Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-09
THE NATIONAL GUARD
Inspection Under Militia Law
Set for Next Week.
PROVISION OF THE ACT
LOCAL OFFICER ASKS INSTRUC
TON AT SERVICE SCHOOL.
Reorganization of the Brigade
Changes and Casualties During Past
Quarter - Rifle Clubs.

| The inspection of the National Guard
of the District of Columbia, under section
| IA, of the militia act, approved January 81,
| 1908, and general orders No. II, War De-
partment, December 20, 1903 to be made
| by Capt. Lloyd M. Brett 7th Cavalry, L.
8. army, will be begun next Monday even
| ing. The schedule for the week follows:
Monday evening-General staff and gen.
! eral non-commissioned staff Of the militia,
| at headquarters, Star building. at 8 O'Clock;
I'd Battalion, I'd Regiment 9th Battalion),
| at Center Market Armory, at $50 o'clock.
Tuesday evening = First Battalion, LIST
Regiment, at Center Market Armory. at
| o'clock.
| Wednesday evening-Third Battalion, I'd
| Regiment 9th Battalion), at Center Market
Armory. at O'Clock.
Thursday evening-Field and staff, LIST
Regiment. at Center Market Armory, at 8
o'clock; I'd Battalion. at Center Market
| Armory, at S:15 o'clock; Sd Battalion, at
| Center Market Armory at O'Clock.
| Friday evening-First Battery, Field Ar
| tillery and Signal Corps, at Center Market
| Armory, at SIS o'clock.
| Section IA of the militia act, under which
| the foregoing inspection will be made, pro-
vides:
That whenever it shall appear by the
report of Inspections which 1T shall be
| the duty of the Secretary of War to cause
| to be made at least once in each year by
| officers detailed by him for that purpose,
| that the organized militia of state or
| territory or of the District of Columbia is
| sufficiently armed, uniformed and equip
ped for active duty in the field the Secre-
| tary of War is authorized, on the requt-
| sition of the governor of such state or
| territory, to pay to the quartermaster
| general thereof, or to such other officer
| of the militia of said state as the said
| governor may designate and appoint for
| the purpose, SO much of its allotment out
| of the said annual appropriation under
| section 1861 of the Revised Statutes as
| amended as shall be necessary for the
payment, subsistence and transportation
| of such portion of said organized militia
| as shall engage in actual field or camp
| service for instruction, and the officers
and enlisted men of such militia while so
engaged shall be entitled to the same pay,
subsistence and transportation or travel
allowances as officers and enlisted men
| of corresponding grades of the regular
army are or may hereafter be entitled by
law, and the officer SO designated and ap-
pointed shall be regarded as a disbursing
| officer of the United States, and shall
render his accounts through the War De-
parchment to the proper accounting off,
GERS Of the treasury for settlement, and
he shall be required to give good and
sufficient bonds to the United States in
such sums as the Secretary of War may
direct, faithfully to account for the safe
keeping and payment of the public
moneys SO intrusted to him for disburse-
ment."
Instruction in Service Schools
A board of officers. to consist of Lieut. Col
L. M. Brett. adjutant general; Major Chas.
H. Ourand, inspector general, and Major l..
H. Reichelderfer. LIST Regiment has been or
dered to meet at District militia head
quarters at the call of the president of the
board to examine into the qualifications of
applicants from the National Guard of the
District of Columbia for a course In the
service schools Of the United States army.
Inc board was appointed because of the
desire of Second Lieut.. John G. Donovan
Company c, I'd Regiment to take a course
OF instruction as indica ted. Section 10 of
the militia law provides that whenever
any oncer OF the organized militia SHALL
upon recommendation of the governor of
any state, territory or general commanding
the District of Columbia, and when au-
thorized by the President. attend and pur-
sue regular course of study at any mill
tary school or college of the United States
such officer shall receive from the annual
appropriation for the support of the army
the same travel allowances and quarters
or communication of quarters, to which an
officer of the regular army would be en-
Titled If attending such school or college
under orders from proper military authority
ana shall also receive commutatio of sub
slstence at the rate of one dollar per day
while in actual attendance upon the course
of instruction"
Reorganization of the Brigade.
The bill for the REORGANIZATION of the
local brigade, in addition to the provisions
heretofore outlined in The Star, sets forth
that military courts of the District Ma
t1onal Guard shall consist of general courts
martial garrison courts, the summary
court, courts of inquiry and battalion
courts. The military courts shall have
the same power to compel the attendance
or witnesses and to punish for contempt
as the criminal courts of the District of
Columbia. Sentences shall be executed by
the United States marshal for the District
When ordered to duty in case of riot or to
aid the civil authorities, enlisted men shall
receive pay at the rate of three times that
paid enlisted men of the regular army
Officers when ordered to perform such duty
shall receive the same pay as officers of
similar rank of the army.
The bill further provides that any officer
of the District National Guard who has
served for ten years may on his own APP
plication, be retired. If he has served
grade he may be retired with increased
rank.
Individuals shall not be liable to jury
duty while in active militia service, and
those who have been in the guard contin-
uouSly for six years shall be exempt for
life from jury service.
The bill also provides that there shall be
added to the general staff of the r,ijitia
dates of the commissions of officers now in
the brigade will not be changed by the DILL
Changes and Casualties.
The following appointments by the Presi-
dent and the casualties and changes In the
National Guard of the District of Columbia
during the past quarter have been an
nounced:
Promotions-First ,Regiment-Flrst Lieu
tenant Samuel F. Shreve, to be captain, vice
Robinson, resigned, Company b; Second
Lieutenant John H. Shreve, to be first lieu
tenant, vice Shreve, promoted, Company B.
Naval Battalion-Ensign John D. Carmody,
to be lieutenant, Junior grade, vice Berry,
resigned.
Appointments-First acknowledgements
Ralph Alderman, to be second lieutenant,
vice Shreve, promoted, Company B; Ser
geant Michael ]. Ryan, to be first ieuten-
ant, vice Browne, resigned, Company G;
Sergeant Alfred r. McGonegal, to be sec
ond lieutenant. vice Brown, appointed first
lieutenant, Company d, Company c.; Ser
geant Howard j. Atwell, to be second lieu
tenant, vice Ennis, resigned, Company A.
Second Regiment-Staff Sergeant Richard
B. Clayton, to be first lieutenant vice
Paschal, promoted, Company l.; Private
John c. Whitaker, to be first lieutenant,
vice Burton, resigned, Company G. Naval
Battalion-Frank w. Sigourney, to be en-
sign, vice Fisk, resigned.
Casualties Notwithstanding Niemeyer,