The Washington times., 1903-08-09
Men Mo1o Preparing TO Turn
IN Equipments Issued 10
Them Prior 10 Gong 10
LeeSbu1g EncampmenL
INSPECTION TO BE MADE
OF ALL MAGAZINE RIFLES
Sim Foundation for .StozY
That N0Uai Battalion Is
Short Of Quantities of
Stozes DeIaYof Cruise

days service in the history of the Ma
tional Guard of the District of Columbia,
the bronzed and indurated Guardsmen are
now looking forward to pay day, when
they are to receive the regular army
pay for the period covered by the an
nual encampment at Leesburg, Va.
Throughout the past week the Guards
men have been busy turning in their
equipments, but owing TO the appear
ance of dog robbers at camp many of
the boys have lost articles issued to
them before they went into. camp. It
all came about in this way: One of the
boys lost a blanket, the wind being
quite stiff on Georges Farm, and as he
could not afford to sleep on the ground,
he borrowed" a friends and forgot TO
return it; the friend, in turn, borrowed
another, and so on down the line until
the man who first lost his blanket had
the one he borrowed stolen from him
The other equipments met the same fate
and changed hands an equal number of
times The consequence of this is that
the honest Guardsmen have to pay up
because their friends had such taking
ways.
Rate of Pay.
The soldiers have been busy signing
four or five sets OF pay vouchers. Gen
eral Harries is also interested in these
pay rolls. Up TO this year the District
Guard appropriation did not include him,
but this year he will receive more than
$3.50 for his ten days service in camp.
The rate of pay. per day. follows:
Brigadier general. STEPS; colonel,
1912: Northumberland, 1888; major.
1894; captain. mounted, $3.50; captain.
not mounted. IS; chaplain, 50; battalion
adjutant, So; battalion quartermastcr.
s4.44; first lieutenant, $417; second lieu
tenant. $3.50; hospital steward. $3.50;
sergeant. first class-Signal Corps. $3.50;
sergeant, Signal Corps, S1-13; sergeant
brigade or regimental, non-commission-
ed star sergeant major. quartermaster
commissary, ordnance), $1.13; acting
hospital steward, color sergeant. S3c:
ergeant-battaliOn non commissioned
stan (sergeant-major. quartermaster) ,
SIC; first ergeant-artillery, infantry
S3c; corporal-SignaI Corps, SIC; ser
geant-staR (brigade), artillery, infantry,
6Oc; quartermaster ergeant-artiIlery
e0c: stable sergeant-held artillery, 6Oe
private. first class-Signal Corps, SIC:
private-ambulanee corps. 5Sc; artifcer
field artillery, soc; cOrporal-artillery.
infantry, soc; musician-artiIlery. 43c.
private-artillery. infantry, Signal
CorDs. 43c.
The brigade bandsmen and field must
clans receive 81 a day. Captain Rob
bins. acting adigtant general of the
Guard. and his assistant have been
busy during the past week fixing up the
reports OF the officers CT the different
commands and receiving the accounts
OF the amount Of equipments issued TO
and turned in by each Of these. Cap
tain Robbins yesterday issued an order
directing Major Parmenter. chief OF ord
nance. District OF Columbia militia. TO
make minute inspection OF all United
States magazine rifles caliber thirty in
the hands Of troops az the earliest prac-
ticable moment following the receipt OF
the order.
No CGTeIessness This Year.
The Guardsmen have been known in
past years. after camp. to turn in their
rifles. filled with burned powder, rust.
bits OF rag, sand. and other things. and
never think about them until drills are
resumed in the fall. After the encamp-
ment there is little or nothing doing in
Guard circles. and drills and parades
are suspended for the remainder OF the
sumner. All the time that drills are
sUspenC~d Uncleaned guns are lying in
the racks It the armory rusting and
rotting away, Nud would be unfit for
further use If Cap,~in Robbins had not
had the forethought T., issue the order
for an inspection which Kill probably
be held about Wednesday. Thursday. and
Friday OF this week.
The alarming stories in regard 70
the mysterious disappearance Of guam
tity Of clothing, blankets, and other
things issued 10 the Naval Battalion,
under the command Of Lieutenant Com
mannder r. b. Brummott. proved TO be
based on a slim foundation. The facts
in the case are that some o. the Jack
tars have taken the overcOats and blan-
kets home and forgot 10 bring them
back. but viii do SO, since General Har-
ries has made inquiries In regard to
them.
Cruise Not to Be Delayed.
II was intimated IL the story that the
disa ppearance Of the stores would post
pone the annual cruise fer about two
months. The officers OF the battalion
say they viii be surprised If it delays
the cruise TWO minutes The stores and
everything reJgrnablc Issued 10 the bat 7
TALON Will be duly accounted or paid l
Tor before the battalion raises anchor. 4
Owing 10 the fact that the battalion IS /
not as large as II has been In former 1
years. II IS not improbable that the I
Oneida viii be left az the dock and the 4
Fern will be the only boat used by the 4
command One hundred Esen can be ac-i