be sounded
on the bugle and Chaplain George F
Dudley will conduct services in the
clearing in front of brigade headuuar-
ters: In his sermon he will tell the
soldier boys of the necessity of fehtinc
1or Christianity as well as for the IA
pointing out that they both go to-
gether.
Colonial Beach's dentist and bealth
officer. DR.. Groshon, made his lon 81
nounced visit to the car1p this co.
ing He was met by Gen Harvey and
Maj Harry Coope, adjutant general. and
was extended all the courtesies of the
camp He learned quite few lessons
on sanitation; he admitted it. After he
mad gone all over the camp and had
seen some real sanitary work. he nrn-
nounced himself very strong for the
sanitation as practiced by the District
soldiers pr Groshon expressed him
founded at the excellent manner in
which the soldiers kept their camp He
expressed regret that the townspeonle
OF Colonial Beach did not see fit to ba ck
hin up in campaign which would put
on par with the camp of the Ma
tional Guard.
Officers Attend Lecture,
While the soldier boys, from the nom
CONS down, were out frolicking along
the beach front. participating in the
lollity as provided by Kallipolis Grotto,
which landed here with band, shortly
before s O'Clock, the officers were held in
the schoolhouse to listen to a lecture by
Maj. Edward Sigafoos L. s. A., attached
to the Army War College at Washing
ton. But the officers were obtaining
some valuable information which will
be useful to them in protecting the
country. their camp and their lives next
week when the big battles begin. The
subject of Maj. Sigafoos' lecture was on
map making and map reading He told
the officers all the tricks of this branch
of the military profession as practiced
by the officers of the regular service.
No extension of leave was allowed the
men last night, it having been deemed
desirable to get them into the camr
at the regular hour. The men are in
the town on their honor to conduc,
themselves as they have been doing
the past week. No provost guard was
provided to round them up.
Signal Corps on Its Mettle.
Trained in the art of preparedness a.
they are, the Signal Corps Company is
not going to take any chance on the
failure of the smoke bomb which it is
proposed to set off tomorrow to an.
nounce the arrival of Gen. Harries a,
the dock. The reel cart will be sen,
out from the camp early in the morn.
ing and a real wartime telegraph line
will be tablished from the dock tc
the camp ground. An operator will be
of nf Xpir hnk