Evening star., 1894-12-15

in the fifth battalion are to be heard about
the Center Market Armory. The resgna-
ton of Capt. Fabian Columbus of company
B is expected in the near future. That
Capt Simmons Of company A will soon ap-
ply for sick leave is looked upon as GER.
tainty, and IL First Lieut.. Knockey of
the same company should also ask for
leave but few would be surprised. In case
the foregoing came to pass First Lieut.
Swigart at present detailed on special duty
at headquarters, will be placed in COM
mand of company A, with instruc tions to
build up the organization, which Is re-
ported to be on the ebb.
Capt. Edwards Writes a Letter.
First Sergt Logan Prosise, jr., Of COM
pany A, second battalion, charter men,
Der of that organization and for the past
FIVE years it's first sergeant recently ap-
peared before the brigade board of examin-
alton and failed to pass. In requesting
that Sergt. Prosise be again ordered to ap-
pear for examination Capt. Edwards makes
several interesting remarks. Many Of
ficers may be able to recite' drill regula-
tons" writes Capt. Edwards, land yet be
incompetent and unable to drill COM
pany or make efficient officers. In view or
the fact that many Irrelevant, extraneous
and irregular questions are asked candl-
dates, L have the honor to request that the
main rart of the examinations be written,
and thus give the candidate chance to
appeal from the markings and have the
papers re-examned and graded by other
officers"
Ownership of n Medal In Question.
The monthly individual competitive drill
| open to members of company A, second bat
| TALON, for a gold medal, will occur on
| Thursday evening next in the Center Mar
ket Armory drill hall. The medal must be
hafn i'm ha no
sonal property of any member. 1t has been
won wtice by Private Wigginton and twice
! by Sergt Smith. The coming contest is
expected to decide the ownership OF the
prize.
| The New York and Pennsylvania
Guard Compared.
| An interesting comparison between the
| National Guard of Pennsylvania and that
of New York is published in the Army and
| Navy Journal 1t is written from a New
York standpoint. AS the result of the in
| structlon received by the guard of the two
| states 1t is deduced that in Pennsylvania
| about twenty men in each organization
| learn to make and break camp. That the
army ration is issued to the companies and
| that a good many hire cooks instead of
| cooking II themselves, SO that there is no
| uniformity of instruction. That outsiders
| can have a meal at the expense OF the
| state, and to the deprivation of the SOL
| der who, as consequence, has to do with
| a smaller amount of food than Is given to
| him by law. That about nine thousand
| men are put in camp where there Is room
| to drill about one-quarter of them. That a
large majority Of the company officers and
! on-com nissioned officers are grossly ig-
| norant OF their duties and careless of all
| the attributes that make good officer.
That a considerable percentage of the men
| are dirty unkempt and poorly disciplined.
| That military courtesy Is an almost un-
| known quantity. That out of six colonels
| and numerous field officers in camp, not
| one knew his tactics thoroughly. That a
| lot Of useless parading and reviewing takes
| place on the slightest provocation, thus
| taking valuable time from other necessary
duty. That there is no corps of inStruc-