Evening star., 1898-05-14

master sergeant, Eranois Penrose Smith:
sergeants. Willard F. Eckloff. John 9.
Hamilton' Mlnnt Craig Harris and Clarence B.
Frank p Platz. bernard R. Lee, Charles
A. Pepper. William W. Hill and Stanley 9.
besknam; Bee ham MUSICIANS. % Raymond i; Berry
Mcdonald: wagoner, Hamilton O. Fergur-
son: priyates. William Z Baum, Albert NJ.
Billings. John c. Hoss Frank B. Bowers,
Henry J; Brochon. George R. Bunyea, Dem
CLANCY. John E. Clement. Taylor Cox,
Nicholas T. Crowley Charles W. Durbien,
George c. Fairbank, Benjamin s. Favorite,
u Hamtlton Ficklin. Edgar R. Fletcher. Budd
Haean wiiIis Samss Gaslly Ginnnay; Franz Ark
thur g; Hammerfy. Benjamin j. Har-
Haskell, Albert M Hayden, william Fl.
George L. Hilton. John E. Holmes. George
". Hoiroyd, Joseph T. Hopkins, George M.
kitching, Clarence E. Langley, Isaac p.
LinSh, | inc; William H; Littlepase. Maurice N.
Martin, John G. Mead. Charles g. Millen-
Ger, samuel Morgan. Samuel Murdoch,
George Newman, Henry F. Nolan John D.
y Leary George w. Patterson, James o.
John L. Schnerger, Emil schultz. Everett
r.; springer, Wesley c. Stansbury, F'reder-
IL IGN orewart, Joseph T. Stotsenberg, Will
liam liam Venable, William E. Wallace, Alan s.
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company D-Captain, William S. Hodges:
s lrst lieutenant, Richard ]. Donnelly; sec
ond lieutenant, Louis T. Boiseau; first SER
seant, Henry A. Dobson quartermaster
p. Leeman, Clarence N. Walker, William
L. jackson and Samuel L. Dickinson: cor
porais, william c. Ryan. James E. Smith,
Ahspurn r. Towner, Oliver L. Bell. Peter
Ropert Goodman; artificer, William H.
stark; wagner, John Lewis; privates
JULIUS Augenstein, Fred D. b. Austin, Levi
I. Baker John r. Barghauser. William H.
barstoW, Lewis w. Brown. Ed L. Budding
TON, Edwin Burke, Allan Cairns James A
callahan, Morris c. Foote. Alfred L. Clio
vannonf, William E. Glenn, George Hal
uens; ; Archie Hammerly, Thomas F. Hay
Charles M. Jones. Elmer H. Kaufman
William Kelly, Arthur L. Kitchin Ernest
korte, Charles F. Little. William B. Lit
tie. William Lynch, John A. Maher Will
liam E. Mansfield Leroy e. McCauIey. Pat
McConville. Ed J. McNerhany, Dominick
McMenamin jr., Frank E. Middleton Scott
Munroe: William Niemeyer, Arthur c. No
Bile, William H. Noyes, Edward Ockert,
Robert Osborn, Harold l.. Owens, John E.
Petersen. Henry E. Pielert, Albert Pike
Robert Fl. Potts, George Prender, Charles
A Rainey, George NJ Raley, Jacob Richey
Morton P. Rollins, Charles O. Saers, John
d. Shay, Harry c.. Sargent. Harry w Shri-
yer, John II. Trumbo, John X. Waggaman
David E. Watson, George f. Wickert Ross
W. wise, DaVld X. Woodfngton Lawrence
j. woodbridge and William V. Yeatman.
Flnt-FOOted and Failed.
Early this morning a blue-eyed youth,
whose well-knit figure filed out the curves
OF new spring suit strode eagerly across
Pennsylvania avenue and made his way to
the center market armory, where a good
sized crowd of other young men had al
ready preceded him. He was a natty fell
low, and young ladies going to market cast
ty,
an hour later he appeared garbless in q
group of other naked men at the communi-
eating door leading into the southeast cor
ner of the big drill hall Of the armory bet
ter known as Center Market Hail. An ex-
pert eye would have picked him out as a
singularly welldeveloped and well-propor-
TONED youngster. Across the hall was a
group of officers representing Uncle Sam
and more naked men The Individual in
question was beckoned to come over and
said:
Go at a hop on your right foot to the
middle of the hall, then change to your left
and keep hopping till You get there
me eager aspirant for military fame
structfons, but he couldn't He made sor-
ry attempt to hop-tile forty odd feet of
moor, but when he reached the officers he
was tersely told to go back.
why, what's the matter with me?' he
inquired in an injured tone, throwing out
his chest. -
% You ..,lss cant hop" he was politely inform
ed, therefore you Aare fat-footed Flat
footed men can't march, Therefore Won arc
not eligible for enlistmeft" -
Cresfallen and ashamed the youth re-
turned whence he came
The Reading Test.
Several young men hoped nimbly across
and when they had accomplished this were
put to the reading test Only one failed
10 peruse the print, forward and backward,
and, in spite of his assertion that he could
shoot gun good as anybody. the one
who failed was sent back to ion the fat
footed aspirant.
The applicants eyed the young men who
were already mustered in with open-eyed
envy. and there was no doubt all of thorn
would have given lots to have been given
chance to don similar uniforms and strap
on the knapsacks that lay in a line along
the east side of the drill hall. These KNAPP
sacks were heavily loaded with soldiers
necessities, and had water cups swung he
low anc canteens resting atop of each one.
They belonged to the members of Captain
Hodges company, the Ordway Rifles, who
slept in the drill! hall last night Over in
the rifle gallery were more knapsacks. sim
llarly equipped, belonging to the soldiers of
the Swiss Guard, IS Captain Englands
company Is called, who made that hall
their place of rest last night
Both companies went over to the volun-
teer army rendezvous at Woodburn Manor
at o'clock this afternoon. leaving six more
10 IOliOW.
The delay in filling the ranks of the yari-
Gus companies has been due entirely to the
desire of every captain and of Colonel Har-
ries himself and the other officers of the
regiment, to accept only those who will
make good soldiers in every sense of the
term. By tomorrow night at the furthest
the entire roll of the 1st Regiment, Dis
trict of Columbia Volunteers, will be COM
pleted and after Monday the big armory
at Center Market will be deserted by the
caretakers.
Report to Major UreII.
The two companies which went over to
Woodburn Manor today reported to Major
Urell of the 1st Battalion, commanding the
camp. The two companies next mustered
IN will be taken over Monday by Major C.
L. Hine. who will command the I'd Bat
talon. Major O'Brien Will probably take
the remaining four companies to camp as
a battalion Monday or Tuesday.
Two Companies Leave for Camp,
Companies L, Capt. England, and D, Capt.
Hodges, left for Woodburn Manor at
o'clock today. The companies marched un-
der command of Capt. England from the
armory to 9th street and Maryland avenue
az the regulation quickstap, and were soon
aboard the special Southern train which
was waiting to carry the soldiers to camp.
The crowds along tho line Of arch u,b;ob