The morning times., 1896-11-22
DISTRICT SOLDIER BOYS
Gossip Of a Week Around the Armo-
ries Of the Local Military.

badges awarded to the Second Regiment
for proficiency in rifle practice
| The affair was made the occasion for
uress parade, du. IL mas been long
Willie since the regiment appeared to better
] advantage, The number of men. who
turned out was remarkable and the Second
| is justly deserving of all the compliments
that can be paid il. Col. Clay, tempOr-
arily in command of the brigade, was
| present with his entire staff and made
| the presentations.
| The colonel was in great good humor
and spoke OF his regiment as the shooting
| regiment He hoped that next year the
list OF those receiving badges would be
much larger Them. to the great delight
| OF the command, ha announced that there
| would be no Thanksgiving parade @
| one OF tile interesting cereinonies of the
| evening was the presentation of the Fourth
| Battalion cup Ito .Prjvate .Leman, Com
| pany ID, that battahont This is the second
ume Private Leman has won tIis trophy
Iie crosses and buttons awarded were:
| THE LUCKY RECIPIENTS.
Field and staff. SHcond ReaimentCSjlver
sliaLpsn,,,t,.r u.LIs. Caib, ". IL niuNer, apt.
j. E; Bell. ana sergt, Major s, y, Kingsley;
Field and staff, Fourth Battallon Silver
s. R. Jacobs First Lieut.; and Qmr. N. I;
marksman's pin, col. sergt. ": CALVIN
| Whipp; InarHsiiI n button. FIRST Lieut. and
Surgeon BENJAMIN G Pool s min
Capt. Harry, Walsh; uarksman's buttons,
| Scrgt. 7. +. McAnally and Private u. r.
| Sullivan.
| Company C. Fourth -Marksman's button
Private John ". Williams.
| Company ID, Fourth-snirpshooters pm
ana cross, Capt. John NJ. Williams and
| Sergt. Arthur l.. Evans, private Raiph
| Bowen, First Sergt. W. s. Hodges Private
Harry A. DobsOn and Private John O'Con-
| nell
rleld and staff, Fifth battalion
mans button, Major otto l.. suess. :.
Company b.. Fiith-Marksman's button.
! Sergt Luther A .Acker.
to.np.ny -. flitn -Marksman's buttons.
| Capt George W. England.
tieid and staff, si~tn battalion.
man. pins, Sergt. Ma jOr Joseph r Marsden,
| FIRST Lieut.. ". Z. vale anu Qmr. sersu.
| Charles Lambe.
Company a, sixth-silver sharpshouter
| simonson, privale Raymond Blanton, and
| frivalc rhilo L Bush: sharpshooter's pin
and cross, Corp. A. Whi.acre; marksman's
pin, Second Lieut. J. NJ Fairly; marks
mans buttons, First sergt. L. ". Gammon,
| sergt. j. II. Feastcr, Corp. H s. Gott,
Corp j: > sinysn, corp. DANIEL Z. mutton,
| Sunderland, rriyale John +. Amir )se,
| priva,e John n. Gardiner, and Private
| Fred A Ranke.
Company b, sixth-Silver sharpshooter
bars, second Lieut.. b; +, 0deii, scrat w.
| s Davenpor', Corp. II. d. Glover, PRIVATE
q. ID. Ellsworth, Private John A. kirk,
| and W. +. Buell. sharpshooter pm and
cross, sergt; Lrhesr bairstow, sergt Charles
| y. Sock, Corp. James ID. briscoc, Private
Rohert Davidson, friyate thongs u.
Lewis, rrivale Edwin T Parker, Private
William W Scout, and Corp. John NJ. Hur-
rIson. uIarEsiuii; pms, t-..El. 'iI.iI "a u.
Garrett, sergt. J. &. Thompson, Corp.
| Clay Nj. Mctiure, private Nuiiam II. De
rue, Prva,e George +. Lang, Private
| Thomas u. Lewis, fiva g J"scph schultz,
| and Private Allied q. wilmer. marksinaT' s
| buttons. seret. Joseph L. Hosiord. Corp.
| Lee F. Afford, Corp Horace d Cover,
rrlvaie Haymcn, blanton, Private Albrrt
| Burley, Frlya.e rank II Cox Private John
| William A. Nil. .tnews, Private Artrur c.
| Nj. .chell, Private Robert NJ. Parkinson.
| IriyaIe Rolcrt +. Wynne, Private Charles
b. Bright, rivate james NJ. Collins, Pri-
| + Holmes, friyate Eugene Melton, Pri-
vate Edwin I. Parker, Private Robert L.
| Pyle, and Private William q. Norreh.
| DRILL HALL DISCUSSION.
The question OF IA suitable drill hail
| Tor the guard is again occupying the at
| tention OF the boys, and presumably oI the
| officials. Workiuen are busy now pre-
pairing Convention Hall for the ice rink
| purposes, and no one seems 10 know Just
| what the outcome viii be. All the men
would h.. eiau to return to the old Center
Market quarters, but 1T is not So certain
| "nttner ulc uiiiCyts NOuiu iaNur u move.
Just now the tgouble has not been with
| the drill hall. The commands have had
IL at their disposal for the past two
| months, but the attendance at drills has
| been very slim, Inaeeu. There could be
| NO excuse about the hall being too cold
| and there Was light enough Tor all practi-
| cal purpos Is. During the winter the
coidness OF the hall might have proved a
! valuable excuse, but it cannot be urged
| ,ttt Ia h..
| the opportunity. headquarters was 1uliy
aware uf that fact, and as result n
| general order was issued last week.
AT Il meeting OF u number of officers of
| the brigade, " ednesday night, this matter
| came UP Tor discussion in an informal
| way. Most of those present thought that
the armory had great deal to do with the
conditiun of the guard. They thought II the
| brigade Were once back III the Center
| Market quarters things Would boom. But
| would they: The writer of this column re-
members when the guard was in the
| Market House. He also remembers the at
tendance ut drills and the excuses that Were
| given then for the small turnout.
| Wait until We get in the new arIrory,''
| was the cry, then we will show the
people OF Washington what a guard should
| be-
| WHAT THE MOVE DID,
The move in the new armory did one
| thing for the guard. 1t has killed a great
| deal OF loaflng and the armury is now
| more like the headquarters OF body of
| soldiers than was the case several years
| ago.
For a remedy OF the ills which the guard
| is heir to the case of Company A, Fifth
Battalion, might be cited. That company
| has kept up drills all summer IL was
able TO turn out forty-five inen at the
l
| posed one OF the crack companies of
the brigade. 1t is just a common. every
day hustler. How do they do it? Go
| ask the officer in command. You may bc
| able to get some pointers.
In any case. though the move back to
| Center Market quarters would be a pcpu-
lar one Whether it would increase the
| efficiency of the brigade is another ques-
ton entirely.
LIEUT.. WEBB'S SCHEME.
Lieut. Webb's scheme 10 waken up the
| companies of the Guard was discussed
at meeting of the officers of the brigade
neld Wednesday night Major Alexander,
inspector general, presided. The fol-
lowing Officers were in attendance:
lCapt. George W. England, Lieut.. F. Car
roll 7Mattineiy, Company ID, Fifth Bat
TALON; Lieut. Col Clifford S. Walton,
| r1.st Regiment: Capt .. a.. -Nlesins f'yGir
| Company. Lieut. W. ii. Maliach, Com.
pany A, Fifth Battalion; Capt c. "
Sayre and LcGt. EOalcr. Company c. Fifth
Battalion; Lieut.. Charles H. Danforth, Conn
pany Z, Fodrtu pattauln capt harry " ash
Company A. Fourth Battalion: Lieut.. iro-
siSe. Company A, Second battalion; Lieut..
SLutz. Company n, Third Battalion; and
Major winthrop Alexander, inspector gen.
eral of the District Militia.
Lieut.. Webbs plan is well know to the
| r,ft = I,n rd un haS
promise of large amount of money, which
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