Evening star., 1903-07-16

g. in heavy marching order, mounted
armed and equipped, and Will proceed over
land by the shortest route to camp.
ION the duty required for this encamP-
ment officers and commissioned Of
ficers of the general staff and field ana
staff officers of regiments will be moC ted.
Officers will report to the quartermaster
general on July Is the names of the own
ers of the horses hired by them ana the
date from which the hire commenced. 800
The post Office address of the camp Will
be Camp Ordway, LeeSburg, Va. Para
graphs l, H. X and XVII, General Orders,
No Ia current SERIES these headquarters
are revoked.
Attention to Duties Urged.
Under the law making provision for the
organization of the militia of the District
of Columbia the annual encampment OF the
National Guard of the District of Columbia
is a fixed military duty which demands Oh
all It's members faithful discharge. Inc
caths of officers and enlisted men entail
positive obligations and unavoidable respon-
sibilities With this in view 1t should be
needless to state that the annual encamp-
ment is an occasion for such military eXer-
cises and instruction as will tend 10 develop
and foster the most efficient military or
ganization possible in the district OF Co
lumbia To accomplish this, while 1t is
neither desired nor intended to prevent or
obstruct the proper individual enjoyment
and recreation of the soldier when on I'M
mediate duty, mere personal pastlIne oi eii-
ioynent must nevertheless at all times be
regarded as secondary and subservient to
that military duty of which rigid dlsclpllne
and accomplishing loyalty are the dlstln,
gushing elements. These points being well
fixed in mind, it is expected that every
member of the guard during the coming en-
campment viii strive faithfully and untir-
ingly to meet the responsibilities "hlch ne
has voluntarily assumed In this the con-
scientious soldier will find his task Tor the
onrin nf ha m
form The object to be kept constantly In
view by all concerned during this encamp-
ment is increased military efficiency. Inc
equipment Of the soldier has been restricted
and the camp baggage of the officer has
been limited to actual requirements Ihe
provisions for tent pitching, cooking ana
messing field exercises drills and the Varl-
Gus other camp duties are all based upon
conditions of actual service, and IL Is ex-
pected that guardSmen Will appreciate the
fact that the advantage of only ten Gays
out of three hundred and sixty-fiv devoted
to military outing must be measured by the
cheerful and willing loyalty OF the lndlVld-
ual soldier in learning his lesson IN heId
and camp to the fullest extent possible.
THE most important preliminary duty OF
guardsmen respecting an annual encamp-
ment is attendance, and 1t is expected tiidt
officers will resort to every pracucable
means to insure the fullest possible attend
ance of men. In case less than 10 per
centum of the enlisted strength of any COM
pany organization shall be reported for the
encampment, the commanding officer OF the
organization will be required to SHOW cause
why he should not be relieved from com
mand of his decimated company. II men
fail to attend except for good and sur
ficient reason, prompt punltory or dlSclp-
linary measures will be adopted Simple
excuse offer of excuse, will not sufflce
The excuse must be previously offered DS
the soldier and accepted by proper author
ity, and the soldier who fails to attend eX-
cept for sufficient military reason Will be
regarded as absent without leave, or in de-
sertion, as circumstances indicate, and will
be dealt with accordingly.
Instruction in Discipline.
Special attention is directed to the uni
versally common tendency of National
Guardsmen to disregard the forms of mill
tary courtesy and respect essential to
true military discipline. The effort Of all
officers and non n-commissioned officers will
be directed to the instruction of members
of their respective organizations In their
duty in this regard bearing in mind at all
times that example on the part of supe-
riOrs is ever an easy and useful lesson TO
the subordinate.
aside from the general routine of exer-
cises and instructions hereafter to be pre-
scribed special attention of all command
ing officers will be directed to instruction in
guard duty in all its phases and require
mentS.
Major Charles Fl. Ourand. inspector gen
eral, VIII nave CfdFRe OF all matters per-
tanning to guard duty, and will see that the
provisions of paragraph are carried out.
1.-THE following routine of duty will be OBJ
served each day during the encampment:
Revelle, $50 am: mess call (breakfasD.
6 am; six call. $50 am; fatigue call,
am; guard mounting, 1st Regiment,
7:15 am; guard mounting. I'd Regiment,
7:45 am; guard mounting, 1st Separate
Battalion. S:15 am: drill CALL 0 am:
recall II am; mess call (dinneO, 1913
p.m.; drill call go pm; recall pm. !;
fatigue call, 4:15 pm; retreat. $50 pm; ;
mess call (supper), pm; tattoo. 9:45
p. M; taps, 1915 pm Reveille roll call will
be followed by settng-up exercises for ten
minutes in each company, under the in
struction of it's commissioned officers.
The encampment will deal as nearly as
possible with actual service conditions, and
particular attention will be paid to guard
duty, extended order drill, advance and
rear guard formations and outpost duty.
Camp guard duty will be by regiments
and separate battalion and, in addition to
the required guard details for each regi-
mental and separate battalion guard, there
corporal and five privates from each regt-
ment and the separate battalion. to con-
stitute brigade headquarters guard, and,
in addition, beginning with the I'd Regi-
ment on July o. the two regiments will
alternate in detailing daily a lieutenant as
the commander Of the headquarters guard
and sergeant of the same guard These
details will be duly mounted at the guard
mounting of the respective organizations to
which they belong, and will be required to