The Washington times., 1902-06-15
Official Orders Issued for
Coming Event.
PRACTICE ON ORDWAY RANGE
No Site for Summer Outing as Yet Sc
iected, Though 1t Is Believed 1t Will
Be Held Near Leesburg-New Chief
of Ordnance.

This is an off season among the Ma
tional Guardsmen. but a busy one. Il
is the time OF year when there is much
work and but little pleasure. Every
thing IS a hustle preparatory 10 the an
nual encampment, and if orders and in
s;ructioas are carried out the brigade
of troops win go into camp better pre-
pared for the ten days outing than ever
before in the history of the organization.
Recruiting is being carried on to a great
extent. as after tomorrow night all en-
listments will be suspended until after
the encampment Il is desired that all
men who go TO camp shall be thorough
ly familiar with al! duties incident to
life in the field.
While for a number of weeks past the
company, battalion, and regimental com
manders have been looking to it that
the men become schooled in all their
duties, it was not until the past week
that official cognizance was taken OF
the proposed encampment. Several days
ago Col. Theodore Mosher, the adiutant
general of the militia, promulgated gen.
eral order, No. s. which states that the
annual brigade encampment will be held
about July II. No site is named for the
camp, but it is generally understood
that it will be close to Leesburg, Va,
where the boys were camped in 1899 and
1901.
The order was issued simply for the
purpose of having the militiamen in
structed in preliminary duties and di-
rects that ell organizations will at once
be instructed and drilled in guard duty.
extended order. advance and rear guard.
outposts. and general camp duties, in
ending tent pitching.
Drilling Raw Recruits.
All recruits must be thoroughly drill
ed and instructed in the schools of SOL
diery. including the setting-up exercises.
Further than this it has been announced
By the commanding general that officers
nus; obey these instructions In order
TO see the manner in which they carry
Them out special inspections will be
held. Major Charles Il. Ourand has al
ready been instructed TO visit the arm
cries at frequent intervals for this pur-
pose and keep headquarters informed.
Speculation still continues as to
where the next encampment is TO be
ned. but the site is as certain as that
there viii be an outing Leosburg has
been decided upon as definitely as arv
niace could be. when there is as yet no
money for an encampment. Until the
District appropriation bill becomes a
law, Gen. George II. Harries will with
hold the word for his subordinates to
begin active work. At that time. how
oFer, he Will give instructions for the
engineer officers and the quartermas-
ter's department to lay out the camp.
Several camp sites have been brought
10 the attention of General Harries re-
Gently. but objection is raised to all
OF them. Fredericksburg could not be
considered TOR some reason or another.
and 1t is understood that a point in
pennsylvania is not available. Several
days ago an invitation was received
from officers OF the Pennsylvania Ma
tional Guard for the District troops to
camp with them at Mount Gretna or
Gettysburg. Likewise Sea Girt. y. j..
has again been suggested. but it is
pointed out that if the brigade went to
camp at any great distance from Wash
ington there would not be enough money
to bring them back home. Besides this.
the War Department is making arrange
ments to have regular troops camp with
the militiamen. and in addition to
cavalrymen and artillerymen, the hos
pital corps company now at Washington
Barracks may go into camp.
ordway Range Kept Busy.
ordway range is busy place at pres
ent with the rifiemen of the National
Guard and the United States Marine
Corps, who are taking daily practice
there. Those guardsmen who are com
petiDg for places on the brigade rife
team go out two days a week to run up
their string. while on all other days
either guardsmen or marines can be
found al work. For the past week or
two the various bcttalions OF tn" guard
have been going OFT to shoot th..r Off
cial scores, and it is q remarkable fact
how many fine strings have been run up.
Considerable opposition. however. has
been raised owing to the fact that the
men have been forced to do marking for
their associates or pay outsiders to per-
PORN their duty. Il is impossible for a
man who has done duty as a marker IN
a ditch TO come before the targets and
run up good score, and he should not be
expected to pay others out OF his own
pocket 10 do the work. The men main
tain that some provision should be made
to pay men to do this work.
The Sixth Battalion has made the best
record so far on the range, although in
point OF numbers the First Battalion
has eXcelled the others. Lieut.. =. W
Smith. who some months ago was ap-
pointed as inspector OF rife practice OF
the Light Infantry Corps or the First
Battalion. has doTe much to interest the
men in work at TIE targets and has hai
nearly a hundred men out UP TO the
present time. Some good shots should
be turned out from the old organize
tion.
Major Harvey has aimed TO keep up
the record OF the Sixth Battalion at the
targets. and during the gallery season
informed the men under his command
that they must hold their scores up
to the mark. officers were told that
failure to qualify should be followed by
their resignation and non commissioned
officers were threatened With reduction
TO the ranks for similar breach. II is
needless 10 say that there was no ne
cessity for further warning and nearly
every man In the three companies under
Capt Alexander Summers. Capt Frank
=. skinner and Capt Sheridan Ferrce
have qualified as sbarpshooters or
marEsmcn. The scores are. as o whole.
tho beet svar rnnla an tho "a moo dt,rin.