Evening star., 1916-06-04

fication Battery Jameson was erected
and connected with the original cover
ed way by rifle trenches.
In the last alignment of the American
troops in the battle of BladenSburg the
hill which the Rambler is telling of
was the extreme right of the line, Col
William D. Bealls regiment of Mary
land militia, which had marched from
Annapolis and had been marching and
counter marching in Prince Georges
county for four days, occupied the hill
At the west base were the United
States sailors and marines under Capt
Miller. In front and to the left of them
were the guns Of the Chesapeake fio-
tilla. under Commodore Barney. In the
Rives place was the 1st Regiment. Dis
trict of Columbia militia. Col Magru-
West Of that and bending north were
the I'd Regiment. District of Columbia
militia, Col Brent: Maj. Peters bat
terry. Maj. Warnings battalion. Lieut.
Col Scott commanding the United
States regulars. comprising parts of
the 18th. 36th and 3Sth regiments of
infantry - about 500 men and there
were many other commands scattered
over the terrain-principally scattered.
1t was Bealrs regiment on the Re
in report referred when he said:
The enemy. who had been kept in
check by our fire for nearly half an
hour. now began to outhank us on the
e
he pushed up the hill about 200 or 300
men toward the corps Of Americans
above described. who, to my great
modification. made no resistance, Civ
Ing fire or two and retiring"
In the Narrative of Gen Winder." ad-
dressed to the congressional commit
tee Of investigation, one may find this
reference to the position on the hill:
"He (the enemy had come under the
destructive fire of Commodore Barney.
which had turned him up the hilf to-
ward Lieut.. Col. Beall. whose detach-
ment gave one or two ineffective fires
and fed. Their position was known
to me, was very conspicuous. and the
extreme right. The enemy, therefore. had
gained this commanding position and
was passing our right flank; his force
pursuing on the left. had also advanced
to a line with our left, and there was
nothing there to oppose him..
The Reform School for Boys was
established on this famous hill in 1872.
though the institution had it's begin
ming at least ten years earlier. 1t was
an outgrowth of the Guardian Society,
the purpose of which was "to reform
juvenile offenders in the District Of
Columbia" 1t was on July /, 1862.
that President Lincoln approved the
act Incorporating this society, the in
corporators being Amos Kendall, John
NJ. Broadhead. Zenas G. Robbins. Sayles
]. Bowen, Nehemiah B. Northrup, Ben
jamin L. French. Joseph Bryan. Peter
y. Higinbotham, James c. Jenner. David
W. Heath. James Barr. Matthew
Waite. Samuel A. II. Mckim, John r.
Nourse and Stephen Prentiss.
The society. by means of subscrip-
tions from citizens. bought in 1865 an
old army hospital building and re-
moved it to some government land near
the receiving reservoir In 1866 Con-
greSS passed an act establishing a
House of Correction for Boys in the
District of Columbia for the safe
keeping. correction. governing and en-
ployng Of offenders legally committed
thereto by the authority of the courts
and the magistrates of the District Of
Columbia" The plant of the Guardian
Society was taken over. that society
having found il increasingly difficult
to finance the institution. In the re-
port of the joint select committee to
investigate the charities and reform
atory institutions in the District of Co
lumbia, 1897, it is said:
During the summer and fall of 1871 the loca-
tion of the school unon til" government farm
the Potomac river proved decidedly un-
healthy and it was determined 10 ask Con
grcss for appropriation Of 500. 900 to pur
chase site and erect a suitable building
thereon The hoard OF trustees this time
was made up Of II. u. Cooke. y W Burchel
]. L. Carpenter. II. \. Brewster Nathan Sar-
gent D. V. Burr and W. Il. Todd.
by act Of Congress May L. lsI2. the Secre-
tary of tn" Interior authorized TO purchase
new site for the school to be selected by
himself and the board of trustees. which
buildings for the Accommodate Of 800 boys
were authorized :" be erected under the SUI
prrvSion Of the Secretary Of the Interior. the
board Of trustees and the architect of the Cap
itol. Tn" appropriation was sloO.ooo The
prrsent site of the Institution. old Fort Lin
coin now known Mount Lincoln eleva tion
overlooking the surrounding country for many
miles, was purcha sed. Tie original site. pur
chased July 20. 1877. consisted of $50 acres of
land. 200 having subsequently been added
to the farm
Since that report was made the insti-
tuition has added to its holdings and eff