Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26

the troop have been infrequent and irregu-
lar. or that the attendance at the drills
mas been Tar from what il should be- or that
the majority of the troopers are recruits
VINO have received little or no Instruction
In their duties. 1t is to be regretted that
with such good material to work upon. so
little should have been accomplished
1t should be remembered that to make
the excellent showing the troop is capable
or requires earnest efforts both on the mart
or officers and men during the whole wear
ana that a credita BILE appearance cannot be
expected otherwise. One sergeant failed TO
order sword" Immediately after answering
TO his name. Sixteen men had back sings
OF belts out Of place Two coats We're either
torn or moth eaten. A number of eagles
on helmets were very dirty. One man re-
ported for muster after the ceremony had
Second Separate COMPANY.
Second separate company (cycle COM
pany). General appearance. excellent; mill
tary bearing, very good; steadiness good
This company, although few in numbers,
presented very creditable appearance.
The stacking of wheels was a little slow,
caused, probably, by the fact that the ma
chimes are of different makes The men
were somewhat unsteady, moving their
hands and heads and watching the move
ments of people in the hail. necessitating
the captain TO caution them to keep hands
down. The men require instruction in the
manual of the carbine. Four men stood
win their heels unnecessarily apart and
one man threw himself completely out of
Position by not having his heels on the
same line The captain was chewing or
going through the motions of chewing dur
ing inspection of the company The s'gui-
con instead Of being carried for inspec-
tion was allowed to remain attached to a
cycle" at the side Of the room CThe cy-
cies, being private property, were not in
spected) The sergeant. who carries the
suldon when mounted. had no carbine or
other arm during inspection. -Four men
wore dirty gauntlets. Eight men failed 10
port arms" after lowering hammer. One
man opened chamber with first finger in
stead OF thumb. One man lowered ham
mer before closing chamber One man
dropped right hand to side before piece was
taken from him by inspector. One man
failed to steady piece with left hand In
mer down, piece at the order" Five men
did not execute port arms" from right
shoulder correctly at muster. One man
had considerable trouble in executing sizing
carbine.''
Following the muster the captain was re-
quested to maneuver his company mounted
During the mounted drill the captain re-
NAMED dismounted, and the guidon was
not permitted to take part. Some OF the
men mounted cycles from the step and some
from the pedal When the company was in
platoon formation they suddenly halted,
dfsmounted and ran forward a few yards,
still preserving the column of platoons for
nation. and began firing. The front rank
remained standing. and IL the rear rank
men had been supplied with ball cartridges
there would have been no front rank left
| to support them.
Corps of Field Music.
Corps OF field music.-General appear.
ance, military bearing and steadiness, very
good. One corporal had no chevrons on
coat -Four men had coats partly unbut.
toned. One coat was either torn or moth.
eaten. Two coats were very dusty. There
was no regularity in hanging of forage
caps; some on the right hips and some on
the left; some hung from belt and some
] from coat buttons in middle of back, and
others hung from a hook pinned into upper
part OF coat tails. A few of the men had
no caps. Only one man had the Tyre on
shield OF helmet. During muster the men
were somewhat unsteady. Following the
muster the principal musician was re.
Quested to have the corps play a few selec.
| tions, which they did very creditably. The
serenade was somewhat marred however
by one Of the trumpeters leaving out a note
In blowing taps"