Evening star., 1916-07-04
D. c. GUARDSMEN
GO SOUTH today
Field Hospital, Signal Corps
and Separate Battalion to =,
Entrain at 6. !
LOADING OF EQUIPMENT
is BEGUN AFTER MESS
Nearly Eight Tons of Food Put:
Aboard to Last the Troopers
on Ten-Day Trip.

Camp Ordway was thrown wide
open at IL o'clock noon to permit
relatives and friends of those units Of
the United States organized militia Of
the District of Columbia which are TO
leave at o'clock tonight to spend the
time with them before their departure
for the trains. There will be annie
time to say goodbye before the troups
leave for the trains. A strong guard
will be placed around the railroad
yards at Rosslyn where the troop traius
are on the siding. and the crowds WIN
be kept a good distance from the trains.
Orders to move the Signal Corps COM
pany. the Field Hospital and the lat
Separate Battalion, the latter colorsd
troops. were received by Capt Horaco
P. Hobbs. United States mastering ol.
ficer, from the Department of the East,
shortly before o'clock this morning.
Within a few minutes after reyaillo
sounded at Sis o'clock. the news Of the
actual orders to move spread and put
new spirit in the men, all Of whom axo
anxious to leave.
Loading Is Begun Early.
Tentage, taken down yesterday att
ernoon, was rolled and packed, and
by o'clock army transport wagons
were carrying the impedimenta from
the camp to the trains. 1t was but q
few hours work to get the impedi-
menta out of the camp and to cover
up the trenches which were dug around
the tents to carry off the rainwater.
Lunch will be the last meal which
these troops will eat in camp. Supper
will be served to them shortly after
the trains pull out on their nve-day
journey to Bisbee. Ariz., the concen.
tration camp for the District forces.
To take care of the troops on this
long journey, seven and a half tons Of
food, enough for ten days rations. was
loaded on the cars this morning, under
the direction of Maj. John c. Whitaker.
camp quartermaster. The extra five
days rations were put aboard to insure
food for the organizations in the event
of train delays en- route.
: In the $4,000 pounds of food were
bacon. canned corn beef. canned roast
bread. baked beans, rice, potatoes.
onions. canned tomatoes. prunes, evap-
GRATED apples and peaches, blackberry
jam. coffee and tea, sugar, evaporated
per. cinnamon. lard. butter. sirup. fa-
voring extracts, soap and candles.
Many Will See Men OF.
If the Sd Regiment Band returns to
camp from the parade duty on which
it was sent to the city shortly after
noon in time. it will be ordered to
march at the head of the troops from
the camp to the trains The organiza-
tions will be reviewed on the parade
ground at Fort Myer by Brig GEN vii.
a HarveV nj
Some idea of the ability OF the Dis.
trict officers and men to take care OF
at any time was given this
when eight motor trucks
promised to them to carry the impedi.
menta from the camp to the cars failed
to show up. Immediately Capt. Nevils.
luartermaster, got busy and obtained .
horse drawn vehicles, and not a minute !
was lost in the movement
Except for short drill this morn.
ing. the troops celebrated the Fourth
in holiday fashion. 1t was reception
day for most of the troops. a s not more
than 10 per cent of any organization 10
allowed out of camp at a time. But
their friends began to collect outside
the picket lines long before noon, and
WIN the hour for opening camp arr
word for all to come in there was Q
rush for various parts of the camp.
Friends Of Troopers at Camp.
OF course, friends of those men IN
he organizations which are to leave