Evening star., 1907-06-30

| the rules laid down for 1.-The Soldier Mount
ed in the drill regulations for field artil-
| lery.
| A business meeting Of the battery was
| also held Friday evening. Lieut.. Nevils
| presided. 1t was agreed that battery
| fund should be provided for the purchase
/ of mess extras for the enlisted men, and
| a committee, with Quartermaster Sergeant
| Brandon as chairman, was chosen to ad-
minister the fund and render an account
ing to the battery. Nearly every battery
the commissary question and the organiza-
| tion will insist on having sound, wholesome
| and well llcooked food. The commissary
| department Of the District Guard issues
first class stores, but the battery, like many
| other units Of the Guard. has suffered be-
| cause of Incompetent cooks. The battery
| has found that If its men are well fed they
will work hard, stay with the command
and encourage recruits Serve to them
| food that has been ruined by a bad cook
and they will kick, buy edible odds and
| SICK quit soldering and warn others against
| enlisting. A bad cook will cause more
trouble in a military outfit in one meal
| than would be caused by a weeks march
It was declared because of this knowledge
the battery hopes to solve the kitchen and
mess tent problems.
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The members of Company NJ, LIST Regi
ment are busily engaged In preparing and
members have already made themselves
familiar with the manual Of guard duty
and classes have been held in the company
quarters. Thorough instruction IN guard
duty has been given the company, and
every Friday evening has found the mem
bers hard at drill. On one or two occa-
sions when wet evening has occurred
instruction has been given the members
in the company quarters by the officers.
Capt. Forsythe and Lieuts Bean and Bow
man.
line. and the generous distribution of car
tridges at the rife range is squirting on the
members to further efficiency. OF those
who turned out last week for their turn
of duty on the rife range. nearly three
times the number qualified for sharpshoot-
er as did last year, and the number of
experts is likely to be doubled. All but
one man qualified for marksman, and it Is
expected that he will qualify during the
coming week.
Through the fnstrumentaHty of this COM
pany while the range, the mysterious
disappearance of camp mascots was ex-
planned when a seven-foot black snake
was killed by one of the sergeants Of Com
pany NJ ;
The Naval Battalion, Major Bell says, is
to be congratulated for its creditabe show
ing on the range for the past week. The
commander appears to have infused con-
siderable enthusiasm in the men by setting
Ine example OF DIS d IfldTkSIidu,
and says that every officer and man will be
required to shoot his official score or pre-
sent very satisfactory excuse for his fail
ure to do so. The following shows num-
Der present and number qualified: Staff 2
present, 2 qualified; first division, "a pres
ent, 10 qualified; second division, 43 pres
ent, 10 qualified; third division, IA present
IL qualified; fourth division, 43 present, 16
qualified; totals, 1876 present, 55 qualified.
The companies of the list Separate Bat
talon will close the ordered practice sea-
son Saturday. July 6. Companies A and
B are to report tomorrow night and Com
panies and D next Thursday night.
Arrangements have been made for a
match between contestants for honors on
| the Brigade Rife Team July 4. 1t will af-
! ford the team captain an opportunity to
| note the progress made by the officers and
| men since team practice began early in
June.
The calvary troops stationed at Fort
Myer will fire their official revolver scores
| for qualification on the range Tuesday,
| July 8.
| At meeting last Monday evening of the
| committee appointed to recommend uni
| form system of qualification in revolver
practice, Gen. w. P. Hall, Lieut.. Col. E.
T. Dimmick Major James F.. Bell and