Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

- NE of the provisions of the militia
act known as the Dick bill, ap
proved January 81, 1908, as
amended by the act approved
May % last, is that the organ
ICED militia must be called into service
first after the regular army and before
the volunteers. A call for their services
can be issued at any time at the discre-
ton of the President of the United States.
and each man called must yield prompt
obedience to the order If he wishes to es-
cape trial by a court-martial authorized
to punish him as It sees fit. The organ
ICED militia. in short, is subject to be or
dered at any time into the service OF the
United States as a reinforcement of the
regular army, and subject to the same
regulations and the same penalties for
dereliction in duty as the regulars.
The provision is to be called to the at
tention of the officers of the National
Guard of the District of Columbia in a
pointed manner 1t is understood that the
commanding general has decided that the
officers of the brigade. especially, must
be thoroughly familiar with the law. The
desire is that in the event OF war. al
though there is nothing to indicate that
such will ever occur, the officers may
not he in n position to plead ignorance.
In other words the National Guard is now
subject to he called into service and
every officer and enlisted man would have
to obey. Therefore. it is not unlikely that
the commanding general will give each
officer. if for any reason he could not
serve in time of war. the opportunity to
n0S leave the organization.
fhe Inspector general of rife practice
has received only two reports during the
past week-that of the staff of the Sd
Battalion of the LIST Regiment and COM
pany \. LIST Regiment.
The staff record shows three aualifica-
two marksmen. The experts are Mai.
Glendie r. Young and Lieuts. H. B.
Hollefield and II. III. I4eizear; Sergt. Mai.
+. a. Bennett as sharpshooter and Lieut..
J. r. Coffmand and William A. Duvall,
markSmen. Figure of merit. 1883.
Company \ has four experts. one sharp
Shooter. thirteen marksmen; one first
class. one second, four third and thirty
five fourth class. The experts are First
Sergt. John c. Eckert. Sergt. Samuel
Smith. Corp. Ebenezer Englesbv and Pri-
vatc Orville L. Travis. Sharpshooter.
Lieut.. John F. Moore: marksmen. Sergt.
Isaac c. Kline. Privates James NJ. But
Ter, William J. Collins, Ben Foley Claud
K. Foley. Charles n. Gordon John A.
Hamilton. Leo P Moriarity. George W.
Nussbaum. Edward ]. Roach John A.
Spellbrfng. William Walsh and Samuel o.
White. Figure Of merit 4O9s
The complete returns from the LIST Bat
TALON of the LIST Regiment show totals of
ten experts. two sharpshooters. sixty-two
marksmen: two first. three second, TWEEN
" third and 100 fourth-class men.
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Revolver qualifications, additional to
those heretofore published, are as follows:
Sharpshooters-Capt Brain. 1873: G.. A
Bonnet, 16S: Lieut.. Hollifield, 1851: Capt
Feland. 1853. Capt. Duffie. 1874: Lieut. Ern-
est. 164; Lieut.. Jones. 1854; ]. Sirlouis, 1874
Lieut.. Johnson. 1853: Maj McCathran, 1872:
Sergt. Brandon. 1872: Lieut. Backstein,
1872: c. c. Barnes. 1851: w. n. Cornish,
ISL; Lieut.. Carnlody. 16l; s. e. Herzog.
16l: Lieut. Walker, 161: Sergt. Wilson.
$50: Maj Stephan. leo: Lieut. Powers.
1Go: Col Ourand. 100: Lieut. Nevils. 100:
Adit Gen. Brett, 100: Lieut.. Burton, 100;
William Au. 100.
Marksmen-C. J. Fox. 157: ]. A. Joynes.
154: Lieut. Weirick. 154; III. Thompson.
1bl; P. NJ Smoot, Isl: c. A. Butter, Isl;
Trumpeter Cluxton. $50; Capt. Saver. 14s:
JIe,xH Bliss. 147: E II. Andrews. 146;
Serg1 Williams, 146: Commissary Sergt.
Shields. 143; r. L. Curtis. 142; w. STATE,
14O: Lieut. Nattocks. 40: Surgeon Gen.
Henderson, 13a: f. Marsden. 139; Lieut..
EtuII. 139; ]. w Thompson, 1871; Sergt-