Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-13
Local Soldiers Want First Glass
Armory.
WHAT MAJOR THOMPSON SAYS.
Matters of General and Personal
Interest.
AN EXCITING CONTEST ON


troops have not been provided with an
armory. in which the entire brigade could
IND accommodations. such as this brigade
deserves to have. Nowhere in all the | nit
ed States can there be found finer material
out of which to make first-ciass soldiers Of
the unprofessional sort-men who in very
many respects can be made more, efficient
in one month than q large proportion Of
the enlisted men OF the regular army could
i'll "A lifetime. in nearly all Of the states
considerable attention has been paid to this
question of armories. and III some of the
commemorative vast sums have been eX-
pended in providing every command with
"A suitable building in which to store its
property and attend to indoor training. In
New York city and also in Brooklyn. are
armories. the cost OF each of which, eN-
ceeds $750,oO0, ana yet not one Of these
buildings is called upon 10 shelter more
than a single regiment. In this city i
brigade that includes every arm of the serv-
ice is scattered all over town, even the most
desirable quarters being very far inferior
TO the commonest armorics found in states
where a moderate amount of interest is
taken by the authorities in the force from
which i'll time OF trouble much VIII be
asked Among those who would like 10 see
a frst-class armory in this city is Mai
Gilbert Thompson. who commands the en-
gineer corps. Says the major:
1t has been proposed as one method to
aueIiorate the present hard tiElas to pro-
ceed with the erection of public buildings.
Now. is there one such building more need
ed than AN armory for the u. G. y. o.: Ii
could be So planned as 10 also afford room
for the District offices, place OF storage
for public records until the time OF cree
lion of buildings for these or other special
purposes. 1t must not be forgotten that
the old armory. now appropriated by the
fish commission, was erected ana Cseu as a
District armory. The appropriation Tor
this PURPOSE Of S}ooUo was passed by the
Thirty third Congress and approved March
:. lS.l5. and its object was the care and
preservation Of the ordnance. arms and &C
cuuterIaents of the United States required
for the use OF the volunteers and militia OF
the District of Columbia. the care and pres
ervation of military trophies and for the
deposit of newly invented and model arms.
Shades of Mars, Ii is now used for the
incubation and shipping of lsh! Pisces
rules not only for single month. but the
entire fiscal year, But as II Is now used
for peaceful purposes il is better to leave il
SO, as probably by this time, like tho an
cient mariner. 1T hath an ancient and fish
like smell. 1t is out of the center of the
real property OF the city, SO a. new one
would be much better and constructed on
approved models. There is not a national
guarClsnan but will let his imagina ton
take flights discountng a Homer as to
what it should be. First a hall or concerted
court where the whole guard could be in
spected and mustered, engineers with pom
toon trains. artillery, cavalry and all else.
\ rifle gallery at least 10 yards in the
clear Let us stop building castles in the
air and agitate for a II. G. y. q. arrlory:
for an appropriation Immediately availa-
BILE"
Changes.
General orders No. IL, dated December
81 1882. records the honorable discharge OF
two officers: Capt. Allen L. Raymond, com
pany G. fourth battalion. and First Lieut..
Leonard c. Wood, Cuartermaster, third
battalion.
Paragraph V Of the same order states
that during the quarter ending December
ST. the dishonorable discharges of the fol-
lowing named enlisted men were revoked:
Corporal Alexander Mason, company d.
first separate battalion; Private Clarence
NJ. Agnew, company G, second battalion,
and Private James f. Tucker, jr., company
G, first battalion.
Paragraph VI says that the following
named enlisted men. eighteen in ALL were
dishonorably discharged from the National
Guard during the same quarter:
James W. Barnes. private, company 3,
fifth battalion; William A. Boyd, private,
company b, first battalion; James r. Clark.
private company a. second battalion; Ed
ward l.. Gould. private, company +, fifth
battalion; Daniel +. Green, private, com
pany Is, engineer corps: John Hammond,
private company f. fifth battalion; George
NJ Hess, private, company Il, fifth battal-
ION; Il. g. Hunter, sergeant company A,
second battalion Austin J. Jarboe, private,
company L. first battalion: Abbott F.. Jones.
private. company \, second battalion: Fred
Knowles. private, company Il. fifth bat
talon; A. Il. Marburg, private. company
A. second battalion; j. +. Meunster, private,
company Ascend battalion; John X. Nails
private. company A. second battalion Clar-
ence Proctor, private. company A. second
battalion; Dennis Z. Quill, private. COM
pany h. fifth battalion: George w. Schulze
private, company b, fifth battalion: John NJ
Smott, private, company A, first battalion.
Among the Engineers.
AS indicative Of the interest felt by off,
GERS of the regular army in the progress
of the National Guard Lieut.. Col. William
r. King. commanding the United States
engineer battalion at Willets Point n Y,
has furnished to the library of the engi-
neer corps. D. c. N. G., beautiful and
instructive series of photographs illustrat-
ing the actual practice of the construction
of military and pontoon bridges, and also
the effects of high explosives. AS far as
possible a return has been made by fur
nishing him with a set of photographs
showing feld-day work Of the d. C. engi-
Captain w. H. Ireland of company B.
engineer corps, with his company, during
last autumn carried on quite an extensive
field practice in the sending of messages
by the use of the Telegraph, the United
States signal service kindly loaning for
awhile a set of instruments for such pur-
pose. The tireless captain will never rest
until he can steal the light of the sun
with a set he can claim as his own
A homing pigeon loft is being built at
corps headquarters under the direction of
Surgeon Munson. The corps now has a
number of experts in 'homers," of whom
Samuel Wallace of company B has even
a national reputation.
Gallery Practice Next Week.
During the coming week rifle practice in
the brigade gallery is to be conducted in
accordance with the following schedule:
Monday-Company B. third battalion.
Tuesday-Company c. fourth battalion.
Wednesday-Company D, sixth battalion.
Thursday-Company D, second battalion.
Friday-Companies A and Z, fifth bat
TALON.
Saturday-Company B, first separate bat
talon.
Notes.
The rifle gallery will be open every day.
except Sunday, from to 6 o'clock pm.,
for voluntary practice. Ammunition will
be furnished on the payment of / cent for
each round. An inspector of rifle practice