The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
Signal Corps Men Grieving
OverLieut. Nierneyer's An
nounced Intention to Re-
sign-Candidates for the
Place.

Place.
The members of the National Guard
have not yet received their pay for
their ten days service st Camp ordway,
Leesburg, Va, in July 1t was promised
them by September /. and as that day
has long since past the lads are knit
ting their brows and wondering if .he
day win ever come when Captain par
ker, the paymaster Of the local citizen
soldiery, will hand out to them thei-
hard-earned dollars.
Captain Parker is employed at local
loan and trust company, and is accessi-
bic by telephone. Some of the officers.
who are not the least bit backward
about asking about their money, COM
municated with the disbursing officer
at his place of business. and within the
past month Captain Parker has received
hundreds of calls, and is now thinking
about employing an assistant to answer
the calls and tell the inquirers he will
pay them their money as soon as he gets
1t and not before
Will Take $4,000.
The Comptroller of the Treasury IS The
man TO inform Captain Parker whether
or not the National Guard of the Dis
trict OF Columbia has sufficient money
to its credit to pay OF the men It will
require more money than ever this year.
because everyone, Government employees.
officers and men, will receive the same
pay as that paid the members of the
Regular Army. Between 50. 900 and &c.
Oo0 will be enough to go around. so
Captain Parker thinks. General Har-
ries. hitherto uDsalaried man in the
Guard. will receive a paltry s16O or
Whereabouts for his ten days services
at camp. Johnnie Rookie. in the rear
rank of the worn out company. will get
little more than s. for the ten days of
hard labor in drenching rains and stew
ing sun.
Comptroller Tracewen is friendly
enough 10 the boys in the Guard, and
would like to assist Captain Parker in
disentangling himself and regaining the
tion, but he cannot give Captain Parker
the tip until the War Department Off
Gals finish going over the hundreds OF
pay rolls of the Guard. and then au-
thorize Comptroller Tracewell to give
Captain Parker all the money he needs
TO satisfy the demands of the Guards
men.
With the exception Of worrying and
inquiring about their money, the Guards
men have done little else. Drills were
suspended after camp, and although
there has been but litNe to take the
soldiers TO the armory, a large number
of them congregate in the company
rooms and on the porehes to swap tales
about camp life and make plans for next
years outing.
Adjutant General Brett.
Lieut.. Col. Lloyd NJ Brett. OF the
Second Cavalry. who has been assigned
by the War Department as adjutant
general of the National Guard of the
District, has reported for duty and ac-
comDanied the commanding oficer OF
the Guard TO Sea Girt to see the Dis
trict boys compete for the prizes. many
of which. thanks to the excellent coach
ing Of Major James E Bell. they won
easily Since Lieutenant Colonel Brett's
return TO Washington he has had #
easy. There has been absolutely nothing
doing at headquarters, he is no longer
connected with the Second Cavalry. and
thus is enjoying a brief rest just prior
m -h1a a Of fa1
ally begins IN the National Guard
about October l.
Capt. Alfred p. Robbins, who was
acting adjutant general while Col. The
odore Mosher was i'll. and just prior to
the latter's resignation, is an aide-de-
camp on the commanding generals staR,
and is performing valuable services at
headquarters. He acquitted himself well
while adjutant general. and his soldierly
and gentlemanly qualities, as well as
his distinguished appearance and excel
lent service as adjutant, won for him
many friends both in and out of the
Guard. A great deal Of intricate book
keeping and clerical work. as well as
issuing orders, is to be done, and this
VIII come directly under Captain Rob
bins and Colonel Brett will be relieved
Of that much trouble at least
Lieutenant Niemeyer Will Resign.
The boys in the Signal Corps have
been Informed by their present able and
competent leader. Lieut.. william Me
meyer, that he will sever his connec-
tion With the command about November
] as he wishes 10 go West next summer
and desires 10 get out OF the organiza-
tion this fall in order to give his sue
cessOr sufficient time TO get thoroughly
acquainted with the work 10 be done
at the next encampment and TO get the
corps running smoothly before next
spring.
The wig-waggers sincerely lament the
loss OF Lieutenant Niemeyer because no
one who ever had charge OF the COM