Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-22

| ~ ton or small arms practlce Is 70
! - be established at the rife range of
L ~ the National Guard OF the District
| OF Columbia. Congress Heights.
D. c. The acting quartermaster general
has been ordered to establish and maintain
the camp. He will hire the labor and trans
| portatfon required and furnish the neces-
| sary material, including straw for the bed
sacks Further. he will provide street rail-
| way transportation to and from Congress
Heights. The commissary general Is to
subsist the organizations In camp. For this
purpose he will hire one cook and one as
sistant cook and provide the necessary ia
e!lities for cooking and serving meals. In
| structions have been issued to the sur
geon general to provide the necessary
| medical supplies and medicines.
| Capt Frederick p Rogers, Company M,
| Cd Regiment has been appointed adjutant
quartermaster, commissary and police Of
| ficer of the camp.
The organization to occupy the range on
| any given date will assemble the previous
| evening in its armory in heavy marching
| order at o'clock. 1t will proceed by street
| railway to Congress Heights and march
| thence to the range. A light lunch will be
served on arrival. Organization command
| ers before leaving the city for the range,
will telephone the camp adjutant the actual
| strength present of the command, that suit
| able accommodations may be prepared.
Officers and enlisted men who cannot be
present for duty on the range on the days
assigned their companies will attend with
some other company of the battalion; in all
other cases special authority must be OBJ
tanned from militia headquarters to entftle
officers and men to the privilege of sub
sistence.
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The inspector general of rifle practice will
have general supervision of the small arms
practice. He will be assisted by the regi-
mental and battalion inspectors of rifle
practice. Each rogimental inspector will
parade for duty the range four days
during the period covered by his regim lent
inlsmall arms practice. Each battalion in
spector will parade for duty on the range
with each company of his battalion.
Battalion surgeons and hospital stewards
will parade for duty and be present on the
range during the target practice of their
commands.
Organization commanders viii be held re-
SponSible for the proper conduct of their
men during the tour of duty. which COM
mences at the assembly Of the command
and terminates at the dismissal of the same
at the armory.
The general provisions for camp SANTA
ton and the care of government property
will be complied with strictly.
The following routine of duty will be OBJ
served by every command occupying the
camp:
R RsysIs !ifst c'lD go 59s !"
Mess call tbreakfasD ................. 600 "
Target practice commenee firing ....... Gas 90
W. coll oin, 10 "a "
Target practice commence firing. 1900 pm.
Recall time fixed by commanding ofiicerl
Services rendered in connection with the
camp of instruction. except by camp en-
ployes, it is specified, shall be without pay.
The several organizations Will visit the
range as follows:
Company A. LIST Regiment, Tuesday, May
H. and Monday. June IS.
Company B, 1st Regiment. Wednesday.
May 9. and Tuesday, June. 49,
Company c, LIST Regiment, Thursday,
May 3, and Wednesday, June 20.
Company E. LIST Regiment, Friday, May
4, and Thursday, June 81.
Company +, LIST Regiment Monday, May
Z, and Friday, June %.
Company G, 1st Regiment, Tuesday, May
S, and Monday. June %.
Company H, 1st Regiment, Wednesday,
May 8, and Tuesday, June &c.
Company I, LIST Regiment, Thursday, May
TO- and Wednesday, June q.
Company X, LIST Regiment, Friday, May
II, and Thursday, June %.
Company l., list Regiment, Monday, May
Company M, list Regiment. Tuesday. May
10, and Monday, July 2.
Company A, I'd Regiment. Wednesday,
May 10. and Tuesday, July 8.
Company B, ID Regiment, Thursday May
II, and Thursday, July g.
Company c, I'd Regiment, Friday, May
IS, and Friday, July 6.
Company D, I'd Regiment, Monday, May
81, and Monday. July 8.
Company e, I'd Regiment Tuesday, May
%, and Tuesday, July 10.
Company T, I'd Regiment, Wednesday,
May %, and Wednesday, July IL.
Company G, I'd Regiment, Thursday, May
"a, and Thursday, July r.
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Company II. I'd Regiment, Friday, May
%, and Friday. July Is.
Company I. I'd Regiment, Monday, May
%. and Monday, July IS.
Company K, I'd Regiment, Tuesday. May
20, and Tuesday, July IT.
Company L. I'd Regiment. Thursday, May
81, and Wednesday, July 1S.
Company NJ, I'd Regiment Friday, June /,
and Thursday, July 10.
First Battery, Field Artillery, Monday,
June 4, and Friday, July 20.
Signal Corps, Tuesday, June 8, and Mon
day, July 80
First Division. Naval Battalion. Wednes-
day. June 6. and Tuesday. July "a.
Second DIVISION, Naval Battalion, IhurS-
day, June Z, and Wednesday. July %.
Third Division, Naval Battalion, Friday
June s. and Thursday. July 90.
Fourth Division, Naval Battalion, Mon
day, June II, and Friday, July q.
Company A, LIST Separate Battalion, Tues
day. June u, and Monday, July 30.
Company B, 1st Separate Battalion,
Wednesday, June 13. and Tuesday. July 81.
Company c. list Separate Battalion,
Thursday, June IA, and Wednesday. Au-
gust /.
Company D, 1st Separate Battalion, Fri
day. June 10, and Thursday, August 2
General staff, general on-commissioned
staff, and the field and staff and non-com-
mssioned staff of regiments and battalion
inspectors of rife practice, Saturday, May
10. and will report at the range at 10
o'clock a. m. of that date.
Field and staff officers of battalions will
parade on one of the days set apart for the
companies OF their respective battalions.
Government employees will be given GER
tificates for duty performed under the re-
quirements of the rifle-practice order
Saturdays In May, June and July will be
set aside for the completion of the sharp
shooters scores and the scores necessary
to qualify as expert rifiemen and for vol
untary practice