Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-09


| possible moment
Inc six years service medal will be ctrcu-
| lar In form, suspended by heavy ribbon
| from hidden pin 1t will show the coat
| OF arms of the United States. surrounded
by the words: Service in the National
Guard. District of Columbia" bar with
tne "ords: Nine years" to be attached to
tne ribbon will be provided for those
guardsmen entitled to the same
The medals will be distributed with prop-
! sr ceremony as soon after delivery as may
. be convenient.
Applicants for Service Medals.
In addition to the names heretofore nub-
lished in The Star the following have ap
| piled for service medals:
| Decoration of Class A-Hanry cb.se
second lieutenant Company d, list Sep
arate Battalion: Joseph H. johnson. first
lieutenant, Company D, 1st Separate Bat
talon; John H. Campbell, captain. Com
pany d. LIST Separate Battalion; Edward J.
| walton, private Company D, LIST Separate
| Battalion; Daniel L. Wilkins, private, Com
gany D. LIST Separate Battalion; william
ar n1eh Re1;o sergeant: Company LIST Sep
| company A, LIST Separate Battalion: Chas
| Hazenmyer, private. Brigade Band; Edwin
n; Neumeyer. major, commissary general
| District of Columbia militia; Burton R.
| Ross. lieutenant colonel, LIST Regiment
| Romulus A. Foster, first lieutenant, sur
| geon, I'd Battalion
| Decoration of Glass B-Louis H. Patter-
| son. first lieutenant, Company D, 1st Sep
| arate Battalion: William c. Carter, cor
| poraI, Company e, list Regiment; Charles
w. Bouyet. sergeant. Company K. 1st Reg
| 1ment; Edwin H. Neumeyer jr, first lieu
tenant, quartermaster major. I'd Battalion;
| Henry F. Whiting, gunner's mate, first
| class, 1st Division National Battalion; Jo-
! seph D. Robinson, private Company B. 1st
| SeDarate battalion. frcf
| lieutenant, adjutant, 9Th Battalion; George
| G. Dennison, first lieutenant, l. r. p, 9Th
Battalion; F. Penrose Smith, captain, Com
pany II. I'd Regiment; Horatio B. Holli-
| field. 1st lieutenant, surgeon, Sd Battalion;
William A. Bowling, quartermaster ser
geant. Sd Battalion; E. Brown, private.
| Brigade Band: J. B. Caldwell, private, Bril-
| gade Band: Frank H Bassett, private,
Brigade Band; Samuel F. Compton, private,
Brigade Band; Donald B. Macleod. chief
| musician. Brigade Band: John R. Hendley.
jr, painter, list class, 1St Division, Naval
Battalion; w. A. Saunders, private. Bri-
gade Band; Charles H. Henney. sergeant.
| Brigade Band; r. R. Stratton, SER
ders, corporal, Brigade Band; Edwin NJ.
Tansill. corporal Brigade Band; William
Mohler, private, Brigade Band; Leon s..
Turner first sergeant Company B. 1st Sep
| arate Battalion; Robert L. Peyton. second
lieutenant, Company B. 1st Separate Bat
talon: Edward Greenleaf, corporal, Com
| pany D, LIST Separate Battalion; Arthur
| Battalion; Andrew Warner, private Com
| pany A, LIST Separate Battalion: John H.
| Wells. private, Company A, 1st Separate
| Battalion: Henry Ridgely, private, Com
Norris. sergeant, Company B, LIST Separate
Battalion.
Active Work for Jackies.
| Commander S. w. Stratton, naval bat
| TALON has been granted leave Of absence
| for five weeks, with permission to leave the
| United States. Commander Stratton is on
| the way to Paris, France, on business. Be-
fore his departure, however. he mapped
| out a program Of work that will keep the
| officers of the battalion busy until his re-
| turn.
| the knowledge of the fact that the Dis
| trict's naval organization is really doing
something, enlistments are being made in
| large numbers and of a better class OF
| men than ever before In the history of
| the command. The indications are that the
| coming season will prove to be a most
| interesting and instructive one for the
| jackies
The u s. s. Oneida was placed in COM
mission last Sunday for the first time this
| year and with the commanding general and
| several officers of his staff aboard made
a run as far as Maryland Point and re-
turn.
Several improvements are to be made at
the Naval Battalion's wharf. Davits Will
be placed on the south side Of the wharf
| so that small boats may be kept there.
| 1t is planned to build shelter for the pro-
| lection of the boats from the sun while
| out of the water.
The commanding general has offered
| prizes for a series of boat races between
crews made up of members of the several
divisions. The competitions will gradually
be extended to other classes Of the work
| of the battalion.
Short cruises with picked crews will be
taken at intervals abroad the Oneida
throughout the summer.
New Rifle Ranges.
The plans for the completion Of the
new rifle range have been delivered by
Mai F. L. Averill, chief engineer, to Maj
James E. Bell, inspector general Of rifle
practice, and the indications are that the
several battalions, in turn, will go into
camp for two days each, beyond Anacostia
for rife practice, during the last two weeks
of next month.
The LIST Separate Battalion has had six
targets Installed in it's armory, 18th and u
streets. The colored guardsmen are called
upon to complete three months practice In
one-third that time and they are going at
| 1t with energy and enthusiasm. The scores
in the company team match will be COM
pIeted by the battalion next Monday even
Ing.
practice, First Lieut.. Wormley. is display
| ing marked interest in his work, and In the
words OF a member OF the command, is
making things BOOM"
Company X, LIST Regiment.
Company X. the youngest organization of
| the LIST Regiment, after months OF de-
| termined effort on the part of both its
officers and enlisted men. has risen to a po-
sition in military excellence which II
thinks, may well be envied by its associate
companies. For long period the existence
OF the Sd Battalion. LIST Regiment. was
| maintained by Company ], but In April
| 1904, steps were taken to add Company x.
and by June 30 following, the project was
crowned, with success, Company X being
organized with fifty men. Ever since the
] aim of the company has been to est hIish