Evening star., 1917-10-28
Where Battles Were Fought.

Barely a mile from division head
quarters is The Crater. familiar to all
readers of the history OF the strug-
gie of 1s61-s5. Close by are Malvern
Hill. Fair Oaks. Seven Pines and City
Point. Most of the hard fighting be
fore Richmond" occurred right here.
20 that the officers and men of the
Soth Division OF the United States Ma
ffonal Army have an inspiration for
their training. Every time a detail.
with pick and shovel. is put to work
grading around barracks in connection
with the general policing Of the camp
some relic of the Cos is unearthed-a
belt buckle. perhaps: a lead bullet, a
canteen. and. in instances not very
rare, part of the skeleton of Union OF
4 Confederate soldier who was buried
where he fell.
Engaged in the training and in the
upbuilding of the division are many
Washingtonians, as we'll officers of
the Army so closely identified with the
War Department and District institu-
lions as to he considered Washington
ans. at least pro TEN. They are scat
tered far and wide throughout this
city of troons Unless assigned to
the same brigade. for instance. one
would be apt to meet a friend more
frequently II both we're residing in
Washington than they are apt to core
pendous undertaking everybody. es-
pecially the officers. is busy from
t:45 o'clock in the morning when a
large number of unfeeling persons
start blowing horns. officially designat-
ed bugles. until long after those same
unfeeling persons sound taps" at Ii
o'clock at night. There is little time
Tor visiting, and. even If there were. 1t
would not be simple matter to locate
the quarters of any particular indi-
vfdual in another part of the canton
ment.
Looming prominently among the gal
Axy of stars. and wearers of stars. is
Brig. Gen. Lloyd NJ. Brett. National
Army. commanding the 16oth Infantry
Brigade. Gen. Brett is second in rank
only to Mai Gen. Adelbert Cronkite
and assumes command of the division
whenever Gen. Cronkite is called to
washington or elsewhere on official
business. For nearly five years p"ior
20 1909 Gen. Brett was on duty with
the District of Columbia militia as
lieutenant colonel and adjutant gem
eral Prior to that he had been sta
toned at Fort Mysr as troop com
mander and SQUADRON commander of
the I'd United States Cavalry. He conf
manded the crack Troop of the I'd
Cavalry that gave wonderful exhiDi
fions in the riding hall at Fort Myer
and earned the right, year after year.
to represent the cavalry In the mill
fary tournaments at Madison Square
Garden, New York city.
Commanded Cavalry in Cuba.
Gen. Brett. then a captain. command
ed the only mounted troops and the
provost guard In Cuba during the
Santiago campaign He returned on
the transport with part of the 1st Dis
trict of Columbia Infantry. United
participated. with the National Guard
Of the District in the encampments
held at Leesburg. Va. so he was no
stranger to the guard when assigned
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Il as adtEtant general. When his tour
ended the high esteem in which he was
held by officers and men alike was
manifested by an unprecedented cere-
monial on the White Lot ellipse. in
cluding the presentation Of a chest of
silver. loving cups and other tangible
evidences of regard.
Gen. Brett holds the congressional med
d Of honor for bravery and valor in ac-
tlon against hostile Sioux Indians. Since
having Washington his service has in
c9uded the command of the LIST Cavalry
equadron at Fort Yellowstone and the
Park. and duty on the Mexican border
during the crisis in the summer of 1915
He was colonel commanding the 4tf
United States Cavalry at Schofeld bar
racks. Honolulu. Hawaii, when commits
a0ued brigadier general in the Nauona
army and assigned to Camp Lee. He s5il
wears his chest in 'front.' as he die
when In Washington, and is. and look:
eveFy inch a soldier.
Gen. Brett commands the 1s0th Infantr,
Brigade, made up OF the 319th and tht
e2oth Infantry regiments, and the 3l5ti
Machine Gun Battalion, comprising abou
e.0ed officers and men, the latter mostly
nom the Pittsburgh section of Pennsyl
yanfa- Incidentally. when this was be
ang written. the regiments of his brigade
were leading all the other organizat ton.
% the s0th Division In subscriptions tt
Ae&econd liberty loan, the figures of til,
41eth Infantry being s220.55o, and of tn,
3z0th Infantry. sl67 200. In addition