Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-13

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House.
Capt. Leonard II. johnson. Company NJ,
LIST Regiment, and First Lieut.. w. r. Lock
lin, Signal Corps. have rendered their resis-
nationss 1t is stated that Capt. Thacker V.
Walker. Company c, I'd Regiment; Capt.
Samuel f. Shreve and First Lieut.. j. Il.
Baker. both of Company 3, 1st Regiment;
First Lieut.. James NJ. Pickens. adjutant,
Ridgeway, Company c, LIST Separate Bat
TALON, have decided to sever their connec-
ton with the brigade.
The requisiton for rife practice decora
tons not having been filled it is impossible
for District militia headquarters to decide
on date for the ceremony of presentation
of the decorations, prizes and service
medals
Provisions of the War Department an
nouncement governing the mobilization of
the organized militia in case of war, other
than those heretofore published in The Star,
follow:
The minimum enlisted strength for each
organization is fixed as follows:
For company of infantry, total enlisted.
IS. This is based on apportionment to
grades as follows, viz: One first sergeant,
l quartermaster sergeant, sergeants, g
corporals, cooks, musicians and ~ pri-
Yates.
For a troop of cavalry. total enlisted. IS.
l. HIS is DdSeu OH 10 grades
as follows, viz: One first sergeant, quar-
termaster sergeant. 4 sergeants. 6 cor
porals, cooks, farriers and blacksmiths,
1 saddler, trumpeters and 80 privates.
For company of engineers, total en-
listed, So This is based on apportionment
to grades as follows, viz: One first SER
geant, quartermaster sergeant, Ser
geants, corperals, = cooks, musicians p
privates first class and Il privates second
class.
For a company of coast artillery, total
enlisted, 60. This is based on apportion-
ment to grades as follows, viz: One first
sergeant l quartermaSter sergeant, 4 SER
geants, corporals, cooks, mechanics,
2 musicians and 40 privates.
For a battery of field artillery, total en-
listed, 133. This is based on apportionment
to grades as follows, viz: One first ser
geant 1 quartermaster sergeant, l stable
sergeant, sergeants, II corporals . must
clans. arttficers, cooks and 104 privates
;. For company of signal corps. total en-
listed, S. This is based on apportonment
to grades as follows, viz; Five sergeants
first class, . sergeants, 10 corporals, = cooks
IS privates first class and Is privates second
class.
For the hospital corps: Ambulance COM
pany section, total enlisted ~. This is
based on apportionment to grades as fol-
lows, viz: Two sergeants first class, SER
geants and "a privates, first class and pri-
Yates. Field hospital. total enlisted 30
This is based on apportionment to grades
as follows, viz: Three sergeants first class
sergeants and n privates. first class and
privates.
FROM the day that any portion of the or
ganized militia ordered into actual service
of the United States appears at the place
of company rendezvous, the men will be
provided with the necessary clothing, equip
ment, armament and ammunition subsist-
ed, and transported to the place of 1cen-
atiDn npdar no
Governors of states and territories and
the commanding general of the militia of
the District of Columbia will be required to
keep on hand, either at the various COM
pany armorieS or In suitable storehouses a
sufficient supply of arms, clothing, etc, to
completely equip for the field the minimum
number of men prescribed by the President
for each organization, SO that on being
called into the service any organization will
be completely equipped from the stores on
hand in the state or territory or the Dis
trict of Columbia without calling on the
War Department for assistance; any or
ganl1ation which Is below the minimum,
and which is obliged to recruit to its proper
standard, Is thus enabled to Immediately
uniform, arm and equip the recruits before
proceeding to the place of concentration
where they will eventually be mustered into
the service of the United States
The various locations of company rendez-
vOus rendering ii impossible to issue rations
In kind economically, the commanding Off
Ger of any portion of the organized militia
called into the actual service of The United
States will purchase cooked meals for his
command while at the company rendezvous,
and thereafter until arrival at the state
camp or other place of concentration where
rationS In kind are available for issue. An
expense not exceeding 90 cents a man
day Is authorized for such meals, except
for the time consumed in travelling to the
state camp or other place of concentration
during which time not exceeding 75 cents a
man day is authorized. The purchase of
cooked meals, as above, should be made
after advertising, or, if conditions do not
permit of advertising in open markct under
paragraph $40, the accounts prepared on
form of the subsistence department (the
voucher covering the travel period to show
places between which, and dates when.
travel was perfOrmed) certified by the Off
procuring the meals and sent TO the
chief commissary of the department for
payment
When the organized militia is ordered into
the service of the United States, the quar-
termaster general Of the state or territory
or of the militia of the District of Column
bia, or an officer designated by the COVER
nor or the commanding general of the mill
tia of the District of Columbia, will arrange
for the necessary transportation from the
company rendezvous to the place of con-
centration. He will ascertain the number
of officers and men, the number of animals
and approximate weight of the property for
which transportation will be required, and
submit the data to competing lines of trans
portation with a view to securing the best
rates obtainable from starting points to the
place of concentration.
Blank forms of contracts transportation
requests and bills Of lading, to cover the
cost of the movements, on which print
ed full instructions, will be furnished by the
chief quartermaster of the military depart
ment in which the state territory or the
District of Columbia is located, on applca-
ton.
All accounts for the Transportation of the
organized militia ordered out will be sub
mitted by the carriers to the officer of the
state or territory of the militia of the
District of Columbia making the contract,
who will examine them. and. if found cor
rect transmit them duly certified, together
with the transportation requests, bills of
lading and contracts. to the chief quarter
master of the military department in which
the state or territory or the District of
Columbia is located, for adjustment and
settlement.
The extent of the physical examination,
upon said muster in. will be in accordance