Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-11
THE NATIONAL GUARD
Camp Site Near Marshall Hall
to Be~Abandoned.
ARMY PAY FOR TROOPS
BRIGADE HOPES TO RECEIVE AD-
OPTIONAL COMPENSATION.
Provisions of the New Militia Law on
the Subject-Announcem
Of Interest.

There are the best Of reasons for the be-
lief that the annual encampment of the
troops Of the National Guard of the Dis
trfct of Columbia will not be held at a
point known as the George Reinfelt.
Farm" about one and one-half miles south
OF Marshall Hall, Md. notwithstanding the
general orders to that effect issued yester-
day and exclusively published in The Star.
1t has been reported by the well diggers
that they have been unable to secure
supply of good water on the Reinfelt farm.
Gen. Harries declares that under no cir
cumstances will he permit the brigade to
go into camp at any place unless it's water
supply is not only good, but excellent An
abundance of water has been struck on the
Reinfelt farm, but one of the surgeons de-
clares that 1t is not fit for drinking pur-
poses. This fact, together with Gen. Har-
rfes' declaration. seems to render 1t GER
tain that after all the guard will not go
into camp there.
The knowledge, lately secured. that most
OF the regular troops stationed near this
city and at Fort Washington and Fort
Hunt have been temporarily ordered away
makes it impossible to carry into effect the
original plan to indulge in extensive ma
neuvers and eliminate with an attack on
one of the forts mentioned. Therefore, it is
SAID no special reason now exists for es-
tablishing base in the vicinity of Mar
shall Hall
In the event the Reinfelt farm is aban-
doned, as now seems certain, the brigade
may go to Leesburg, Va; Gaithersburg,
Md, or Herndon. Va.
Army Pay for Guardsmen.
An announcement of great interest to the
officers and enlisted men of the National
Guard of the District of Columbia is to
the effect that all such officers and men
as shall hereafter engage in actual field
or camp service for instruction will re-
cefve pay while so engaged at the same
rate to which officers and enlisted men
OF the corresponding grades of the regular
army are entitled by law.
Therefore, it seems likely that those Ma
tional Guardsmen who participate in the
coming outing near Marshall Hall will
ceive compensation therefor, in addition
to the pay they will receive based on the
pay rolls covering the six months ended
June 30 last. 1t is stated that for the ten
days to be included in the coming outing
privates will be entitled to about IS and
mounted captains, for instance, about
sos. 56-the rating being estimated as one
third of the monthly rate for the grades
mentioned in the regular establishment.
The Law Providing for Payment.
Section IA of the act to promote the eff
cheney of the militia and for other pur-
poses, approved January 81, 1903, provides
for paying guardsmen engaged in field serv-
ice for instruction. The section, the terms
of which seem to be very clear, follows:
THAT whenever it shall appear by the
report of inspections, which it shall be
the duty of the Secretary of War to cause
to be made at least once in each year by
officers detailed by him for that purpose,
that the organized militia of state or
territory or of the District of Columbia is
sufficiently armed, uniformed and equipped
for active duty in the field the Secretary
of War is authorized. on the requisition OF
the governor of such state or territory to
pay to the quartermaster general thereof,
or to such other officer of the militia OF
the said state as the said governor may
designate or appoint for the purpose so
much of it's allotment out of the said an
nual appropriation under section 1861 of
the Revised Statutes as amended as shall
be necessary for the payment, subsistence
and transportation of such portion OF said
organized militia as shall engage in actual
field or camp service for instruction, and
the officers and enlisted men OF such mill
tia while so engaged shall be entitled TO
the same pay, subsistence and transpor-
tation or travel allowances as officers and
enlisted men of the corresponding grades
of the regular army are or may mere
after be entitled by law, and the off1cer
so designated and appointed shall be re,
garded diSbursung ofhcer OF the Cnlteo
States, and shall render his account
through the War Department to the
for settlement. and he shall be required
to give good and sufficient bonds to the
United States, in such sums as the sec
rotary of War may direct, faithfully TO
account for the safekeeping and payment
of the public moneys SO intrusted to him
for disbursement.
Ample Funds Available.
It is explained that under section 1851 OF
the Revised Statutes as amended there is
to the credit of the National Guard of the
District of Columbia at the present time
about $4,000 which is only 80 per cent OF
the amount to which the District will ulti-
mately be entitled under the section In
question during the current fiscal year. AS.
1t is said, less than slo,ooo wouia pe re-
ouired to pay thCse officers and men VINO
participate in the coming outing In the
field for instruction, there does not appear
to be anything to prevent the making or the
nayment as Indicated Furthermore, 1t Is
Understood that government employees who
are members of the local brigade will be
entitled to the pay for camp service the
same as those guardsmen VINO are not IN
government employ.
IF II Is decided that the suggested pay
ment shall be made, the attendance at the
coming encampment, 1t is believed, will be
with any previous outing of the citizen SOL
diery of the national capital. AS the men,
bership of the brigade is now rapidly ap-
preaching the LOO mark, the turnout
Gen. Harries has officially called the mat
ter to the attention Of the War Depart
ment. The question will be referred to the
Judge advocate general of the army for de-
cision.
Announcements Of Interest.
The battery of artillery which was mus
tered into the National Guard June 80,
1903 under the act of March 1, 1889, will be
designated and known as the LIST Battery,
Field Artillery, N. G. D. c.
The pamphlet entitleu Report of Colonel