Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-03

A CCORDING to the plans of District
~ militia headquarters, the period of
the encampment of the local brigade
of citizen soldiery this summer will be
twelve days. The brigade will depart from
this city Saturday morning, July 2s, and
go into camp at Mount Gretna, Pa. the
afternoon of the same day. The joint en-
campment with the regulars will terminate
August s. Then the intention is, If proper
arrangements can be made with the state
of Pennsylvania, to move the camp to the
state rifle range and devote Monday and
Tuesday, August 6 and {, to rifle practice.
The brigade. under the tentative program,
is to return to this city the evening of
Wednesday. August g.
Interest to an unusual degree is being
manifested in the coming outing The trip
to Pennsylvania will be the longest ever
taken by the District National Guard, and
will be a genuine novelty So far as can
be learned, there Is no possibility of ex-
tensive maneuvers or long hikes" during
the tour of duty in the field.
The Secretary of War last Friday ap-
proved the final plan for the mobiliza ton of
regular troops at seven brigade camps be-
tween July Is and October Is of the COM
ing summer. Brig. Gen. Frederick d.
Grant will command the camp at Mount
Gretna.
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Following is the list of regular troops
to be modified at Mount Gretna: Entire
9Th Infantry, from Plattsburg barracks;
entire 18th Infantry. from Forts Jay, Por-
ter and Niagara; entire 23d Infantry from
Madison barracks and Fort Ontario; head
quarters and one squadron of 18th Cavalry.
from Fort Myer; entire 18th Cavalry. from
Fort Ethan Allen; Esd and 9th Batteries,
~ fyny apt hnr Ian
headquarters, I'd Battalion and two COM
panies of engineers from Washington
barracks; ope-half of Company G. Signal
Corps. from Fort Wood; one-half of Com
pany A, Hospital Corps. from Washington
barracks
Up to the present time 1t has been de-
cided to send the following militia troops
to the camp at Mount Gretna, In addition
to the regular troops to be there. and the
militia troops which may be sent from
states which have not yet replied to the
circular letter of the War Department: The
District of Columbia Will send three regi-
ments of infantry and one battery of ar
tillery for the week beginning July Is; Yer
mont will send one regiment OF infantry
and West Virginia two regiments OF In
fantry for the second week connecticut
will send one regiment of infantry and
Maryland two regiments of infantry for the
third week, and New York will send its
second regiment of infantry for the first
week in September.
ing the District of Columbia. will send troops
to the various joint army and national
camps. The following states, however.
either because they are to have their own
summer camps of instruction or Tor other
reasons have declined to send troops to
the brigade camps of instruction planned
by the War Department: Florida. New
Hampshire, Minnesota. Colorado, Massa-
chusetts, Pennsylvania. Ohio. California.
South Dakota and possibly Idaho. Inc Iol-
lowing states have not yet been heard from
by the War Department Delaware: MIS-
souri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Hnooe
Island, Utah. Wyoming. Kentucky, Arizona,
Montana and Arkansas.
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The contest for positions on the brigade
rife team resulted in the selection OF the
following: Lieut.. Thos- F. McAnaiiy. quar-
termaster, 4th Battalion; Lieut.. w. B. Sui
Ivan Company G. 1st Regiment: Lieut. Eu-
gene A. Byrnes, inspector rife practice. Sd
battalion; Sergt Jackson Morris, quarter
master sergeant, Sd Battalion; Sergt. Thos.
Brown, Company F, LIST Regiment; Corp.
Paul Bischoff, Company B. 1st Regiment,
and Corp. Richard Powers. Company B. LIST
Regiment
The assignment of shooting partners for
practice win be: Mai. Alfred p Robbins
and Lieut.. F.. H. Heidenreich; Capt W. w.
Cookson and Private Maurice Appleby;
Maj @. B. Young and Lieut.. H. 81. Leizear;
Capt. Alexander summers and Lieut.. F. w.
Holt; Lieut. Ralph Alderman ana Sergt. c.
e. Groome: Lieut.. M. Magruder and serst.
W. M. Farrow. jr.. Lieut.. Col. L. Fl. Reich
elderfer and Lieut.. e. A. Byrnes, Lieut.. 7.
T; McAnaily and Corp; Paul bischon; sergt.
and Lieut.. VIM. B. Sullivan and Sergt
jackson Morris.
From now until the brigade goes into
camp at Mt. Gretna the shooting partners