Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
THE NATIONAL GUARD.
Citizen Soldiery Receive Pay
for Services Rendered.
A BUSY MONTH AHEAD
OFFICERS WILL WEAR OLIVE
DRAB ovERCoATs MARCH 4.
The New Uniform Order r. Service
Medals Expected Soon-Absence
of Enlisted Force.

Notwithstanding the blizzard weather of
the past few days. the attendance at the
| assemblies of the several commands of the
National Guard of the District of Columbia
| reached the high-water mark. This was
! due Enthusiastically to the fact that it had
| been announced that the paymaster would
| be on hand Wednesday, Thursday and
| Friday evenings to distribute funds to those
| members of the local brigade entitled to
| compensation for military service rem
| dered during the six months ended the
| 31st of last month.
| Preparatory to the annual inspection and
| muster and the inaugural parade, March 4,
| the coming month promises to be an excep-
| tionally busy period for the citizen soldiery
| of the national capital. With such active
| work ahead, and, in addition, the necessity
| that exists for mastering the new drill
| regulations, the guardsmen certainly have
! their hands full.
| 1t will not be the fault of headquarters
| if the brigade does not make excellent
| appearance in the procession Inauguration
| day. Adjt. Gen. Brett is personally super
vising nearly all the drilling, and at the
! great sacrifice of his time and energy is
| giving valuable instruction. Four officers
| who have made a speciality Of the new reg
! ulations visited the armory of the LIST Bat
| demonstrated to Maj. Houses command
| lust how certain difficult movements
| should be executed. The quartet OF ex-
perts consisted CT Adjt. Gen. Brett Lieut.
Col. Ross of the LIST Regiment, Maj. Ourand,
inspector general District of Columbia
| militia, and Capt. Heron, adjutant of the
| LIST Regiment.
Oyercoats for inaugural Parade.
Under the direction of Major Neumeyer,
| acting quartermaster general, the blue
overcoats to be worn by the enlisted men
| the 4th of March will be sponged and
| pressed by force of tailors. These over
| coats have been packed away in the store
| rooms for several years, and, of course, are
| creased and rumped. They will be put IN
| first-class condition. to the end that the
| brigade will not only march well, but also
| be neatly dressed the day President Reose-
Welt is inaugurated.R
| Although the enlisted men will parade in
| the blue uniform, all commissioned officers
are to wear the new oliye-drab soyercoats
| March A. A circular has just been issued
| from District Militia ghea dquarters an
| nouncing that Capt. Az W. Butt, depot
quartermaster, e. 5. a., has authority from
/ the quartermaster general of the army 70
| sell for cash at the depot, 18th and r
| streets to officers of the National Guard
| of the District of Columbia, the oiive-drab
| overcoats, which will be ready for inspee-
] ton and purchase about the 1st of Febru-
airy.
| Authority to purchase, in writing, will be
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| adjutant general at brigade headquarters
| Star building. Officers will not be reeog-
nized at the depot without such written
authority.
| 1t is explained that the buttons Of the
| overcoats will conform in color to the ma
| terial of the coat. The sleeve insignia OF
/ rank will be the same as that on the blue
| overcoat. In addition thereto the inSlg-
| MIA of corps, department or arm of service
| and the letters d. c., symmetrlcally ar
ranged underneath in dull finish bronze
metal, will be placed m the middle OF the
| lower loop, about one and half inches
| above the end of the sleeve.
| Within the next few days headquarters
| will issue the new uniform order. Among
| other things it will provide that officers OF
| the general staff shall procure the fuiP
| dress uniform by the list of March. Com
| missioned officers, the 4th of March, Will
| wear the dress uniform, with plue caps
| and olive-drab overcoats.' Mounted ofhcefS
must also wear black boots and gloves of
| drab- colored leather.
| Service Medals Expected Soon.
| 1t is expected that service medals will be
presented to those entitled to the same at
a comparatively early date sufficient
| supply of the decorations of Class A are on
hand, and a local firm of jewelers. is now
| engaged manufacturing the bronze decora-
| tions of Glass B. AS soon as the latter
| are delivered at headquarters arrange
| ments will be made for distributing the
medals, probably with an appropriate cere-
| mony.
| In addition to the names on the list here
tofore published in The Star the Following
have applied for service medals:
The decoration of Class A
| Samuel L. f. Piper, captain, Company B,
1st Separate Battalion.
! Oscar Walters sergeant, Company E, 1st
| Regiment.
Frank NJ. Collins, first sergeant, Company
| e. LIST Regiment.
Logan Prosise, second lieutenant, Com
pany Il, list Regiment.
! Charles A. Meyer, first lieutenant, Com
pany e. list Regiment
Charles Eugene Edwards, captain, Com
pany b. LIST Regiment
Charles II. Ourand, major and inspector
| general. District of Columbia Militia
| Carl T. Vollton. private. Company q, LIST
Regiment.
| W. Lawrence Hazard, sergeant. Company
( E. list Regiment.
Arthur Brooks. major, LIST Separate Bat
| TALON
The decoration of Glass B.
1 Raymond Brown, private. Company B, LIST
| Separate Battalion.
John L. sehuerger, corporal, Company E,
list Regiment.
Alonzo E, Wheeler. private Company B,
| Ist separate Battalion.
Thomas II. Miller. private, Company B,
| LIST Separate Battalion.
| Daniel Dixon, private. Company B. 1st
1 separate Battalion.
Frank Forester private, Company b. LIST
| Separate Battalion.
| J. e.. Walker. first lieutenant and adju-
tant, LIST Separate Battalion,
Roy 3. Hayes, first lieutenant and adju-
| tant, Sd Battalion
| George Winsmore, list Separate Batta-
| lion.
/ Absence Of Enlisted Force.
In view of the approaching inspection of
the local brigade BY an officer OF the army
the fact that the military secretary of the
army has Gent to the adJutants general Of
/ ND Niac a rtr OF