Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-14

THAT an enlisted man may be dlschafs-
ed without honor at any time by order OF
the commanding general on account of
fraudulent enlistment. or on account OF
his being continuously absent without
leave from his command for a period or
not less than three months.
THAT an enlisted man shall be dishon-
orably discharged by order of the COM
handing general upon conviction of fell
ony IN a civil court upon discovery OF
re-enlistment after previous dishonorable
discharge Or to carry out a sentence OF
cOurt-martial.'
In section 49a. which is made section
% change has been made whereby
each mounted officer and each enlisted
man shall be paid reasonable per diem
compensation for each horse actually fur
nished and used by him.
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Another provision of the amended bill
is that the constitution and Jurisdiction
of military courts. the form and manner
in which their proceedings shall be con-
Quoted and reported. and the forms Of
oaths and afflrmations taken in the ad-
ministra ton of military law by such
courts the limits of punishment and the
proceedings in revision shall be governed
by the articles of war and the law and
procedure of the military courts of the
United States
In section SO of the amended bill it
is stated that an officer or enlisted man
shall not be liable to civil or criminal
prosecutions for any act done while in
the discharge Of his military duty.
The number of section ffty-eight is
changed to siXty-four and amended to
read as follows:
That during the annual encampment
and on every duty on parade ordered by
the commanding general there shall be
allowed and paid for each day of service:
To each member Of the regularly enlisted
bands. 81: to the chief musicians. S.. and
to the principal musicians. S. In event
there is no enlisted band or field music
or. not sufficient number of either. the
commanding general may authorize the
employment of such he may deem
necessary for the occasion. provided that
the total pay of enlisted musicians shall
not in any event exceed the rates au-
thorized by this section
All of section fifty-eight is stricken out
and in lieu thereof the following Is in
serted:
That the commanding general shall
annually transmit to the Commissioners
of the District of Columbia an estimate
of the amount of money required for the
next ensuing fiscal year to pay the ex-
penses authorized by this act. and the
said Commissioners shall include the same
in their annual estimates of appropria-
tiOns for the District; and all money ap-
propriated to pay the expenses authorized
by this act shall be disbursed in accord
ance with law
Section g. which has been changed to
section IS. reads as follows:
That nothing herein contained shall be
held to alter the status or organization of
the naval battalion as now provided for
by law"
1t is also directed that any commission
issuing under the provisions of this act
shall, where the rank remains unchanged.
bear the date of the commission now held;
and that any officer who has served con-
t1auously in the same grade may be re-
commissioned with rank from date of his
original commission to that grade.
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Arrangements are being completed by
the Athletic Association of the National
Guard for the tenth indoor games and
carnival of relays. which is to be held
in the Center Market Armory the even
ing of Friday, March 26 From the large
number of entries already filed with Capt
Edwards the indications are that the
meet this year will be the largest in the
history of the organization.
The preliminary events are to be held
Wednesday evening, March "a SO that
Friday evening only the best men will
appear Although there will be several
open events. sixteen are carded for men,
bers of the Guard only. SO that the men,
bers will have a good chance to win q
number OF events.
Invitations have been issued for the
twenty-siXth anniversary dance of the
Corcoran Cadet Corps in National Rifles
Thursday evening. February %.
All National Guard officers and those at
the army posts near this city have been
invited to attend. The committees in
charge are:
EXecutive-Capt c. Eugene Edwards.
First Lieut.. Charles A. Meyer. Second
Lieut.. w. Laurence Hazard, First Sergt.
Carrot Tucker. Sergt. George E. Hunter
and Cadet Henry Rees.
Floor dtrector-Sergt. Edward w.
Clements: assistants. Corp. J. A. Clio
Corp. E. Frank I.usby Corp
H. w. Buell.. Cadets r. A. Coleman. J, a.
Partam. w. J. Turner. Earl Ceilings
worth. a. d. Langley and Robert Nerns-
lew
Company and battalion matches were in
order at the regular shoot of the Officers' !
Revolver Association, n. G. d. c. last
night. A large number of visitors were
present including Mr.. McIlhenny, civil
service commissioner and Albert s. Jones. /
secretary of the National Association of
America, and delegation from the Capt.
tai City Revolver Club. Messrs. Jones
and McIlhenny are honorary members of
the association and announced their in
tention of participating in the shoots in
the future