The Washington herald., 1915-08-25

campment hop at the Colonial Beach
pavilion Thursday evening.
At the special invitation of Gen
William Harvey. a committee from the
Washington Board of Trade visited
Camp Ordway this afternoon, arriving
on the st. Johns shortly after l o'clock
In honor of the visitors the National
Guard paraded through the town. ap-
plauded every foot of the way by the
throngs.
The members of the Board of Trade
in the party included r w. Duffey. DIR.
H. c. Duffey. Charles F. Crane. n. l.
Burchell. and Odell Smith. chairman OF
the public order committee of the
board.
AT meeting of the non-commission-
ed officers of the Third Regiment, held
at the school house yesterday after
noon. an association was organized and
officers elected as follows: President.
Corporal Joseph r. Rabbit: vice presi-
dent. Color Sergeant Frank r. Rey-
nolds; recording secretary. Sergeant
Harlan Frey: financial secretary. First
Sergeant J. R. Gray. and treasurer. Ser
geant Gail T. Judd.
The objects of the association are to
promote and maintain a high standard
OF military efficiency among the nom
commissioned officers and men of the
regiment. and to encourage social in
tercourse among its members and to
hold such property as is necessary for
the purpose named.
Wires Are Strong
The Signal Corps has received or
ders to lay wires to Pomona. Va. and
Maple Grove. Va. in connection with
the maneuvers later in the week and
part of the work was done today.
Fifty minor cases We're treated at
the hospital this morning and one
which was considered serious enough
to send the patient home. The seri-
Gus case was that of Corporal Nicholas
f. DeSantis. of Company H. who is
from heart trouble.
William Pizzanelli. of Company 4.
who has been confined to the hospital
suffering with fever since the camp
opened. was returned to his quarters
today
Company NJ won the point trophy in
the annual field Cay and athletic
meet of the Third Regiment. which
was held by order of the athletic
board of the regiment. scoring 13
points. Company F was second with
points and Company c third with
Z. The prizes were in cash and
were donated by the Officers Asso-
The most exciting race was the iiO-
yard dash, which went to c. B. Rose,
IF Company E. after sensational
finish in which three of the men col
apsed as they crossed the tape. Rose
started otu and at the end of the
first lap was fifth. with Watson
Salkeld leading. Salkeld led until ten
ards from the tape. when he was
passed by Rose and Thompson in the |
rider named.
Three interesting features of the meet |
we're the mule race by members of the |
company. the equipment race |
nd the wall-scaling event.
In the mule race the eight entrants !
ad considera BILE difficulty in managing |
heir mounts. the mules spreading out |
cross the field in the shape of a fan and !
the spectators as they rushed /
long the side lines
Every company was required to have
team in the waIl-scalng event. and !
he work was well done 1t was excrL-
iatingly funny at times. one man get
ing hold of the high wall and dangling
here by his hands while the others tried
to shove him over with their
unS.
In the equipment race the entrants
tarted out in bathing suits and ran
fly yards. dressing and returning to the
tartiug point. where they were in
DeCted.
lusic was furnished by the Third Resi-
lent Band.
Three men who participated in the
aces dropped from heat and exhaustion.
hey We're rushed to the infirmary and
re doing we'll. The men were l.. II.
teel. f. w. Salkeld and Earl Wheeler.
Il of Company F.