Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07

"A week as to the National Guard
Il ~ of the District of Columbia go
| ing into camp at Fort Washing
| ton and Fort Hunt, owing to supposed
| lack of accomm odations at those posts
| for so large a force, all obstacles were
| quickly cleared away at a conference In
! which Assistant Secretary of War Oliver,
| Gen. Hairless commanding the District
| militia Col. Coffin Of the army and Lieut..
| Col. Smiley. adjutant general of the mill
| tia. participated. 1t was pointed out that
accommodations for a company at the
| forts means for an organization of war
| strength, about 12O men. The National
| Guard companies will in no case, it is
| thought, have an attendance of more than
| forty men each. Therefore, the accom-
modations provided for one company of
war strength will easily be sufficient for
three National Guard companies.
The latest official announcement is that
the citizen soldiery of the National CAPT.
tai will go into camp at the Potomac
forts. departing from this city Sunday
morning. July 26. and returning Sunday.
August 3. One regiment will be assigned
to Fort Hunt and the remainder of the
brigade, with headquarters, to Fort Wash
ington.
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1t was regarded as evident from the
showing made the past week that the. I'd
Regiment intends to maintain the reputa-
ton which it has SO long borne, as 1.-The
shooting regiment of the brigade
Col NJ. E. Urell. Lieut. Col r. A
O'Brien, Adjt. ]. E. Brooks, Capt Emil
G. Schafer, quartermaster; Capt. F. ].
Woodman. surgeon, and Capt j. S. Tom
linson. inspector of rifle practice. and ev-
cry member of the non-commissioned
staff reported on the range and fired
their scores for qualification, and with
one exception all are marksmen or bet
ter.
Maj. Anton Stephan qualified as sharp
shooter, and First Lieut.. I. f. McAnally,
uuarterlnaster, as an expert.
Company A, I'd Regiment, commanded
by Capt L. p. Heap, Lieuts. Lindsey and
Harwood and twenty-one enlisted men.
and Company B. commanded by Capt.
Feland, with twenty-four enlisted men,
reported for duty last Monday night the
former qualifying thirteen marksmen and
one sharpshootef and the latter thirteen
marksmen:
Notwithstanding the rain Of Wednesday,
night, Company c. commanded by Capt
I. Y. Walker. and Lieuts. Johnson and
Beckstine and fourteen enlisted men, and
Company D, commanded by Capt. A. l..
Evans. and Lieut.. j. f. Leeman and
eighteen enlisted men. reported promptly
for duty, Xhe former company qualifying
nearly 50 per cent of those present on the
range. the latter company not being so
fortunate. only qualified u per cent.
Companies + and F are due to report
tomorrow, and the general staff and GEN
eral non commissioned staff and Company
G.. I'd Regiment, for duty next Thursday
and Friday.
Lieut.. w. NJ. Farrow, I. r. P, 4th Bat
talon, and Adjt. F. H. Heidenreich. act
ing l. r. p. Of the 9th Battalion, are on
duty a t the range. having relieved Lieuts
Ralph Alderman and H. H. Leizear. Capt
John S. Tomlinson, l. r. p, I'd Regiment
will report next Tuesday.
The candidates for the brigade rifle team
appointments fired practice scores in ac-
cordance with the schedule prepared by
the team captain, Maj. A. p Robbins.
Wednesday and Saturday.
The expert tests of private makes of
ammunition from which to make selection
for use by the American rifiemen selected
TO represent this country in the Olymnic
team matches closed last Friday. Gems
Drane and Hall and the other officials
connected with the tests express their
appreciation OF the facilities furnished nv
order of Gen. Harries.
. There has not been any official an
nouncement of the make of ammunition
selected
At a meeting Of the Corcoran Cadet
Corps last Monday evening Messrs. Reed.
Conner. Gibson and Dougherty were elect
ed to active membership. The resigna-