Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-05


| number Of applicants to examine on his
| next visit to the ship
| Ihe papers In the case of G. W. Garner.
coal paSSer, Naval Battalion, who was tried
| before a court-martfal a week ago for in
subordlnation and conduct unbecoming a
| member of the battalion. have been for
| wardea to Commander Hams by the re-
| corder for his action. The board was COM
| posed of Lieut.. r. b. Brummett, president
| Lieut.. A. T. Lang and Ensign G. A Berry,
| members, and Ensign Howard Fisk, record
| er. The result has not yet been announced.
| Several members of the battalion have re-
| ce1ved warrants. These warrants were is
sued to members who have worked faith
| Iuliy and fulfilled their duties in the proper
manner since their connection with the or
ganization, and have earned their promo
| lions.
| General Muster.
| Lieut.. Commander Hopkins executive Of
| ficer, by direction of Commander Hams, has
! ordered the members of the Naval Battal-
ion to report aboard the l. S. s. Fern Nav
o. at s O'Clock pm, for general muster.
Inc uniform of the day will be blue. The
members are requested to bring their white
| uniforms with them and be prepared at that
tlfne TO state whether or not they will be
apIe TO participate in the cruise next July.
Inc smaller craft of the Naval Battalion
nave undergone numerous repairs during
| the past few weeks. The boats have all
peen painted by the shipkeepers and pre-
sent a very neat appearance. The Fern has
also received bright coat of paint and has
oeen thoroughly cleaned and all metal work
pollshed in fine condition The interior
OF the Fern is also in fine condition a num-
Der OF the state rooms having been recently
painted and fitted up.
Hamiiton tlckiin member of the Naval
Battalion, has been appointed a shipkeeper
on the L. S. S. Fern.
Condition of District Guard.
Adjutant General Love has prepared and
submitted to the commanding general a re-
port, which speaks for itself, upon the
actual condition of the guard in April. 1886
which was one Of the best years, and Aprjl.
1880. as nearly as be ascertained from
the official records
nave attempted to prepare statement
Tor ISIS but find the records so ncom-
plete that such report is impossible" saws
Col Love. In 1Sl6 there was in the. Isl
"a. I'd, 18th, 9Th, 9th and 1st Separate Bat
.alons' battery a, Ambulance Corps En-
siheef battalion. Signal Company and
Corps of Field Music a total of G}2 men.
There are no records on file to show the
strength of the Corps of Field Music, which
have placed at twenty-four while tbare
was no band as an independent organiZa-
non at that time as far as shown by the
records.
There was total gain of thirteen dur
ing the three months preceding. Thirtv-fve
were honorably discharged ten deserted
tWenty-Six either 'dishonorably' or in the
interest of the service discharged; forty
three discharged on expiration term of
service
There Is now in the Guard a total of
LAY men. Since the first of the year there
nave been thirty-nine honorably discharged
'hlrty-tWo on own application number of
whom nave enlisted in the United States
service, and seven for physical disability
for which discharges We're never given
prior to 1898; sixty-two removal from
District many of whom had enlisted in
the United States service: thirty-three dis
honorably discharged, and forty-four de-
Serters.
The Net Gain.
This in many instances was dead wood
which was being carried, and the resultant
discharges followed a strong effort TO weed
out such men, and whenever it was appar-
ent that the Guard would be benefited
thereby. After clearing the Guard of this
dead wood there have been many more
than that number active. desirable men
taken in, and there has been a gain of II
in less than four months. In the last three
weeks there have been I31 men enlisted.
The books and papers of the entire COM
mand are in excellent condition, returns
being rendered promptly in most cases,
with very few mistakes made, while great
interest displayed throughout the
Guard in perfecting the system in use.
The several staff departments are in ex-
ccllent shape, as far be Judged 10y
reports of inspections. Arms are being
cleaned and put in good shape generally.
The examinations, both mental and phys
zeal, have increased In severity, and in one
case of five candidates for commission who
appeared before the brigade board of eX-
animation none We're able to pass in the
first instance. Failures to pass the sur
geon are numerous, and such men are re-
jected unless the disability is only tenn
porary.
~Quarterly inspections are now made. it
beinp evident that "A ANIMAL iDSDpctiDu
alone was not enough to obtain the close
supervision and ceaseless care desirable.
las an evidence of the progress, the
Guard has furnished over 400 men, includ-
ing nine National Guard officers, to the reg
ular and volunteer forces since the close Of
the Spanish-American war, and today the
vacancies in the Guard thus caused have
been flled, so even with this large number
withdrawn it finds itself stronger than be-
fore.
THE apportioned quota from the District
of Columbia for the twenty-five volunteer
regiments organized in 1899 was III, while
it actually furnished 3So-this after hav-
ing had a full regiment, large part of
which was composed of National Guards
men, in the SpaniSh-American war.
Entitled to Compete.
Those entitled to compete In the Burllhart
medal match next Tuesday evening are
Capt F. B. Wheaton. Company B, 4th Bat
TALON. who has an aggregate score of 1873;
Sergt Albert Whitacre. Company c, 9TH
Battalion, 1s5; Lieut.. W. C. Whip, Com
pany C, 9th Battalion. 1S5; Capt. F. E.
Skinner, Company c, 9Th Battalion, $50;
Private R. l.. Pile, Company B. 4th Battal-
ion 1872. and Lieut.. w. NJ. Farrow, inspec-
tor OF rife practice, 4th Battalion, 49,.
Completion of Gallery Matches.
The summary of scores in the company
team match in the gallery for the present
season is as follows 1, Company B, 4th
Battalion, $50: ., Company C, 5th Battalion,
s5S g. Company C, 9th Battalion, SAT; 4,
Company A, 9th Battalion, $40; g. Compa-
Battalion, 76s; I, Company A, 9th Battalion,
49, s. Company A, 4th Battalion. 694; 0,