Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28

~ order to participate in the parade
next Thursday afternoon in honor Oh
the dedication of the statue of Maj.
Il Gen. George Erinton Mcclellan. United
States army companies separate
organiza tions. hdttalouS and regiments OF
the National Guard of the District of Co
lumhia have been ordered 10 assemble in
thu order named. in or near their armories.
In time to he inspected and to enable the
brigade to form in the following order
from front to rear in column of companies
closed in mass on 11th street. head of
column resting on + street. facing north,
at O'Clock. irstced of 1:i3 o'clock. as
previously announced:
General staff. general non-Commissioned
staff. band. II Regiment, LIST Regiment
LIST Separate battalion. Signal Corps. Corps
OF Field Music Naval Battalion. LIST Bat
terry. Field Artillery. ana Ambulance Corps
Blue uniform. cap black shoes. uniform
white collar and gloves will be worn; the
Naval Battalion TO be in us prescribed uni
form.
Each organization will be inspected by
its commander before the general as
sembly and any officer or man not in
proper uniform or not presenting Il credit
able appearance will not be permitted to
parade.
The regiments and separate organiza
tons will form in column of companies
with sixteen files front. exclusive of right
and left guides: the battery in column of
sections.
The members of the general staff gen
tr.u nou-commissioned staff and the col
oHel ana stan of each regiment Will be
mounted.
CAr..~aI orders have baaD issued from
headquarters District of Columbia militia.
Announcing that a camp of instruction for
the promotion of small arms practice is
established at the rifle range of the Ma
tioual Guard Congress Heights, y. c..
and VII continue until further orders
The acting quartermaster general will
maintain the camp. He will hire the labor
and transportation required and furnish
the necessary material, including straw
for the bed sacks. He will provide street
railway transportation to and from Con-
gress Heights
The cOmmissary general will subsist the
organizations in camp. For the purpose he
will hire one cook and one assistant cook
and provide the necessary facilities for
cooking and serving meals
The surgeon general will provide the
necessary medical supplies and medicines.
First Lieut.. Frank d Lakeland, Com
pany X, ID Regiment. is appointed adju-
tant. quartermaster, commissary and
police officer of the camp. and will receive
his instructions from militia headquarters
The organizations to occupy the range on
any given date will assemble the previous
evening In their armories in heavy march
ing order at o'clock. They will pro-
coed by street railway to Congress
Heights, and march thence to the range
light lunch will be served on arrival
Organization commanders, before leaving
the city for the range will telephone the
camp adjutant the actual strength present
OF the command. that suitable accommoda-
lions 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 their headquarters TO entitle