The Washington times., 1916-07-10
M|SCREANT RAID
CAVALRY CANTEEN
Camp at Radio ls Thrown Into
Turmoil Of Excitement In e.
fort to Catch Raiders.

II PAncho Villa and his bandits raid
Ariz.. while the District militia
men are there they will not create
much moro Of q stir than waa occa-
stoned by plundersrs visit to the
Second Cavalry canteen. or store. at
yesterday.
From early morning until late at
night the camp was on the aui vive for
robbers trying to run the guard" At
latest reports the seventy men who
established q Chain guard" around the
camp had not located the two men
sought.
The robbers are said to have been
two militiamen who entered the little
store at Hatfield and broke open two
show cases. The noise made by the
s.ts n hGg e. 81 Gss ss r. Second p
Cavalry. who has charge Of the store.
Discovered In Store.
Jumping from his cot In the rear Of
the store Gilsow seized a small civilian
revolver he keeps under his pillow and
rushed to tackle the intruders. The
trooper says he discovered one militia
man on a counter and the other outside
the canteen. evidently watching. He
commanded both to halt, and upon their
refusal he fired three shots at them.
The fugitives ziszassed across the
nston- Virginia railroad tracks and
none Of the bullets struck them. The
men Disappeared In the direction Of
Yinson. a station between Hatfield and
Clarendon.
Private oilsow Immediately returned
to the store and made an investigation.
He discovered that only one box OF
cigers and about a quart Of ice cream
had been stolen. Two showcases. how
ever. showed the marks of an instru-
ment used In forcing the locks.
Robbery Reported.
Gilsow reported the robbery to Lieut.
william q. Bacon. Of Company @. Third
Regiment. who was officer OF the guard.
and all the machinery available was
put into motion.
Every company commander was or
dered to call the roll OF bis men i'm
mediately to ascertain who was absent.
The machine gun company was immc-
diately ordered out for guard duty and
the two fugitives were last seen. A
large detachment Of mounted men
from Fort Myer were pressed into serv-
ice TO patrol roads and guard the wall
around Arlington Cemetery to prevent
the fusitives from getting into camp
placed on guard in the hope Of captur-
Ing the miscreants.
At the midday mess a guard on a
post some distance from the main en-
trance to camp saw two militiamen APP
preaching him: One of them was hat.
less: Having been informed that one
Of the men who broke into the cantcen
lett his hat In the store, the guard
challenged both men.
Challenged Men Run.
Instead Of making any further ef-
fort to enter the camp. the two men
started running away as soon as chal-
lcnGed. The guard called the corporal.
the corporal the sergeant. and the SER
geant. the lieutenant. and in the twink
ling OF an eye every man in Company
q. who could be spared from the suard
house went charging over the hills to.
ward the car tracks to catch tho fungi
lives.
Behind them focked hundreds Of mil
itinmen and men. women. and children
who were visiting in camp.
While large crowds of soldiers and
civilians stood on the hills overlooking
the car tracks. members of Company
charged e into thickess ana gun un SdIsss
looking for the fugitives who had dash
ed down a hill and plunged into q clumr
Of small trees. Members Of the com.
pdHueb OH kudTu uTew tnetT DayOnots
and cut down many saplings and weeds
and searched every foot OF the fold
near the Arlington Radio towers, bu,
their quarry had eluded them.
Guard Lines frightened.
The guard lines were extended from
the camp site to beyond the car tracki
and no soldiers or civilians were al.
lowed on the tracks. Newspapermer
were ordered off the tracks by Private
w. 3. Jones', although they exhibited
passes from General Harvey, and resi-
dents Of the settlement of Radio were
not allowed to go to their homes BY
| way Of the car tracks.
Radio residents We're forced to wall
to Hatfield. board cars and ride e
Radio. In no instance were they al
lowed to walk down the car track
Many women and children were forced
to walk through the camp grounds. q
roundabout way entailing about hall
mile of additional travel. because Of
an order to allow no one on the car
tracks except members Of the companies
on guard.