The Washington times., 1901-07-13


performed under the provisions of this
act shall be deemed to be q military
duty. All officers and men who for any
cause cannot perform the tour OF duty
directed in the preceding paragraphs OF
this order must previously make appl-
cation and procure written excuse from
their immediate commanding othcer
Those who fail to procure such written
excuse will be reported as absent without
leave and treated accordingly.
Whenever an officer aVails himself OF
authority to be absent from the District
OF Columbia for periods of thirty days or
less, without obtaining = formal leave OF
absence, report in writing of such IN
tended absence and of his return to duty
will be promptly made to his immediate
commanding officer, the commander OF
an organization will, i'll addition, notify
the officer next in rank below him of his
intended departure, and also OF his re-
Capt. r. T. Haines, commander OF the
battalion, has, with the assistance of the
other officers of the battalion, perfected
all arrangements for the cruise The arma-
ment OF the Fern has been strengthened
by the substitution of modern 6-pounder
rifles with automatic shell electors. Tor
the 3-pOunder guns formerly IN use Ihe
new rifles viii be used in target practice
as soon as the Fern gets out to sea. The
battalion is provided with two large f1oat-
ing targets. In practice with the large
guns the targets will be placed at a range
of one and one-half miles. II IS the in
tentiOn that each member OF the crew
of the guns on the ship.
The watch quarter, and station bills
have been made out. These blllS contain
the names of all members of the crew,
and opposite each is designated the duty
he shall perform in each evolution. The
watches have been formed and the boat
crews made up.
time Saturday night. There Will be a
short stop made. fresh provisions taken
aboard. and then the gallant ship Of the
rfff ffsyara -saf1 will In n
The daily routine will be the same as
that on any ship of Uncle Sans Navy.
The annual cruise has always proven sue
ceSSful and satisfactory to the members
of the Naval Battalion. Following is the
roster of officers who go on the cruise:
Commander, Capt. r. 4. HalneS; eXecu-
tive officer, Lieut.; r b Brummett; chief
engineer Lieut.. L. w. Power; paymaster,
Lieut.. Sidney Bieber; surgeon, Lieut.. J.
Clifford Cox; ensign, Howard Fisk. Lieut..
A. p. Lang with Ensign w. II. Lantz will
have command of the first division of the
crew. The second division will be COM
manded by Lieutenant Dempf and Ensign
George Berry.
Major James Bell, inspector general of
rifle practice. has finally decided upon the
makeup of the brigade rife teams which
VIII represent the National Guard in Sea
Girt rifle matches in September. AS a re-
suit of the match at the Ordway range
ON July 4. all the members of the team
were picked with the exception of two
alternates. The choice of these two lay
T.
b, Fourth Battalion; Major w. E. Har-
vey, Sixth Battalion; Capt. Sheridan Fer
rec, Company ID. Sixth Battalion, and
Lieut.. G. q. DennisOn, Fifth Battalion.
Sergeant Grcome and Major Harvey were
the ones picked yesterday. Captain Fer
rec viii, however, continue TO practice
with the teams. There was some little
difficulty in choosing the men named
above, as the scores made by the candi-
dates were all nearly of equal grade.
The makeup of the team as 1t now
stands, and it will practice for the
Sea Girt matches, is. Private e W. Scott.
Company A, Sixth Battalion; Lieut.. w.
Milton FarTow, inspector of rifle practice,
Fourth Battalion; Lieut.. II. II. Leizear,
inspector of rifle practice, Third Battal-
ion; Private S. |. Scott, Company a. Sixth
Battalion; Lieut. Horace NJ. Bell. in
spector Of riLe practice, Second Battalion;
Private J. NJ. Stewart, Company A Sixth
Battalion; Lieut.. w. w. COoksOn. inspec-
tor of rife practice. Sixth Battalion; Ma
jor Glendie b Young, Third Battalion;
Sixth Battalion; r. L. Pile, Company b,
Fourth Battalion; Private c. McC. Tay-
lOr. Company A. Sixth Battalion; Private
W. S. Cash, Company c, Fifth Battalion;
Capt A. =. Robbins. general stan. and
Private c. W. Dickey, Company A. Sixth
Battalion; Sergt. c. Il. Groome and Major
w. Z. Harvey.
At the semi-weekly practice matches
on the Ordway range excellent records
have been made and the chances for vic
tory in the match for the Hilton trophy
and in the interstate match are growing
steadily brighter.
The Y. NJ c. A. will, as usual, be rep
resented at Camp Ordway A. A Protz-
man will have charge OF Y. NJ c. A.
headquarters in a large tent occupying
a prominent position at the edge of the
parade ground. The postoffice WILL as
usual. be located there. Aail addressed
TO members OF The Guard at Camp ord
way. Leesburg, Va" viii reach them
promptly
The Signal Service Corps will establish
a complete telephone and telegraph sys-
TEN Immediately upon arrival at Camp
OrtlWay. Wires will be strung so that di-
rect communication may be gained with
Washington from the headquarters of the
Signal Corps.
There viii be no dearth Of good drink
ing water Three deep aTtesian wells,
located at convenient points. have been
bored. The water thus procured is abso-
iutely pure.
Brigade headquarters win be located on
q slight elevation which commands an
excellent view Of the camp IN every d.
recticn. Headquarters Of the commits
sary VIII be located beside the Leesburg
Road.