Evening star., 1897-02-27
| 4. -Absentees are to be assessed S each
/ Excuses will not be in order.

/
| Guests of Maj. Campbell.
| In speaking of the part Vermont will take
| in the Inauguration ceremonies next week,
| speaks very pleasantly of Major Campbell
and the 4th Battalion, as follows:
| THE adjutant general received q tele-
| gram yesterday from Major E. r. Camp
| bell. commanding the 4th Battalion, Dis
| trict of Columbia National Guard, Wash
ington. D. G.. stating that the major, adju,
| tant and quartermaster Of that corps will
| meet the Vermont troops on arrival at
| Washing ton, and that the members of his
/ command will be happy to show them the
! sights of the city and render every atten-
| ton possible for their comfort and Pleas
| ure. Major Campbell is veteran of the
! 11th Vermont Regiment and served with
| credit during the war. He was an officer
| in the Brandon Co., V. n. c.. long ago. and
has foc years occupied leading position in
/ the United States pension Office In Wash
! ington. The 4th Battalion, d. c. N. e., is
| one of the finest infantry corps in the Unit
| ed States and the Vermont soldiers are
| fortunate in being their guests, which they
! will most fully appreciate"
Discharges, Honorable and Otherwise.
On their own applicable the following
/ have been honorably discharged: Private
| A NJ. Hatsfied, Company A, I'd Battalion;
Private Paul j. Brandt Company A, Sd
! Battalion; Private Ferdinand Molkow,
Company A, Sd Battalion; Private Henry
Moran. Company A, Sd Battalion; Sergt.
| Bertrand Jeffries. Company c. 5th Battal-
| ion; Private Charles V. Mcintosh, Com
pany c. 5th Battalion; Private Theodore
Mcintosh Company c, 5th Battalion; Pri-
vate William Mcintosh. Company c, 5th
! Battalion: Private Jesse Fuss. Company
ID. 9TH Battalion; Private Edmund Becker,
Company A, 9Th Battalion; Private w. X.
Dumbaugh, Company A, 1st Battalion;
Private George w. King. Company C. 1st
Battalion; Private James A. Hannah, Com
pany B. 1st Battalion: Private ]. d. Fran
zoni. Company A. Sd Battalion: Corporal
Fred W. Albert. Company A, Sd Battalion
and Private Charles r. Yeatman, Company
A, Sd Battalion.
Because of removal from the District
Private Gearge W. Wimberly, Company c,
lst Battalion. has been honoraby dis
charged. The same is true of Private
Horace H. White. Company A, 9th Bat
TALON. SO far as honorable discharge is
concerned, he furnishing a surgeons Ger
tificate of his disability.
The dishonorable discharge of Private c.
Howard Bell, Company A, 1st Battalion,
has been revoked and an honorable dis
charge granted in lieu thereof.
Because of expulsion from their COM
panies the following have been dishonor-
ably discharged: Private John Rogerson,
Company C, 1st Battalion; Private Walter
C. Roche. Con pany C. 1st Battalion; Pri-
vate John j. Nogt. Company c, 1st Bat
TALON: Private Frederick H. Schafhirt
Company d. list Battalion; Private Guy E.
Padgett. Company c, I'd Battalion and Pri-
vate {. d. ViHing, Company G, I'd Bat
talon.
Transfers have been ordered by the ad-
jutant general as follows: Second Lieut..
Will Emory Sorrells, from the I'd Separate
Company to Company c. 9TH Battalion; Pri-
vate Thomas C. Washington, from Com
pany b. Engineer Corps, to Company c,
lst Battalion; Private A. c. Brummett,
from the I'd Separate Company to Company
c. 1st Battalion and Private Henry d.
Birch. from Company D. 1st Battalion to
Company A. I'd Battalion.
Rifles of Equal Efficiency.
The following extract from the annual
report of Brig. Gen. Bird w. Spencer, in
spector general of rife practice for the
state of New Jersey, will be of interest to
local guardsmen:
THE opportunity given for a test of
small-bore rifles. the Sea Girt range being
particularly adapted to their use was not
confined TO Winchester, but the Krag-Jor-
gensen. tfe Savage, the Lee, and several
ether smail-bore rifles We're used in the
recent competitions of the New Jersey
State Rifle Association.
1T seems to have become necessary, how
ever, that before another season some more
definite description of the rifles and the
ammunition to be used should be given in
the conditions of the matches.
When the National Rifle Association es-
tablshed the competitions for the Soldier
of Marathon. in 1875, and the Hilton
trophy. In 1873. some twenty years ago no
such Improved arms ao those now in uss
had been invented, and the term. any rifle
and any ammunition meant the best then
known, and the term, any rifle authorized
issued or adopted, by any state or govern
ment. meant, by reason of the then exist
lrg circumstances. the best rifle of that
day, which Is vastly inferior to the modern
rife.
1T is claimed that a team entering with
rifle authorized by its state. If that rife
De three-grooved Springfield, 45-caliber
ls at great disadvantage as against
more modern rifle which may have been
adopted by some other state entering
Teams The consensus of opinion seems to
oe that all teams should shoot with a rifle
or equal efficiency, and l believe that in
order to continue these matches success
Iuily some such provision will have to he
made or else 1t will be necessary to speci-
la.at an teams who enter will go to the
matches fully advised as to what they have
TO compete against
Notes.
An addition has been made to the GYM
nasium of the National Guard Athletic
Association in the shape of a rowing ma
chine.
Sergeant John II. Ryan Of Companv A
Sth Battalion. is fighting for the cause OF
Iupa' so II Is reported. being enrolled as
a member OF the insurgent cavalry
honorable discharges have been granted
to all the members of Company b. "a rat
TALON. recently mustered out of the Die
trlct National Guard by general orders
from headquarters.
Inc costly silver cup offered as q prize
In the Washington's birthday shoot of the
Amateur Rifle Club at its range near
Chevy Chase, was won by 1st Lieut. Geo.
g Shaw. Inspector of rifle practice of the
9Th Battalion.
At a recent meeting of the Amateur
Rifle Club IL was decided to change the
constitution of the organization SO far as
the limit Of membership to twenty-five
Is concerned. A large number of appli-
cants. 1t is stated. have been awaiting
with fmpatience the action Of the mem
bers ON this point.
Company c, I'd Battalion, Is determined
to make an appearance second to none
In the inaugural parade. The company
have been drilling twice each week Mai.
O'Brien and staff of the I'd Battalion were
the guests of the company at it's quarters
Sl3 E street. Tuesday evening last. 1t
is the Intention of Capt. Domer in the near
future to appoint a complete roster of
non-commissioned officers.
CHECKERS.