Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
NOTES OF THE LOCAL
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN

any reason therefor. and II he deems II de-
aifable. select men 20 lll vacancies
Competitors will be required TO wear uni
'0fni while engaged In the preliminary COM
FsiiilDn. The wearing of uniform while at
voluntary practice II not essential.
Capt Thomas y, King, superintendent OF
tbs fih" rnpsa. has been authorized to GER
ufy scores
A. result 81 ,hs extraordinary expendi-
lures 20 cofnplcfs the rine range there VIII
be no allotment of funds TO defray any oS-
pens" of teams. other than the brigade
team. during the present year
Appointments, Promotions, Changes.
The following appointments and promo
lions and casualties and changes ia tho
National Guard OF the District Of Columbia
have just been announced In general orders;
Appointments.-2d Regiment-Sergt. Alvin
ID. Hathaway Company II. TO be second
lieutenant. vice des Garennes. resigned !:
First Sergt. Marshall Magruder. Company
Is, to be second lieutenant vice Tydlncs
promoted: Sergt. Frederick T. Rogers. Com
pany NJ. to be captain. vice Ferree re-
signed. 4th Separate Battalion-PriVate
Eugene A. Byrnes, Company I. 60 be In
spector OF rifle practice with the rank OF
hrst lieutenant vice Lezear. resigned; First
Sergt. Warren 5. orion. Company X TO be
second lieutenant, vice Sullivan promoted.
Promotions.-2d Regiments Second Lieut.
William J.. Tydings. Company X TO he first
lieutenant. vice MagfuueT, resigned. ith
Separate Battalion-Second Lieut. William
b. Sullivan, Company *. TO be first Heutcn-
ant. vice Heap, resigned
asualties-Honorably discha -sec-C Colo mol
Henry May, LIST Regiment May g 1905;
Lieutenant Colonel Burton r. Ross, LIST
Regiment. May &, 1905; Captain Walden
Myer. chaplain, list Regiment May g 1895
captain Thomas s. King, Inspector OF
rifle practice, LIST Regiment, June II 1895;
Captain Clarence A Weaver. surgeon. list
Regiment. June II. 1895; Captain Leroy
w. Heron. adjutant. LIST Regiment. June
II. 1905; Captain Robert Cook. quarter
master 1st Regiment June IL. 1905: Cap
tain Wayne Smith. Company F. I'd Regi-
ment, May -. 1905.
Resigned-Second Lieut.. LOGAN Proslse
Company f, Sd Separate Battalion. April
~, 1908; Captain Charles L. Smell Company
+ 3D. Separate Battalion. May 10, 1905;
LIST Lieutenant Roy B. Hayes, adjutant.
4th Separate Battalion. May IL, 1905: LIST
Lieutenant George c. Wilsher lst Battery
Field Artillery. May 10. 1906; LIST Lieuten-
ant William II. Shaffer, LIST Battery, Field
Artillery, May 10. 1895: LIST Lieutenant John
Z. Smallwood,' Company +. I'd Regiment.
May 10, 1908.
The following named enlisted men "a
were dishonorably discharged from the Ma
uonal Guard during the quarter ended
June 80 last: Private Samuel c. Brooks.
Company ID. I'd Separate Battalion; Prl-
vate George A. Burdette, Signal Corps:
Private Claud Z. Cleveland. Company |.
I'd Regiment. Private Clifford w Kershaw
Company ~, "a separate battalion; Private
Louis s. Wasser, Company ID, I'd Separate
Battalion; Private Harry F. Wilson, Com
pany l.. I'd Regiment Private Clement
F. keyworth. Company ID. I'd Separate
Battalion.
Misuse Of Regulation Unifesm.
Legislation to preserve the dress of tho
army. navy. Marine Corps. and. 1t is unGer-
stood. the National Guard is urged by the
Army and Navy Register. which. among
other things. says:
There Is no law which preserves the
dress Of the army. navy and Marine Corps
for those who are entitled and Obliged to
wear 1t by virtue of the army and navy
regulations. This Is a truly remarka Bile
state Of affairs. and 1t ought to be correct
ed IL the uniform is to stand for anything
more than a conglomeration of tInseled raj
ment. 1t means much more than that.
OF course; notwithstanding the most fla
grant misuse of Il by persons who are con-
trolled by their desire to appear other than
as they are. 1t might have been natural
enough for man, who had left the serv-
ice to escape a court-martial sentence OF
dismissal to want to appear in the UNI
form to which he had been no credit in a
military career 1t might restore him in a
way to the public respect he had forfeited,
at least among those who were not In a
position to know how and why he left the
army. This condition should not be pos
sible, In justice to those who wear the uni
form because they are officers and men OF
the services in good standing entitled to
the exercise of the authority of their posi-
tons. The uniform should be preserved
as the garb of the representatives OF the
government and 1t should be protected
against its misuse by those who do not
respect its significance"