Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02

rangementS for Wacn nave poeh
completed. with the exception OF the
selection of the date. the next event ol
general interest to officers and enllsleo
men Of the National Guard OF tue Dis
trict of Columbia will be the inspection
under the provisions of section II OF the
militia law of January u. 1908. Inc
percentage of absent from the annual M
spec ton for the year 1897 was l--l''
as against go for 1906. Orgahl-
zatlor commanders declared the dit
erence was caused by the shortneSs
of the time given them for preparations
To make such an excuse Impossible Ad3t.
Gen. Brett in a communication to the
adjutant general of the Department OF the
East L. S. A.. has requested that IN
structions for the inspection for l5os De
issued at the earliest possible date "hlie
the formal order has not been issued. IL Is
believed that the commanding general oi
the Department of the East VIII approve
the recommendation of Col. Brett that
the organizations la inspected as foiio"s;
Third Battalion, I'd Regiment, DIT Q
o clock pm. March IL.
Second Battalion, 1st Regiment at .
O'Clock pm. March l..
Third Battalion. LIST Regiment, at >
O'Clock pm. March H.
Field and Staff. I'd Regiment. and I'd
Battalion. I'd Regiment. at S o'clock pm.
March 16
First Battalion Cd Regiment, at 8
o'clock pm. March II.
Field and Staff, LIST Regiment. and ]St
Battalion, 1st Regiment at o'clock pm
March is.
Band Corps of Field Music and Ambu
lance Corps, at O'Clock pm. March u
First Battery. Field Artillery. and the
S. gnal Corps at s O'Clock pm. March ~
General staff and general non-commls-
stoned staff at O'Clock pm. March %.
|. First Separate Battalion at O'Clock p
m. March %.
According to the approved schedule of
maneuvers for the coming summer for
the regular army and National Guard,
the encampment for troops in the mill
tary Department of the East will be
held at Pine Plains, near WatertoWn.
\. Y. from June - to July 10. and will
oe commanded by Maj. Gen. Grant, COM
handing the Department of the East.
The regular troops ordered to take part
in this encampment are as follows: Four
troops of the 18th Cavalry and four
troops of the 18th Cavalry at Fort Ethan
Allen, VT, four troops of the 18th Cavalry
and two batteries of the Sd Field Artillery
at Fort Myer, Va: four companies Of the
atn Infantry at Plattsburs Barracks; four
companies of the 18th Infantry at Fort
Porter, four companies OF the 18th In
fantry AT Fort Jay; four companies of
the 18th Infantry at Fort Niagara, four
companies of the 9th Infantry at Fort
Ontario, N Y, eight companies of the
9th Infantry at Madison Barracks, n. Y;
making in all ten troops of cavalry. two
batteries of field artillery and twenty
two companies of infantry.
The assignment of the National Guard
contempiates the encampment with the
regulars follows:
From June 10 to June %, one regiment
from New Hampshire. one battalion from
Vermont. one regiment from Massachu-
sets and one regiment from Connecticut.
From June 26 to July ). two regiments
from New York and one regiment from
Pennsylvania.
From July 6 to July L.. regiment
from the District OF Columbia, one regi-
ment from New Jersey and regi-
ment from Maryland.
Contractor Mckay is at work on the
rifle range rebuilding the 300-yard butts,
Two additional targets are to be added
ut the 1,000-yard range as well as sew
eral at the intermediate ranges. The
backstop for the skirmish range was
blown down during of the recent
storms. improvements are contemplated
which will enable much more satisfactory
practice imam formerly over the Sk1rrllSn
range. Experience has demonstrated that
the national match is won or lost at the
sltirnish stage of the contest. Conse
quently it is proposed in future to de-
vote the principal amount of time to that
feature of team work.
Company l. I'd Regiment was the win
ncr in the first series Of company matches
in the gallery last Monday and Tuesday
nights. The name and score of the win
ming team follow: Team captain, Alex
ander Summers; Lieut.. G. p. Phillips,
80; Corpl. J. L. Fritz. 80; Private J. G.
Kicks IS; Private A. G. Hunt, A; Private
W. s. Colvin AZ. Total, 213.
Scores of other teams in order of score
are as follows: Company NJ I'd Regi-
rnent, 2l2: 1st Battery, Field Artillery, 20S;
Sd Division, Naval Battalion. 207; Com
pany G.. I'd Regiment. 2Os: Company A,
2d Regiment, 2o5; Company c. I'd Regi-
ment, 20i: Company I, 1st Regiment 203;
4th Division Naval Battalion. 203; Com
pany X. LIST Regiment, POI; Company Z,
I'd Regiment. 200: Company +, 1st Regi-
ment, 1876; 1st Division Naval Battalion,
1875; Company ID. I'd Regiment. 1884, Com
pany b. I'd Regiment, 193 Company X. I'd
Regiment. $50; Company f; LIST Regi
ment. 49, Company G. lst Regiment, III:
I'd Division. Naval Battalion, 176; Com
pany II. LIST Regiment. 173; Company 3.
ist Regiment, III; Company f, ID Resi
ment, l6o; Company A. 1st Regiment. 156:
Company l.. ID Regiment. 155:1 Company
NJ. I'd Regiment f49; Signal Corps, 109.
There were only two companies not repre-
scented in the matches Companies G and
l., 1st Regiment \ satisfactory eXplana-
ton was received in the case of Com
pany e.
The series of company matches furnish
ed only two contestants for the Burkhart
medal, Capt. \. l.. Evans. Company ID. I'd
Regiment, and Private ]. c. Kicks. Com
Dauy !. I'd Regiment each of whom scored
forty-eigilt out of the possible fifty. Pri-
yate Kicks was a 1907 contestant for this
prize having made the possible fifty in
the reginental match.
Lieut.. III. c. Caldwell, /. r. p. cd Bat
TALON, 1st Regiment and Lieut.. William
range officers Monday and Tuesday even
ings, respectively.
The team of the naval battalion won
the battalion match Friday evening, with
Capt j. S. Tominson, !. r. p, I'd Regi-
manded by Lieut. f. L. Jones. The team
and scores follow: Lieut.. f. +. Jones. So;
w b. Wolf, 81; ]. F. Marsden, A: 2. V.
Smoot, IS: J. r. Fehr. AZ; c. r. Davis,
Al: N L Thomas, 43; II. III. Dale, 80; G.
c. Knorline, ii; c. L. Lazariee, 3S. Total.
397.
Scores of other teams follow: Second
Battalion; so; Sd Battalion, 1868; 9th Bat
talon. 349; 1st Battalion, 327: 4th Bat
talon. 234; 9Th battalion. pa. Sergt.
Mai. Paul c. Bischoff. lst Battalion cor
nered the Burkhart hopafus by making
the highest score 46 out of 30 in both
the battalion and regim entail matches.
The contest in the resimental match
resulted in victory for the 1st Regiment
team which was commanded by Capt.