Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-24

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what with inspections. musters. rifle prac-
tice or the range and in the gallery and a
1 general court-martial. the week now closing
has been busy one. Naturally the more
prominent features of this diversified program
| nave Deem the annual inspections. These.
/ taken as whole cannot have been other.
| wise than gratifying to the friends of the
| guard. OF course, there were lots of blum
ders-they were to be looked for-but the
! errors were by no means as numerous as
many OF the more chartably disposed critics
were willing to imagine they would be.
Monday night Gen. Ordway and the men,
bers of his staff. commissioned and non-com-
1nissioned. answered to their names and we're
declared o. N. by Inspector General Gale
! since then the first second. third and
| nth battalions have undergone the searching
scrutiny of Ma or Gale and his aids. Giants.
richard A. o Bren and Charles H. Ourand
comparisons. which might be especially
odious IN the present instance, can safely be
ielt 70 the inspecting officers report. Each of
! 'he battalion commanders has done his best to
T., make things pleasant for visiting officers who
went around 10 see how the other fellows
were doing Major Fred Brackett of the
second Lad an appctiZirG lunch spread at his
| meade uarters when business i'll the drill hail
| came to an end and number of friends took
advantage of the opportunity to enjoy them
| selves. Tonight the ambulance company will
| be inspected. Next Tuesday the seventh bat
| tahon Will have its turn; Wednesday the
| light battalion will look its best and on Thurs
day the corps of field music will be on the
rack. When that point has been reached Major
Gale will be devoutly thankful
HOW ARE THESE FOR HIGH?
Gradually, but with unerrng precision. the
marksmen of the guard are Classifying them
selves. and in a little while it will not be diff
cult to name the men who will do the crack
shooting tor the present season In THE Sr,R
of Saturday last Maj. Pollard inspector GEN
eral OF rifle practice. published a request which
thereto tifty-two members Of the puard mt in
an appearance at the Washington Barracks
range. Next Wednesday there will be only
thirty present; or. if there should chance to be
a greater number on hand. only thirty will
shoot. Its case of the survival OF the fittest
In order that there may be no embarrassing
situations when the roll is called before the
next practice complete list of the thirty lead
ers Is given herewith. They are Mai. Pollard
Capt. Cash. Lieut. Graham. Capt Bell. Private
stewart Private Walter 5. Cash. Private Ed
wards, Capt. Ourand Capt. Buck Private
Hemingway. Staff Sergt Harries Lieut.. Alex
ander. Private Janezeck. Private FItzhugh.
Capt o Bren Col. Clay. Private Jones, Lient
Vale, Lieut.. Arnold. Private Hutterly. Can't.
Rawles. Corp. Weber. Private Clarke Private
Lie
EiSer. Sergt. Mitchell, Private Mcintosh and
Lieut.. Farrabec.
CLOSE TO THE BULL s-EYE.
The practice OH Wednesday was a good deal
ABOVE high average, and the responsible
oilcers are much pleased thereat Eighty per
cent Is not often beaten on a day when bright
suhl!Sht anu much gloom alternately combine
with WIND to distract the rifiemens aim. But
II was beaten by Capt Cash without much
tlAPn
crowded up quite close TO the iour-score points.
a fair amount of ''coac hing" was done, but
there viii be more of 1t from this time forth
as the number to be instructed becomes
smaller by degrees and beautifully less"
EVERYBODY WILL SHOOT.
General practice at the barracks range for
the entire brigade will commence next month.
The scores made will be recorded in connec-
ton with the scores heretofore made in the
gallery and from the combination will the
soldiers be graded. The schedule for next
month Is III the following general orders No IL ::
The following schedule for instruction in
rlhe and carblne firing and range practice will
be observed for the month of June: First bat
talon, Wednesday. June II; second battalion.
companies and b, Monday, June %: compa-
mes L ana ID, Tuesday, June "a; third battal-
ION, companies and b. Monday June l6: COM
panies { and ID. Thursday, June 10; fourth bat
tallOu, companies and c. Thursday June of.
companies Il and ID. Saturday, June %:
NTH battalion. companies A and u, Monday
June .; companies and c, Thursday, June
II; sixth battalion companies A and Il, Satur-
day, June IA; company {. Saturday, June Il;
seventh battalion, Tuesday. June II; eighth
battalion, Wednesday, June IS; first separate
company, Saturday. June 81
1.-The general staff and the field and staff Off
GERS and nOn-commissioned staff of regiments
Saturday, June Z. Practice will be at 200 and
300 yards"
MORE TROPHIES AND MEDALS
There will be no lack of trophies and medals
and badges for which the guard may compete
during this summer and fall. In addition to
those already mentioned in The STAR it can
now be stated that Gen. Ordway intends pre-
sentlnS bronze trophy to the battalion team
which can capture it. The teams will probably
be OF four men each, and the match will take
place early III October. Capt. Bell INSPECTOR
of rifle practice for the second regiment. is
gong to give medal. which is to be the prop
erty OF the man in the second regiment who
makes the biggest aggregate score during the
range practice. which is to be an important
feature OF this summer camp.
THE EVENING STAR MEDAL.
The EVENING STAR medal has been men.
toned previously. The following correspond.
eAce will, therefore, need no explanation:
The EVENING STAR.
WASHINGTON, DC, May Is. 1890.
den. Albert 0rdway, commanding National
Guard, DC.
Dear Sir: Believing that the National Guard
OF the District of Columbia is an organization
IN which all good citizens should be Interested
and desiring to testify to our appreciation of
its soldieriy qualities and admirable behavior
The EVENING STAR Newspaper Company has
decided to present to the guard token thereof
IN the form Of a gold medal to be contested
for IN competitive craftsmanship during the
present year, and which, when won, will re-
main the property of the winner
The competition for The STAR medal is in
tended to be an annual occurrence. and this
company will endeavor to present a medal
each year so long rs the guard cares to COM
pete for 1t. We suggest that the competition
Tor TINS badge be open to all officers and en-
listed men OF your command who have, up to
the date OF the match, qualified as marksmen
under such rules as may be adopted, and that
the contest take place early in October. In
order to keep the spirit of emulation alive in
the guard 1t is also respectfully suggested that
each winner of the prize so offered shall be re-
garded as ineligible in future contests
Trusting that this action on our part may
have the effect to lncite to increased efficiency
III craftsmanship, and at the same time be ac-
cepted as evidence of the high regard of this
company for the body OF men composing your
command,
We are. dear Sir, very truly yours.
lHE EvENING STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANY.
). ii. kAUFFMANN, President.
HEADQ RS DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MILITIA
WASHINGTON, ID. C., May 19, 1890.
5. ID. Kaufman, Esq, President of The EVEN