The Washington times., 1895-06-30

| regard for my friends and myself to oyer
present him with the opportunity of writ
Ing PERSONA non grata on my applica.
| tlon 10 membership IN his organlZaJIon
II enlisted in Company y, Sixth Rat.
! talion on the 17th day OF Septei. her. St,1,
ana served as private till Jul. of ,aI
/ when was warranted a sergean. which
position held until transferred &, ON.
/ pany q OF the same battalion l Wa an
I pointed first sergeant of the compay
| febrdary l, 1893, andserved int thatcapacity
| until September II, '94, when / CON
! cluded to cast my lot in battalion that is
! coilsldefed one oil the best in the National
| Guard.
After having been certified by the
Fourth Battalion board OF examination,
l was appointed first sergeant of Com
paay b, March z, 1895, which position
! / now have the honor to hold am now
serving my third enlistment in the Guard
ana have only been in three companies,
while the National Guard is composed OF
twenty eight, so one can easily see that
the officer in question was mista ken when
he said l had been in nearly every organ
iZation in the Guard
"As to his charges that have created
dissension in the companies to which
have been connected, they are so utterly
untrue, as my associates will testify, that
denial would be unnecessary
have no desire to ifnpugn the char
acter or integrity of any one connected
with the Guard for fully realize that the
roster OF the District National Guard is
composed largely of men who would not
for one moment stoop to unjustly assail
the character Of one of their felIo " guards
men. but only wish to place myself i'll d true
light before my friends
: 1t is more In grief than anger that the
above is written. Absit inyidia.
Respectfully, W. CALVIN WHIPP
"1112 + street northeast" +"
NOTES FROM THE COMMANDS.
In 1889 Marion jenkins. Company D,
Third Battalion, now Fifth, was dishonor-
ably discharged AT his request the dis
honorable discharge has been revoked and
an honorable discharge granted Head
quarters thinks this is a healt by sign
Leave of absence for three months has
been granted Major Gilbert Thompson Of
the Engineer Corps.
Quartermaster Sergeant Louis g. Free
man, has been appointed first lieuJenantand
quartermaster OF the Engineer Corps.
Private George n. Mclaughlin, Company
ID, Sixth Battalion, has been transferred TO
the Ambulance Corps
The following have been recommended for
honorable discharge on their own ap-
plication: o. u Wilkinson, Company c,
Engineer Corps; Private F. c. Klein
schmidt, Company c, Second Battalion,
and Private F a E. Mitchell, same com
pany.
The following dishonorabIe charges have
been recommended the men having been eX-
pelledfromtheircompa Privates $Enos
Creaner, J E Holmes, Thomas j Holmes,
Harry j. Lusky, and W W Wheeler,
Company B, Fifth battalion, and Abraham
Slaughter, Company c, First Separate Bat
TALON. The latteTis camp case
Commissions have been issued to Frank
+. Gibson. first lieutenant and Inspector
of rifle practice, Third battalion; BENJAMIN
Poole. NJ. d. first lieutenant and surgeon,
Fourth battalion.
The resignation of Capt John W Parsons,
Company A, Sixth battalion, has been ac-
cepted
The following have been ordered before
the brigade board for examination for pro-
motion July II: sergt. William Garrett,
Company b, Sixth Battalion, for first
lieutenant Company c, same battalion;
Private +. " Smith, Company c, Sixth, for
secoud lieutenant, same company: Second
Lieut.. Jesse F Grant, Company B. First,
for first lieutenant; Sergt Jesse B. X.
Lee, Company ID, First, for second lieu
tenant Company b, First; Private II A.
Blandy, Company II, Third, as captain
same company; First Sergt. John II. john
ston, Company ID, First Separate Bat
TALON, for second lieutenant: and Quar-
ternastcr Sergt c. Curry Dyer. Second
Infantry.
Private John IT. McInerney. Company A,
Fourth. died suddenly Thursday. He had
been at the armory Tuesday. He was a
great favorite with the boys and good
soldier.
The armory looked rather deserted the
early part of the week, but later began
to brighten up.
Is there to be a vacant commission in
the Light Battery?
The Jauitor question is bOtllering Capt.
Walsh, superis eude st of the Armory,
again. Some OF the ma jOrS are doing Que
thing aud some another.
1t funny to speak OF the Rifles as Co.
B, Second battalion.
Much Interest is felt in the fate OF the
Fencibles. They have a meeting of much
moment this week.
One officer was reported "abseut with
out leave" each day during camp