The morning times., 1896-05-17

| pehuenC OrganlZd tons or the District.
After years Of hard work To accomplish
this end, ii came into the National Guard
about one year ago.
Now call has been issued for the
company, as an organization under the
NATIONAL Guard, to- meet tomorrow night
! 10 decide whether it shall disi.aGd or not
Inc dissenslOns of the command have
reached such point that something must
be done and done at once. For three
weekstheir guarduniform has
Illem aud II has not been taken up vet
The trouble is over their armory prop
erty on u street, bet ween Ninth and Tenth
streets northwest. One faction largely
composed of the new members. wants to
sell this property. The other comprising
all the old members OF the command
want to hold on until the Corporation
expires six years from now. This fight
has been going on so long and has become
SO bitter that it will probably result in the
disbandment of the company as an Organi-
ZatiOn or the National Guard and a split
In the civic organization.
The old members have a little the best
OF ~ so rar- Under the corporation laws
OF the District the corporation must die
a legal death. by expira tion. r objections
are offered to an immediate dissolution.
Such objection will be offered by the
older members as they think il is a bad
At the last civic meeting or the organiZa-
ton there was Il most heated debate. A
resolution was offered that a committee
OF ten be appointed 10 arrange for an i'm
mediate closing up OF the affairs of the
Rifles, the sale of the armOry property. ETC.
Ihe debate was SO heated aud there " ere
so many amendments Offered that a com
promise became necessary. Il was finally
agreed that a committee of ten should he
elected who " Guild report at the next meet
ing ON the ddvIsa bllity of issuing cert ificates
or stock. c. j. Pickett was chosen chair
man. There is but little doubt that this
course viii be recommended In the mean
time the feeling Is so intense that the meet
lng tomorrow night may lead TO the dis
bandment OF Company b. Second Battalion.
MORTONS AMI ENGINEERS.
The success of the Morton Cadets and
the team from the Engineer Corps at
Savannah is matter Of much rejoicing
among the members or the guard. Ii was
thought next to Impossible tor tie MOrtons
TO fall. as there was no company able TO
beat them. The boys left here III the best
kind of Trim and Mc only lived UP To
what was expected. There is a general
expression OF satisfaction thatthe Galveston
Cup Will come back to the city.
That the MOrtOns will get the cup there
seems to be but little doubt. Gen. Mabry
Of Texas has demanded the trophy from
the Thurston Rifles, who now hold it.
He. in his comm unica ton, reviews at
length the controversy. and holds that the
TGurstOn Rifles had had sufficient notice
OF the contest, and that it was their own
ia ut If they did not see fit to defend their
claim 10 the cup.
The MOrtons and Engineers are likely
to receive a rousing welcome on their
return tomorrow night There will prob
ably be no official military escort Or
dered, but the stdy-at-hOmes are ma king
all the preparation for a hearty welcome
Privates II A Hail., JOun F Butler, and
T. l.. Gatchell are acting as the com
mittee on escort and Will extend invita-
ttOns 10 such military organizations and
cycle clubs as are likely to take an in
terest in such an affair. Privates V Fl.
Hagan, W. b. Hudson. I. T. A pple. and ].
AppleInan are acting as a committee TO
secure the cooperation of as many mer-
chants as possible for a display or fire
works. Privates u. F. JeUneman, Charles
McKeynolds, and A. T. Specht are a
committee TO prepare for a banquet. All
these committees are hard a work, and
good results are assured.
The Engineer team has simply covered
itself with glory. The boys have made
enough in prizes TO almost, if not en-
tirely, pay the expenses of the trip. They
are old hands at the business and Major
Thompson is pleased all over II is a
queer thing. but the Grand 4 rInv men have
taken great interest in the teams shoot
ing. and their interest is built on a very
little incident They saw the team start
off. The first thing they did was TO pre-
pare for bed. and that caught the fancy
of the old soldiers.
They mean business" was the re-
mark, and Sincethen they have watched with
the greatest interest.
THE GALLERY SEASON.
The gallery closed last season aud there
who will not be permitted TO shoot on the
range. They did not finish their gallery
scores The number is larger than was
anticipated. A few examples are gwen
to show how this runs. Five members OF
the staff OF the Fifth Battalion had failed
TO finish their score up to noon yesterday,
In Company A Fifth, eighteen menhadfailed
TO finish their score. in Company Is. twenty
one; Company C, thirteen; Company ID,
eighteen. In Company A, Fourth Battalion,
twenty-siX men failef TO shoot their score.
In the Second Battalion ali of Company A
shot its score. AMI the same was true OF
Companys A aud B, Sixth Battalion.
The range will not be opened for some
time yet. The further appropriation of an
extra 81 coo by the Senate for range pur-
poses has pleased the officers of the guard
his energies towards getting the range
IN shape for the spring shoot Nav 90 and
80 This VIII be he Openingof the season.
Gen. Ordway, accompanied by a number
OF gentlemen, visited the range one day
last week In the party were A Assistant
Secretary OF War Doe, Ma iOr Davis of
the Judge Advocate Generals office and
Major Harries. The object of the visit was
to see if the range was suitable for the use
trOOnS n IN 1 Z bo A
Secretary Doe and Major Davis were very
much pleased with the site and have
made favorable recommendation to Gen.
Miles. 1t is now in his hands to order the
use OF the range for the regulars.
The Rifle Association did not have a
meeting yesterday, owing to the absence of
so many members at Savannah 1t is
more than probable that the association
will change its day, owing to the fact that
it is hard for business men to get away
on Saturdays. Ii is probable that Friday
will be chosen.
THE PARADE.
The parade of the guard at the unveilnr
of the Hancock statue was most creditable
NOtwi tn standing an error into which
many of the members employed in the de
partments fell there were more men
out than on the return from camp. Their
display was so creditable that it has dra wn
out the folio wing letter of praise from the
War Department:
"War Department,
"Adjutant General Office,
"Washingtou, May 13 1896
'Brfgadier Gen. Albert Ord way, Com
mandiug National Guard, District of
Columbia, Washington, D G.
''SIr: I am direCsad by Gen Brooke.
marshal of the parade ON the occasion OF
the unveiliug of the Hancock statue on the
18th instant, to convey to you his sincere
thanks for the efficient and able manner in
which the arrangements for the parade
were carried out by you, and for the hand
some and snllierIY annnn rlncn Of rnn,-