Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-25


tional salutes and Gatling gun practice. and
! for this purpose 5000 rounds of shell car
! tridges. 1000 pounds of blanks and 500 pounds
of powder will be used.
The meals will DO served at, the hotel and at
dinner as well as on all state occasions, the
battery will appear in full dress uniform. and
In addition to the regulation uniforms issued
by Uncle Sam the. members will provide them
selves with white trousers and white cap COW
ers. Campaign hats will be issued IN time for
camp and the white helmets will also probably
be carried along. New harness has been or
dered and the order made special and they
will probably be issued in time for camp.
WHAT THEY WILL HAVE TO ENCOUNTER.
The steamer Columbia makes two trips daily to
Baltimore and brings the monumental city's
beauties, whose summer dresses mingling with
the battery sunforms Will mai Ike scene of beauty
not soon to be forgotten. Washington's pretty
girls viii also be there in regiments, and the
Battery Red Cross Association composed of
twenty of the prettiest girls in Washington,
will take a suite OF rooms at the hotel and keep
an eye-or. rather, several eyes-on the bows.
There has been only one veil of sorrow cast
over the battery's brilliant history and that
was IN the demise of one of the best and hardest
working members, Jackson Howard Humphrey.
Inc battery turned out to a man at his funeral.
and as mark of respect to the deceased his
locker was enveloped in mourning and the
gnidon displayed in mourning for period of
thirty days. floral tribute in the shape of
the crossed cannon, with "A ID. c." composed
OF lmmortelles, was placed on his last resting
place. and on decoration day committee was
delegated TO again decorate mis- grave.
QUICK WORK WITH GUNS.
The battery has cause to point with pride to
the record for rapidity and accuracy which it
has established in loading and firing, this being
for loading and firing two Napoleon guns. one
shot every eight seconds and for Gatlirg guns
400 rounds per minute. which would be cal
culated to dampen the ardor of an ordinarily
constructed mob should they see lit to engage
IN a scrap with the battery boys. Rapid time
has not been confined alone TO loading and
firing. as the men have been drilled to take the
place of horses in case of a sudden call to arms.
when the time lost in obtaining suitable ami
mails would count against them in n great meas
ure. In order to test the rapidly with which
the guns could be limbered, be brought down q
flight of stairs skids. be hauled by hand
to the White lot and the first shot
fired Lieut.. Robbins had the assembly
sounded ten minutes earlier on a rainy drill
night The men quickly sprung into liue, and
at the command forward the first piece went
rafting down the steps, quickly followed by the
second. then at a trot over the cobble stones of
car tracks until the White lot reached. when
the command Action rear" being given.
quickly followed by commence firing" a
blaze and report from the first gun occurred at
exactly ten minutes from the time the assembly
was sounded in the armory.
A system of riot alarm is being prepared for
use ON the ire bells, and as soon as completed
ii will only be necessary upon spying a mob to
run to the nearest fire alarm box and
press the button. The battery does the rest.
TO ENTERTAIN THE ENGINEER CORPS.
On the 3lst of this month the engineer corps
of the guard will assemble at their headauar-
tiers, 18th street and Pennsylvania avenue, and
march 10 the Baltimore and Ohio depot.
whence they will proceed by rail to Bay Ridge
For that day they are the guests of battery
"A" Prof. Gilbert Thompson. chief geo
grapher, Appalachian division, United States
geological survey, will be the commanding
officer of the corps. Lieut.. Frank ". Holt
examiner. L. S. patent Office, is the corps adju-
tant. Lieut.. +. L. Graham of Uncle Jerry
Rusk's new weather bureau is in command OF
rifle platoon A. Lieut.. III. G. Forsberg of the
well-known firm of Forsberg L Murray COM
mands construction platoon u. Lieut.. +. l..
Ayerell of the supervising architects Office
Treasury Department is commanding officer of
survey platoon &. Sergt- Mai. Deyine of the
mint division, L. S. Treasury Department and
Quar-. Sergt. Westcott of the pension Office
constitute the non-commissioned staff. L. b.
MacEntyre, q. NJ department is first sergeant
platoon \. WorthingtOn Ireland Of the Wash
ington Law Reporter ID first sergeant. platoon
b. The first sergeant of platoon C is George
q. Dennison OF the bureau of education
Sergts. Edwards. Hutterly. Fry, Darnall, Babb.
Corporals Erbach, Blazer and Alberto, Privates
Gowans, Alger. Elwel, La Porte, Bounds,
Stambaugh. Hecox, Hill. Ashley, Brady. Clark,
Esty. narrower. Lichty, Foley, Davidson.
kearney, Cassell. Stewart. Shaw, Steward,
Simms, Berger, Chandler, Dickey, Freeman,
Cough, Jonas, Harrington, Reed and possibly
few others will compose the CORDS on that
day. The first platoon will probably engage
in target practice. Platoon will engage in
Photograph and flag signaling. while the mem
bers of the engineering platoon will do some
and-eat- The engineers say hard work is
conducive to immense appetites SO the cannon
soldiers will have to see that their eommissary
department is well supplied.