Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08

1897, I'd Separate Battalion; 13, Samuel A.
Ward, October 4, 1897, LIST Separate Bat
1897, I'd Battalion; Is, Edward H. Brian,
October %. 1897. 9th Battalion; 49, George
C.. Thomas, November 8. 1897, 4th Bat
talon.
Acting second lieutenant, Milo H. SUIT
liff. January Is. 1897. Ambulance Corps.
Notes.
1t is understood First Lieut. Schuyler c.
Stokes. inspector of rifle practice of the
I'd Battalion, will tender his resignation.
Capt. Hedge G. Forsberg, Battery A, Light
Artillery. has rendered his resignation.
Beginning at $50 pm. January a Sc
ries of lectures on the subject of electricity
as applied to military engineering will
be delivered in the quarters of Company
c, Engineer Battalion. An invitation has
been extended to all officers of the guard
t. attend these lectures. Later, military
sketchinS and reconnaissance will be dis
cussed.
1t is understood that the new home Of
the National Guard at the Center market
building will contain large apartment
and dark room. specially arranged to
accommodate the blue printing department
OF the Engineer Battalion.
The troop of cavalry mustered into the
National Guard the 18th of November,
and known as the Washington City Troop,
"A.
Over thirty members of the troop have
been mustered in. The full quota will be
enlisted, SO 1t Is stated, within few days.
The manual of physical drill of the
United States army, prepared by First
Lieut.. E. l.. Butts, has been prescribed
for the use of the District of Columbia
National Guard.
The company team rifle match for Jam
uary will be shot Wednesday and Thurs
cay, the 18th and 18th irstants. The bat
talon and regimental team matches will
both be shot Thursday, the Goth.
Capt. Edward F. Riggs, aid-de-camp,
has been directed to report to Capt. Her
bert ]. Slocum for temporary duty as as
sistant instructor of drills.
All commissioned officers of the brigade
have been directed to assemble al head
quarters the last Monday evening of each
month between and 10 o'clock The
commanding general and staff will be
pleased to see all officers of the guard, who
business, the other Monday evenings CT
the month.
The National Guard Band has received
the approval of the commanding general,
and a circular Is to be issued from head
quarters recommending it to guardsmen.
1t is the intention, both of headquarters
and of the bandsmen themselves, to make
the band one of the foremost bodies OF its
kind at the national capital. Preparations
are being carried on satisfactorily for the
initial concert of the band, to be held in the
near future at one Of the local theaters.
A smile of wide dimensions is seen on
all faces in the vicinity Of headquarters
these days The smile expands noticeably
with the approach of Capt. Herbert ]. Slo-
cum. 1t seems that Capt. Slocum called at
headquarters the other day, and, after ex-
changing a few words with Gen. Harries,
took his departure. That is not all that
was taken. The dashing captain returned
a moment later, visibly agltated. Some one
had stolen his new bicycle. he said. An
other wheel was in front of the headquar-
ters building, but 1t was of a different make
Of that owned by Capt. Slocum. A hasty
telephone message was sent to police head
quarters and half a dozen detectives were
soon investigating the case. Just before
Capt. Slocum reported the loss of his wheel
a prominent local minister had telephoned
police headquarters and announced sim
liar loss, the wheel of the divine having
been taken from in front of a banking in
stitution near the Treasury Department.
1t did not take the detectives very long to
discover that Capt Slocum, Inadvertently
of course, had ridden off on the wheel be-
longing to the minister. The captains BIZ
cycle was found where he had left it, in
front of the banking institution.