Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-20
enforce such precautions; simple remedies for


enforce such precautions; simple remedies for
ordinary ailments
Care Of wounded: Description of frst thing
necessary to be done in cases Of gunshot
wounds, fractures of bone, sunstroke, freezing,
cuts, bruises, burns and all ordinary accidents.
LECTURE 10, MAY 4.
Street riot duty: Relations of military TO civic
| authority; how to handle troops in streets; At
lacking and dispersing mobs in streets; attack
Of barricades; attack and defense of buildings.
LECTURE II, JANUARY II.
Rihe-practice: Position, aiming and sighting
drill; gallery practice; range practice; estimat-
ing distances; skirmish firing drill; competitive
matches; care Of rifle.
LECTURE II, MARCH Is.
Military law: How it differs from civil law;
relations Of military to civil authority; martial
law; power to declare and its effect; courts
martial.
now FOR FRESH START.
The year 1891 is not far away and with it will
commence rifle practice in the gallery. Every
man who has any soldierly pride about him
should start in to make the best record he
knows how. He will be more efficiently sup
ported than he was during the past season and
the number and nature OF the Inducements
which will be held out to him are all that could
reasonably be desired. But few Of the COM
panies are there that will not give medal to
him in their membership whose record for the
year is better than that of any of his company
comrades. and the supply of sharp shooters
and marksmen's badges will always be equal to
the demand.
General orders No. % say: The following
schedule for gallery practice will be observed
for the month of January, 1891:
First battalion-Company A. Friday, January
so; company b, Saturday, January "A; company
Z, Thursday. January ~; company ID, Satur-
day, January IL.
second battalion-C Company A, Thursday,
January 1; company B, Monday. January 8;
company c, Tuesday, January &; company D.,
Wednesday, january.
Third battalion-Company A, Friday, Janu-
airy 8; company b, Wednesday, January %;
company G, Wednesday, January Al; company
ID. Friday, January %.
Fourth battalion-Company A, Thursday,
January 8: company Il. Monday, January u;
company C, Tuesday, January Is; company d,
Wednesday, January ii.
airy Is; company B, Friday, January 16; COM
pany c, Tuesday. January 20; company d,
Monday, january 49,
Sixth battalion-C Company A. Saturday, Janu-
airy 81; company B, Thursday, January 80;
company c, Saturday, January 10.
Seventh battalion-CompanyA A, Friday, jan
uary 2. company B, Friday, January 2.
Eighth battalion--Company A, Monday, jan
uary 26; company B. Monday, January 26.
First separate company, Tuesday, January
81.
Tho general staff and the field and staff
officers and non-commissioned staff of regi-
ments. Saturday, January 8.
The field and staff officers and non-commis-
stoned staff of battalions, the evenings assigned
to company of their respective battalions.
Practice for the month of January will be at
200 and 800 yards; each man will fire one score
at eacL distance, and his scores will be re-
corded.
Companies will be reported at the rife GAL
lery promptly at O'Clock pm. on the dates
specified, in undress uniform, armed and
equipped. In case Of rain or snow they may be
marched to the gallery without arms.
THIS PERSONALLY INTERESTS COMPANY con-
MANDERs.
A good many officers are doing much dam
age to their regulations by the slackness they
have exhibited in the matter Of rifle practice
reports for the practice year which closed three
weeks ago. In general orders it was very
headquarters by November 80. but not more
than half the returns are in although this is
December 20. This too-numerous delinquency
has caused great deal of trouble at head
quarters. and has worried Maj. Pollard more
than all last seasons rifle practice did. The
major cannot complete his annual report until
every report is in nor can he until that time
make requisition for the sharpshOoters' crosses
and marhsmen's buttons which have been
earned during 1890. Only three out of the
eight battalion stats have forwarded their
papers. In the various battalions only one
the third-has as many az three companies who
did what was required of them, the other bat
taliOns-with the exception of the sixth-being
represented by only one or two companies
The sixth battalion has distinguished itself by
apparently ignoring the whole matter; that is,
SO far as the authorities at brigade head
uuarters know ANYTHING ab0ut IL
SOMEBODY'S ERROR.
While this matter Of records is up it may be
we'll to mention that some of the members of
the brigade team have had their certified
records made up from isolated and extraordi-
nary scores regardless Of what seems to the
authorities to be equity. Only such scores
will go on record as were made Immediately
after the range officer or team captain was
notified that the score was for record, or in
cases where the scores at all the ranges for that
day were intended to be official.
WAITING FOR AN AMENDMENT.
Gen. Ordway has forwarded to the Secretary
of War. for submittal to the President. num-
Der of recommendations for commissions,
most OF them promotions. Among them was
the recommendation that the commission of a
first lieutenant be issued to Gilbert Thompson.
This is not strictly in harmony with the gen.
erals ideas. but it is in perfect accord with the
law. Lieut. Thompson will rank as captain bv
order of the general, and by and by the law
relating to the engineer company will be 80
amended as to provide for captain and three
lieutenants. In the meantime the engineer
officers will rank just, as though there was no
legal fence around them, and the three lieu
tenants will wait patiently for the presidential
commissions
ANY KIND OF A MAN YOU WANT.
That engineer company is moving toward
success in a most gratifying manner. A lot of
enthusiasts have been enlisted and the ground
they cover-educationally speaking is wonder
full in its extent In the company ranks are
men skilled i'll field Notifications; pontoonier-
ing; building military bridges and roads;
geodstic. geographical and military surveying;
general civil engineering: Typographical and
mechanical drawing; photography; landscape
drawing; signaling by various methods;
biography; construction; steam engineering;
high explosives; printing; packing of loads on
animals, and iron molding and iron working to
say nothing of the first platoon, composed of
sharpshooters and marksmen.
The meeting of the engineer company on
last Monday night was the largest held thus far.
sixty-three members being present beside sew
eral officers of other organizations. Lieut.. F.
l.. Graham addressed the meeting on rifle prac-
tice. His lecture was very Interesting and
abounded in personal "reminiscences and anec-
dote. In his discussion he clearly proved that
a soldier must be good rifle shot whether he
be well drilled or not, and cited a case, which
had come under his own personal knowledge.
where thirteen good rifemen had successfully
held their ground against 200 Sioux Indians.
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