The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-11
O5derS Issued By AdJutanf
GenezaI Beet for ParfIci-
patton at the UnUeiling of
tPe Sherman Statue
RIFLE MEET PROGRAM
ISSUED BY MAJOR BELL
Question of Rifle Practice in
Public Schools Soon TO Be
Urged Upon Bodod of Edu-
cation for lis Acton.

RELATIVE 10 the participation OF the
National Guard OF the District of Co
lumbia in the ceremonies attending the
unwilling of the sherman statue on next
Thursday. Adjutant General Lloyd VI.
Brett yesterday issued the following
orders:
General Orders No %
Headquarters
District of Columbia Militia.
Washington, d. c., Oct. TO- 1908.
The National Guard of the District of
Columbia viii assemble for parade en-
Thursday, October Is. 1903
The brigade will be formed in close
column of platoons or companies de
pending upon size of companies). right
In front; battery IN column ofssections.
at 2:10 D. m. on I Street facing east
head at Sixteenth Street. in the follow
ing order:
General staff and general non-com-
missioned stan, band and corps OF field
music. Second Regiment, First Regi-
ment. First Separate Battalion. Signal
Corps, Naval Battalion. First Battery.
Field Artillery. and Ambulance Corps.
Subdivisions in columns will have six
teen files front.
Organizations will be reported to the
Adjutant General Immediately upon
their arrival
The columns will move at 2:30 p. m.
The route will be south on Sixteenth
Street 20 II Street; east on H Street
to Fifteenth Street; south on Fifteenth
street to Pennsylvania Avenue; west on
Pennsylvania Avenue to marker.
The subdivisions Will successfully exc
cute ''fours left" as they arrive oppo-
site the marker enter the dedication
grounds, execute "fOurs right" march
past the reviewing stand in column of
platoons or companies. leaving the
ground by executing "fours right" by
subdivision. and remain in columns OF
fours for the remainder of the route,
which will be west 10 Executive Avenue,
then south 200 yards. then east toward
Fifteenth Street; changing direction 10
the north in time TO place the battalions
in columns of fours, side by side, with
five yards interval. facing north, and
heads resting at the southern border OF
the dedication grounds
The battery after passing in review Will
march toward B Street. and Will sub
secuently be massed with the regular
cavalry I'm rear OF the foot troops.
The march will be at full distance
guide right.
The column will be reviewed by the
President at the grandstand on the dedi-
cation grounds.
The general staff, general non-com-
missioned staff. and the field and stat
of regiments will be mounted.
The Ambulance Corps and Signal Corp!
will parade their wagons. After pass
ing the reviewing stand the wagons vii
conform to the movements prescribed fol
the battery
Commanding officers of companies anC
divisions will furnish their battalion ad
jutants with morning reports" imme
diately after the parade is dismissed
noting thereon the names OF all oflcerl
and men absent from the parade without
leave. Commanding officers OF regiments
separate battalions. and separate com
panies viii furnish these headquarter
with consolidated morning reports be
fore 10 o'clock a. m. of the 18th instant
will see that all enlisted men absen
without leave are properly dealt with
and viii report TO these headquarter
the names OF all commissioned officer
so absent.
BY command of Brigadier General Har
ries:
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