Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-06
THE LOCAL MILITARY.
Hiecuons Held ny Companies Of First
HmIInl Ion Id.

curing the past week elections have been
heie IN companies \. G and D. in the LIST
battalion. District OF Columbia National
%uard' TO MI vacancies. AdJu;ant \ Por-
Ter House WAS elected captain of -,mpsuv
A. Lieutenant House entered Cnrnpany n.
list Battalion. as private. about ten wears
ago, ana has been promoted successiysfv
through the grades II corporal. sergeant.
battalion quartermaster sergeant. second
and first iieutenants and battalion adjujant
to the position Of captain-clect. and is r.
Earded by his associates AS thorough. "
qualified TO successfully command COM
panY.
Private +. David Brown of Company r.
was elected first Lieutenant OF Company A.
Mr.. Brown has been a member of the Ma
uuna Guard several years and has nst
WIN considerable success as a rife shot
private j. Harry Atchlsun OF Company
Is was elected to hli the vacant second
ileu'endhcN in Company A. He has been ia
the guard about three years and has taken
particularly active interest N athletics
flrSt Lieutenant Ed. Zea OF Company .
was promoted 10 the captaincy of tina; COM
pany. He has been a member of ib.. M
fantry about fifteen years. and Is = popular
othcer. having enlisted as a private and
oeen promoted through all the grades 10
his present position
Second Lieutenant Allison was chosen
nrst lieutenant to hl the vacancy caused
by The promotion of Lieutenant lea. Lieu
N'llaA- -Aitl>tfN II an enthusiastic r. fltsfNaFf
ana has accompanied the brigade team 10
Sea Girt three seasons. and has Won in
several matches in local contests Ii was
largely through his efforts that the lst Bat
TALON made such an excellent showing AT
the Ordway range last week
First Sergeant w. T. Brown of COMPANY
was elected by his company to be rs
second lieutenant. lie has served two en-
istments in the guard. and has been IN
earnest worker for his company.
company ID elected as its first Lieutenant
Sergeant William r Dix, a soldier who haS
served twelve Years with the battalion
Mr.. DiNs popularity is attested by the fact
that he has been offered commissions sew
eral times heretofore. but declined TO ac-
cept them.
First Sergeant Grove Of Company ID was
elected second lieutenant Of that company.
Grove served in the Spanish-American war
as hrst sergeant of Company G 81 United
States Volunteer Engineers. he saw ser
vice at Pinar del Rio. and various other
places in Cuba. covering a period of four
or live months I'm the island. He WAS rec
commended by his colonel for commission.
hut the regiment WAS mustered out Of SER
vice before action was taken.
Al the regular monthly meeting Of tho
battalion, Wednesday evening last three
vacancies Ola the honorary stan of th,.
Washington Light Infantry Corps were
filled by the appointment Of Captain John
). Miller, Captain Chas Shrevc and Lieu
tenant Arnold. all formerly National Guard
officers and officers in the infantry before
the organization of the guard
The following applicants for membership
were elected.
Company An. T. Martie. r. A Stokes.
VIM. Oliver, Aubrey NJ. Raub and Louis =.
Connolly.
Company B-George W. Goodman.
Company C-Alfred Robertson and Nicho-
las COCuZZi.
Company Drank J. Pauth. W T..
krause. Richard f. Duckett and Z. care
-neti
Several other applications were held over
until next meeting, because the applicants
had not passed surgeons examination.