Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-17


the military men ef the country wculd Ia. 10
sce. but What they would la. aud ~h.s this
Congress Will permit may, unfortunstely. pro.s
90 lie two very diferent things An Important
move toward such desirable camp az lnstr,le-
ton was made on TUESDAY, When scn.scr
Mi,shsl in'.esn.cd ths ic.lo~ing sin. no.
published 10 fni ~ ne nr@ tsmet
BID <nsc1s~i b. tie - Ase ~k& Hoass 81
Reprcscn tssise~ 90 I'M uass Il, ". a Amer
ics IN Congre-s s.~nhied. Thst the President
be and he 10 hereby authorized ~ establish Q
temporary camp for mihtAr, instruetion % he
army and % the militia q tho -eseral stats. a
or near the city of Chicago. III durins ne
month 81 August. isaS.
Sec. 2. That the President Il authorized 20
sccept rs volunteers IN The service % he
United States. for military instruction IN n.
camp To be established under tae provision. a
this act. not exceeding 30 600 velantaers fot
the perod Of fifteen days daring ne month a
August, 1888; Provided. however That no IN
di'idnai volunteers shall be accepted. but that
all volunteers must be offered ~ ofgAniz.tisn.
OF the regularly commissioned ard enlisted
armed aad equipped. volunteer militia % the
several state-. aud that no such crgautxat,oa
shall be accepted unless NJ loss; Su.,-haf of tss
Z regularly Commissioned and enli.,ed nuunhsr
shall volunteer: Aud provided further. That
no organization Of volunteer militia not an e.
istenee at the time q the passage Of tins sct,
and no member Of any organization Who shAn
not have had at least three months military
IielfACAioD ana trh4nlnE rflNr IN A l.Inf. lsIH
shall be accepted volunteer
Sec. 5. That Immediately ON the pns.ar. ~
this act the President shall comuaunlcnte 70.
provisions Co the governors % the seVer.l
states and request them 20 info.m him before
/ the first dav % MAY of the number ~ o.sar...-
tions and number Of men 90 the volunteer
militia of their respective states that viii Val-
unteer for service under the provisions % this
act. and II the number reported shall eaosed
fifty thousand the President shall spportion the
D 4.
NAV deem proper. The number of volunteers
60 be accepted having been thus determined ne
l'resiaent shall thereupon direct the Sccrctar.
cf War 20 make the necessary tirovision for
establishing shc ra-i. % instruction herein pro-
vided for and for carrying Out he provisions %
this act.
Sec. 4. That the Secretary % Wa shall pro-
cure by rental or accept the free Use IL such
lAnds at near the city Of Chicago. IN a.
may be noccssary FOR the purucses Il tlle camp
OF instruction herein provided for. ana mnke
I provisions thereon for water supply and drain
4 age and such temporary improvements a. nav
/ be necessary.
Sec. 5. That the volunteers accepted under
the provisions o. this act shall be mustered into
! the service of the United States al appoipt.a
rendezvous in their respective states for a pe-
| Rod OF fifteen DAYS rhali be transported 20
the camp Of instruction and back o. their an
pointed rendezvous aud furnished with sub
slstence stores and medical supplies daring
tlt W et.Nict. nut shall not lie mid
/ by the United States for their services In.
/ transportation of such trOUps Of the army A.
may be ordered 60 IA, camp Of instracs ioa
shall be PAID oat OF the money Eppro priAted by
this act.
| Sec. G. That the methods O, mastering nm
transporting and furnishing supplies 10 IN. VOL
un.eers under this act shall be n.sitailAtea =.
closely ~ possible 10 tls methods that would
be followed in Of mobiiizing- stute troo,.s
oaiiea INTO The service oi the United States,
and the Secretary Of War shall detail such off-
cers 81 the army as ma he necessary 20 carry
out these purposes aad also for the purposes %
/ instruction.
Sec. Z. That the President shall de-isna,. .
general oincer Of the army TO command tho
camp q! instr lctioa TO be established under the
] provisions Of this act.
Sec. 5. That in addition 10 The volunteer. 20
} be placed IN the camp Of instruct on 20 he g.
I tablished under the provisions Of this act ID.
President shall ord into said camp for such
length OF lime a. he NAV deem proper. such
number of uouis of the army ~ can be
modified for that PURPOSE.
| Sec That one million five hundred thou
sand dollars L. hereby appropriated out Of any
money ~ the treasury not othcr1i-e appro-
propriated, Tor the purpose Of carrying out the
| proHi-lons OF this acts aud that all eapcndi-
lures Of said appropriation shall bo r,ade under
| the direction Of the Secretary Of War subIect
TO the control and approval Of the President.
should this measure BECOME law here would
be an opportunity for about one fun battalion
10 gather M a large quantity of Interesting and
valuable experience. 1, cannot be long before
/ this government; wall see the wisdom of tnobtl-
izlng the army and the National Guard Of tho
country a. least once every three ysars. Euro
( pean nations found cut Long ago that mobiiza-
nous such ~ are proposed by tins ban we're
paying Investments.
TROOPERS AFrER MEDALS.
There was lively rife competition in the gal
lery lasi Monday night when the members q
troop fired ten shots each AZ 80 yard. for
two silver medals presented BY Capt H. :. bar
bour. The winner Of the first medal va.
trooper & L. Beatty with score of 90.
! trooper H. NJ. Sofners was second With 50
III had been previously announced that the
winner Of the fret medal IA 1uld represent the
troopin the brigade contest which l. 10 tAk place
next Friday night. 80 Private Beatty captured
Two honors AT one s~oop Three Of the good
shots of the command Corp. J. J. Flshcr aud
| Privates }. II. Hewlett aud y. A. Thaee who an
| practice made 81. 81 aud 3 respectively -wsrs
! excluded from the competition because they
were nos presen; al roll call The lowest score
made IN the match that Of Private J. II.
! Lewis, which. when placed on the score card
looked like this:
0O0 900 900 SIS
COMING 10 THE INAUGURATION.
"The companies Of the seventh" says the
/
great unaaimi;y (5efore election In favor of
attending Inauguration only company hsv-
/ ing cast its vote against the proposition. n h
announced that will 60 Ii 10 amusing 10
contrast with tins vote the solemn o.ths Of eli
who went to Washington four years ago that
never no, never. under any circums tAnces,
would they be beguiied into taking such trip
again. But the hundreds OF men who have
since Joined the regiment know nothing %
the discomforts Of that trip, and time, the
great healer. has soothcd the injured feelings
of those who did experience those di-com-
forts. Our committees have learned by ea-
perionce how such a trip should be managed,
and possibly we will enjoy Ourselves this tina
The committee OF the board Of officrrs which
! has been in Washington the last wesk looking
over the ground and seeing what could be done
received from Brig. Gen. Albert ordwsy, COM
mander of the National Guard Of the District
| of Columbia an offer Of the armory of one of
the organizations of the brigade. and this VITA
out expense TO the regiment
TIE CHRISTMAS MATCH.
That great turkey shoot comes of next Frt-
day night in the gallery. Each company in the
brigade is expected to have . representative on
hand not one minute later than so'clock- Nhen
the big match IL over there will be . competi-
ton open TO inspectors Of rifle practice only,
and then there IL 20 be lots Of shooting at live
birds by those who will pool 30 purchase the