The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-24
District Guardsmen Will Get
First Taste of Warfare Today
Red Forces Will Try to Prevent Blue Army from Crossing
the Potomac and Landing at Colonial Beach.
Return Movements Planned.

supply is not only pure, but contains
certain beneficial mineral properties as
well. Investigation developed that the
sediment which has appeared in the wa
ter was only rust from the pipes laid
on the camp grounds.
Lectures on Army Sanitation.
Capt. w. NJ. Smart, L. S. A. gave lee
ture on army sanitation at the school
house this evening at I O'Clock.
Not a single arrest was made by the
guard last night, there being little to
, attract the boys in town and most OF
! them being tired out from the strenu-
Gus doings of Sunday when the camp
was thronged with fair visitors from
Washington and nearby towns.
Col Glendie B. Young returned to
Washington today on the st. Johns be-
cause of the serious illness of his wife.
He is expected back on Wednesday
morning.
The infirmary had n busy morning.
treating about seventy-five cases, none
serious. owen Hickman, private in Com
pany G. was admitted to the hospital
suffering with n high fever. Joseph \.
Furbershaw, private in Company D, who
dropped on the drill field yesterday from
exhaustion. was sufficiently recovered to-
day to be sent to quarters. Frank
O'Neil, private in Company c. who has
DteH SuiitlhlS WIN was sent
to his company quarters this afternoon,
while the condition of William Pizzanil
Ii, private in Company A, was much
improved that he was able to walk
around for few moments today.
Six officers of Battery \. D. c. n. G..
who have been in camp at Tobyhanna,
Pa, with the second battalion. Third
Regiment. L. S. A, of Fort Myer, and
batteries from Camden. n. j.. and from
Connecticut. are here TO observe the ma
neuvers. They are Capt. l.. c. Vogt,
Capt. E. T. Stevenson. Medical Corps:
Lieut.. G. G. Wilson, Lieut. G.. \. Bon
net, Lieut.. H. E. Shilling, and Lieut..
F. S. Moorhead, Jr. AS soon as A bat
terry reaches an enlistment of 172 it will
be split and another battery formed with
eighty-six in each, the smallest number
the War Department will recognize. Bat
terry Il when organized will be COM
manded by Lieut.. G. G. Wilson, and
Lieut.. E. S. Moorhead.
Report Successful Encampment.
The officers report that the camp at
TOhyhanna was the most successful since
the target practice was inaugurated
three years ago. A high honor was paid
Battery \ when it was designated to
fire the experimental night problem with
the new tracers. The idea of the tracer
is spark burning from the base of the
shell. so that the flight of the projeCtile
can be followed at night.
The maneuvers here We're resumed with
vigor this morning. Each battalion
formed one war strength company and
drilled in extended order. In addition
they went through q shelter tent drill
and the Third Battalion was inspected.
the surplus officers and men observing.
In the afternoon the First Separate Bat
talon was inspected.
Harold Nash and II. NJ. Rivero came
down in a motor canoe from Washington
Yesterday. Visitors in camp today are
Miss Beatrice A. Hudson. daughter of
Capt William Hudson. who is detached
from the field hospital and assigned to
the infirmary and the wife and daughter
of Lieut. D. w. Tastet. Miss Hudson Is
the guest in town of Capt. McGonageL
retired.
The annual field day of the Third In
fantry will be held on the drill field to-
morrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, the
program consisting of seven events.
The games are open to enlisted men
only and all events are to be in uniform
without hats OF belts, except in the equip
mcnt race.
Mai. Charles P Summeral will deliver a
lecture in the schoolhOuse tomorrow
evening on the subject of Field Artil-
lery."