Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-02-20
Active Preparations Being Made for
the Inaugural Parade.
TROUBLE IN TEE FIFTH BATTALION
Date Fixed for the Camp at Fort
Washington.
DIRECTIONS FOR THE DOCTORS

Although it is impossible to learn any
| thing definite in regard to their nature, it
has leaked out that charges have been pre-
ferred by Captain George W. England
against First Lieutenant F. Carroll Mat
| tingly, both of Company d, 9Th Battalion.
INSTRUMENTATION, 1t is said, has something
to do with the unpleasant affair, those in q
position to know saying that the relations
| existing between Captain England and his
senior subaltern have not been quite as
harmonious for some time past as was pos
sible. 1t Is intimated from a reliable source
that nothing material is likely to result
| from the filing of the charges. The action
however. has caused stir of interest, espe-
clally throughout the battalion with which
the two officers mentioned are connected.
Drilling for the Fourth.
The I'd Regiment has been ordered to
assemble for drill and parade Tuesday
evening next. February %. The regiment
will be formed in Convention Hall at S:15
o'clock. Field dress. with campaign hats
and overcoats, will be worm The assembly
is intended as a sort of rehearsal for the
Inauguration parade. Immediately after
the formation of the command 1t will be
marched through the streets of the city for
an hour or more. The regimental COM
mander has directed that a special effort
be made by company commanders to Sc
cure large attendance
The I'd Battalion will also drill Tuesday
next, the command appearing in field Dress
with campaign hats.
Uniforms for the Parade.
question of deep interest on all sides
at present is in regard to the uniform to
be worn on the occasion of the inaugural
parade March next. 1t has been an
nounced that unless the weather is de-
cidedly unpropitious full dress will be in
order. On the other hand, however, 1t is
declared by those who ought to know that
| fatigue dress. with campaign hats and
oVercoats, is almost certain to be the at
| tire. At all events. company commanders
and battalion quartermasters are busily
engaged looking over their equipment and
| to provide themselves with a full equip
| ment of everything that may possibly be
needed.
The new bayonet scabbards for field dress
are now ready for issue, and are being
served out as rapidly as possible. Atten-
| ton has also been called to the probably
creased and rumpled condition of overcoats
occasioned by their having been packed
| and rolled since the brigade encampment
of 1898. One battalion commander has
directed that each member of his command
be required to have his overcoat neatly
pressed, brushed and cleaned, so that ii
may present a proper appearance on the
4th proximo. Several of the battalions are
having their overcoats touched up in the
| IHdIueI iIlulCdleu.
Rifle Practice May Cease.
1t is among the possibilities that rifle
practice, SO far as the District of Columbia
National Guard is conce rned, will come to
a sudden termination March / for the cur
rent fiscal year if certain item in the gen.
eral deficiency bill now before Congress
should be stricken out. A strong effort is
being made, however, to secure the aIlot-
nient of the necessary money and the lndi-
cations of success in that direction seem
bright.
The battalion match for February. shot
Thursday evening last, was won by the 9th
battalion team with a total of 430, the En-
gineer Corps team being second with 426.
The I'd Battalion was not represented by a
team, and the battalion inspector of rifle,
practice will be called upon for an expla-
nation.
Battalion Match Scores.
The scores in detail of the match were as
follows:
9th Battalion-Sergt. W. S. Davenport,
43: Sergt. Ernest Bairstow, 43; Pvt. R. l..
Pyle, 43; Pvt W. E. Buell., 80; Pvt. A. f.
Burley, 40; Sergt. c. E. Groome AZ Pvt
w. E. Colladay, 40; Capt. Otto G. Simon
son, 45; Pvt A. Whitacre, "A; Lieut. T. V.
Walker, 81. Total 43O.
Engineer Corps-Pvt. w. A. Edwards. A.:
Sergt. Maj. c. L. Lanham, At: Pvt. H.
Beckett. 43; Pvt. ]. s. Gheen, 40: Corp R.
D.
Pvt. w. M. Farrow. n: Corp. w. G. Stew
ard, 40: Sergt. NJ. o. Mayes, 30; Pvt E. W.
Scott. $40. Total. 426.
LIST Separate Battalion-Corp P. Davis, 81;
Sergt. w. B. Nelson. 80: Sergt John Wells
49, Pvt. c. A. Gibson, 30: Pvt. J. Thomas
81; Pvt. ]. Jackson, 30; Pvt ]. Tinney, is:
Corp. P. Clinton, 26: Corp H. Murray, 80:
Lieut.. ]. Johnson. AZ. Total. 314.
1st Battalon-Pvt. B. c. Washington, ~:
Corp. John A. Wilkinson, IL; Pvt A. j.
Erwin. 80; Pvt. F. N. Wells, 40: Lieut.. A
A. Birney. 80: Pvt. T. v. Mcintosh. %:
sergt. w. H. Liggin. 80; Pvt. w. E. Brown.
40: Corp j. W. Kline, IS; Sergt. A. NJ
Allison, s5. Total. 375.
Sd Battalion-Capt. E. A. Shilling. So
Gibson, Al: Lieut.. L. H. Reichelderfer, A.
Lieut.. F. G. Stutz, &c; Pvt. c. Entrenkin
81; Pvt. Heidenreich, Il; Sergt Taite A.;
Pvt. Powell. 80. Total, 392.
4th Battalion-Lieut. S. r. Jacobs. 40:
Mai E. r. Campbell. 36; sergt P. J. Byrne
A; Sergt. c. J. Whip, "a: Pvt E. J. Lee
man. 30: Pvt. Evan Thomas. 50: Sergt. T.
F. McAnally, 49, Pvt Fred Blake. 30: Pvt
Chas. J. Myers, 3S; Lieut.. M. E. Sabin, 49,
Total, 1884.
9th Battalion-Lieut. VIM M. Sprigg. ~;
Sergt. Maj. VIM. H. Bailey, Al: Sergt. AL
bert B. Weir. At: Corp. P. ]. McGuinness,
Al; Sergt Norman Mcleod. 43; Capt. Geo.
w. England. 40: Corporal Trembley, 3S:
Sergt. Duncan Davenport, 80; Lieut.. Geo
c. Shaw, As; Sergt Chas. L. Bode, A.
Total, 421.
SOhphuAht ABOUT ANN Un1t1On.
Much complaint has been made in regard
to the ammunition now furnished for work
In the gallery. Many marksmen claim that
the prevailing epidemic of low scores is the
direct result of the poor quality of the am
munition. In support Of this contention
they say that during the preliminary match
IN December. when the handmade bullets
were used, the scores were exceptionally
high. A month later the same men who
fired in December, but making use of the
government bullet, were unable to reach
anything like the same figure of merit
In this connection. Capt. Thomas s. King,
superintendent of the gallery, said to q
Star rcporter:
The frequent complaint of late that the
poor scores made in the gallery competi-
lions now in progress are due to the round
balls furnished by the ordnance depart