Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
NATIONAL GUARD


1t Is understood that the regular annual
cruise of the naval battalion will occur as
usual later in the season.
The naval battalion has been ordered to
assemble on board the Puritan at $50
O'Clock this morning for inspection. sec
ton of the National Guard Brigade band
will participate In the ceremony. and the
naval regulations and the articles OF war
will be read to the command
The sailors aboard the L. s s. Puritan,
the large training ship of the naval bat
TALON. under the command OF Boat
swain James Bowling, L. S. navy are
preparing the vessel for her inspection by
board of naval officers. The ship is be
Ing cleaned up and painted inside and out
side. and she is being placed IN the best of
order, so that when the inspection board
goes aboard her nothing amiss will be APP
parent. This inspection of naval vessels is
by no means a perfunctory affair. The six
officers who compose the inspecting board
have each his department to examine. and
tire scrutiny is thorough. the officers, In
overalls. crawling into every nook and
Granny of the ship. even the compartments
In her bottom being examined
The U. s. s. Oneida, the smaller training
ship of the naval battalion. is now out with
a detachment of the citizen sailors on a
cruise of over forty-eight hours. The little
vessel left here with twenty naval battalion
men and four officers aboard, and will run
down the river and out into the bay. The
zeal sailor lads will be given charge Of the
yacht and will run her from and to this
handling of the vessel. end the running of
courses on the river. aided by charts The
cruise will end at this city early tomorrow
morning.
Big Shoot at Sea Girt.
The official program of the Sea Girt shoot
ing tournament for 1905 has just been an
nc unced. The shoot will be the biggest
affair of the kind ever held in the United
States and will include the third annual
matches of the national board for the pro-
motion of rifle practice. the twenty-third
al nual matches of the National Rife Asso-
citation of America and the fourteenth an
nual matches OF the New Jersey State Rifle
Association. The tournament will be In
progress from Thursday, August p, through
Saturday, September g. The National
Guard of the District of Columbia will be
prominently represented i'm all the con-
tests. Following is the order of events:
Thursday, August 2i-Slow fire and rapid
fire stages of the national individual ma ch.
Friday, August 25-Skirmish stage OF the
national individual match and the national
pistol match.
Saturday, August 26-First day of national
trophy team match.
Monday. August 2S-Second day of ma
tonal trophy team match.
Tuesday. August 29-Thrd day of national
trophy team match.
Wednesday. August 30-Columbia trophy,
cadet and Hale squadGed matches.
Thursday, August 3i-Regimental Skin
iiiSll anu l-teCn cup ffldlcntS-
Friday. September 1-Carbine team and
Wimbledon cup matches
Saturday. September 2-Dryden trophy
match.
Monday September 4-Sduadded revolver,
irterclub and inspectors ma tches.
Tuesday. September 5-Revolver team and
company matches.
Wednesday, September G-Rcgimental
team match.
THURSDAY, September 7-"Tyro" company
match and Ideal company match.
Friday, September S-Presidents match
first stage, and veteran organization match
Saturday. September 9-Presdent's match,
second stage
The I'd Separate Battalion will assemble
at the armory Thursday evening. May -.
at s:15 o'clock for drill. Blue uniforms will
be worn.
Upon the recommendation of the company
commander Corporals George Neumann and
Leo 2. Moriarty have been promoted to
be sergeants of Company A, I'd Separate
Battalion. they having passed the required
examination before the battalion board.
First Lieut.. William H. Shaffer and First
Lieut.. George c. WilSher, both Of the LIST
Battery Field Artillery, have rendered their
designations, and the same have been ac-
cepted.
quarters for First Lieut.. William L. Tyd-
ings, Company X, I'd Regiment; Second
Lieut.. Alvin ID. Hathaway, Company H. I'd
Regiment and Second Lieut.. Marshall Ma
gruder, Company X. I'd Regiment.
Mr.. Oden II. Lake, who Is interested in
the formation of proposed troop of cav
airy has been officially informed by the
adjutant general of the District of Columbia
militia that the act of Congress, approved
March /, 1889, does not contain provision
for a troop of cavalry in the National
Guard of the District of Columbia and that
the allotment and appropriation for the
next fiscal year do not permit the arming
and equipping of a company of mounted
infantry.
The I'd Battalion, I'd Regiment and the
Brigade Band have been detailed for duty
as escort to the parade of the Grand Army
of the Republic. Department of the Poto-
mac, on Memorial day. the Both instant.
Major Smms is under orders to report to
the officer of the day Capt. Charles II.
Worden. at the corner of Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and 18th street northwest, at 9:i5
o'clock an.
Elections as follows have been reported
to headquarters: Sergeant Frederick p.
Rogers of Company X, I'd Regiment, TO be
captain of Company NJ. I'd Regiment: Ser
geant Thomas s. O'Hallaron. Company l.,
I'd Regiment, to be second Lieutenant OF
that company: First Lieutenant Charles L.
Brockway, Company f. Sd Separate Bat
TALON, to be captain of that company; Ser
geant Philabert l.. Rogers, Company F. Sd
Separate Battalion. to be first lieutenant
of that company; Sergeant George +.
Thompson, Company F, Sd Separate Bat
talon to be second lieutenant of that COM
pany.