Evening star., 1909-05-23

u trict of Columbia under the act
| of February IS last are concern
ed. The regulations under which the re-
organization must be effected await the
| action of officials of the War Depart
| ment AS soon as they are approved
things will move forward with rush, as
all preparations to that end have peen
made at militia headquarters.
! Nothing in reference to the plans for the
Sannual outing in the field is given out at
| HEADQUARTERS other than that the de-
parture from this city will be made Thurs
day August l., with the return not later
tlan August 81. Gen. Harries is away on
a business trip, and it is not likely that
any information as to the encampment
WI be forthcoming during his absence.
The War Department has detailed Capt.
Ezekiel j. Williams. 9TH infantry. ana
Capt. Arthur s. Cowan, Signal Corps, to
attend the encampment.
Replies have not yet been received from
the regimental commanders, and the COM
manding officer of the 1st Separate Bat
talon to the inquiry as to what members
of the companies Of their commands are
available for duty as bicycle couriers.
-
The rain Friday. which was most well
talon of the I'd Infantry from finishing
its scores, consequently reducing the regi-
mental and battalion average for the or
dered practice season below what it
should have been, but leaves it with many
more qualifications to its credit than at
this period of the seasons work in any
former year.
Mai. William E. Harvey. Surg. Bowker.
Lieut. F. W. Holt and Hospital Steward
ton of the week The regimental staff
was represented by Capt. J. +. Brooks.
Surg. Francis j. Woodman, Sergt Maj. II.
Calm, c. NJ Sergt. J. A. O'Neill. Hospital
Steward H. s. Klemroth and Color Sergt.
A. l.. GiOvannOni
Companies l and X reported for duty
| Monday night, the former with three Of
ficers and seventeen enlisted men, and
the latter with two officers and thirty live
enlisted men.
| The qualifications in Company l follow:
SharpshOoters. Capt. Alexander Summers
and Sergt c. E. Groome: marksmen, First
Lieut.. 6. p. Phillips, Second Lieut. b. F.
Stewart. j. w. Chamberlain. w. S. Col
vim. w. W. Fenton. j. f. Gordon. II. Holz.
c. E. Martin, A. NJ. Ryon. l.. Sanford, l..
II. Siehl, o. l.. Simpson, w. L. Thomas.
r. d. Walters, G. {. Ward and James Nj.
Stewart.
Company K-sharpshooters. Sergts. H.
F. Richardson and c. F. Gardner. Corp.
r. T. Frazier and Private U. s. Murphy,
marksmen. Capt. Frank D. Lakeland.
Lieut.. l.. A. Ciausel. Sergts. H. J. stam-
rbaugh and II. NJ. Keeling. Corps. ii. T..
Krumke and ]. E. Eldridge. Privates w.
G. Allen. H. II. Bacon, a. l.. Barnard.
A. Becke. L. ]. Clausel, w. h. Curtis. +.
c. Dolby. E. S. Jordan. c. C. Kruger.
j. {. Marscher, j. s. Maupin. c. M. OF
terback. w. IL. Repurtus. ]. +. skidmore.
4. S. French. H. 3. Bliss. H. Clark. w.
B. Ahlgren. w. G. Brown. E. F. Thorn
ton.
Companies l. and NJ, the two last OF
the regiment and battalion, reported
| Wednesday night. with two officers and
twenty-five enlisted men and one officer
and twenty-seven enlisted men, respec-
lively.
In Company l. the following qualified:
Marksmen, Capt Thomas s. O'Halloran,
Lieut.. John c. Rooney. sergt. 6. }.
...us, Privates c. Birch. r. Pearson. w.
James A. Lynn, A. ]. Rogers. j. 5. Rolph,
D. T. Spencer, w. T. Skinner, l. Speer.
c. Ward, H. Wagner, j. T. White and
f. 7. Williams.
| Marksmen. Lieut.. w. H. Galbraith, Pri-
Yates r. NJ Beall. w. X. Brown. J. f.
Clubb, NJ G. Fitzgerald, Ray Hollidse,
G. T. Judd, w. w. Luscumbe, II. NJ. Mel
ton, w. A. Stockman, John Taylor and
4. w. Gowell.
The Signal Corps reported for duty with
Company G, with one officer and twenty
enlisted men. and qualified eighteen. In
addition to the ordered practice scores,
sixty officers and men of the various COM
ands reported at the range out OF which
one uualified as an expert five as sharp
shooters and nineteen as marksmen.
Lieut. Ralph Alderman, assistant In
spector of small arms practice reported
for duty Tuesday. relieving Lieut.. M. M.
Farrow.
1t is expected that the assignment OF
additional officers for duty during the re-
mainder of the ordered practice season
will be announced by the adjutant gen
eral in a few days. and also the range
and other officers to conduct the sena-
| torial trophy match May 70 and 81.
officers who do not intend to enter the
match and are willing to serve as range
| officers have been requested to send their
names TO Maj Bell by next Tuesday
morning.
The totals for the I'd Infantry by organ