Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-27

of the camp and their guests. admit
lance being by card.
Hundreds accepted the invitations of
the officers, who have been very popu-
lar during the entire encampment. The
officers attended in their natty white
uniforms and danced until l o'clock
this morning. The new Sd Infantry
Band, Jacob G. Moody, leader, whose
regular concerts on the camp grounds
every evening have proved very popu-
lar and have drawn large crowds. fur
nished the music.
Gen. Harvey and his staff participant
ed. Mayor w. P. Billingsley and the
town council of Colonial Beach, who
have done everything to make the en-
the guests of the officers of the brigade.
Lectures Ended.
The course of lectures given by reg
ular army officers was closed with one
by Maj. J. w. Heavey of the division of
militia affairs of the War Department.
He gave the officers talk on the three
arms Of the service working together.
Maj Heavey described the vulnerability
of the various formations of infantry,
explaining also the advantages TO be
derived from infantry and artillery
working together.
He described the methods used by
the artillery of getting the range of an
enemy, and told the officers that the
vulnera bility of field artillery was not
as great as some people were led to
believe it was. He spoke in the light
of information obtained. from opera
lions during the European war.
1t was very interesting lecture from
which the officers of the infantry OBJ
~ r.,
will be helpful to them in working out
their theoretical war problems in the
armorles next winter. Maj. Heavey
dwelt at some length on the assistance
tillery. the latter opening the war and
the infantry retaining the positions OBJ
tained with the aid of the big guns.
The annual field inspections. an i'm
portant part of each encampment, have
also been completed. the Signal Corps
Company, Capt. Oliver c. Terry, com
manding, being the last to be put
through. Lieut.. ]. n. Greedy. signal
officer attached to the general staff of
the War Department. and a son of Gen.
Greedy of Arctic fame, made a special
trip to the camp from Washington for
the purpose of putting Capt. Terry's
company through the inspection. The
horses and men were well trained, and
it is understood that they made a very
fine showing.
QuartermaSterS Praised.
Much credit is given by Gen. Harvey
and his staff to the members of the
Quartermaster Corps of the District
National Guard for the completeness of
the details in connection with the
movement of the troops and property
to the Beach and the return movement
This corps now is headed by Mai AL
fred +. Robbins, who was assisted in
the movement by Capt. Edward NJ
Nevils
hese two officers arranged the de-
tails of the transportation and the
movement of the property, saw that
the grounds were properly staked out
and the tentage assorted at the head
Of the company streets by the time
the troops arrived. When the main
body of troops arrived In camp every
thing was in readiness for them. The
brigade headquarters tents We're up,
and all the companies had to do was
to carry the tentage from the head of
the company streets to the points staked
out for them, where the tents were
raised.
During the entire encampment there
has not been a slip in the work of the
Quartermaster Corps, and they have
had many emergency problems put up
10 them, for the wants of brigade in
the field are many, and many tines they
become known on short notice and
y.
| Today was a busy one about the pay
| tent. Capt. Louis c. Wilson had to dis
perse thousands of dollars during the
! encampment for the food of the men,
| transportation and freight bills. to say
nothing of the pay for officers and men.
Today all of the field and staff and
| company officers were lined up at the
| pay tent. where they received the
clothing allowance" for purchase and
| care of their uniforms and personal
| equipment. The mounted officers re-
! ceived $40. while the company officers
| received $40
| The officers have to purchase their
| amounts provided are just about
enough to keep the uniforms in condi-
| ton. leaving little to make up for the
large initial amount laid out when the
officers We're first commissioned. There
are present in the camp to receive this
fifty officers of the Sd Infantry, eleven
officers of the list Separate Battalion
and five in the regimental sanitary de-
tachnent. Capt. Wilson has as his as
sistant Ssrgt. Walter Rathbone.
During the trip to Washington to-
morrow allowances will be paid to ire
men. On the boat they will receive
their District pay" an amount provid-
ed by the District appropriation, which
goes in addition to the very small
United States Army pay which the men
receive from the federal government
in an allotment made each year by
the War Department. The army pay
will be disbursed to the men of the
Sd Infantry and Signal Corps company
Tuesday night at the armory, while the
list Separate Battalion will be paid
Wednesday night at it's armory.
W. ]. w.