Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-08

| to having qualified military organization
| in this city that can be relied upon to meet
and successfully cope with any emergency
hesilzing that unless attendance at drills
ana parades was made compulsory the pur-
lose of the act would be a dismal failure.
congress inserted section 40, which makes
absence from drills or parades a military
Gnense and prescribes punishment, name
iy, conhnement during the time for which
such drill or parade has been ordered
The men Of the battalion know that IL
they have any reasonable excuse they will
| be excused by their company commander.
The surgeon is on duty every Grill night to
determine whether those who claim to be
too sick to drill shall be placed i'm the hos
pitai or the drill squad. or whether they
shall be allowed to witness the drills as nom
pc PARTICIPANTS. Every man who attends
night school or works at night must attend
at least one drill each month
Il have squads already organized, under
command of trusted non-commissioned off,
GERS, who have noted those who were alb
sent last night, and On next Friday night /
intend to commence ordering arrests as
am OF the opinion that am fully empower
60, under section ~, to do so. claim that
when the drill hour arrives on a set drill
night, all those who do not report for duty
are guilty OF a military offense and are
amenabie to the law. 1 shall particularly
watch the theaters and expect some rather
startling encounters. 1 assume all the re-
sponslbility, for l am determined to make
the members of the fifth battalion attend
of the guard. My battalion is not a uniform
ed social club. ' have attended every drill
SINCE 1883, and expect the men under me to
be equally as constant
we VIII continue the study of guard duty
curing the winter, as well as the study az
the school OF the Germany, the battalion
ana the regiment, in both close and ex-
tended order. We shall have a short lee
lure on law at each officers school. be-
cause L want each officer 10 know lust how
Iar DIS authority extends when in service
without connicting with the civil author
tues The surgeon will devote fifteen min
utes to 'hasty surgery and in order thai
eacn company commander may have a
UNIFORM method of instructing his men
now to shoot the battalion inspector of
riEe practice will discourse on windage
elevation, aiming. sighting, etc 1 will tell
service"
orders for Drill and Instruction.
MAJ. Suess has issued orders as follows:
Beg'nning September j, and continuing
untli further orders, the following routine
OF duty will be observed in this battalion:
Inc omcers, non-commissioned staff and
candidate non-commssioned officers will
assemble for theoretical instructions on
the hrst and third Mondays of each month.
at 8 O'Clock pm. sharp, in company AS
room. The senior officer present at the
time will call the meeting to order. and
VIII note all officers absent or tardy. Other
commissioned officers will he nermittad
10 be present but will have no voice
The first and third Fridays of each
monih Will be devoted to battalion drills
Inc second and fourth Fridays will be de-
voted exclusively to company drills unless
otherwise ordered. The assembly of the
pattahon on the first Friday of each month
VIII be IN full dress uniform, and a hat
.anon parade will precede the drill A
guard consisting of an officer of the day.
Two onice-s of the guard, one sergeant
three corporals and twelve privates three
from eaen company will be mounted on
drill call bieeeoine
Until January 1. 1895, the guard will he
instructed in its duties between reyeiIIe
ana retreat. First sergeants will make
the regular detail of men for each guard
without further instructions. seIect,pS as
near as possible, these men that have had
no experience In such duty. The officers
anu non-commissioned officers will be reg
quarters. N Ne"u-
Company commanders will be called
tEon TO drill the battalion and the lieuren
a a,, VIII be required to drill companies;
every omcer viii, therefore, be ready TO
meet the requirements expected of him
Inc service calls for drill NIGHTS now i'm
force will be observed.
v,,n livery officer and soldier in this battalion
viii De required to attend all drills, with
sucn exceptions and notifications as are
contained In the letter of the 18th instant
10 the company commanders.
section ~ Of the organic act Is con-
strued by these headquarters to make At
tendance at drills mandatory, clearly au- |
tnorizing the arrest of all those guilty of a
military onense, specifying, among her
tnings' absence from drills Such action
VIII be taken in the case of all those who
are not regularly excused
AT all battalion drills the friends Of the
ent." " P
Notes.
The famous Sealy Rifles of Galveston.
Texas, have gone to pieces. The Sealys |
held the championship of the United States |
a Few years ago. and took third place at the |
Little Rock drill. 1t seems that soon after
Its return home from Little Rock the |
company was ordered into camp with the |
National Guard of Texas 1t sent hut a |
squad of man, which resulted in the muster
out or the organization by the adjutant Een-
eral OF the state. 1t is thought that the cad |
members will take steps to reorganize |
IL is probable that the National Feacibles
Will purchase in the near future a new full |
dress uniform of black and gold |
capt Domer commanded the troop= at the |
rendition OF War and Peace last Mon |
day afternoon. He was indispos.d in lie |
evening, and at his request Capt Wash Of |
ficiated in his place.
A MOUNTAIN PREACHER