Evening star., 1896-07-18
At Least One Company is Making
Arrangements for Camp.
REPORTED VIEWS OF GENERAL ORDWAY
List of Candidates for the Brigade
Rifle Team.
A B Ut RIOT DU T Y

National Guard during the present sum-
will be held. The brigade. however. will
take advantage Of the appropriation made
for the purpose, and spend a week or ten
days under canvas at Fort Washington
next June The cause Of the postpone
nent was the certainty Of a very small
attendance, owing to the delay in reach
ing decision in regard to the camp.
There has BEEN some talk Of the forma-
tion Of a provisional regiment and the
holding Of an encampment by it at Colonial
Beach. but tie proposition seems to have
been abandoned, 1t is thought, because
Maj. Otto l.. Suess of the 9th Battalion,
who. 1t was understood, would command
the regiment, has been assigned to field
duty by the pension office. Maj. Suess will
go to South Dakota, with headquarters at
Sioux Falls, and is to leave Washington
August 10. He will he away for an in
definite period, and during his absence
Capt. Guy E. jenkins of Company A will
be in command of the 5th.
At least one company is going ahead with
arrangements for camp of it's own; al
though 1t seems to be certainty that no
assstarce in the WAY of quartermaster or
rstions may be looked for from head
quarters. The commanding general is re-
ported to be opposed to encampments Of
individual troops of the brigade, and in
on Discipline in the National Guard" by
Lieut.. Z. II. Hitchcock, an officer of MANY
years experience in the National Guard of
me state OF New York. IS referred to- Lieut..
n,dcncocK ana S, declares: Junketing excursions
ara voluntary encampments are to he
aHoldHd as demoraliZing in a high degree.
Wheh a man pays his own way he NAV
.Wlth Wlth coed show Of reason claim the priv
.ese OF haVing good time in his own
fashton-a condition incompatible with dis
clpllne. On occasions when the organiza
ton Is under orders and receives nav
strlct obedience can justly be demanded
ai u Is usually enforced without difficulty
Candidates for the Brigade Team.
Preliminary practice for places on the
brigade team began at the Oryiway ranpa
Wednesday last. Exclusive of members Of
the department of rifle practice and the
members and alternates of the team Of
1898, those who have been elected to engage
IN the practice are as follows:
1st Battalion-W. w. Wells Companv A.
F. w. Wells and F. v. Mcintosh Comnanv
B; John A. Wilkinson and c. w. Smith
Company G.
I'd Battalion-Private Britain. comnanv
A; Privates W. E. Coladay, C. McC. Tay.
pany B. No'i'
Sd Battlion-First Lieut.. Luther n pe,.h-
elderfer. staff Capt Edgar A. Shilling
Corp. Frank E. Lacy and Private Charles
Lyman, Company A; Sergt. Frank ]. Beach
Company D.
Second Regiment-Col Cec;J CIay oor,
manding regiment.
4th Battlion-Maj. f. r. Campbell and
Lieut. 8. r. Jacobs. staff; Sergt. T. F. Nc
Analiy and sergt; Thomas McAnally. Com
]. D. Leeman. Company c.
e otn SattaIon-Lieut: w. NJ Sprigg and
Sergt. Maj. w. H. Bailey, STAFF: Private e.
=: Callan' Company A: Private A. B. Weis
[ Il
L. Bode, Company c..
6th Battalion-Serst. Charles E. Groome
Corp. A. Whitacre, Corp. E. S. Wilcox
Private i1I It, j: L. Ball, Private 1. L. Bush
Capt. J. 8. Tomlinson. Sergeant ". s.
Davenport, Private H. NJ. Bell, Private W.
T. Buell.. Private j. A. Kirk and Private
r. l.. Pile. Company B.
Engineer Corps-Lieut George A. Drurv
staff; sergt. F. E. Mclaughlin, Privates a.
w. Alberto. John A. Massie, Charles G.
Russell, Ed w. Scott and e. Williams
Company A: Capt. Frank W. Holt, Prl-
ington, Company B; Corporal E, A. Wright
and Private w. G. Steward, Company G.
1st Separate Battalion-Private Joseph H.
Thomas. Company A; Lieut.. Joseph H
Johnson. Company d.
1t will be noticed that the provisional
battalion Is not represented among the
candidates. None of the inspectors of rifle
practice or members and alternates of
DGen
toned, because their records are consid-
cred sufficient to work on; they will be
notified when their appearance at the range
is desired AS the number Of candidates
Is to be reduced to thirty, including the
men with records. after the first day of
the competition for places, 1t is likely that
the slaughter of the new men, so to speak
will be something horrible.
Other Rifle Department News.
The brigade team has in years past work.
ed at great disadvantage. in that it never
possessed team telescope, except one bor-
rowed from Capt. Pollard. But the team
of 1895 is to be supplied with an instru-
ment quite the equal of anything of like
character ever seen on modern rifle
range. The telescope is to be a local
product. the work Of Mr.. George N Saog-
muller, and Will he guaranteed to make
plain 3d'-caliber hit in the bulIs-eye at
700 yards. The instrument will be delivered
prior to the beginning Of the team practice
Monday, July u.
Private Schuyler c. Stokes. Company B.
I'd Battalion, and Private Arthur A. Bir-
ney. Company A. Engineer Corps. who have
been nominated for commission as inspec-
tor OF rifle practice respectively for the I'd
and list Battalicns. have been ordered to
appear before the department Of rifle prac-
tice board of examination Tuesday evening
next, on which occasion it Is probable that
capt. Thomas 3. King will make his debut
as member OF the board.
meeting of the officers Of the depart-
ment OF rifle practice will be held at brI-
gade Headquarters Tuesday evening next
at $40 o'clock.
1t should be remembered that all candi-
dates for places on the brigade team must
appear in uniform for the shooting Mon
day, July 20, and Thursday, July %.
Transportation to Ordway,
An officer of the department of rife prac-
tice will be on duty at the ticket office Of
the 9th street depot Monday, July 20, and
Thursday, July %, from As pm. until the
departure Of the POI pm. train, and will
issue tickets, free Of charge, to those
guardsmen going to Ordway in order to
participate in the competition for places on
the brigade rifle team.
Company Teams Mt Sea Girt.
lnasmuch as there is to be no brigade en-
campment during the present summer, the
tendency of large number Of the District
National Guardsmen is to visit Sea Girt
during the week Of the annual rifle compe-
tftions. The time that would have been
spent at camp is available in many in
stances for the trip to Sea Girt which can
De made at comparatively small expense