Evening star., 1896-03-21
THE NATIONAL GUARD
Court Of Inquiry Ordered in the Glib
son-Tfalles Case.
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FIFTH BATTALION PRIZE DRILLS
Second Regiment Rifle Reports for
1894 and 1895.
SAVANNAH SITUATION
FIFTH BATTALION PRIZE DRILLS
SAVANNAH SITUATION

| The Gibson-Tralles matter seems to be
| moving right along in spite of the loudly and
| frequently announced opinions to the effect
that nothing would ever be heard OF it.
| Gen. Ordway had possession of the papers
| yesterday, and at once directed that the
law take it's course. The law in this case
Is peculiar to the District of Columbia Ma
tional Guard. the section of that statute
| most interesting at this time being section
| 80, which reads:
| Courts of inquiry to consist Of not more
| than three officers, may be ordered by the
| commanding general for the purpose of in
| vestiSating the conduct of any officer either
| at his own request, or on a complaint or
| charge of conduct unbecoming an officer.
Such court of inquiry shall report the ev.-
| dence adduced, a statement Of facts. and
| their opinion thereon, when required. to the
| commanding general, who may, in his dis
| cretion, thereupon order a court-martial for
| the trial of the officer whose conduct has
| been inquired into'
| In accordance with the statute, General
| OrdWay has ordered Major Winthrop Alex
! ander, the brigade inspector general to sit
! as court of inquiry, and to report to him
| his findings. Major Alexander, therefore,
| occupies the position of a grand jury; true
| bill returned by him will result in court
martial. Just when the court of inquiry
Will Sit or where it will hold it's sessions is at
present unknown, but it will undoubtedly
| commence to do business within four or five
| days. This action OF the commanding gen.
efal makes 1t evident that anything like a
| comparatively peaceful settlement of the
difficulty is entirely out of the question.
Interstate Drill Situation Unchanged.
The interstate drill situation remains un-
| changed, so far as official action is con-
| oerned. The application of Capt. Edgar A.
| Shilling CT company A. third battalion, for
| permission to take his command to the
| savannah drill, May 11-16 next, lies on the
| desk o. the commanding general untouch-
| ed. No consideration whatsoever has been
| rald to the request, owing to the fact it is
| said. that the commanding general is alb
| normally busy with matters other than
those connected with the National Guard,
and some of the cynical have even gone so
| far as to state it to be among the pos
sibiiit!es that tha attention of the com
manding general may continue to be Who'll
| ~ confined te private affairs, say, until
about May 13'or H.
| However. ths1 members Of company A,
third tattalion. are giving expression to
endless dead sjFe;ss rumors of favorable ac-
| ton. and in coEse4hence are inclined to be
| optimistic in so far that arrangements are
under way for q benefit entertainment, an
nounced to take place during the latter
| part of April, with Capt. Shilling, Lieut.
| Robinson and p. q. Grayson constituting
| the committee in charge. The company
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| ly drills Monday next in preparation for
! the Savannah competition. No acton in
regard to the drill has been taken by any
other companies.
Sixth Battalion the Winner.
Through an unfortunate mistake. Lieut..
Harvey Of the engineer corps fired por-
tion Of his score in the battalion match
Thursday evening last On the target of
the man next to him, and as A result the
sixth battalion is the winner of the match
with total of ff3. The engineers scored
An, but there Is no doubt that its total
would have been at least twenty po;nts
higher had it not been for the mistake of
Lie'lt. Harvey.
The feature of the shooting, was the
score of Private Weir of the fifth bat
TALON team, who made possible il being
the first time tina: such result has been
accomplis he'd during the series of matches
The work of the third battalion in the
matter of rifle practice has been a sur
prise gel orally ard a source of gratifica-
ton to the officers of the department of
rife practice as we'll as those directly in
terested in the battalion AT tbs, openine.
OF the season the third had practically no
standing, so far as craftsmanship is con-
cerned, but by diligent effort has novel
steadily to the front.
Battalion Match Scores.
The scores in detail Thursday evening
were as follows:
First battalon-Pvt. Wells, As; Pvt Kline,
10: Pvt McCabe, 30; Pvt. Gheen, ii; Pvt.
Macintosh 46: Sergt. McAvoy, SO: Pvt
Smith, Al; Pvt Chase, IL: Pvt Wilkinson,
"A; Pvt. Burnett As. Total, 415.
Second batta!ion-Sorgt. Stokes A.; Corp
Barry, II; Corp. Webb. IS: Pvt Du Bois,
II; Corp. Lowell. A: Lieut.. Manson. AZ;
Pvt Getzendanner. "A; Pvt. Crist A; Pvt.
Taylor, Al; Pvt. Colladay, A. Total, 437.
fr.l hot.
Chisholm, IS; Capt. Shilling ~: Corp Lacy.
~; Pvt Lyman, Al: Corp. Wimsatt II:
sergt Shilling. n: Pvt McCurdy. 40: Pvt.
Higgins, A; Pvt: Bode. Al. Total, 40
Fourth battalion = Capt. Hodgson, Al;
Lieut. Jacobs, 46; sergt. Byrne. IS: Pvt.
Leeman, Al: Sergt. Evans, 33: Pvt Dobson.
IS: Pvt. OConnell. 81: Sergt. McAnally, ii;
Sergt Whipp, 81; Lieut.. sabn, AZ. Total,
800.
Fifth battalion-Lieut. Leeman A: Pvt.
McGinness, 10; Capt. Phebus, s6: Pvt Weir.
30; Lieut.. Shaw, Al: Sergt. Loveless, A:
sergt. Acker 81: sergt. Maj. Bailey. II;
Pvt. Callan. 40: Pvt. Tyler. 43. Total 42i,
Davenport 43; Pvt Bairstow, 46: Pvt. Pile,
Al: Capt. Simonson, AZ: Corp Wilcox, ~;
Sergt. McClain, 46: Corp. Whitacre, IL;
sergt. Groome, 46; Capt. Tominson, 40.
Total 443,
First separate battalion-Lieut. Malvin,
%: Sergt. Maj. Wilkinson. "a; Sergt. Wells.
II; Pvt. Thomas, 40; Pvt. Snowden, 30:
PVt. GIBSON, Il. 1Ft. JACKSON, ~, Sergt.
Thomas, 80: Pvt. Earnest, 40; Lieut. John
son, ~. Total, 371.
Engineer corps-sergt. Mclaughlin, IS:
Sergt Lanham 40; Pvt. Alberto, Al: Lieut..
Harvey. 90: Pvt. Garrison. IL: Pvt. Ed
wards, Al: Lieut.. Freeman. ~: Corp Wright,
46: Pvt. Birney, 43; Pvt. Williams, 4j. To-
tai. 426. ... ..
Provisional battaIion-Capt. Wiggin 80:
Sergt. Sorrells.s 44;. Sergt. Mattingly. 33:
Pvt. Frech, 2O:j Pvt Eckstein, 43: Pvt. Car
roll. Al: Pvt. IAnHam, 4S; Pvt. White, II:
Pvt. Meyers, 35; Pvt. Stevens, is. Total,
351.
Second Regiment Rife Reports.
Capt James E. Bell has submitted his
rife reports of the second regiment for 1894
and for 1895, which show that in 1894 Col.
Clay's command had membership of 552.
OF this number 495Hfred their scores at all
the ranges thifty-f1ine making records as
sharpshooters, ~thirty-three as marksmen,
nine reaching the flfst class, eight the Sec
ond class, and 463 the third class
The field andstaffrof the second regiment,
consisting of six members, qualified three
sharpshooters 'ands one marksman. The
field and staff, of the fourth battalion had
four sharpshooters out of eight members.
In company A.. fourth battalion, the report
shows three marksmen. one man in the first
class, one in the second, and forty-six in the