Evening star., 1909-06-13
NEWS OF THE LOCAL
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN

l.. s Mchler, ]. c. Quaid, A. Weeks and
T. J. WeiSkoff
The two last companies of the 1st Resi-
ment of Infantry. Companies l. and NJ.
comma nded by Capts. A. -. Hathaway
and William Bowman, marched into
camp through mud and mist Wednesday
night with two officers and twenty-nne
enlisted men and one officer and twenty
two enlisted men, respectively. Company
qualifying twenty-eight of the thirty
one present .and Company NJ qualifying
one sharpShooter and twenty marksmen.
or a total of twenty-one of the twenty
three present. which was quite an
achievement. considering the weather
conditions.
The qualifications in Company l. follow:
Marksmen-capt. \. d. Hathaway.
Lieut.. 5. +. Bomar, First Sergt Y. b.
Rollins. Serct. +. {. Rollins. Corp. l.. G.
Young. Serst. W H. Walters, Privates
l.. l.. Catln. r. O Branson. S. w. Haw
kins. J.. lie 6. Johnson, W. X. Kelly.
G. ]. Pillow, l.. F. Ruck. J. Burns, 3.
Marhew. +. II. Lloyd. A. NJ. Caddell. NJ.
W. TAYLOR. j. r Wartied. w. r. Martin.
sins, J. \. Davis, J. H Byrne, {. +.
Taylor, l.. &. Brazier and II. NJ. Sui
Ivan.
Company NJ: srarpshooter-Lieut. L.
y. Estep Marksmen-capt Wiliiam
Bowman. Corps r. {. Rick and r. NJ.
kubatz. Privates T.. L. Clark. a. l.. Nut
well. 4. Evans. G. Fl. Luscomb. 7. l..
Wilson, II. T. Hartley NJ. l.. Wilouehhy.
+ Fozzola. NJ. kershenbaum. u. kies,
j.. Renfrow. j. +. Davis. S. Formwald.
\. Frank. G. Miller. NJ. McGregor and
W. r. Wall.
col. Charles II. Ourand, commanding
the 1st Infantry. gave an exhibition of
his skill with the rifle by qualifying as
marksman with the excellent total of 1:'5.
which VIII place him as high man for the
officers medal which is neld by
Adjt. Gen. Smiley. 1t is not regarded as
likely that the score will he beaten.
Ser.t Browns the RDglpSkl
medal ties that Of Col Ourand.
The schedule for the present week in
cludes the 1st Battery, Field Artillery,
which reports Monday night. and Com
panes + and f. completing the 1st In
fantry. Wednesday night.
Lieut.. Col. George Henderson. retired.
who is on duty at the camp OF instruc
ton at the rifle range, has again given
evidence Of his sympathy for the feather
ed kingdom by performing an operation
regarded as unique and probably without
parallel The doctor as is his usual Gus
tom sundays. was taking a walk over
the range back of the targets when his
attention was attracted 10 apparently
dead huehiId which showed evidence
OF having been struck by rifle bullet
fired some time during the rifle pra artice
of the previous day. Taking the bird to
his hospital and removing the blood from
its head DIR. Henderson discovered that
the bullet had fractured the skull. Being
satisfied that there was still a spark OF
life he proceeded To remove small
piece pressing on the brain. The wound
was antisaptically dressed and a few
stitches taken to draw 1t into place. and
this was then covered with a piece of
rubber adhesive plaster In the meanI
time the bird had opened its eyes and
given other evidences of vitality. With
in an hour after the operation 1t was
able to stand and in about two hours flew
away from the hospital-as the doctor
stated-carryng his bill with him.
DR. Henderson felt an interest In his
patient and made frequent inquiry to
learn if any of the employees had seen
the bird. which could easily be identi-
fed by the plaster on its head. Just
twelve days after the operation he was
rewarded by seeing his patient. within
a few yards Of where it was picked up
and regretted that he could not induce
il To return TO the hospital to have a
portion of the adhesive plaster, which
was dropping over the left eye cut off.
| DR. Henderson performed a surgical
operation a chicken by amputating one
of it's legs, several years ago, and
| "Stumpy,' the name by which she was
known. became a pet with all who fire.
quented the rifle range. "Stumpy lived
to rear "A family of two. who. like her
self, preferred to associate with soldiers
| The entire family met a sad fate early
this spring by being killed by weazles.
1
| Mai Gilbert Thompson, who died very
| suddenly last Tuesday, rendered valua-
BILE and efficient service to the National
| Guard of the District of Columbia When
Gen Albert Ordway undertook the work
of reorganzing the Guard under the act
of 1Ss:, one of the first things he old
was 10 plan an engineer corps, and at
an early date he selected Prof Thomp-
son Of the geological! survey to organize
and command the corps.
Prof. Thompson had served during the
/ civil war III the engineers and from that
! time he had been constantly engaged in
/ Typographical WORK in the field. Al
4 though past the age of life when men
/ ordinarily display an interest in mill
| tary service in the volunteer organiZa-
/ tions. he brought into his work of or
ganization great energy and youthful
] enthusiasm which was characteristic of
/ him. and in the course of short time
/ completed the organization. dra wing
| his men from the technical bureaus of
| the government. He so successful
| in attaching men with scientific training
/ 10 his organization that in short time
/ it was recruited to more than three times
| its authorized strength. and it was ..nal-
/ ~ organized as a four-company battalion
/ and he was commissioned the major.
] He was enthusiastic in every branch
/ Of the work undertaken by his corps and
4 many steps We're undertaken which were
/ entirely novel in National Guard work
| at the time. In addition to the work he
! personally did to advance the interests
| of the entire organization. he was of
| particular value to the Guard in attract