Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-09
THE NATIONAL GUARD
Morton Cadets and Engineers Ready
for the Savannah Drill.
JUICES FOR FHE CONTESTS NAMED
Protest Regarding tho Galveston
Cup Has Been OverruIed.
RIFLE PRACTICE ELSEWHERE

The coming week promises to be interest
ing for The District of Columbia National
Guard, cs well as to folks generally In
Washington. Locally. the ceremonies at
tendant upon the unwilling of the Hancock
statue Tuesday will attract attention, the
troops of the National Guard having been
ordered out to participate In the parade.
AS heretofore stated in The Star, the bril-
gade will be formed at 30 pm. facing
north, on the eIlipse of tie White Lot, near
the center. Unless otherwise specially or
dered, full-dress re equation uniform will be
worn. except that those organizations not
yet provided with it will wear field dress
and equipments. Every effort Is being
made to parade with full ranks, and COM
pany commanders have been directed to see
that all u listed men absent without leave
are properly dealt with. and to report to
headquarters the names of all commission
ed officers absent.
The work of the Morton Cadets at the
Savannah interstate drill and the dcings of
the rifle teams CT the eI gineer corps In the
rifle matches to be held in connection with
the drill. however, will be carefully watch
ed, though at d distance, and wishes for
the success of the Districts representa-
tives be expressed. The departure VIII be
made tomorrow night on the l0:43 train
over the Sc utbern railp ay, on which Gen.
Bird w. Spencer and his team of Jersey
rifiemen will also travel to Savannah and
possible rIIzes. The Mortons, accompanied
by the engineer teams and headed by the
Mount Pleasant Field Band. will leave the
National Grard armory about 9:3O pm.
and parade by way of New York avenue,
18th street and Pennsylvania avenue to the
9Th street station. Five members OF Capt.
Shi,ling's command departed last evening
with the baggage, and will have the camp
in proper shape when the Georgia city is
reached tomorrow afternoon. The guards
men will travel in National Guard fatigue
uniform and carry blanket bags. wooden
and rubber blankets, with rifles in canvas
cases. The return will be made either Sat
urday evening next or the following Mon
day.
Judges for the Drill.
The encampment will be known as
Camp Gordon and will be in command
of Maj Edward Karow. The tents have been
sent to Savannah from Atlanta, and ere
this are in position. Maj. Karow has
named his staff, as follows: Capt. John T.
Roman, quartermaster; Lieut.. w. T. Dixon,
camp adjutant, and Lieuts. w. t. Dixon.
w. 0. D. Rockwell and w. F. Blois, aids
de-camp. There will be further details Of
a surgeon and assistants.
The local militiamen who are going to
Savannah will be glad to learn that all
guard duty is to he performed by the Sa-
vannah companies, the company command
ers having been directed to arrange for a
daily detail of ten men for guard duty at
he camp by reason Of the necessity of
properly caring for the property there.
The judges for the interstate drill in
which the Morton Cadets will compete, are
Maj. o. T. kenan. Capt. ]. F. Brooks and
Capt. 2. G. r. Bell all of the Georgia Ma
tional Guard. This board will also make
the decision in the zouave contest.
Program for the Week.
The program for the week is as follows:
Monday pm, battle exercises pm.
zouave exhibition drill; $50 pm, artillery
exhibition drill; $50 pm, dress parade.
Tuesdays pm, zouave prize drill; 4:3O
pm. artillery exhibition drill; 8 pm. zou-
ave exhibition drill; 6 p. m, dress parade
Wednesdays pm, cadet battalion prize
drill; $50 pm, Zouave exhibition drill; i
pm, artillery exhibition drill; $50 pm,
dress parade.
Thursday-1O a. M, interstate prize drill:
parade and review in the afternoon.
Friday cavalry day)-Cavalry tilt in the
morning; D pm, zouave exhibition. drill;
$50 pm, artillery exhibition drill; 6 pm,
dI ess parade and award of prizes.
Engineer Teams ut Savannah.
The engineers will send team. or rather
two or three teams, to compete In the in
terstate matches at Savannah. In doing
this they have everything to lose, and ap-
parently very little to gain. For three
years the team from this organization has
defeated every regimental team which has
entered against it in the interstate matches
at Sea Grt. defeat ting last year and the
year preceding twelve teams represen ting
regiments from seven or eight states and
q team from Uncle Sans regulars Last
year the Georgia team made great effort
to win the coveted bronze horse" and
after practicing steadily on the range at
Sea Grt for nearly month previous to the
match were defeated. but only by the very
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sible 1900. Bearing the fact of their
great shooting in mind it is easy to see that
the team from the engineers have a very
difficult undertaking before them, for they
November, with the exception of a couple
of hours practice on Wednesday and Fri
day of this week, whereas the Georgia boys
nave been hard at it for the past six weeks,
over their own range.
The engineer team captain, Lieut.. Young
does not. under the circumstances, feel
very confident of winning anything True,
the men vino will shoot are probably as re-
liable and as fine shots as the District can
produce. but they lack practice, without
which it Is almost impossible to win.
A Team of Experts.
The team for the company match will
probably consist of the following: Lieut.
A. o. Hutterly, probably as good an all
around shot as there is in the United States,
his feat last year in making 10 bull s-eyes
out OF 20 shots on skirmsh run being as
fine record as can be found, certainly in
the eastern states; Corpl. Robert P. Garlic
ton also man who astonished every rifle
man at Sea Girt by putting up a record of
~ out OF % at 800 yards; Sergt James NJ
Stewart, a member of the brigade team
since 1t was first organized, who accom-
plished the feat of making 81 out of 35 last
year at 600 yards in the Hilton Trophy
match; Corpl Maurice Appleby. also a dis
tlnguished marksman, having served three
years on the brigade team, another man
VINO last year made a score of "a out
or 30 In the Hilton match, at 500 yards:
private George e. Cook, for two years a
member of the brigade team, who won last
year. as he did the year before, the HAYES
Medal match at Sea Girt. Last year he
made score of 30, possible" in this
match at 800 yards, and the year before
made IL consecutive bull's-eyes at 600 yar,ls.
Lieut.. r. l.. Graham, who broke the rec
ORD In the Hilton match, making 9S ont
or lo5' may shoot on the company team,
his shooting last year. practically without
practice, being little short of wonderful.
On the Battalion Team,
The battalion team will be taken from
the foregoing, and Lieut. G. B. Young and
Private w. w. Cookson, the former a bri-
gaze team man, and the latter an alter
nate