Evening journal., 1908-07-30
CITIZEN SOLDIERS TO
MAN FORT DUPONT

theoretically sink them Off the fort as st
would il the fleet numbered twenty ves-
sells.
Another very valuable phase Of the SER
vice win be lectures to the militia Of
ficers by regular army officers on coast
artillery practice. These will be given
nearly every evening Of the encampment
The daily program Of three weeks ser
vice, as arranged by Colonel ]. r. Will
liams post commandant gives clear
idea Of the great amount Of work that the
militiamen viii undertake On Saturday
the entire afternoon, after the militiamen
have occupied the encampment. win be
devoted to preliminary instruction in the
situation OF the station and in generally
getting acquainted with the regulars. In
the evening there viii be a lecture to the
reserve officers by Captain ]. d. Watson.
L. S. A., on ''The Administration and Or
ganization OF Coast Artillery Personnel"
The muster for the reserves will be held
Immediately after.
Sunday will be uneventful. Monday viii
start with morning drill. and then there
will be an explanation Of the nomencla-
ture of coast artillery material under the
direction OF the coast artillery with a
short drill by the regular troops with the
reserve officers and men standing by
Series of Lectures.
In the afternoon there win be elemetary
drill for the reserves. The lecture TO the
officers I'm the evening will be by Lieu
tenant J. ID. Putney, U. S. A., on Coast
Artillery Guns, Characters. Projectiles and
Explosives"
on Tuesday the drill win lead up to and
possibly include battery drill with the
regular officers and non-caSnmissioned Of
ficers coaching. The evening lecture will
be by Lieutenant Gordon Robinson, U. S.
A.. on Power, Light Communication and
their Uses in Coast Defense" Battery
drills win be continued on Wednesday and
Captain ]. c. Goodfelow. U. S. A., will
lecture to the officers in the evening on
Position Finders and Their Use in Coast
Defense"
There will be battery and fire command
drills on Thursday by the reserves, after
Z which they Will be drilled in sub-callbre
practice by the regular offices, Lieutenant
]. NJ Pulton U. S. A. will lecture in the
eevning on Submarine Mines and TheiI
Use in Coast Defense" The lecture will
be followed by searchlight drill by the
regular searchllght detachment
sub-calibre practice will be completed on
Friday and there viii be celebration firing
on the S-inch rifle. The school for officers
and non-commissioned officers will be sus.
pended. On Saturday reports viii be COM
pleted and the reserves viii break camp
after which there will be an inspection
of the regular garrison.
During the encampment the reserves
viii mount guard and provide sufficient
troops to care for their own camp pris.
oners, as the regulars will for theirs
The battalion will comprise the pro
visional companies A, b. C. and d. Hi the
/ drills Companies A and will be assigned
to the guns and c and D to the mortars
/ The officers will be as follows:
/ Officers Of Battalion.
Major, Simon T. Doherty, commanding
/ First Lieutenant Bankson r. Holcomb
Jr., adjutant; Second Lieutenant Georg,
c. Porter. quartermaatcr and commissary,
Major William Marshall. Jr.. surgeon. OF
fcers by companies viii be as follows
Company A, Captain, Ernest c. Parks
First Lieutenant Herbert NJ Jones; Sec
ond Lieutenant, Jesse A. Mckay; Com
pany 3. Captain, William F. Lanlx; Firs
Lieutenant George c. Powell: Secon,
Lieutenant Albert S. Muhlhausen; Com
pany C, Captain William e. Myers; Firs
Lieutenant. j. Austin Ellison; Secon
Lieutenant Edward A. Senseman: Com
pany d, Captain, Clarence A. Short; Firs
Lieutenant, Joseph c. Lawson; secon
Lieutenant Wilbur S. CorlSran.
Daily orders will be as follows:
Reveille $50 a. m., fatigue; mess cal
615; artillery drill. s; recall for drill. 95C
school for non-commissioned officers, o
artillery reserve, 1910; guard mount 1O5l
officers call, 1l.5O; mess. 70; artillery drill
140 p. m. recall $3.50; parade for reserves
45o; mess call, 6; officers school, 7.45
tattoo. 9; call to quarters 1O45; taps. Il.