Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-04
Complaints About insufficient Light
at the Armory Continue.
A TALK ON BATTALION ORGANIZATION
Troop A viii Go on Its Proposed
Road March.
n o. TIES OF Int r E ST

| Guardsman that by this time all grounds
| for complaint in the matter of artificial
| light in the armory would have been re-
| moved, but as a matter Of fact there is
| quite as much reason for kicking now as
| there was for the kicking which has been a
| conspicuous feature of National Guard ex-
| istence ever since the brigade moved into
| the new armory. The original understand
! ing was that each company room should
| have in it four incandescent electric lamps;
as everybody who has been in the armory
| knows, there are but two. In the rifle gal
| lery, where illumination is a very essential
| feature, there is frequent and annoying
failure. Hardly an inspector of rife prac-
| tice but reports very pointedly on the weak
ness or absence of light. 1t is entirely too
| common an occurrence, say the rifemen, to
| have the lamps extinguished entirely right
| in the middle of a score. Gen. Ordway is
! soon to give his personal attention to some
| of the more prominent shortcomings, and
| amendments will surely follow. Unless the
quantity and quality of the electric light
| speedily improve 1t is the intention of all
| of the officers who have much desk work
| to set up illuminating plants of their own
| more or less elaborate oil lamps. These will
| endanSer the safety of the building, but
| as some of the quartermasters and adju-
| tants say, they would just as soon have
| II cir whiskers singed in a rush to the
| street, there to await the coming of the fire
department, as be deprived of their eyesight
| by the tallow-candle quality of illumination
Which is furnished at this time.
Fast Driving and Gong Ringing.
Some of the members Of the ambulance
company seem to have been very much dis
| turbed by the announcement of misconduct
en- the part of themselves or other MEM
| bers of the company which appeared in
The Star a week ago. One or two lame eff
fcrts at denial have put in an appearance
| but none of them could be regarded as do
ing what their authors intended them to
do. The adjutant general, after hearing
the testimony of officers of the guard, who
We're either eye-witneSseS of the miSbe-
havior or who had been reliably informed
by eye-WitnesSes-many of whom are avail
able-has called upon the commanding Off
Ger of the company for report and any
explanatory comments the lieutenant may
care to make. The authorities are satisfied
that the allegations made public in The
Star have already been proven, and can be
substantiated II necessary, until those who
by fast driving and gong ringing disgraced
the guard develop considerable WEAKNESS,
First Battalion Rifle Practice.
Although the season for rifle practice In
the gallery has almost come to an end, the
first battalion has not as yet fired a shot
This rather remarkable state of affairs is
said to be due to the fact that the first
battalion armory has been rented out for
amusements so frequently that there could
be no regularity as to drill and no rifle
practice. Arrangements have now been
made to have the battalion do the
neglected rifle work in the brigade gal
lery; Maj. Ross will, within day or so, is
sue the orders that will send the battalion
TO the gallery by companies. the nights set
apart being the Goth, 2lst, Odd and 24th
There are in the battalion great many
fairly good shots, and it is believed that
with the advantage of a little preliminary
prac uce-which may be had from to 6
be put up
Road March of Troop A.
Troop A, having received the required
permission from the commanding general,
will carry out the road march proposed
some time ago. and described in The Star
at the time, in conjunction with the IA
nous troop A of New York. Capt. Bar
bcur and his men will be excused from the
brigade encampment of the National Guard
end mean to start on the march June IS.
They will probably go over the same route
covered on the outing taken in 1872, and
not make Gettysburg the objective point, as
contemplated. The full strength of the
troop will participate, and it is eXpe cted
that troop A of New York will send
large complement of men to accompany
the local cavalrymen on the jaunt.
Although no formal action has been
taken 1t is more than probable that bat
terry A, instead of going into camp at Fort
Washington, will also go on road march.
AS it is now being talked over among the
members the plan is for the battery to
meet the troopers at some point on their
march and accompany them during por-
ton of the outing.
A Warrant of Arrest.
1t is reported that the town marshal of
Falls Church. Va, Is carrying with him
handing officer of company B, third bat
talon, District of Columbia National
Guard. Two weeks ago, 1t will be remem-
bered, company INDUCED in practice
march to the Virginia village named and
the following day, Sunday, held skirmish
drill in connection with which blank car
tridges were fired. Although some dis
lance from Falls Church it has developed
that the firing took place within the town
limits, which was violation of the law.
1t is further reported that the official named
in the foregoing, with a warrant in his
hand, calmly watched Capt. Mattingly and
his soldiers pass through Falls Church on
their homeward march, and when they had
covered mile or two, rushed to the site
of the vacated camp to. serve the warrant.
Capt. Mattingly, it is claimed, has a body
guard with him at all times since the oc-
currence described.
Some Transfers and Discharges.
Transfers as follows have been ordered:
Private L. ]. Gilbert, ambulance company
to company c, sixth battalion; Privates
P. J. Brant and ]. F. Nichols, company B,
fourth battalion, to company A, third bat
talon.
In the interest Of the service the follow
ing have been discharged: Privates Mars
Cassidy, George N. Page and William H.
Walker, first separate company; Privates
J. C. Tilton, Hugh ]. Dyer and George NJ.
Nix, battery A; Privates John R. Purvis,
Arthur S. Teller and Carlos B. Tomn,
company c, first battalion; Privates VIM.
Eckstein and John R: Mccormick. company
A, third battalion; Privates f. c. Beres-
ford, Benjamin H. Davis, Horace H. Hig-
gins, j. r. Reilly, Henry Sears and Sergt.
Clarence Hamilton, company D, third bat
TALON; Privates Harry Jones. Charles A.
Little and George L. Koehler, company d,
fourth battalion; Privates Gordon 3. Hook
er and Robert NJ. Parkinson, company B,
sixth battalion; Prvates Thomas B. Crit
tenden, Fred B. Mohler, Warren C. Talbert
and Dan c. Vaughan, company c. sixth
battalion; Private Clyde c. Fuller, COM
pany D, sixth battalion, and Privates Chas.
L.. Adkins and Percy H. Towson, COM
pany B, sixth battalion.
On account Of removal from the Dis