Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-16
THE NATIONAL GUARD
Details Completed for Annual Meet Of
Athletic Association.
RACE IN HEAVY MARCHING ORDER
Military Athletes From Out of
Town May Compete.
DISCHARGES AND ELECTIONS

The many members of the District of CO.
lumbia National Guard interested in ath-
letics are devoting the major portion OF
their time and attention these days to
preparations for the third annual indoor
meet of the Athletic Association. d. c. N
G. The arrangements, in a general way,
for the meet have been completed. The
games will occur in the drill hall of the
Center Market armory the evening of Fri
day, April 10.
The board of control of the gymnasium
at the Center Market armory consists CT
Major E. H. Neumeyer, president; Captain
E. c. Edwards custodian; Captain S. r.
House. Captain Charles E. Swigart and
Lieutenant 2. Smith, recorder. Captain
Edwards is the manager of the meet.
The list of events includes a 50-yard dash,
a 5o-yard dash in heavy marching order,
a half-rniIe run a potato race a pole-Vauit-
ing contest. a running high jump. tug
war team contest a National Guard relay
team contest, match relay ana an opSli-
Gle race in heavy marching order.
Each of these events will be Tor the
championship of the Athletic Association
of the D. c.. n. G. Prizes will be PROVIDED
for each contest. The wearing OF spikeu
shoes is prohibited. No one Will be al
lowed to compete in any of the events, WIN
the exception of the match relay, VINO Is
not regularly enlisted in the guard anu
whose enlistment paper Is lol oii hie ~
militia headquarters.
Athletic Specialtfes.
Between each event of the foregoing pro-
gram athletic specialties will be presehteo
Ir is expected that representatives OF the
9Th Maryland Regiment, the Attn Maryland
Regiment, the Y NJ C. A of this city. the
Central High School of this city ana other
organizations will participate III hial@'ie'
open to them. -,
a new feature of the coming meet Will
be an obstacle relay in heavy marching or
der This should prove to be interesting as as
well as amusing The 5O-yard daSn III
heavy marching order will also be nov
elty 1t is hoped to arrange match relay >
between the Y. NJ. c. A. and Central r1is :.
School of this city and between team U
Baltimore guardSmen anu oiie iioiii 49,
local brigade. ,,
The gymnasium of the association is Wen
filed nightly with guardsmen endeaVorins
TO get in shape for the contest. Inc con-
panies that are prominently Representa- Al
this nreparatory work include Company "A,
ID battalion: Company b, I'd Battaiiom;
Company D. I'd Battalion; Company a, .u
Battalion: Company A, 9th Battailoi' Son-
pany c, 9Th Battalion, and the ambulance
corps.
For Disregard of Orders
Tn ., order to the engineer corps. First
Ijeut. Roy B. Hayes. commanding, an
in case of absence from certain assemblies,
including that of the 4th of March excuses
should be applied for in advance OF the re-
spectiye dates of assemblies. For dlsobedi-
ence of these orders Lieut.. hayes mas re-
duced in rank one lance corporal TO secoho-
class private and two first-class prlVates 10
second-claSs prlvates TWO secono-cidss
priyates are reprimanded for having been
absent without leave in disobedience of or
ders and are warned that more severe ON
cial action will be taken If such absence De
repeated .,,
'.The frequent absences from drill without
leave of some of the men named is noted,
saws Lieut. Hayes in his order. Such ap-
sence is not only in violation OF the sworn
obligation of the Individual soldier, but Is
n serious obstacle to the welfare of the
corps and cannot be tolerated..
Conspicuousiy Successful.
Relative to the supplying of coffee and
sandwiches to the brigade during the halt
at the Capitol the 4th of March, the COM
manding general has addressed the follow
ing communication to Maj e. H. Neu-
meyer commissary general, District of CO.
iumbia militia:
az want to crafty myself to the extent
of putting on record my appreciation of
the work done by you in the feeding of the
brigade the 4th of March No matter now
well we may do anything, there Is ordinari-
lv no escape from criticism, but in this
matter | have yet to hear the first dis
cordant note In view of the fact that you
always do everything WE'LL 1t does not sur
prise me that the work of your department
in connection with the inaugural parade
was conspicuously successful, but my lack
of surprise should not result in a lack OF
| courteous gratitude The entire brigade Is
under obligations to you for the thorough
manner in which your department did its
duty"
Scores of Company Match.
The company match for March, post roned
from Inauguration week, was shot Thurs
day and Friday evenings Of this week In
the rifle gallery at the Center Market ar
mory. The highest score was made by the
team representing Company c. 9th Battal-
ion, its total being 234 The scores Of the
other teams were: Company A, 9th Bat
| TALON, 231; Company A, 5th Battalion. 227
Company A, Sd Battalion. 224: Company
c. 9Th Battalion, 211; Company A, I'd Bat
TALON: 208: Company B. 9Th Battalion. 2O5;
Company d, 9Th Battalion, 1856; Company
B, list Separate Battalion, 1S2. and Com
pany D, LIST Separate Battalion, III; Com
pany B, I'd Battalion, 223; Company D.
4th Battalion. 217; Company B. 4th Battal-
| ion, 217; Company c, LIST Battalion, 215;
Company A. list Battalion, 1914: Company A,
| 4th Battalion, 100; Company d, ID Battal-
| ion. 179, and Company D, LIST Battalion
| ia.
I Inc enltSteu tncn VI Tie SeCouu UlSiSlOu.
| Naval Battalion, have been ordered to as
| semble the evening of the 22d instant for
| the purpose of electing an ensign.
| A first lieutenant will be elected by the
| enlisted men of Company A, Sd Battalion
| the evening of the 23d instant they hav.
| ing been ordered to assemble for that pur-
pose.-
On their own applications Private Elliott
A. Hopes, Engineer Corps. and Landsman
| Robert o. Ford, list Division, Naval Bat
| talon, have been honorably discharged.
Private John L.. Harbaugh Company D.
| 9Th Battalion, has been honorably dis
charged by reason of removal from the
| District of Columbia.
Laudsman c. Stanley Klein, LIST Division
| Naval Battalion, has been transferred to
| Company d, list Battalion, as private.
Second Lieut.. j. G. STEELE, Company D,
| 9Th Battalion. has rendered his resignation.
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