The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-14
Acting Adjutant General
Robbins Fixes July % as
Date for Beginning of An
nual Outing of District
Soldiers.
Inside View OF Colonel
Mays Leave of Absence.
American Rifle Team Sails
for Bisley-Good Scores
on OrdWay Range.

At last those -talked-of orders
for the annual outing OF the District OF
Columbia National Guard have been is
Eued from headquarters, and the pains
OF the local guardsmen have to limited
degree been eased. The orders promul-
gated by Acting Adjt. Gen. Alfred P.
Robbins announce the dates from July
rs to 81, but, unlike all the other orders
for previous encampments. DO not men
ticn the place or the order o. duties
These are to be stated in subsequent
order
Adjutant Robbins says the dates were
gwen out so as 10 allow the soldiers
time enough to make arrangements
with their employers, and, in some
cases their wives, SO as to be able to
go on the nine days jaunt. OF course,
the local militia men had all kinds of
rumors, authentic, semi official, unau-
thentic, and others, as to the possible
dates of the outing. but they preferred
to receive the news from headquarters
Orders in Detail.
From now on the Guardsmen will be
coached, drilled and instructed in the
manual of arms, tent pitching, drilling
in extended order, and taught how TO
perform guard duty and to eat out of
an army mess kit, which. by the way,
is enc of the most important duties the
Washington Guardsmen perform three
times day, whether it rains or not,
Adjutant Robbins order for the out
ing follows:
Il The annual brigade encampment
will be held about July %. 1868.
ITO avoid any loss of time there in
preliminary Instruction, all organiza-
lions will at once be instructed and
drilled in guard duty, extended order,
advance and rear guard, outposts. and
general camp duties, including tent
pitching.
''All recruits will be thoroughly drill
ed and Instructed in the school of the
soldier, including the setting up exer-
cises
III. Enlistments Except to cover a
re-enistmenD will be suspended in ali
organizations of the National Guard,
except the Naval Battalion. from June
%, 1903, until July 81. Inclusive of both
dates.
III The troops will be paid during
the coming encampment on the pay
rolls for the period ending June 80,
1908. All organization commanders are
therefore directed to take to camp the
retained roll for that period,
BLANK pay rolls needed TO cover this
payment can be obtained on applica-
ton at the adjutant generals Office"
Company Designations.
Not content with the customary one
order per week, which is the average
in the National Guard. Adjutant Rob-
bins follows that order up with another
relative to the company designations.
which Will 60 into effect the first OF
next month. The designation OF every
company in the Guard has been
changed. Company A Of the Third Bat
talon win after that date be known in
military circles as Company I; Com
pany D. of the Sixth Battalion as Com
pany NJ. Second Regiment. The order
for the changes in designation is as fol-
lows:
=. The following changes In company
designations. to take effect July l. 1903,
are announced:
Company a. Second Battalion, to be
Company E, First Regiment.
Company B. Second Battalion, to be
Company F. First Regiment.
Company c. Second Battalion, to be
Company G. First Regiment
Company D, Second Battalion, to be
Company H, First Regiment.
Company A. Third Battalion, TO be
Company l, First Regiment.
Company A. Fifth Battalion, to be
Company E, Second Regiment.
Company B. Fifth Battalion. to be
Company f, Second Regiment.
Company c. Fifth Battalion. to be
Company C, Second Regiment.
Company D, Fifth Battalion. to be
Company H. Second Regiment.
Company 4. Sixth Battalion. TO be
Company I. Second Regiment
Company B. Sixth Battalion, to be
Company x, Second Regiment.
Company C, Sixth Battalion, to be
Company L. Second Regiment.
Company D. Sixth Battalion, to be
Company NJ. Second Regiment.
Insignia for Officers.
III conformity Win the CuaHGeS
prescribed in paragraph I Of this or
der. all commissioned officers of the
First and Second Regiments viii. on
July l. 1903. adopt the following in
sigma for the blouse collar OF the blue
uniform:
For regImental and battalion field
and staff officers. the letters ID Co.
gothic design, one-half inch high. each
followed by period; and crossed rifles,
one inch nigh. with the letter af the
regiment IN the upper angle. embroid-
cred in gold or made of gold or gilt
metal, fastened TO each side of collar
the letters 10 be one inch from its edge
and midway OF its height; the crossed
rifles TO be about fve-eights of an inch
from the letters ID. c."
For company officers. the same in
sigma as for field and staff officers. but
with the letter of the company in the
lower angle OF crossed rifles In addi-
ton.
Paragraph I. General orders. No. s.