Evening star., 1902-02-01
Checks Distributed for Semi-Annual
Payment of Troops.
new RIFLES EXPECTED NEXT WEEK
Orders for Rapid Assembly May
Be Issued Soon.
BATTALION MATCH SCORES

The distribution of checks for the pay OF
the troops of the District Of Columbia Ma
ttonaI Guard for the six months ended the
SIst of December quite naturally alb
serbs the attention Of the local citizen
scIdiery at present. After a great
amount of hard work Capt. Andrew
Parker. acting paymaster general, succeed
ed in completing the drawing Of the checks
last Thursday. The slips Of green paper
were mailed to the organization command
ers that evening and were in the hands OF
the latter yesterday just when the payees
will receive the checks depends entirely
upon the activity of the organization COM
manders.
1t is believed that the midwinter method
Of paying the troops by check Is decided
improvement over the plan of assembling
the commands in order to permit the pay
master to personally hand over the cash to
the individual guardsmen entitled to the
same OF course, the simplest scheme for
disbursing the money due for the service
the first six months Of each year Is to
make the payment in cash while the
troops are under canvas, the encampments
occurring usually In July.
Capt. Parker challenges statement tnat
has been given publicity to the effect that
the last payment Of the troops was delay
ed six months. The last payment, as Is
we'll known, was made in July, 1901, and
covered the period Of service ended the
Both of the preceding month.
Discord In Naval battalion.
Again there are rumors Of discord In the
Naval Battalion. The only thing Of a tan
gible nature that has reached the surface
was a petition signed by about thirty-fve
Of the enlisted men asking that they be
honorably discharged. This was handed to
the adjutant general by Lieut. Brummett
Col. Mosher returned the paper to the lieu
tenant with the explanation that applica-
tfons for discharge could not be considered
in the form Of petition. but should be
submitted individually and forwarded
through military channels. Since this incl
dent nothing further has transpired-at
least not in paper.
VIII Soon Have the Krags.
The entire shipment of Krag- -Jorgensen
rifles and equipments VIII have arrived here
by the early part Of next week. judging
from the receipt Of the invoices. At
meeting of the general staff last Monday
evening several matters Of Importance to
the brigade were fully discussed, among
them being the plan for Issuing the new
rifles
1t was decided that full complement Of
sixty Krags will not be allotted to any
company unless such organization has reg
tlar need for that number of rifles. II the
records show that a certain company pa
practice only thirty rifles will be issued to
that company. If an organization has thir-
ty-eight active members on its roll, 1t will
receive thirty-eight Krags, and so on.
The turning in Of the Springfields and the
issuing Of the Krags will be accomplished
Just as rapidly as possible Before another
month passes into history 1t Is safe to
sumo that the District of Columbia Ma
tional Guard will be thoroughly up to date
30 far as its armament Is concerned.
Rapid Assembly Orders Likely.
The organization commanders Of the Dis
trict of Columbia National Guard are all
Of them. wise, and 1t Is very old saying
that word to the wise is sufficient. Sew
eral incidents have been noted Of late that
would suggest that the officer who has his
rapid assembly roll revised and in practical
working order may have ample reason to
congratulate himself on that fact before
very long.
There are some who are inclined to be-
Neye that the prevalence of a snow storm
might be regarded as q suitable occasion
for testing the efficiency Of the brigade In
the matter Of rapid assembly.
Third Battalion Team Wins.
The battalion match for January, ten
ehots per man, at 200 yards, fired last
Monday evening, was won by the Sd Battal-
ion team, made up, with the exception OF
one man, Of members Of Company A Of
that battalion. The score, 40 out Of pos-
sible 500, exceeded the record Of last year
in the same match by two points, and
bested the score OF the crack 9th Battalion
team by seven points. Captain g. l. Tait
commanded the winning team. The scores
follow:
Third Battalion-Lieut. Hollifleld, As; Cap
tain TAFT, 45; Lieut. Heidenreich. A; First
Sergeant Coffman. 40; Sergeant Taylor, 4s;
Sergeant Warner 46; Sergeant Heap. AZ:
Corporal Sherwood. Al; Corporal White, 42;
Private Shuler, IS. Total, 429.
Sixth Battalion-Major Harvey, As; Ser
geant Jackson. 81; Private Atwell, 35; Lieut.
Phillips. "A: Corporal Swan 43; Corporal
Williams, Al; Lieut.. Holt, ~: Captain Fer
zee, 90: Captain Skinner. 43; Private Pile,
10. Total, 40.
First Battalion-Captain Zea, 46; Captain
Dix. IS: Sergeant Ferris. 35; Sergeant Ba-
ter. 81: Private Fink, Il; Private Rowe, 40;
Private Ferl, Il; Private Bode. 40; Private