Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-02
THE NATIONAL GUARD
Annual Inspection and Muster
About to Begin.
POSSIBLE CAMP SITE
LOCAL TROOPS MAY RAISE TENTS
NEAR ROCKVILLE.
Funeral Escort - Voluntary
Practice at ordway Range - In
structions for Target Shooting.

National Guardsmen of the District of
Columbia, officers and enlisted men alike,
are unusually active at present by reason
of the annual inspection and muster which
will begin next Monday evening. A special
order has been issued from militia head
quarters detailing Capt. A. P. Robbins and
Capt. c. F. Cook, aids-de-camp, to assist
Major Charles II. Ourand inspector gen..
erals in connection with the inspection and
muster.
AS heretofore stated, Capt. G. w. s.
Stevens, Artillery Corps, United States
army, has been designated by the COM
manding general, Department of the East,
to make an inspection of the National
Guard of the District of Columbia under
sections 49, IA and IS of the act to promote
the efficiency of the militia. Captain Stew
ems will make this inspection on the even
ings specified for the annual inspection and
muster of the guard. All officers of the
guard have been directed to afford Captain
Stevens every facility in gathering the in
formatio he may desire, and will prompt
ly furnish him with any and all data he
may require concerning their commands
rendering these reports verbally or in writ
ing, as he may designate.
May Camp Near Rockville.
In reference to the next outing of the
local brigade, 1t is understood that definite
arrangements cannot be made therefor I'M
til the War Department announces whether
or not certainty exists of the District
guard engaging in exercises with troops
of the regular army during the coming
summer.
A stretch of ground, said to be ideal for
military purposes. and located between
Garrett Park and Rockville, Md, has been
suggested as site for camp for the local
troops. AS it seems to be settled that
| camp is to be established, the site in ques-
ton will be given careful consideration.
Parade, Competition and Rifle Practice.
No change has been made in the plan
announced last week for the participation
of a portion of the District National Guard
in the Shepherd funeral escort next Mon
day morning. General Harries will serve
as marshal and he will have as assistants,
Captain Riggs, Captain Robbins. Captain
Cook and Captain Parker of his staff. A
provisional regiment consisting of the 1st
Battalion and the I'd Battalion under COM
mand of Lieutenant Colonel Burton r.
Ross, with Captain Heron as adjutant,
will parade part of the escort.
The Ordway rifle range will be open for
voluntary practice Monday. Wednesday and
Friday afternoons until further order.
The regular ordered rifle practice on the
range will begin about the 18th instant.
The rifle gallery will be closed after the
Sth instant but inspectors may obtain the
use of it, on application, for the purpose OF
instructing recruits.
Competition With Irish Team.
Secretary Albert S. Jones of the National
Rifle Association of America, it is reported,
has notified Secretary McKenna Of the
Ulster Rifle Association that an American
team will not visit Ireland for competition
this year unless a handicap is given the
for wit bo mill
tary rife and military sights. This the
Irish riflemen refuse to do; consequently,
unless some new arrangement is made,
there will be no rifle competition between
IrShmen and Americans in Ireland this
year. 1t is said to be not unlikely, however,
l.if an American team visits Bisley this year,
that some of the members will individually
visit Ireland to renew the acquaintance of
the members of the Ulster Rifle Associa-
| ton who visited Sea Girt two years ago.
Lieut.. Farrow's Comment.
Commenting on the foregoing First Lieut.
w. Milton Farrow, inspector Of rifle prac-
tice, 4th Battalion, D. c. N. g., says:
Having been a member of the American
rifle team that contested at Dollymount,
Ireland in 1880, 1 take the liberty to enter
protest against asking handicap from the
Irish team in the return match that ought
to be shot this year at the range of the
Ulster Rifle Association in Ireland. To ask
for a handicap is to agree we have a weak
ness, either in the team material, the rifle
or the ammunition. Now, will American
rfiemen acknowledge, before shooting the
match that they are not as Skillful as their
competitors? No, perish the thought; and
for rifles and ammunition, the scores
that have been made clearly demonstrate
they are inferior to none. 1t must appear
to all thinking rifiemen that the Irishmen
must have heard of the new Springfield
rifle with it's . 400 feet per second velocity.
Armed with this rifle and a big handicap,
the American team ought to beat even the
Manlicher rifle.
1T is an easy thing to have long-range
peep and wind gage sights temporarily fit
ted to any military rife, and what could be
better to use in the match with the Irish
team? The experience gone through with
in this match would be of great benefit
when the team goes to Bisley to endeavor
to bring back the Palma trophy"
Preparing for Inspection.
The following discharges, just ordered
will practically conclude the annual ante
inspection housekeeping of the guard:
On their own pplications-Private John
H. Forsyth, Company D, I'd Battalion; Pri-
vate Arthur o. Hite, Company A, Sd Bat
talon; Private Thomas j. Mccormick, Com
pany D, 4th Battalion; Private VIM. ].
Sammond, I'd Division Naval Battalion.
Private Robert G. Baily, Company B. LIST
Battalion; Private Clyde G. Hopkins, Com
pany B, 1st Battalion; Private George A.
Plummer, Company B, LIST Battalion; Pri-
vate Howard o. Pussy, Company B, LIST
Battalion; Private Curtin c. Nixon, Com
pany c. LIST Battalion; Private Max Mari
nelli, Company d, list Battalion; Private
Benjamin G. Seaborn, Company D, 4th
Battalion; Private Robert l. Warden, Com
pany c, 9Th Battalion; Private Wallace H.
Hall, Company D, 9Th Battalion; Private
Ernest Henry Company D, 5th Battalion;
Private Raymond T. Miles, Company
D, 9Th Battalion; Private William
Kuhn, Company A. 9th Battalion
Private John J. Mack, Company A.
9th Battalion; Private John J. Collins
Company B, 9Th Battalion; Private Fred
w. Dudley, Company c, 9Th Battalion;
Private Warren A. Hill, Company c, 9th
Battalion; Private Jacob c. Schamel, Com
pany C, 9th Battalion; Private Joseph Fox
Company D. 1st Separate Battalion: Pri-
vate Edward J. Lucas Company D, LIST
Separate Battalion.