Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-28
STUDY WAR GAME
At NEARBY FORTS
District Guardsmen Feel
Thoroughly at Home.
USED TO RAINY WEATHER
Becoming Familiar With Coast Artil-
lery Material.
PROGRAM OF THE INSTRUCTION
Sentinels Required to Walk Long
Posts-Routine Of Duty and
Roll Calls-Changes in
a Decade.
Becoming Familiar With Coast Artil-
lery Material.
OF THE INSTRUCTION

a Decade
BY The stars Dispatch Boat Fairbanks.
Special From a STAFF Correspondent.
FORT WASHINGTON. Md. July 2s.-
The troops of the National Guard of the
District of Columbia, in camp here and
at Fort Hunt, In Virginia. directly across
the Potomac river. are already thoroughly
at home. Although the sun is shining to-
day. the uncertainty of the weather has
much to do with the feeling that every
thing is as ii should be. The assertion
may seem strange, but it is an established
fact that falling weather is to be expected
every time the citizen soldiery of the
National capital takes the field. Veterans
cf the brigade recall old days at Fort
Washington, back in 80 and 30. The lat
ter year the downpour was incessant the
ten days the guard was here, most of the
organizations not being able to hold even
one drill. 1t has been raining at intervals
since the companies assembled at their
arTores last Sunday morning, and the
experienced members of the brigade are
reConciled to a continuance of unsettled
weather the remainder of the period of
the exercises. Tents are well ditched all
is snug and, to borrow popular express
sion. everybody in uniform is happy, not
withstandng the drawbacks.
The work both here and at Fort Hunt
today is similar to that followed yes
terday. 1t embraces an examination of
coast artillery material. In explaining
the parts. especially of the guns and car
riages. they were worked as far as pos
sible; the idea being that the name of the
part. by its working, should be impressed
care was exercised by the regulars. who
are instructors. not to hurry and to give
the uninstructed hearers chance to thor
oughly digest what was told them.
Gen. Harries and his staff paid their
first visit of the encampment to Fort
Hunt today.
Program Of Instruction.
The program of instruction for the re-
mainder of this week follows:
Wednesday-Regular troops, battery
drill am. and $40 pm, militia reserves
witnessesing drill of regulars; non-com-
missioned officers recitations, IL am,
non-commissioned staff witnessing drill:
supports, as patrols, am; assembly
of officers and non-commissioned officers
and instructors at $40 pm: officers of
reserves. lecture on coast guns and their
carriages. II am; officers of support
lecture, Advance and Rear Guard Duty
IL am.
Thursday-Regular troops assisting MILL
tia al guns; militia reserves, battery drill,
am. and S:1t pm; non-commis-
stoned officers re~i'- tions, IL am; n. c.
struction. am. and $40 PM; sup
ports. as patrols am; non comis-
stoned officers recitations IL m: assem-
bly, of officers and non-commissioned Of
fcers and instructors. $40 p.m.; officers
cf reserves lecture "Mortors and Their
Carriages and Their Use in Coast De-
fense." II am: officers of supports lee
ture. Outpost Duty
Friday-Regular troops. assisting mill
tia 8 a.m.,; muster, p.m: militia re-
serves. battery drill. s m; non-commis-
stoned officers recitations IL am; nom
commissioned staff. battle and fire COM
mand station instruction, 8 am: supports
advance and rear guards, am.; nom
commissioned officers recitations. II a. m.
assembly of officers and non-conlmission-
ed officers and instructors. $40 PM:
officers of reserves. lecture, Power. Light
and Communications and Their Use in
Coast Defense. IL am: officers of sup
ports lecture. Construction and defense
of Entrenched Lines and Redoubts," IL
am.
Saturday-All troops, infantry inspec-
ton. am: officers OF reserves lee
ture. Submarine Mines and Their Use
in Coast Defense" II am: officers of
supports. lecture. THE Defense of the
Land Approaches to Coast Forts" IL
am.
Guardsmen Have Busy Day.
The schedule for routine of duty and
roll calls provides busy day for the
guardsman. requiring him to wake at j
o'clock In the morning and keep actively
on the go most Of the time until IL O'Clock
at night. It follows:
Reveille, first call. am: reveille, 5:15;
assembly, $40: mess call (breakfast).
$50: fatigue call, $40: sick call. Z: Coast
Artillery drill and instruction, first call
am: assembly. S:10; recall. E. and S.
d. men. 3:1O: recall. 9:i3 recall from
mess call tdinner). IL o'clock: fatigue
CALL 1: recall from fatigue. ;: guard
mounting. first call, $40: assembly. 5:45
dress parade (when heidi. first call, $50;
assembly. 5:43; guard mounting imme-
d!ately after dress parade: mess call
(supper). 6:ao Coast Artillery drill. frs,
call 8: assembly. s:10: recall, $50: tattoo
.; call to quarters, 10:45. and taps. II
o'clock.
Saturdays-Infantry inspection. first
call, S:i5: assembly. o'clock.
Sundays-Omit signals for drill and
afternoon fatigue. Church call will be
sounded when ordered.
The first call and assembly for all for
nations sick call fatigue call. first ser
geants' call. mess call and call to quar-
tiers Is sounded by the musician OF the
guard and repeated by one musician in
each camp. Recall and taps are sounded
by the musician of the guard and no one
else.
Retreat. tattoo and reveille are sound
ed by the Corps OF Field Music at sigma
attention. sounded by the musician of the
guard.
First call and to arms ara sounded
by the musician so ordered. and are taker
up by all musicians wherever they may
be ard repeated until the object is accom-
plished.
Serving as Sentinels.
In addition to manipulating the big
guns and serving as coast artillery re-
serves and supports. the National Guards
men are called upon to perform guarC
duty. There are two guards One is com
posed of the regular troops known az
the post guard" and the other. known
as the interior guard" made up OF
National Guardsmen. The latter com
prises two officers of the guard. one ser
geant. three corporals and eighteen pri
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