The Washington herald., 1915-08-26
District Militiamen Chase
Patrol Of Mythical Enemy
Officers Given Only Short Time to Study Maps Before
Being Sent Off in Pursuit Of Red Cavalry Scouts.
Notes of the Camp.

being drawn from the Third Regiment.
The program consisted of twenty-thret
numbers and included vocal, cornet. and
whistling solos. recitations, a monkey
drill. wrestling match. and boxing exhi-
bition.
Director ]. G. Moody. of the National
Guard Band, furnished the music and
trained the talent.
Mrs. Clara Naecker. well known in mu-
steal circles in Washington. who is stop
! ping at Colonial Beach, sang several Sc
lections.
Company E furnished one of the fea-
lures with its quartet, composed of Pri-
Yates Resan. johnson, Cannon and Clark.
Capt. H. c. Earnshaw had his ma
chine gun company out again today
about mile up the beach firing at
prone silhouette targets. Twelve hun
dred rounds of ammunition we're used
up, the firing being at Various ranges
from 600 to 2.400 yards.
Raymond Harrison. the young man
who captured the eagle last week. dis
covered a possum in the fork of an old
tree while on maneuvers this morning
and bagged the animal and brought
it back to camp. He intends to adopt
it for pet and take it with him back
to Washington.
The most serious injury which has
occurred here since camp opened hap
pened yesterday when Thomas II.
Featherstone. of Company A. received
a hernia due to participation in the
field day exercises yesterday afternoon.
The young man was examined today.
and upon his return to Washington will
be given an honorable discharge.
Lieut. Greeley. Fourth Field Artil-
lery. detailed to the Signal Corps. and
a son of Gen. Adolphus w. Greeley. ar
rived here today to review the work of
the Signal Corps.
Field Sports Today.
The First Separate Battalion will hold
its field day tomorrow afternoon at 1:30
o'clock. the events ranging from the 100
yard dash TO the wall scaling and COM
prising fifteen events in all Capt. II. p.
Hobbs. L. 5. A. will be honorary referee
and Mai J. f. Walker. referee, while the
judges will be S. H. Epps. A. c. Newman.
and Lieut.. J. E. Slaughter. Lieut.. w.
r. Browne will act starter and SerGt.
r. Queen will be clerk OF the course.
The Soft Heels" a secret society. COM
posed entirely of officers of the National
Guard. held its annual meeting on the
lawn back of Capt. Bliss tent here last
night and initiated Capt F. VI. Nevil into
the mysteries of the order.
Four honorary members We're also
CnOStN-hdJ. 1Oppe, MAJ. j. u.
Whitaker, Maj Wallach McCathron. and
Lieut.. George A. Monogan.
The scene of the ceremonies presented
A beautiful picture. with Japanese lam
terms and weird decorations from the
Orient while the throne of the grand
mogul. Capt. D. Spencer Bliss. was built
in one corner on a high platform.
Harry +. Diver. of Company d. who
rushed to the assistance of young
woman bather here last week. received
a letter from her this morning in which
she thanks him for saving her life.
The young woman, whose name was
unknown to Diver. did not know who
her rescuer was until she saw the story
in The Herald. when she Immediately
wrote him. The Young lady rescued was
Miss Nora B. Whelan. of lO9 Ma chu-
setts avenue northwest.
Plans for the parade in Washington
Saturday morning Were announced by
Gen. William Harvey this afternoon at
conference with the commissioned Off
GERS. The troops should reach Washing
ton about noon and will go out Eighth
street to D street and out D to Eleventh
to the Ellipse. where they will be re-
viewed the line being formed facing
north. Leaving the Ellipse the troops will
go out Seventeenth street to Pennsylva-
MIA avenue TO Fifteenth street and up
New York avenue, passing south of the
to the armory.