Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-30
THE NATIONAL GUARD
A New Armory, Building for
the Local Brigade.
DEPOT SITE IN VIEW
DECISIONS THAT ARE OF INTER
EST TO R1E'LEMEN.
improvements at Center Market
improvements at Center Marke
Armory-Provision by Congress for
Joint Field Maneuvers.

| of the National Guard of the District of
| Columbia being provided with thoroughly
! modern and up-to-oate home in the near
| future Major Averill chief engineer of the
| District militia, is engaged in the prepara-
| ton of sketch plans for an armory. and
| it is expected that bill will soon be intro
duced in Congress providing for an APP
| preparation for working plans, and desig-
mating a site for the building. Those d.
rectly concerned say that the bill referred
| to will very likely be enacted during the
present session of Congress.
| The announced site for the proposed ar
mory is portion of the reservation on
! which the 9th street railroad station stands.
| The armory, it is planned, shall have
frontage on street from 9th to eth
streets, with a depth of 600 feet. 1t is
| hoped that work on the building may be
begun Immediately after the railroad COM
panieS move from their present depot
I structure to the new union station.
Time and again during the past dozen
| years there were in circulation rumors of
| the erection of suitable building for the
| local brigade of citizen soldiery, but moth
! ing material developed 1t is asserted.
| however, that now an armory outlined
| in the foregoing is practically certainty.
improvements at Center Market.
Until the new home is ready for occu-
pancy the troops must make themselves as
| comfortable as possible where they are
| now CHARTERED. In that connection, Major
| E. II. Neumeyer. acting auartermaster gem
| eral, with the assistance of Superintendent
| Duvall, has completed many improvements
| at the Center Market Armory. The latter
! now looks more spick and span than ever
| before while 1t has been occupied by the
| guardsmen. All the rooms have been pa
| pered and painted and two additional cleo
| trio lights placed in each room. The bal
| cony lights and those on the stairways have
| been augmented. A new concrete bridge
has taken the place of the wooden span that
] connected the drill hall with the balcony
| Four extra lights are in position in the
| drill hall and both the rifle gallery and the
| gymnasium are favored with increased il
| Illuminating facilities. Fifty additional lock-
ers have been built for the gymnasium and
| three large storerooms erected in the drill
| hall, they occupying space that was form
/ erly unused. Over, all the doors leading to
| all company quarters. StOreroomS and hall
ways signs of black and gold have been
| placed New locks have been fitted to all
| entrance and locker doors, thus aHording
much better protection than formerly for
| government property, Letter boxes have
| been placed on the doors to the quarters of
| the several organizations and cracked and
/ stained glass replaced by ground glass.
Stains on the walls of fhe drill hall have
| been removed. - -
| In order to be in. harmonious accord with
| the surroundings Superintendent Duvall. at
| his own expense. has reftted his tiny office
| in a luxurious mafner.t
Results in Team Matches.
The regimentaI and battalion team
matches at 200 yards were shot in the
rifle gallery last Wednesday evening. The
scores of the regimental match were: Sec
ond Regiment, 40; 1st Regiment, 400 The
| personnel of the winning team and the
score of each member follow: Capt. Alexan-
l. TO-. tlnr
10; Lieut. W. NJ. Farrow, 40; Sergt. W. NJ
| Farrow 40; Sergt. f, Fl. Young, 10; private
r. l.. Pile, AZ; Private G. c. Wathen. 40;
| Private c. r. Hutchinson, Al; Lieut.. A. B.
Weir, Al. and Lieut.. w. t. humphrey x.
| Total. 419.
| The scores of the battalion match were:
! Fourth Battalion, 40; Sd Battalion. 4oI
| 9Th Battalion. 1913; 9th Battalion, $50; I'd
! Battalion $685. 1st Battalion, 3o2. and 1st
| Separate Battalion, So. The personnel of
the winning team and the score of each
| member follow: Private c.. Burlingame 20;
Lieut.. w. M. Farrow, ~; Sergt. John
! O'Connell, A Sergt. G. E. Castle, 30; Capt.
| T. v Walker, AZ; Corporal Eberley. 40;
Sergt F. H. Yount 40; Private e. A.
| Byrnes, 36 Sergt. w. NJ. Farrow, As, and
Private Smith SO. Total, 4l0.
Of Interest to Rifemen.
1 AS regards rifle practice. it is learned that
| the attention of General Harries having
been called to the fact that those guards
men who served as members of last years
| brigade rifle team had decided to devote
prize money. aggregatfng S127 over which
| there had been some controversy, to the
! purchase of 4 suitable trophy, the brigade
F., commander announced that the proposed
| trophy will not be permitted to be placed
| in competition at any range or gallery over
| which, the District National Guard has con-
troll.
General Harries has also decided that
| hereafter no guardsuten will be eligible to
| serve as member ofthe brigade rifle team
who has not performed at least SO per cent
] of all National Guard duty. This require
| ment may bar from the team specialists
| VINO are said to be in TIE guard for rife
| shooting only, and who never attend drills,
| parades, camps and the like. Similar re-
| quirenents prevail elsewhere.
F., Field Maneuvers With Army.
| In the army appropriation BILL which
passed the House of Representatives last
| Tuesday, is the following provision of spe-
| eal interest to District National Guards
men:
THAT the following sums be, and are
! hereby, appropriated for paying the ex-
penses of the organized militia of any
state, territory District of Columbia,
participating in joint encampments. ma
/ neuvers and field instruction of the regular
army and militia as provided by section Is
of the act of January q, 1903. entitled AN
act to promote the efficiency of the militia,
and for other purposes For pay of Off
GERS and enlisted men, 100000"
Money is Well Spent.
| During the discussion of the army appro-
priation bill in the, House. Mr.. Hemenway
| moved that to the provision 1.-The sums
| hereby appropriated for the expenses of
! the organized militia for such joint en-
campment, maneuvers and field instruction
shall be disbursed as, and for that purpose
shall constitute, one fund; and the Secre-
| tary of War shall hereafter forward to
statement of the expenses of such encamp-
| ments and maneuvers," be added. land said
sum shall be so apportioned and expended
as to prevent deficiencies therein"
In opposing the motion, Chairman Hull of
the committee ON military affairs said:
81 have full w with the