Evening star., 1899-01-28
THE NATIONAL GUARD
Inspection of the Second Regiment
Next Tuesday Evening.
REGlMENTAL TG; NJ RIFLE MATCH
Report Of Captain Dapray Regard
ing the 1st Separate Battalion
INTEREST ATD l. ETICS

ESTIN ATHLETICS
Al the request of the colonel command
ing. the inspection Of the 2d Regiment by
baj;alfons will occur Tuesday evening next,
instead Of Monday. the day first decided on.
The inspection will he by Gen. Harries ard
staff and IS 10 occur in the drill hall of the
Center Market Armory. The inspection OF
the battalions Of the 1st Regiment will be
held at the same place Monday evening,
the 9th of February.
a meeting of the officers of the 1st Regi-
ment held last Monday evening in the
parlors of the general staff al brigade head
quarters. The commanding general and the
members of his staff were in attendance.
The object and results of the meeting Were
similar to those of the meeting of the Off
GERS of the I'd Regiment the week before.
Arrangements for the inspection February
6 were made and a general talk followed
regarding the betterment of the regiment
and of the National Guard in general. Sew
eral of the officers present spoke with en-
thuSiaSm in favor of permitting the increase
and cultivation of social features in counec-
tion with the local National Guard work.
Report of Battalion Inspection.
Capt. Dapray. special inspector and in
ing general his report of the recent in
spect:On of the 1st Separate Battalion ard
ii Is OF interest to the brigade at large.
Under the head of general appearance
and attendance. Capt. Dapray says: The
attendance was ProportiOnaiiy larger than
any similar assembly heretofore directed
For example. out of a total of fifteen Off
GERS who should have been present thir-
teen wcra present. the absence of the other
two to be investigated and reported upon
hereafter. OF the thirty-three non-corn-
misSioned officers who should have been
present. only four We're absent and their
absence will also be hereafter reDOrted
upon The especially gratifying feature of
the attendance was the presence of the
four captains. who We're able to answer
the various questions put by me regarding
their respective companies. The appear
ance OF all present wdS generally good -
In his report Capt Dapray also said.
III was noticed that nearly all the Off
GERS appeared to be in the habit of war
Ing their caps indoors, while conversing or
conferrlns with each other, and with their
superior officers, even while transacting
oHclaI business, and not wearing side
arms while. on the other hand. several of
the enlisted men who wore side-Srrns re-
moved the head cover. Attention was
called to the official requirements IN The
mstItei from the standpoints of both Gus
tom and official courtesy and il is beIiey,
ed that all understood and appreciated the
situation. ''''' 'iie
AT this, like all such inspections. 7 took
O''s4N4''tL tp tAitidln the objects and
SUES "i othclai courtesy between military
men, which, in my opinion needs 10 he
NOR fu'iy understood among national
s'ai'iS:heH. ana emphasized the fact that
thr HtlHtary sa!Gtes especially involved
heither ServitU0e nor humiliation il ba5ne-
'HlE On" ot those eyid ences. of courtesy
@ @a5.H respect between officers ana men
NAich mark military dcportrneur aud C;iC
cig!!n". ana that whatever he IN, -
UL courtesy and respect due from d i1jrior
- i.I-ii' my interior he is to exuect and
. -. J.! ON lle senior or military superior
Sifaliar recognition in return
~ ms inspection II was especiaIIy- rn
~ 5"|t HIItarF discipline and deC0ruin
t-Ll,' 10 Je not in The slightest degree
'h'e''i i-nec ty that sort of social or -
Sg.Iii lHlimdcE 0f acquaintance u bicb too
"-e'h among the civic Soldirrv inrair- rho
I-tLi-itSs Of officers and lessons the an
L"IllE "t commanders. Neither officers r,[,.
mon III The Isl Separate RartaIion .t-;,,l...l
any "9t military acquaintance with eac1
80! "Hfl'@ .he Insnection. and the man
n'E of fhe major cOmuandiu. was espeCiaI-
y !i-s'fk"H b"-u in tone and StvIa
'lri"g the conference between rnvsaIr
ItI th@ n.'mherS Of the battalion present
invited the asking Of any Questions haar
irc on military duty and afp,iri....'.ia
and WaS much Sratif-d 10 have a Iaren
iI.tL''f "t Questions asked without regard
tlL' rank or thr pueStinrer relative 10
HFt'tl'iI points which l endeavored 10
make plain 10 all
Records and Cnrrcsnondeuce.
Under tho head Of records and correspond
enc Ca"tfin Dapray says: In the matter
ot the battalion ana company records spe-
CI@i memoranda Will be submitted shovin,,
errors, etc But it may be well 10 remark
generally that the officers of the 1st sepa-
rate battalion. like those throughout the
Guard generally. stand much in need 1f
thdJ degree Of specific guidance which will
u" necessary to establish ore uniform sv.-
TEN OF recOrd-kecping Even in one ba7
talon, like the ISt Separate. several meth
ods prevail in regard to the letters recciv-
ed book alone. and as the departures from,
the one right method are doubtless due To-
varying constructions. II is respectfully rec
commended tHat adiutant'S school be estah-
HShtd al militia headquarters under the. i'm
mediate supervision of the adiutant gen
er1L who shall himself b. the instructor
and that the school be divided into reai-
mvntS and battaliOns and the sessions ha
held al stated times at these headquarters
During the inspection now under report I
went very fully and ninutcly into the mat
ter Of official correspondence. and while
each and all prOfcSSed to understand all The
forms and requirements explained by me
! realize that only the closest scrutiny on