The Washington times., 1915-08-26
Long Grind in Tactical Problem
Ends for Guardsmen at
Camp 0rdway.
THIRD INFANTRY IN TEST
Col. GIendie B. Young Again in
Command-HeId for Raid on
Watermelon Patch.

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lens which have kept the District
militiamen busy for the last week ended
today. From now until the time thcy
embark for home Saturday morning.
the guardsmen will be engaged in gath
ering I'D loose ends around Camp ana
taking part in close and extended order
drills through the surrounding country.
Earl ytoday the Third Infantry was
marched out to White Point. where the
machine gun company has been engaged
in drilling holes In the water OF the
Potomac at the rate OF. ABOUT 1'
| minute. While the Third Infantry
learned something Of the mechanism OF
the armament Of this new branch OF
| the guard, the First Separate Battal, OH
wa 8 hiked six miles out in the country
| to complete the trench digging Work
begun yesterday.
Final Review Today.
This afternoon will see the final review
by General Harvey Of his entire com
| mand.
Col. Glendie B. Young Is today again
| in command of the Third Infantry. hav-
ing returned to camp late last night
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by the illness of his wife.
Repeatcd raids upon Il watermelon
patch about half a mile from camp re-
suited early this morning In the apprr-
| hension of one Of the guardsmen by a
| patrol sent out from headquarters The
guardsman. with two companions. was
| surprsed In the midst of the RAID, Dut
| only one Of the marauders was cap
| tured.
| the big social event Of the camp. the
officers ball. which will begin At o."
o'clock tonight on the boardwalk pa
vilion. and continue until ! O'Clock TO-
morrow morning. The affair Is beins
given bv the officers of the Third lnfan-
| try Br!gad!er Genera Harvey and his
stafr. together with Mayor Bi!iirssly
| and members OF the town council, nave
| been invited to attend.
| Every officer who has with him a
white uniform will wear It tonight: The
Third Infantry Rand will furnish the
music for the occasion.
Ready For Attacks.
King Chisges holds idespotic sway In
ICsmp Ordway The commanding gen.
eral respects him. The private In the
rear rank entertains wholesome fear
OF his prowcss.
King Chiggcr. whose name Is legion
Is, as everybody knows, tiny pestifer'
Gus insect. Hc and his cohorts. con-
sisting. like those OF Gilbert and Sulli'
vans admiral. OF his sisters and his
cousins and his aunts,' lurk on every
blade of grass on the big field where the
camp stands. And on the long nikes
the men find him lying in wait ready
to attach himself to private and oniceI
alike. ,,,a
Yesterday around brigade headquarters
concerning the advisability OF taxing
the hundred or more horses, upon whicf
the OFFICERS Of the field and stan nave
been cantering over the roadway
around here. to Washington to partici
pate in the parade and review nex'
Saturday. - o..
lease the horses az the breaking OF the
camp and return them to the contrac-
tor from whom they were obtained
This. however. will not apply to the
gun mules. who pack the -FOUR rapid
fire weapons belonging to the machine
These four little mules were obtained
> after much trouble. and given at least
, a rudimentary education in what Is
expected Of gun animals. Ana Know.
ing the idiosyncracicG and vagaries to
which all members OF muledom are
hereditarily prone. General Harvey
voted against attempting to parade
, four green mlues with the guns.
Therefore the little pack animals vii
be loaded on the st. Johns Saturday
r morning and will participate in the re-
view.
Signal Corps Unmounted.
Not SO, however, with the mounts o
/ the Signal Corps. whose members vii
1oin the review unmounted. The batter,
of the D. C. N. G. will also in all like
lihood Join the mobilization Of loca
Z troops, and they. too. will be withou
{ horses. their guns having recently beer
sent to the camp at Tobyhanna. Pa.
and others ordered in their stead hav'
not arrived.
General Harvey plans to invite tn
naval militia to Join the column. ant
| 1t Is probable that the sailor boys o
-, the District will be on hand.
q Commenting today upon the trencl
digging practice of yesterday. Genera
Harvey declared there were only tw,
things In the matter of soldiers per
: sonal equipment which the Distric
q guardsmen lack. They are the regula
trenching tools-the boys yesterday wer
4 forced to use the ordinary picks an
D ter's department-and identification tags
. The general will try, he says, to suppl
y these discrepancies. but the Identified
ton tags. Of course. will not be issue
unless the local troops should be calle
on for active service.
" Some Regalia.
The only trouble is that the spur
4 were made by impressing the top @
two condensed milk tins into servic
as rowels with bent hay wire fo
= shanks: the regalia was made of bun
lap, and the field glasses We're mad
e by lashing two beer bottles together
G causing Major Wallach McCathral
who made the presentation. to remar
d that their sole Virtue seemed to la
In the fact that when one looks int
one end of the glasses. one can see
drink coming, but when one looks int
l. the other end. he sees the drink jus
= disappearing.
~ The four captains in the society are
t, Capt. Spencer Bliss, who Is past gran
e commander Something -or-other; Car
- tain Nevils; Capt. Oliver Terry. of tn
e signal corps. and Captain Chase. TIL
guests at the presentation dinner wer,
Major McCathran. Major Harry Coop
Major J. C. Whitaker. and Lieutenar
Monagan.
Folks around camp declare ths
never was such a banquet laid in
@ military camp as that which marke
D the initiation of Captain Nevis. Thel
,s were real table cloths and napkins.
In say nothing of cut glass and dozs
= ornate cAndelAbrA-