The Washington herald., 1922-06-04
MARINES TOSTACE
GETTYSBURG FIGHT
ON BATTLE-GROUND
5000 Start March From
Quantico to Historic
Site on June II.

Site on June II.
QUANTICO. Va. June 3.-Critical
phases of the battle of Gettysburg,
the turning point of the civil war,
will be duplicated in the annual
field exercises of the Marine Corps
expeditionary force, which will be
held beginning June 10 this year.
The celebrated charge of Pickett's
division on the third day Of the
battle will be shown in detail by
the Marines. who will charge over
the ground made famous in history.
on July 3, anniversary of the date
of the third days battle. On the
following day. July 4. the Marines
will stage a demonstration. show
ing how a modern attack would be
delivered with modern artillery,
airplanes and tanks against Ceme-
terry Ridge and Little Round Top.
the points which were attacked in
the celebrated civil war action.
More than 5000 Marines. includ-
ing infantry, artillery. airplanes
and tanks, will take part in the
Marine annual field exercise The
force will consist of the Marine
Corps East Coast expeditonarS
force from Quantico, REINFORCED by
Marine detachments from other sta
tions. and the whole will be COM
manded by Brig. Gen. Smedley D.
Butler, commanding general Of the
expeditionary force. The exercises
will include a journey under field
conditions from Quantico to Gettys-
burg with parades and reviews IN
Washington and other cities along
the route. 1t will also include
-about ten days battle practice and
maneuvers in the Gettysburg area.
In ID. c. June 10.
The Marine detachment will be
accompanied by observers from the
army and navy and IL Is possible
that a number of the foreign at
taches will also make the trip.
An interesting feature OF the exer-
cises Is that arrangements have
been so worked out that the cost
to the government will be no
greater than the cost of maintain
ing the Marines in barracks. ex-
cept for a small charge for gasoline
consumed and the deterioration OF
the trucks and tractors used.
The force participating in the
field exercises will be assembled at
ouantico. The artillery will leave
that post on June IT. camping at
Camp Humphreys and reaching
Washington on the 18th. when they
will camp at the Virginia end of
the Fourteenth street bridge. The
Ouantico on barges before daylight
June 10 and will reach Washington
early in the morning of that day.
They will camp in Potomac Park.
where II Is expected that their
camp will be erected and in op-
Grafton by noon. In the afternoon
they will be Joined bv the artillery
and will parade in Washington.
Plan Of March Given.
On June 20 the Marines will
break camp early in the morning
and will march from Potomac Park,
via Seventeenth street TO Pennsyl-
vania avenue, then to Wisconsin
avenue and out the Rockville pike
to Rockville. Nd. distance of
seventeen miles. where they will
camp for the night.
On June 21 the force will march
via the Fredericksburg road from
Rockville to Gaithersburg, a dis
tance of about FIVE miles. AT
Gaithersburg a halt will be made
over June 21 and %. when exer-
cises will be held and the Marines
will be given an opportunity to
rest and repair machinery for the
concluding days journeys.
On June % the march will be
continued from Gaithersburg to
Ridgeville. about fifteen miles. June
"a the march will be on the Fred
erick road, from Ridgeville to
Frederick, about sixteen miles.
June 25 the distance from Fred
erick to Thurmont. about seventeen
miles. will be covered on the En-
mittsburg pike and on June rs the
same road will be followed over the
final nineteen miles to the Gettys-
burg battlehelds.
NotabIes to Attend.
At Gettysburg maneuvers will
be carried on continuously and
celebrations and exercises held. On
July 1 Senator George Wharton
| Pepper, of Pennsylvania. VIII DE-
liver an address to the Marines.
| and on Sunday, July 2, the Bishop
of Harrisburg will preside at a
special service. Gov. Sproul. OF
Pennsylvania. and other notables
of the national and State govern
ments have been invited to be
present and the exercises will con-
clude with a grand parade and re-
view about July 5. On July s the
camp will be broken and the re-
turn journey commenced. Alto
gether 1t is expected that the force
will be. occupied in the field ex-
ercises for a period of more than
three weeks. during which time
more than 200 miles will be COW
cred on the march.
| The present exercises are in ac-
cordanoe with the annual custom of