Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-20

| Ami OfrICEhs WATCH The BOYS CLOSELH-PRO-
GRAM FOR GALLERY PRACTICE THIS wEEK-THE
| CAVALRY TROOP sHooTING-BASNERs. MEDALS
AND APPLAUsE-vETERANs IN THE LEAD.
There have been occasions when the Dis
| trict National Guard turned ont in
greater force than it did at the patent centen-
NAL review, but in general way the brigade
showed up to better effect than on any pre-
! vious ceremony. Marching remarkably
good. and some Of the wheels were mathemat-
ically precise. But there were numerous little
things that were far from right. and it is the
little things that affect the public mind. Per-
haps the most important and most marked
breach of discipline common to the local SOL
dlery Is lax behavior in the ranks. There Is
none of this while the commands on the
march. but there is a great deal of it just as
! soon as a halt is ordered. A good many men
| do not seem to understand that the command
"ln place-rest' simply permits them to as
sumo an easy posture without changing the
formation OF their company; 1t conveys no Ii
cense to indulge In loud conversation; it does
not authorize the lighting and smoking of
cigarettes. nor does 1t mean that a man who
has a canteen full of whisky shall wander
around for the purpose of treating the bibu-
lousy inclined to free drinks of cheap iquour
ARMY OFFICERS CRITICISMS.
| There are many military critics in Washing
| ton-army oficers-men qualified to express
| opinions as to what constitutes soldierly be-
havior and wha. stamps company as low
| grade. Most of these army officers fee! kindly
| toward the National Guard and several of them
have talked quite freely of the sins of omission
| and commission they observed in an hour or
| two of casual inspection on the 10th instant.
! They were especially severe upon the. to them
| unknown. officers who permitted their men to
smoke in the ranks This they noticed while
! the brigade was on 18th street, after the
view, waiting for orders to move out on the
street parade. So far as their observation went
| there smoking in only two companies in
the brigade, but in one of these companies not
| less than a dozen men-some of them wearing
chevrons-were engaged in beclouding the at
mosphere and in belittling themselves SOL
diers. Gen. Ordways comment when this be-
haviOr was made known to him was incsive.
| The officer who allows such conduct in his
company" said he. lis unit to hold a commits
| SION
PERIPATErIc SALOON.
One member of the second battalion was a
peripatetic saloon. He probably thought the
idea of a whisky-laden canteen and a rubber
tube quite bright. but there was no excuse
| for such conduct that afternoon. The weather
was neither hot nor cold and no reasonable
! being could argue for moment that stimulants
| were demanded by tired nature. The review
called for a minimum of physical exertion and
the men who left their places in the ranks to
suck the intoxicant from the concealed can
| cusa tba,- ,bo,0b, s,,cb oon,,,c, - ., 80
..If hoys viii 1nats fooIs Of ,h.'nSoI,,as >, 70
marked an old private who the proceed
ings referred to. why won't they wait until
| WHO'LL br;oade from disgracef,,I con,nant
Why?
| CREASED oVERcoArs-
| Another matter to which attention should be
4 tal Ia he -
/ ma,,s ovsrooats Tho orsa, r,.ior;+,, of oo.,s
- y. ''1
worn AZ .ne is'ieN Wei oa! creased anu
| 49,; orars Ri 10, NJ, IL, 49, =;
proper manner. 1t is lust as easy to fold an
Overcoat properly or to hang it I'D Alright as it
is TO throw IT carelessly INTO locker. A
creased CARMEN may seem 70 De sInaI matter.
Dnt II Is large enough 10 spoii the appearance
OF the nnest soldier that ever shonidered arms
ana WINE oVerco@.s are peihS discussed why
was IL 'nat SO man! onlcers appeared "ithout
enem' TOT inc SaAe vi al uhien' IL may DC ao-
inn ii'eu 'nas az oie ' =. an T uoes no,
iooh as pref! as one WHOSE piouse Is exposed
70 tne Pupiic gaze pu' VIVA. has 'la' 70 GO Win
tne case Sneh the oroer Is ISSUED 10 wear over
coalr; mn! shoula an Tincer--Wno 10 COM
ni una. Occurrence rom o'heis mus hrst MN
sell De oDedient.paraae himseh as disre-
garden OF general orders'
THE HIGH SCHOOL CADETS
| About the only criticism passed on the High
School Cadets had reference IN tbe;, bebav;or
- 1, 10, -'i
Tr s sS . Mo ;1 i in aion' VI lhe niggs
DaiA Lor 'ne pfis sI nne oSiorm' Iher
soiuieIE pedliis "niic On 'he ni .i! was I'M
exc Iui .nes EainaSeo tneir reputa.
Ion G9nsiaera! " !e th Tut ane names OF
n.,'air.a5 va ~ III . nappeneu W oe
| acquain,eu anu VIM "eie III eoniahus that
MAJ @neu Pas' e i,on' 10 .aAe up posi-
e.ou VI eouis az t w meIe not suAt!
VI "a 'nis unse &c oena.loI. uut enough OF
mem raseu .nes VICES 70 CAST zen Porary us
creuiI upon .lie niies' cohilnanu Vi Young men
ever sH .hf On anu apPiauueo ny 'ne inhaDit
ants Vi 'nis vi any o'ner CITY
THAT CAVALRY TROOP.
The blue and yellow boys--the first separate
| comnanv-vere bonored on the nth ;ns,an, ~,
a. -. :. - -. -. 60 y
$500 t.o go nc. aises Pta.E.ce oi zen.
EusS,aI 60 III" Ti 'ne siA'h
.t'a, 70. .o. ne eiah warrior
-. gu we ooiili a. VIII eooo oeai oi IN
teresl anu was nos, eonipllhentary IN MS re-
mar MS IL is uhuoup'saiy true that the cavalry
| any otber comnanv in tba hr;oado -
there is too much iaxity in the ride gallery. but
the troopers are not among those who behave
IN even a sh8htiy unsoldleriy manner Not
~ , - sAu ad ~ response 20 WORDS
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