Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19
THE NATIONAL GUARD
Dates and Places for Next
Annual Inspection.
RES I'M ENTAIL FUNDS
BOTH PRACTICALfAND THEoRETl-
CAL INSTRUCTION.
Changes in the Tuiform-Style OF Shoe
for Officers-Service Attire
is Prescribed.

the organized militia or the Oislricl VI "
lumbia will be as follows:
General staff and general non-commis-
stoned staff of the militia, at headquarters,
Evening Star building, at O'Clock Pm,
Monday, February 6, 1905
Field and staff LIST Regiment, at o'clock
p.m.. Thursday, February 2
LIST Battalion, LIST Regiment. at Center
Market Armory, at o'clock Pm, Tuesday,
February T.
I'd Battalion LIST Regiment. at it's ar
mory, at S:15 o'clock pm, Thursday, Feb
ruary 2.
Sd Battalion, list Regiment, at its armory,
at O'Clock u.m.. Wednesday. February s.
Field and staff, I'd Regiment, Tuesday,
February H. at 8 o'clock pm.
LIST Battalion. I'd Regiment, Tuesday,
February IA, at S:15 o'clock pm.
I'd Battalion, I'd Regiment, Monday,
February ID, at O'Clock pm.
I'd Battalion I'd Regiment Wednesday,
February 10, at o'clock pm.
1st Separate Battalion at Center Market
Armory, Friday, February II, at SIS
o'clock pm.
Naval Battalion, on board U.SS. Puritan,
at O'Clock pm, Thursday, February o.
LIST Battery, Field Artillery, and Signal
Corps, at Center Market Armory, Friday,
February 10, at o'clock pm.
Ambulance Corps, Band and Corps of
Field Music at Center Market Armory,
Thursday, February 16, at s o'clock pm.
An army officer, detailed by the War
Department, will inspect the guard in ac-
cordance with the foregoing schedule
stipulated by the new militia law. The
adjutant general, the inspector general and
other officers of the general staff of the
District militia will be making annual in
spections at the same time.
Regimental instruction.
The commanding officer of the 1st Regi-
ment the nd let
Battalion and other Organizations have
each been directed by the commanding gen
eral to submit to headquarters at an early
date scheme for the practical and theo-
retical instruction of his command for the
drill year ending June 30, 1905. The letter
from headquarters, IN part, follows:
THE theoretical course should embrace
Rotations by officers and non-commission-
ed officers In separate schools, in the new
drill regulations. manual of guard duty and
small arms firing regulations, supplemented
by lectures and talks by field officers on
current military topics.
The practical course should embrace the
revised drill regulations to include the
school of the battalion, guard duty and tar
get practice.
Nothing must interfere with the regular
weekly drill of not less than one hour and
a half by each organization. 500
Both the theoretical and practical course
must be Observation-Disclosures and pro-
gressive; embracing only so much
be mastered by the average officer and
non-commissioned officer during the cur
rent drill season. .-..,
"In this connection your attention is di-
rected to the idle time which ,inyaria olx
follows even a short season of active ef-.
fort. Much efficiency is lest by these fire.
quent lapses and for this loss there is no
compensating advantage. To avoid such
slackness a carefully planned and thorough
ly executed program Is essential
Funds to, Promote Efficiency.
The commanding general has expressed
the desire that each regimental commander
take the necessary steps to raise a regi-
mental fund to promote the efficiency of
his organization and to meet the legitimate
expenses that arise and which have been
met hitherto from appropriations intended
for other purposes.
1t is pointed out that the rifle teams that
represent the regiments should have the
entrance fees to matches paid from such
a fund; that some of the aids to good
shooting should be owned and cared for by
the regiments, and it is thought that such
a fund will have many valuable uses and
that the efficiency of the regiments will be
promoted thereby.
Changes in the Uniform.
AS heretofore announced, soon after Dis
trict Militia headquarters is officially noti-
fed by the War Department of the promul-
CATION of the new uniform regulations a
general order will be issued prescribing the
attire and equipment to be worn by the
National Guard of the District of Columbia.
The following changes that have been made
in the uniform regulations are of interest
to the local command:
The wooden service uniform is prescribed
for the United States and cotton khaki for
tropical wear. Under existing orders cot
ton khaki is authorized for wear in the
limited States at the discretion of the COM
handing officer, so that officers and en-
listed men are required to have both the
wooden service and the cotton service uni
FORM 1t is mainly on this account that the
change is recommended as there is general
complaint throughout the service of the ex-
cessiye number of articles of uniform which
officers and enlisted men must provide
themselves with. The cotton service uni
form is Objectionable for wear in this coun-
try, as it becomes soiled and unsightly and
requires frequent laundering. In the trop-
les this objection does not obtain as laun-
dering can be done more cheaply.
Under the new regulations the service cap
is prescribed for all officers for wear on
certain occasions with the service uniform;
the wooden cap. for wear with the wooden
uniform. and the cotton Khaki cap with the
corresponding uniform. Paragraphs so and
81 prescribe the same headgear for enlisted
men The cap is intended for habitual wear
in garrison with the service uniform. The
campaign hat is objected to on account
of the difficulty in keeping it on the head.
There have been many complaints of the
necessity OF men raising tnelr nanQS IN the
ranks when wearing the campaign hat
which results in an unmiltary and ragged
appearance in the ranks. The campaign hat
is retained for wear on occasions
Style of Shoe Tor Officers.
The designation of a specific style of shoe
for officers to wear isfomitted, thus permit
ting the use Of The ordinary custom-made
shoes, either with or without lips
The provision authorizing commanding Of
fcers to prescribe white trousers for wear
with full dress and dress coats is omitted.
This is to make wearing the white uniform
optional, both with offcers and men. At
present commanding officers are authorized
to prescribe white uniforms on certain &C.
casions, thus obalging officers and men to
provide themselves with white uniforms.
The new order makes the white uniform
simply uniform for off duty wear, and
forbids it being prescribed for any occa-
sion.
The white cap is authorized for enlisted
men for wear with the white uniform This
is an optional article of uniform, added sim
ply to complete the white uniform for en-
listed men.
Patterns of chevrons for the overcoat,
service coat and white coat are changed so
as to agree with those already approved.
The regulation preScrihe for tho ,ice of