Evening star., 1898-12-31
THE NATIONAL GUARD
General and Staff to Pay Respects to
President Monday.
PROGRAM OF FUTURE INSPECTIONS
The Schedule of Gallery Practice
Recently Promulgated.
BOARD OF SURVEY NAMED

| The commanding general and genera
staff of the militia of the District of Co
| lumbia will call at the White House Mon
| day to pay their respects 10 the President
| of the United States. The general ant
| staff will accompany the officers of the
| army, navy and marine corps, the time SET
| for the call being 40 o'clock. General
| Harries has notified the members of his
| staff to meet him promptly at IL O'Clock
| Monday morning in the Office of the adju-
| tant general, District of Columbia militia
| 1412 q street Full-dress uniform with
| side arms, will be worn. This invitation
| applies only to the commanding general
! and general staff. and not to the officers
| generally of the National Guard.
| The holiday spirit extended to include the
| local National Guard during the week end
| ing today, and but very little work of an
| important nature was accomplished. An
assembly of the I'd Battalion was held
Thursday evening, and although only two
| companies reported, the attendance of each
was large, and the work of the men enthu-
| slastic and credltable. Company b, under
Capt. Chisholm, had four solid fourS, dou-
| bic rank, on the floor.
Captain Dapray, special inspector and in
structor announces that it is his intention
TO next visit and inspect the 1st Separate
Battalion, and then Light Battery A. The
visits will be made on evenings to be deS-
ignated by the respective commanding Off
GERS Thereafter Captain Dapray means
TO begin ali over again, commencing with
the 1st Battalion ard inspecting every or
ganization of the brigade.
Officers Released From Arrest
The commanding general has directed
the release from nominal arrest and res
toration to duty of Capt. John S. Miller
Company D, 1st Battalion, and First Lieut..
William NJ. Arnold, adjutant, lst Battalion
In his communication TO the commanding
officer, lst Regiment, directing the forego-
ing action. the adJutant general further
stated:
IN taking this action the commanding
general furtner directs that the two OIL
GERS concerned be admonished. that While
the explanations of their omissions Of duty
irpel him to be thus lenient. the conditions
are nevertheless not of that military ma
ture and Suftciency either TO excuse or
justify Capt Miller or Lieut.. Arnold in
that failure of duty on their part which, in
the instance involved became matter Of
unavoIdab BILE disciplinary action.
However Unnecessary in his opinion it
should be to remind officers of the pri-
mary el-ments of Soldierly conduct, the
commanding general directs me further to
say that whenever for any reason or pur-
pose whatever an officer of the National
Guard desires to avoid the performance of
al
be excused from that duty should ne prop
erly submitted in advance, in order that
the rules of military administration ard
discipline may be duly respected and pre-
served
As to Rifle Practice.
Small arms practice for the ensuing year
will be conducted as heretofore.
The following schedule for gallery prac-
tce will be observed for the months of jan
uary, February, March and April, 1899, dur
ing which period the prescribed practice
will be completed:
The 1st Battalion and 1st Separate Bat
TALON will practice in the gallery at their
armories, under schedules to be prepared
by the battalion commanders; ID Battalion,
first and third Mondays of each month; 4th
Battalion, first and third Tuesdays of each
month; 5th Battalion, second and fourth
Mondays of each month; 9th Battalion, first
and third Wednesdays of each month.
The general staff, the field and staff Off
GERS and non-commissioned staff of regi-
ments, and battalion inspectors of rifle
practice, the fourth Wednesday of each
month.
Volley firing will follow the individual
practice "a each range, three volleys being
fired by each company, kneeling. proper
record of the results, to be entered in the
company target record book will be certi-
fed by the inspector of rifle practice and in
cluded in the annual report of known-dis-
tance target practice.
Companies will be reported at the rifle
gallery promptly at o'clock pm. in un-
dress uniform, armed and equipped.
The rifle gallery will ~ opened every day
except Sunday, from 3 to 6 o'clock D. M for
voluntary practice. Ammunition will be
furnished on the payment of cent for each
round An inspector of rifle practice will be
in attendance, and, on request, will certify
scores to the captains of companies, to be
credited as part Of the required practice.
Company commanders may obtain perms-
sion to use the gallery for target practice
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superintendent.
SharpshOOters' Qualifications.
New qualifications for sharpshooters have
been announced as follows:
First year of quaiification-An who have
fired two or more scores a 200 300, 500 and
600 yards on the range and in the gallery
and from the best two at each range have
made an aggregate score of not less than
800.
Subsequent years f qualification-Same
as first years qualification, with the addi-
ton of a skirmish run of twenty shots. the
aggregate of all scores. known distance and
sklrmsh, to be not less than 400
BOARD of Survey.
board of survey has been appointed to
meet in the quarters of the signal corps at s
p M, December Do or as soon thereafter
as practicable for the purpose of inquiring
into. reporting upon and fixing the respon-
sibility for the loss of certain quartermas-
ter and ordnance stores issued to the sig
nal corps, D. c. n. G., for which Lieuten-
ant John NJ Field. commanding the signal
corps is accountable. The detail for the
board includes Captain ]. S. Tomlinson
Company A, 9th Battalion: First Lieuten-
ant Frank L. Graham. adjutant. 9th Bat
TALON, and Second Lieutenant Roy Z.
Hayes, Company c, 9th Battalion.
Discharged With Honor.
The following have been honorably dis
charged to accept promotion by commits
sion: Private A. P. Lang, 1st Division
Naval Battalion. to date December o. and
Private Grenville Lewis. jr., 1st Division
Naval Battalion, to date August 81.
Because of removal from the District
honorable discharges have been granted the