Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-12-28
THE NATIONAL GUARD
Active Military Work Will Be Re-
sumed Next Week.
PREPARING TO PAY The TROOPS
Proposed Formation of Veteran
instruction Corps.
A NEW YEAR IRCULAR

A n L w T. A IL y / RC y l. A IL
The following has been issued this morn
ing by Colonel Mosher and sent to the
members of the general staff:
headquarters d. c. Militia
WASHINGTON, December Is. 1901
"Sir: The commanding general directs
that officers of the general staff assemble
in tie north corridor first floor, of the War
Department. in full dress uniform straight
swords and white gloves on Wednesday,
January l, 1862, not later than II % o'clock
am, and proceed thence to~the Executive
Mansion to pay their respects to the Presi-
dent of the United States.
THEODORE MOSHER,
"Adjatant General"
A Christmas Week Recess.
Christmas week has been period entire
ly uneventful, SO far as the District of CO.
lumbia National Guard is concerned. Prac-
ticafly all the organizations composing the
brigade took recess, SO to speak, from
drills, meetings and other assemblies Work
will be resumed next week, however. New
Year day the commanding, general and the
commissioned general staff wearing full
dress uniform, will make the customary
call on the President Of the United States,
and later will be photographed. The same
day the brigade team and others who were
among the winners at Sea Girt last Septem-
Der Will also pose in front of n camera.
OF general interest is the approa ching
disbursement, under the appropriation for
pay of troops, for the six months service
ending the 3lst instant. Orders require
that all pay rolls be Forwarded so as to
reach headquarters not later than the 10Th
of January. These rolls wiz be carefully
scrutinized, in turn, by the adjutant gen
eral and the acting paymastef general. In
the event that errors are foRnd it will be
necessary to return the rolls TO the officers
who prepared them for correction. The
date of making payment depends largely on
the condition of the pay rolls in respect Of
accuracy or tnaccuracy but in all prob
ability the disbursement viii occur about
the fst of February. AS heretofore stated,
it is not unlikely that the coming payment
will be by checks drawn to the order of the
individual guardsmen entitled to compensa-
ton for their services.
Official Rife Practice.
Official practice in the rife gallery at the
Center market armory will be started next
Thursday evening, when the I'd Battalion
is under orders to face the targets Thence
until May the gallery will be in use al
most constantly. The 2aO-y yard stage of
the company team match is scheduled for
Monday and Tuesday evenings, January 90
and 2l; the similar stage of the battalion
team match, for Monday, January 81, and
Of the regimental team match, Friday, jan
uary 81.
1t Is not yet known just when the Krag-
Jorgensen, or new army rifles. will be Is
sued to the guard. The requisition was
forwarded some time ago, and it is hoped
the shipment Of small arms will arrive
during the coming month.
Departure of Lieut.. Bell.
First Lieutenant Horace NJ. Bell, in
spector of rife practice of the I'd Battal-
ion, will leave Washington next week to
accept position with prominent powder
company, the laboratory of which is To-
Gated in New Jersey: The departure Of
Lieutenant Bell will be regretted by rea-
son Of the fact that he will very likely
decide to reside permanently in the mos
quito state. In that event he will shoot
hereafter on the Jersey state team in the
Sea Girt competitions against his old COM
rades of the District Of Columbia National
Guard.
Lieutenant Bell, who Is one of the crack
military rifle shots Of the country, is the
son of Major James e. Bell, the Districts
inspector general Of rifle practice. He has
been a member of the local brigade teams
for three successive years. and therefore
wears the coveted gold badge issued by
the War Department only to distinguished
marksmen." At Sea Girt last September
Lieutenant Bell won place on the all
Of Canadian rifiemen in the International
match for the Palma trophy.
A Veteran Instruction Corps.
In regard to the suggestion that the Ma
tional Guard should be brought into closer
harmony with the regular military estab-
lishment by providing 1t with theoretical
and practical instruction at the hands of
regular army officers the Army and Navy
journal points out that this work might
properly be allotted to old and capable nom
commissioned officers, thus placing those
officers In the way to obtain their due re-
ward for long and faithful service
There Is large number of n-commis-
stoned officers in the army whose fitness for
this task Is beyond all question, men whose
knowledge of soldier and company drill, ex-
tended order, camp life. guard duty, care OF
arms and other details of the service would
be of enormous benefit in the training of
militia organizations. To employ these
hardy, experienced soldiers for the purpose
Indicated would not only give the National
Guard precisely the sort of instructors it
needs, so 1t is declared, but would stimulate
the hope and effort of promising young
non-commissioned officers in the regular
service. A veteran instruction corps COM
posed Of non-commissionef officers of
proved ability and experience it is claimed.
would be OF great and lasting advantage to
the National Guard as web as to the army
itself.
DOInBB OF UuaR08mRn Elsewhere.
In connection with the election of COM
missioned officers in the National Guard of
the state of New York the military code
requires as qualification of-the voter that
he shall not be indebted at the time to the
civil organization. and that this disqualifl-
cation may be removed by the payment of
such Indebtedness at any time before the
polls shall be closed. Notes payable at a
future time do not remove the fact that the
glVer Is indebted to the party accepting the
notes; 1t merely authorizes q delay in the
payment OF the amount due.
AT recent meeting OF the Association Of
Naval Militias Of the United States on
board the New Hampshire at New York
city discussions We're held on the bill in
troduced by Representative Foss Of Illinois
which provides for the organization of a
national naval reserve. Various naval mill
tia organizations were represented Lieu
tenant Commander Switzerland presented
the views Of the Navy Department In re-
gard to the question, and after some dis
cussfon the Foss bill, with several modifl-
cations, was Endorsed. These modifica tons
are on lines suggested by President Roose-
welt In hts message to Congress.
1t Is reported that new National Guard
company has been organized at Cheyenne.
Wyo.. to be known as Company e. Gov
errors Guard. The claim Ia that e,,or,,