Evening star., 1896-12-12
Lack Of Hall No Excuse for Failure
to Drill.
PROGRAM OUTLINED BY COL. AosHER
Boilers From the Morton Cadets
Plan a Combination.
S EA GIRT STU ALTON

NosAoiA VI INC pIdCtiCe tIoPuicS anu piiAcS.
Although general orders No. 10 directed
that the details be formed in the drill hall.
it was found necessary to resort to the de-
eidedly cramped space within the unplas
tered walls of the rife gallery as the scene
of the formal reward of the winners.
1t has been developed thantbe drill hall
situation Is unchanged pending the outcome
OF the suit in equity recently filed by the
convention Hall Company against the
qGartermaster general, District of Columbia
militia, to provide for an alleged omission
IN the lease covering the use of the hall.
Because of the delay possible in an ordi-
nary law suit, If for no other reason, every
iEdlcatlon seems to be that the troops of
the National Guard must worry along
throughout the entire winter minus drila
hall.
In Lieu of Drill Hall.
In this connection, reference may well be
made to recent communication from Sec
opd Lieut.. Frederick G. Stutz. commanding
Company D, Sd Battalion, to the adjutant
general. Lieut.. Stutz requested permission
to use the lecture room of the armory for
drill purposes because of lack of facilities.
To this the adjutant general has made the
following pertinent reply:
authority TO use the lecture room for
drill purposes cannot be granted, but it is
suggested that the corridor and company
rooms afford ample space to enable the
company commander to establish and sue
cessfully conduct school of instruction
which should be systematic and progress
sive, and might include such subjects as
military courtesy, guard duty the Drinci-
Piles of extended ordered etc 1t is
thought. with the exercise of a little in
genuity, there will be no difficulty in pre-
senhng features which will benefit. interest
and hold the men on each drill night until
the drill hall again hecOmpS ayail3 bip ~
Capt. Eugene c. Edwards of Company A,
"a battalion, regards the attendance at the
drills of his commands Monday evenings as
really wonderful. This is due, it is said to
the fact that the program is constantly
varied something new receiving attention
at every drill, the interest of the men
thereby being kept from smoldering. The
drills are not confined to 'fours right and
right shoulder arms Platoon movements
have already been mastered, and extended
order is now being carefully dissected.
Rifle Practice VS.. Drill.
The presentation ceremony Monday even
ing last, while OF decided interest, was not
without amusing features. One of these
was the many and varied styles of salute
exhibited by the Individual winners. OF
the entire number but one man advanced
to the front and center and executed the
rife salute properly, and he was rewarded
with generous applause, in addition to the
prize won. Most of the winners attempted
a combine ton OF the 1891 and the new drill
regulations, while few resorted to tactics
supposed to be several editions earlier than
those of which Tone Gen. Hardee was the
author. The exhibition was but another
indication that the expert rifemen pay
practically no attention to drill and it is
rumored that Considerable energetic stir
ring up in regard 10 interpreting the drill
regulations is to follow at once in certain
commands. ~ o. -.
Prizes and Donors.
In the merchants match the winners the
prizes and the donors were as follows:
Wells, five pounds Of butter, donated by
James F. oyster; Wilcox, suit of clothes,
donated by Oehm e. Company. Baltimore;
Steward, silk umbrella, donated by A Min
ster; Lanham, sweater, donated by Parker
Bridget & Company; Mclaughlin one ton
of coal, donated by j. Maury Dove; Ed
wards. one barrel of flour donated by
Henry M. Heine: Bush, album and stand.
donated by Robert BeaIl Campbell. S.
worth of ice tickets. donated by the Hy-
gienic Ice Company; Farrow half barrel of
tiour, donated by c. G. Bryan: Coladay,
one ton of coal, donated by j. Maury
Dove; Groome five pounds of butter, do
mated by James F. Oyster; Crist, half
dozen shirts, donated by Loeb & Hirsh;
Leeman, 81 worth of ice tickets, donated by
Hygienic Ice Company Allison sweater
donated by Robinson, Cherry e Company;
Carroll, pair of shoes, donated by j. Straus-
burger Bailey, bottle of perfume. donated
by F. S. Williams & Company, and Ban,
bottle of perfume, donated by j. Walter
Drew
Private W. E. Colladay received 81 as
fourth prize iE the Columbia match and a
box of cigars a special prize for making
the highest average in the seven military
matches.
Clocks rewarded the team of Company A.
engineer Corps: the team of the Engineer
Corps and the team of the I'd Regiment.
winners. respectively. of the company. bat
talon and regimental ma tcnes shot last
winter in the gallery. In the matches on
the range the prize. of the 1st Regiment
team was a silver water pitcher; the ID
Battalion team, a clock; the team of Com
pany b. I'd Battalion, a pair of bronze
statues. and the team of the 1st Separate
Company a smoking set.
Brigade Team at Sea Girt.
With the passage of time the possibility
Of a brigade ri1e team representing the
District National Guard, visiting Sea Girt
at the time of the annual competitions next
fall grows decidedly less. 1t was stated
exclusively in The Star several weeks ago
that the abolition of the brigade rifle team.
so far as the Sea Girt matches are con
Cerned, probable. This announcement
proved such great surprise that MANY
guardsmen. including several of high rank
in the department Of rifle practice express
ed doubt regarding the truth of the promo
sitioH. An emphatic statement on the sub
ject by the inspector general of rifle prac-
tice. therefore, may be of interest at this.
time
YOU may announce with all the emphasis
necessary" said Major Harries to a Star
reporter yesterday, that it is practically
a certainty that = the District National
Guard will not be represented by brigade
team next year sat Sea Girt. Laying aside
the consideration Of expense 1t may be
pointed out that but few guardsmen will be
able to attend the brigade encampment at
Fort Washington in June and then have
sufficient time a t. their disposal to devote to
the required preliminary practice for the
trip. Further, the second annual meeting
of the National Rifle Association at Ordway
next fall is likely to consume any spare
moments that the local riflemen find hang
irg heavy on their hands. The odds are
strongly against an opportunity being af-
forded the Jerseymen to entertain an Off
ciai contingent fromFthe District in 1897.
RumoreI Plans Of Boilers.
Second Lieut.. George W. Evans has been
elected captain Of Company B, I'd Battalion.
In this connection it may be announced
that a rumor-arad an unusually interesting
cne it isis going the rounds to the erect
that the bolting members of Company A.
Sd Battalion. are perfectng arrangements
to Join forces with B of the I'd by means
of transfer However, If the men concerned
ohor