Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-09
THE NATIONAL GUARD
Inspection Of the Brigade to
Be Made, in April
BY OFFICER OF ARMY
A SYSTEMATIC COURSE OF IN
sTRUcTIoN ORDERED.
Relative Rank Of Officers - Appoint
ments and Changes During
the Past Quarter.
BY OFFICER OF ARMY

several organizations of the National Guard
of the District of Columbia. The brigade
will be inspected by an officer of the army,
to be detailed in conformity with section Is
of the new militia law, during April, a
month earlier than usual Headquarters
has recommended to the commanding gen
eral of the Department of the East, United
States army, that the inspection be made
in accordance with the following schedule;
General staff and non-commissoneds staff
of the militia. at headquarters, Star build
ing, Monday, April IL, 1904 at o'clock pm.
Field and staff. LIST Regiment, at Center
Market Armory, at 8 o'clock pm. Thurs
day. April IA. 1904
First Battalion. at its armory. 18th and
e streets, at o'clock pm, Tuesday. April
II, 1904.
Second Battalion, at it's armory, over
Center market at S:15 o'clock pm, Thurs
| day, April IA, 1904.
Third Battalion at o'clock pm. Thurs
| day. April IA, 1904.
Field and staff, I'd Regiment. at o'clock
pm, Tuesday, April 10, 1904.
First Battalion, I'd Regiment (4th Bat
talion). at s:15 o'clock pm, Tuesday, April
49, 1904.
Second Battalion, I'd Regiment 18th Bat
talon. at $50 O'Clock pm, Monday. April
IL. 1904.
Third Battalion. I'd Regiment 9th Bat
IS, 1904
First Separate Battalion at Center Mar
ket Armory, at O'Clock pm, Monday,
| April 49, 1904
Naval Battalion. Signal Corps and 1st
Battery, Field Artillery, at Center Market
Armory, at S:15 O'Clock p m, Friday, April
| 10, 1904.
Ambulance corps band and corps of field
| music at O'Clock pm, Wednesday, April
| 20, 1904.
Systematic Course of instruction.
| Gen. Harries through Adjt Gen. Brett,
| has notified each organization commander
that 1T is expected every effort will be ex-
| pended by all concerned to make each or
| ganization an efficient body in all that per-
| tains to its duties as a National Guard
| command.
| 1t is directed that companies should at
| once be recruited to full strength COM
! pletely armed and equipped, and drilled in
the dinerent schools, to include that of the
battalion, in close and extended order. Of
| fcers and non-commissioned officers 1t is
| pointed out, should be able to drill their
subdivisions In the position and aiming
drills as laid down in chapter Of the Fir
| Ing Regulations for Small Arms.
A systematic sourse of instruction, both
| theoretical and practical. diligently fol-
| lowed. 1t is added by headquarters is nee
essary that the brigade should continue in
the high place assigned it among National
Guard organizations by competent judges
Appointments, Changes, Casualties.
| The following appointments by the Presi-
dent and the casualties and changes in the
National Guard during the past quarter
have been announced:
Appointments: LIST Regiment - Robert
Cook, to be quartermaster, with the rank of
captain, vice Marion, appointed captain
1st Battery, Field Artillery. First Battalion
First Lieut.. Pinckney w Smith, inspector
n ~ n 20 fn hn five Han ay,A
Quartermaster. vice Muzzy, deceased.
Casualties: Resigned-Samuel Feland,
first lieutenant and quartermaster, 4th Bat
talon; Theodore Mosher, lieutenant colonel
and adjutant general. and John S. w. Rob-
inson, captain Company B, LIST Regiment.
Died-First Lieut.. Arthur NJ. Muzzy, quar-
termaster, LIST Battalion.
The following named enlisted men were
dishonorably discharged:
Edward M. Beaton, privats. Company B,
I'd Regiment; William ]. Eva. private, Com
pany 9. I'd Regiment: William I. Free. pri-
vate Company G. I'd Regiment; Alfred ].
Handrup, private. Company G, I'd Regi-
ment; Walter s. Jenkins, private, Company
G, I'd Regiment; William A. Knapp, private
| Company G, I'd Regiment Walter r. More
land, private. Company B, I'd Regiment;
Dominic Naples, private, Company G, I'd
| Regiment; Frank Roche private, Company
| NJ, I'd Regiment; William S. Sharp private
| Company g, I'd Regiment; Edward G. SUIT
| ton, private. Company G, I'd Regiment;
| Joseph ]. Torrens, private, Company B, I'd
Regiment. and Jalma West private, Com
ps,ny X, I'd Regiment.
Relative Rank Of Officers.
! The relative rank of the officers of the
| local brigade to date follows:
BriRadier general-George H. Harries.
Colonels-1, NJ. Emnet Urell I'd Regi-
ment 2. Henry May. LIST Regiment.
! Lieutenant Colonies Il, Richard A.
| O'Brien, I'd Regiment; 2. Burton R. Ross.
LIST Regiment; g. Lloyd NJ. Brett, general
staff adjutant general
| Majors, George Henderson, general
stair, surgeon general; 2 Edwin II. Neu-
meyer, general staff. commissary general;
8, Charles H. Ourand, general staff. inspec-
| tor general; 4, Walter d. Davidge, general
staff, judge advocate general; g. James f.
Bell. general staff, inspector general rife
| practice; 6, Arthur Brooks 1st Separate
Battalion; T. Frank L. Averill, general
staff. chief engineer; s, Richard D. Simms,
| 9Th Battalion; 8. William e. Harvey, 9th
Battalion; 10, Anton Stephan, 4th Bat
| TALON; IL, Glendie B. Young, Sd Battalion;
| II, Luther H. Reichelderfer. I'd Battalion;
Ii, Samuel P. House, list Battalion; IA,
Henry H. Parmenter, general staff. chief
| of ordnance.
| Captains-1 Eugene c. Edwards, LIST Regi-
ment; 2. John II. Campbell, LIST Separate
| Battalion; 3, George F. Dudley, I'd Regi-
ment, chaplain; 4. Thomas S. King, LIST
Regiment. inspector rifle practice; >. Ed
ward F. Riggs. general staff. aid-de-camp;
g., Alfred p Robbins. general staff, aid-de
! camp; Z, Clarence a. Weaver, LIST Regi-
ment surgeon; s, William S. Hodges, I'd
Regiment: 0. C. Fred Cook, general staff.
aid-de-camp; 10s Edward L. Webster, 1st
/ Separate Battalion; IL, Walden Myer, list
| Regiment. chaplain; IL. F. Penrose Smith,
! I'd Regiment; 10, John S. Tomlinson I'd
| Regiment, inspector rifle practice; IA, Alex
ander Summers, I'd Regiment; Is. Joseph
| F. Hodgson, 1st Regiment; 10. Samuel L.
| F. Piper, 1st Separate Battalion; II, Ed
ward H. Brian, I'd Regiment; Is, Charles
E. Swigart, I'd Regiment. adjutant; 10.
! Thacker ". Walker, ID Regiment; 90 Harry
F. Patterson, LIST Regiment; 81, William r.
Dix. LIST Regiment; % Sheridan Ferree %
| Regiment; %, George L. TAFT. LIST Regi-
ment; "a Andrew Parker. general staff,
aid-de-camp; % Emil g. Schafer, I'd Regi-
ment. quartermaster; 26. Leroy w. Heron,
| list Regiment adjutant; ~ Wayne Smith,
| I'd Regiment: %. Harry Walsh. I'd Regi-
ment: %, William T. Shane I'd Regiment;
| go Francis J.. Woodman, ID Regiment sur
| geon; 81, Harry Coope. LIST Regiment; 81.
| Charles r. Siegel. I'd Regiment: SO. Harry
| Richardson LIST Separate Battalion; "a. ].
| Harry Bean. LIST Regiment: S5. Frank e.
| Skinner, I'd Regiment; SO. George Paschal.
| Doo Thomas Marion. LIST Bat