Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-16
GETSAWAY TO CAMP
IN THE EARLY DAWN
National Guard of District
Goes to Colonial Beach for
Annual Maneuvers.
FACING PERIOD OF DUTY
ON LINES OF "REAL WAR"
Reorganized Command, Now Third
Infantry, to Be Instructed in
Military Art.

CAMP ORDWAY. Colonial Beach.
Va, August 1.-THE National Guard
of the Ditrict of Columbia arrived
here shortly after Il o'clock noon
today. The troops disembarked and
paraded to the camp grounds, a
march of only three city blocks
from the point of disembarkation.
Lunch having been served to them
before the steamer locked, they
Immediately began the work Of
raising the tents, which had been
placed at the head of the company
streets. Under the broiling sun the
heavy khaki-colored canvas was
rolled to the position of the tents,
and it was the work of a very few
minutes for the squads of men to
raise the tents. Within an hour Or
two from the time the steamer ar
rived at the Beach the camp prepa-
rations had been completed and the
men were ready for an evenings
liberty.
The officers and non commissioned
officers, however, were gathered in
the Colonial Beach School house,
where Capt. Horace =. Hobbs,
L. S. A, gave them a lecture on
details of camp life. From the dock
to the camp grounds the troops
marched through two solid lines of
people. They were cheered the en-
tire distance.
According to figures given out by
Maj. Harry iCoope, there are sew
enty-four officers and 1919 men in
the camp exclusive of the seven
teen oficers and men comprising
the brigade headquarters. These are
divided as follows:
Third Infantry-Fifty five officers
and 862 men.
Signal Corps Company-Three Of
ficers and siXtyseven men.
Sanitary Recommendations of
ficers and nineteen men.
First Separate Battalion-Twelve
officers and 271 men.
The voyage to Colonial Beach
aboard the steamer St. Johns was
uneventful. Entertainment was pro-
vided by. the Sd Infantry Band. =.
Long before dawn this morning ant
hours before the greater part Of tn
"
a final nap nearly 1900 khaki-cla
citizen soldiers were rushing an
hustling about the city. making prep
ayations for a movement to the front.
For today began the annual encamp
ment of the National Guard of the Dis
trict of Columbia at Colonial Beach, Va
BY daybreak almost there was
steady stream of young men pourin
into the several armories of the locs
militia about the city. There were
few finishing touches to be added her
and there by some of the soldiers be
fore the sounding of the buglers as
sembly CALL which at the appointe
hour rang through the corridors of tn
armories and out over the streets.
Officers were on hand very early
many of them were up hours Defor
their usual time of arising-lookin
after the needs Of their men, and gel
ting them ready for the advance to til
front. 1t is new regiment of infan
try which is going into camp this yea
and there were many new details to
looked after. The old LIST and ,
regiments of infantry have been cor
sOlidated into one, and this is calle
the Sd Regiment. headed by Co
Glendie B. Young.
Evidence of "Army's' Activity.
One did not have to leave much to HI
ina gination today to get it in his min
| that an army was preparing for
movement. Captains, lieutenants. sci
geants and corporals were shouting OIL
ders, orders, orders, until mere lay
| man might think that a foreign ad
| vance was being made on the capt.;
city. But by the time the bugle call {
assembly went echoing and re-echoin
| about the corridors. every soldier wa
| prepared for the fighting line, and fe
prepared enough and proud enough
whip the biggest army that could com
| into the Capital city.
However, there wasn't time to do an
thinking about what could be done wit
| that rifle which each of the soldier
| carried, 1t was time for actual pref
| arations for the front and little time I
waste. BY the time the last note
| the bugle had died away in the morn
] ing air the uniformed figures poure