Evening star., 1922-06-22
FREDERICK URGES
MARINES TO STOP
Citizens Hope Expeditionary
Forces Can Remain Over
Sunday for Celebration.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch TO i he star.
CAMP RICHARDS, Marine Corps Ex-
peditionary Force, Somewhere Near
Gaithersburg Md. June 22.-Fighttng
their way through Maryland. re-enact-
ing the skirmishes incident to the battle
of Gettysburg, the United States Marine
Corps east coast eNpeditiohGry force IL
reEgthening itself in the hearts OF
Mary .ande,s The force Is the Big at.
traction wherever 1t goes. and many OF
tnose who fought over the same grounds
during the civi, war WRIT the boys In
their camps and compare the changes OF
today and those Of the sixties.
Appeal by Frederick.
There is Il great demand from the
Marylanders for the marines TO iinger
wherever they stop. but they nave 10
keep up schedule in order 10 reach
Gettysburg in time for re-enacting the
Frederick citizens are going to try to
keep them a few hours beyond their
schedule.
They are almost going to demand
it. and already they are pleading with
Brig. Gen. Smedley u. Butler. com
manding the force, to stay In Fred
erick over Sunday so that the ciu-
zens can entertain them at a big
Maryland day celebration. Already
the citizens have sent plea to the
governor to use his influence to nave
the force remain in Frederick, and
they have asked him TO come to his
home town for the celebration wnlch
they are planning.
Two skirmishes which preceded the
battle of Getty ysburg are being re-en-
acted today by the marines. and they
are following somewhat the move
mentS OF the Union Army at that
time. for the modern strategists say
n h "
the Union armies were handled in this
section at that time, although they
have modern equipment far in ad-
vance of that which the civil war
forces had.
War Scenes Re-Enncted.
There was hustle about the camp
at daybreak today. and while the
farmers were getting ready to go out
in the fields the marines could be OBJ
served taking their stations prepara-
tory TO the skirmish in which Stuart's
cavalry participated in during the
civil war. Stuart crossed the Potomac
with his force just above Washing
ton and came out on the road at
Gaithersburg on the territory in
which the marines now are operating.
There the union forces established a
contact and forced him t6 abandon a
wagon train which he captured. Only
the wagons of the sixties are replaced
in today's operations by the modern
motor equipment.
Having settled with little contact
to their satisfaction, the force launched
into movement to establish a contact
with force representing the army of
Early. en- route to Washington. and
they followed the plan of the union
forces then. of keeping on contact
with Early. but not engaging the
force in any decisive action.
The skirmishes lasted well into the
afternoon, when the marines went
back into camp. which is on Seneca
run, about two miles west of Gathers
burg. Tomorrow morning at daybreak
camp will be broken and a fifteen
mile march made. to point south of
Ridgeville. where camp will be made
for the night. Then on to Frederick.
where the citizens hope to keep them
over Sunday, although the schedule
provides for marching to the next
camp on that day.