Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
NATIONAL JACQUARD
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men OF the battery and with his brother
officers.
Capt. r. B. Dufiie. ID infen,ry. who n
the youngest captain of the guard, is ar
can resign some time carly IN January.
Capt. Duties company. whi..h he organ
lied himself, 10 composed exclusively of
former members OF the High School Cad,I
after having served thru, years In tils
guard He was a member OF the prize
drill squad Of Company +. ID Infantry.
The following extracts from the bulletin
OF notes issued by the division OF militia
affairs of the War Department seem OF
special interest to local guardsmen:
In report OF practice march made
by the commanding officer OF company
of infantry, National Guard, and forward
ed by the adjutant general OF the state.
attention was invited to the fact that the
service shoe is too broad across the IN
step: whereupon the president OF the In
fantry equipment board submitted the fol-
lowing report:
The board did not specially observe
this shoe on the march, but II was worn
by two Of its members, and based upon
their experience and reports of the COM
pany commanders the following Is SUBJ
mitted:
First. Eighty-one out OF $50 men be-
longing to the battalion that took the re-
cent two-hundred-mile practice march.
the new marching shoe.
Second. In general the shoe was found
10 De satisfactory: two men conplained'
that the center seam in back was too
thick and stin, causing the cord In the
back OF the heel to become sore. and
several men stated that they preferred
the uncapped plain toe shoe.
ut is the opinion of this board that
| the new russell marching shoe is in every
| respect satisfactory for the purpose for
which issued. that Lis. for the field. and
is the best which has SO far been issued,
but care Is necessary that when the shoe
is issued to the enlisted men 1t be fitted
properly: to accomplish this object, this
board is of the opinion that the individual
soldier should be given the same privi-
lege that is accorded a shoe purchaser in
retail shoe store. of trying on a shoe
under proper supervision.
General orders, War Department, pro-
hibit the use OF telescope sights during
national matches The telescope musket
sight, model Of 1905, has, however. been
adopted as an article of issue to the regu-
lar service. where IL has been favorably
received and two of the sights are TO be
supplied to each company OF infantry and
troop Of cavalry in the National Guard
for issue to expert ri1emen. The depart
ment considers IL advisable that the
states procure some OF these sights for
issue to men, who. in time of war, would
be used as sharpshooterS.
IAN Interpretation of the Infantry Drill
regulations, niteu states Army, IN the
following particulars, has been requested.
Paragraph AS defines the color guard
as consisting of two color sergeaQts. who
are the color bearers, and two fnen Sc
lected by the colonel.
Paragraph ga provides that the color
salutes in the ceremony escort of the
color and when saluting an officer
titled to the honor, but in no other case.
Paragraph 249 provides that the coIor
guard present arms on receiving and
parting with the colors.
Paragraph 80 provides that when the
colors are received by the color company
the color guard comes to the present and
order at the command of the captain.
Bearing In mind that the color guard
includes the two color sergeants, who
are bearing the colors, what would be the
manual OF the colors on these two occa-
sions. and, in view OF the provisions OF
paragraph 534 above quoted, would the
color salute?
THE informant was advised as follows:
The color salutes only In the cases in
plain that the color does not salute when
received by the color company, or when
leaving the color guard.
1.-The Manual of the Color paragraph
534. Infantry Drill Regulations. provides:
THE carry is the habitual position when
when the troops are at a shoulder, port
or trail. The order and parade rest are
executed with the troops.
AT halt. the salute Is executed at
the command present arms, the color be-
ing brought to the carry at the command
present.
while the drill regulations do not
specifically state the position of the color
when the guard is at present arms. under
the requirements Of paragraphs o49 and
go. Infantry Drill Regulations. the word
ing is sufficiently accurate to leave no
doubt as to the meaning of the Drill
Regulations"