Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-12
Pay Rolls Required Of Commanders
by the 10Th Instant.
TIE SIXTH BAFfALlOHs RECORD
Relative Rank of Officers of the
Local Brigade.
ITEMS OF INTE r E S T

| the 18th instant. If the pay rolls are free
| Of inaccuracies, the disbursement of the
morey, it is thought. can be accomplished
| within a very few days thereafter.
! The pay rolls will be turned over by Ad-
! jutsnt General Mosher to Captain Andrew
| Parker, acting paymaster general. The
latter will submit them to the auditor for
the District of Columbia for scrutiny and
| approval. When the auditor shall have
| been satisfied, Captain Parker will draw
| from the auditor the cash needed for his
| purposes and order will be issued from
| headquarters STIMULATING the time and the
| place for making the actual payments
| 1t is thought to be possible to pay the en-
| tire brigade in about three evenings. Cap
tain Parker will probably establish himself
| in the drill hall of the Center Market ar
| mcry and the men will be paid in a manner
| very similar to that followed on the occa-
| sion of the muster out of the LIST District of
| Columbia Volunteer Infantry, the 10Th of
| November, 1893.
Completes Tenth Year of Service.
| The 9th Battalion has just completed the
| first ten years of its existence. The LIST of
| January, 1891, Lieutenant Gilbert Thomp-
| son issued his first order, assuming charge
! of the organization, then known the En-
| gineer Corps. Later the command was re-
| organized as a three-company battalion,
| and the commanding officer elevated to the
| rank of major. The designation of the
| corps was changed, early in 1898, to the 9th
| Battalion of Infantry.
| When he assumed command, Major Gill
| bert Thompson, realizing that in the wars
| of the future ability to shoot accurately
| would be Of infinitely more Importance than
! ever before, devoted great attention to the
| instruction of his men in rifle practice and
| did everything in his power to encourage
| them TO attain experiences.
| From the beginning the individual men,
| bers and the teams Of the battalion have
| been successful in work with the rifle, not
| only in local contests, but in international
| competitions well. Three times the 9th
| Battalion team has won the interstate regi-
| mental match at Sea Girt and it is de-
| clared during the ten years OF its existence
the battalion has gathered in more indi-
| vidual and team prizes than has any SINH
| lar organization in the country.
| Company has twice qualified every man
| on the rolls as sharpshooter record sell
dom, If ever, equaled. During the present
season an effort is being made to qualify
| every man in the battalion, either as sharp
shooter or marksman. For the purpose of
aiding the novioes Major William f. Har-
| vey, who now commands the battalion. has
| prepared and distributed a leafet of In
| structions which Is of interest and value
| not only to beginners, but to the officers and
| enlisted men of the National Guard gen.
| orally.
In the leafet it Is first explained that
| every man is required to fire two scores OF
| five shots each over the four ranges and to
|
| possible 400. and as marksman 26o
points out of a possible 400 are required.
| Next follow a number of pointers In re-
| gard to the correct manner of aiming. and
| the advice to preserve record of every
| shot. An explanation of the target meas
| urements and the change of position OF shot
| through windage is given. All in all the
| leaf1et Is a most concise and much needed
| arrival
Relative Rank of Omcers.
| The relative rank of the officers of the
| local brigade at the present time has just
| been announced by Adjutant General Mo-
| sher, as follows:
Brigader general. George II. Harries.
| general officer.
CoIonels-1, NJ Emmett Urell. I'd Regi-
ment; 2, Henry May, LIST Regiment;
| Lieutenant colonels-1. Rich'd A. OBrfen,
! I'd Regiment; 2, Burton r. Ross, list Regi-
ment; 3, Theodore Mosher, general staff,
| adjutant general.
| Majors-1, George Henderson. general
| staff. surgeon general; 2, Michael V. Tier
| ney. general staff. chief of ordnance; 3, E.
| H. Neumeyer, general STAN, commfssiary
| general; 4, Chas. H. Ourand, general staff,
inspector general: 5. Walter D. Davidge.
| ir general staff Judge advocate general g.,
James E. Bell. general staff. inspector gen.
eral of rife practice; Z, Arthur Brooks. list
Separate Battalion; 8. H. H. Parmenter.
general staff, quartermaster general; D.
| Frank l.. Averill, general staff. chief of en-
| gineers; 10, Richard d. Simms. 9Th Battal-
Ion: II. Jesse B. K. Lee, LIST Battalion; u.
William E. Harvey. 9th Battalion; u, An
ton Stephan, 4th Battalion: IA. Glendie 3.
Young. Sd Battalion; 10, Luther H. Reich
| elderfer, ID Battalion.
The Captains-1. E. c. Edwards. I'd
Battalion att John Campbell R1abard 1st
Pyles, I'd Regiment. surgeon; 4, Fred
erick T. Webster, 1st Separate Battal-
ion; 5, Clarence V. Sayer, 9TH Battalion; e..
George F. Dudley. I'd Regiment. chaplain;
! 1St m or
rifle practice; 8, Edward F. Riggs, general
staff, A. d. c.: 0, Alfred P. Robbins, gen.
| eral staff. A. d. c.; TO- Clarence A. Weav-
er, list Regiment. surgeon; II, Thomas Mar
ron Thomas 1st Regiment, quartermaster;
| u. William S. Hodges, 4th Battalion: -,
| w. T. H. King, 9Th Battalion; IA, c. Fred
Cook. General Staff, A. D. c.; Is. E. L..
Webster, list Separate Battalion: 1G, Fran
els B. Wheaton, 4th Battalion: II, Walden
Myer, LIST Regiment, chaplain IS, Frank
E. Skinner, 9th Battalion: 49, Samuel P.
LIST Battalion; 81, F. Penrose Smith. 9Th
| Battalion: %. John S. Tomlinson. I'd Regi-
ment. inspector rifle practice; %. Harry T.
De Groot, 1st Regiment adjutant: "a, Alex
F. Hodgson. I'd Battalion; 26. Samuel L. F.
Piper, LIST Separate Battalion; q, Edward
H. Brian, 9Th Battalion; g. Charles E.
swigart. I'd Regiment, adjutant; 20.
| Harry F. Patterson, I'd Battalion; 81, VIM.
E. Dix, 1st Battalion; 80. John S. w. Rob
inSon. 1st Battalion; 33, Andrew Parker,
General Staff, A. D. c.
First lieutenants-1, Romulus A. Foster
I'd Battalion, surgeon; 2. Francis J. Wood
man, 9th Battalion, surgeon; 3. Charles R.
Luce, list Battalion. surgeon; a. Charles A.
Meyer, I'd Battalion 5, Francis ]. Cardoza,
LIST Separate Battalion inspector rifle prac-
uce; 6. Benjamin G. Pool. 4th Battalion,
surgeon; Z, Warren D. Fales, ambulance
corps: 8, John E. Smallwood, 9th Battalion;
9, James E. Walker. LIST Separate Battalion.
adjutant: 10. Robert b. Covington 1st Sep
arate Battalion: II, William E. Crist, su-
pernumerary: II, Phil B. Brooks. LIST Sep
arate battalion, surgeon: 13. G. G. Dennison,
9Th Battalion. inspector rifle practice; IA.
w. w. Cookson, 9th Battalion, inspector
rifle practice; 49, w. Calvin Whip, 9Th
Battalion; 10. Charles j. Harlow. 4th Bat
talon; II, G. A. Won Dachenhausen, 9Th
Battalion. quartermaster: 10, Sheridan Fer
rec, 9th Battalion; 10, Wilson B. Evans LIST
Separate Battalion, quartermaster; 20,
Francis c. Mattingly, Signal Corps; p,
Samuel A. Ward, LIST Separate Battalion;
%. Howard Beall. LIST Battalion, inspector
rife practice: q. Duncan L. Richmond, I'd
Battalion, quartermaster; "a, Joseph H.
Johnson, LIST Separate Battalion; %, Frank
w. Holt 9th Battalion, quartermaster; 20,
Arthur NJ Muzzy, 1st Battalion, quarter
master; q, Roy B. Hayes, Engineer Corps:
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