Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-26
Ready for the Finale.


Everything is in readiness. for the
sounding of the general tomorrow
morning, when all of the canvas will
come down at once except the mess
tents and "f1ys" left standing to shelter
the field and staff officers. The enlisted
men will lay their blanket rolls on the
ground, take off their shelter "halfs"
and put up the little pup" tents under
which they will sleep during the last
night of the encampment. They must
get away quickly Saturday morning.
has been thoroughly mapped out, and
when reveille sounds Saturday morn
ing there will be nothing for the
| troops to do but take down the shelter
tents. make up their blanket rolls and
form for the march to the dock. where
| they will board the steamer St Johns
| for Washington.
1t will be late Saturday afternoon
| before the members of the command
will have a chance to go to their
homes. They will not be dismissed
| when they arrive in the city, but will
| be taken to the White House eIlipse,
where they probably. will be reviewed
| by President Wilson.
| Gen. Harvey planned to have all of
\ the organizations affiliated with the
District National, Guard to participate
in the parade. He wanted the LIST
Battery. Field Artillery. to. turn out
!
contingent are at Bethlehem. Pa. The
battery is to get new guns Late yes
terday afternoon Gen. Harvey decided
not only to have the battery, dismount-
ed, to participate in the parade and
| review in honor of the chief executive
but he telegraphed orders to Com
mander Joseph A. Dempf, commandins
the District naval militia, to have his
organization form at it's armory Satur-
day in time enough to follow the SOL
diers returning from this encampment
The naval militia armory is on the
water front. short distance below the
disembark the District guard.
The whole force, it. was estimated
roughly by Gen. Harvey. will tota
LOO men, including the naval forces.
Confronted by Problem.
How to obtain horses for the parad.
Is problem now confronting the
District guard officers The animal.
which are now being used by the fell
and staff officers and the Signal Corp,
company were imported into this plas,
from Fredericksburg. After a week.
hard work they have been trained t,
the rattle of musketry and the boomin,
of drums and flare of horns, but evei
with all this in their favor it is no
deemed desirable or practicable unde,
the conditions under which the guars
| Will return " " dSHlQRtOn TO carry
them there for the parade To TAX.
them to Washington would involve tn.
expense of sending them back to Fred
|ericksburg over the road Therefore
it has been decided to procure thu
horses in Washington. and Who'll,
squadron of them will be needed FOL
the parade.
The eight little mules that furnished
such a difficult problem at the begin
ming of the encampment. when the!
were sent here to carry the heavy pacl
equipment of the machine gun com
pany, will get a ride to Washington
with a return ticket to Fredericks burg
The diminutive animals are just the
right size for the work in which the,
have been trained and which they have
been performing during this encamp
ment 1t was deemed undesirable t
use green mules in the parade aroune
Washington. In fact. it was believed
it would be rather difficult to Obtain
the right kind Of mule which the pc
culiarities of machine gun work de
mand.
In order that the work of the machine
gun company. which has made remark
able strides during the two weeks Of
the encampment, may continue through
1.-the drill year, Gen. Harvey said today
that he proposed. as soon as he re-
turned to Washington. to- purchase foW