The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-01-15

year Mr.. Shryock goes through the
performance of moving from one floor
to the other.
At Frederick Junction yesterday
evening the water was within ten feet
of the bridge floor Residents of that
section declare that the water has
jumped nearly 40 feet during the past
20 hours. The county commissioners
yesterday afternoon made a trip to
Frederick Junction to make arrange
ments for timber which had been plac-
ed at the bridge over the Monocacy
river. Commissioner Stevens said that
he had not seen the Monocacy as high
for years. Fodder, logs and boats
were going down stream. The COM
missioner said that farmers have lost
heavily.
1t was impossible last night to de-
termine the extent of the damage to
the county's bridges. 1t is likely that
many of the smaller bridges have been
carried away.
Perhaps the greatest damage done
by the rain and wind storm of Tues
day night about Frederick was at the
Fair grounds, where the front half
of the roof of the baseball grandstand,
16 feet by 80 feet, was torn off and
carried away. The roof was carried
back over the stand across the large
poultry house, and came in contact
with and tore away 80 feet of the ven
tilator at the west end of the building.
The greater portion of both roofs be-
ing deposited south of the poultry
building, between it and the fence, a
mass of broken, twisted timbers.
A small portion of the grandstand
roof landed on the north side of the
poultry building and here a piece of
timber, six inches square and sixteen
feet long, pierced the metal roof, cut
ting hole about three feet square and
breaking six rafters in two. The
damage to the poultry building will
probably reach $500, while that to the
grandstand will be as much more. Be-
sides the loss of the roof the only 9TH
er damage done the grandstand was a
broken bench and piece of falling
timber piercing the floor.
Other damage done at the Fair
Grounds was the blowing over of the
small office building in the machinery
department, the breaking of six light
sash in the, large grandstand and a
large portion of the light fencing
along the south side of the grounds
leaning outward
Many Frederick people went to the
Monocacy river yesterday to get a
glimpse of the flood One farmer said
asst night that while it was one of the
.orst floods in the county for many
ears, it lacked about nine feet of
qualing the Johnstown flood
The RED Bridge over the Monoca-
y river on the Gas House road, was
ompletely surrounded by water. The
fields for quarter of mile on eth
er side of the river bank, were flood
ed with water from four to twelve feet
depth. 1t was impossible to use this
bridge yesterday
Water almost reached the floor of
the bridge at Biggs' ford, Monocacy
river, near Harmony Grove. Half
nile of water is spread over the fields
on either side of this bridge. This road
has been impossible for the past two
days.
1t was reported late last evening
| that the flood had begun to subside
The Potomac river at Brunswick was
raising at the rate of inches an hour
at 8 o'clock last night.
To Instruct Company A.
Finishing touches will be put to
Company AS proficiency in the bay
onet drill this week by First Lieu
tenant Edmund c. Waddill, of the
Nineteenth Infantry U. S. A., and a
sergeant of the United States Army.
These two officers will be in Freder-
lex during the entire week. Lieuten-
ant Waddill is preparing the members
OF the local company for the bayonet
drill which will be given in the Fifth
Regiment Armory, Baltimore during
the military demonstration ON Jan
uary 20 and 80.
Company A members have already
been put through thorough training
in bayonet exercises. This trip of
Lieutenant Waddill is merely to put
on the finishing touches and polish.
Two squads of Company B, Hagers-
town, will accompany Company A to
Baltimore and participate infthe dem
nostration.
Officers of the United States Army
and of the National Guard ate devot-
ing much time to the deveIt bment of
proficiency in the use of tlt& bayonet.
Ten years ago it wassthougI that the
use of the bayonet had Ssed, but
in recent years, officers hesX Just be-
gun to appreciate the par That bay
onets play in actual waIEe
The object of this milrM.y demon
stration is to primarily Htruct the
people of the State in the#ctual field
work of the citizen soldieW The ex-
hibition will give at CLOSET ange exact
IDEAS OF the various field ctivities of
the soldier. III
Inc Firth regiment AI|bry will be
converted into verita |e camping
ground. Mimic battles bd the like
Will De Planned and Wd* led out be-
fore the eyes of the pul A small
admission will be chara
Lieutenant Waddill is graduate of
West Point of the class f 1901. He
has Just been assigned Il Mo rvIond NV