Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-01

N innovation Of exceptional interest
"a to the National Guard Of the Dis
"A trict of Columbia is set forth in the
4 u formal announcement from militia
headquarters that a term of theo-
retical instruction, to be annual, will COM
mence November 1 next. and terminate
March 81. 1905. Drills and practical In
struction In the armory and on the street
will begin the I'd proxImo.
The practical course for the infantry arm
this season will embrace the infantry drill
regulations, to include the regiment in close
order. and ceremonies: Firing Regulations
for Small Arms. part II, chapters I and IL;
part III. chaptersSL II, III, and the manual
of guard duty. Orders for range and gal
lery practice will be announced later.
To secure uniformity of instruction and
regularity Of progression, regimental COM
manders and the commanding officer Is,
Separate Battalion will issue. in orders, a
schedule of drills, in advance, for each
month, STIMULATING the uniform to be worn
The use Of the drill hall, Center Market
Armory, is assigned to organization as fol-
lows: Monday, 9Th Battalion; Tuesday, 4th
Battalion; Wednesday 9th Battalion;
Thursday. I'd Battalion and Ambulance
Corps; Friday, Sd Battalion. Signal Corps,
and LIST Battery Field Artillery, for foot
movements.
The commanding officer of the battalion
using the hall will have general supervision
OF the same for the time being, and will be
held responsible for proper decorum and
the execution of orders. He will certify
over his signature, on the blank furnished,
to the strength present Of all organizations
using the drill hall the evening he is i'll
charge. Commissioned officers absent will
be so reported by name. First call for
drill will be at 8 PM, assembly at S:15
pm. and recall at 9:45 pm.
Assemblies Of Companies.
Assemblies of companies and larger
units shall be in the armory or on the
street, not in company rooms. Regimental
and battalion commanders are authorized
to extend drills beyond the period en-
braced by the foregoing schedule of calls.
There shall be no deviation from the
military dress prescribed for each as
sembly of the drill season.
NO officer or enlisted man shall be
marked present at any drill ceremony
or other formation unless he Is in his
proper place, wearing the uniform pre-
scribed, for more than half the time de-
voted by his organization to that par
ticular duty.
The course of theoretical instruction for
this season shall include Infantry Drill
Regulations, Manual of Guard Duty, Fir
ing Regulations for Small Arms, selected
parts; Army Regulations, selected parts,
and Minor Tactics and Military Law, Sc
lected parts
The officers required to recite and to
pursue the complete course include cap
tains and lieutenants of the line and staff
officers, except surgeons, of similar rank.
Field officers are invited to participate.
Officers successfully completing a pre-
scribed course shall thereafter be excused
from recitations and examinations in sub
jects embraced by that course. They shall
not be exempt from the practical parts Of
any course
Officers of the I'd Regiment and the list
Separate Battalion will assemble for
theoretical instruction in the armory of
the list Battalion, 1st Regiment. 18th and
e streets, at 8 o'clock pm, the first and
third Fridays of each month, commencing
with November.
Officers of the 1st Regiment and the list
Battery Field Artillery will assemble in
the rife gallery, Center Market armory,
the second and fourth Mondays of each
month, commencing with November.
The allotment of time. in hours, for
recitations, blackboard demonstrations and
lectures, and the details of the theo-
retical instruction, shall be determined
by the instructor.
Officers will provide themselves with
the proper text books.
instruction Of the "Non-Coms."
Responsibility for the military instruction
of on-commissioned officers rests with
company commanders, under such regula-
Schools for non-commissioned officers and
specially selected privates will be estab-
lished in each regiment and separate or
ganization. Such schools will be conducted
by officers to be assigned for that duty. the
course this season to embrace, for the in
fantry arm:
Infantry drill regulations, to include the
battalion in close order; the manual of
guard duty: selected parts of small arms
firing regulations, and lectures on minor
tactics and primary military subjects.
The 1st Battery Field Artillery, the Sig
nal Corps and the Ambulance Corps will
pursue courses submitted to and approved
by militia headquarters
The sessions of the school for non-com-
missioned officers, list Regiment, will be
held in the rifle gallery, Center Market
Armory, at o'clock pm, the first and
third Tuesdays Of each month, commencing
with November
The sessions of the school for non-com-
missioned officers. I'd Regiment, will be
held in the rifle gallery of the Center Mar
ket Armory at o'clock pm. the second
and fourth Thursdays of each month, COM
mencing with November.
The sessions of the school for non-com-
missioned officers, list Separate Battalion
will be held in the drill hall of the armory