Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-19
PREPARATION for the camp of
instruction at Gettysburg is now
uppermost in the mind of every
oficer and enlisted man in the

instruction at Gettysburg is now
uppermost i'm the mind of every
officer and enlisted man in the
National Guard of the District.
Intimation has been made in some quar-
tiers that the camp has not been selected
with great care and that the local troops
are not thoroughly prepared for part1cl-
patton in the instruction to be given
there. Such reports. however. are apso-
lutely without foundation. One of the
higher officers at District militia head
quarters in talking TO reporter for The
Star Yesterday said 1.-The regular army
authorities. after examining several sites
in Pennsylvania. Maryland and Virginia,
decided that Gettysburg was the most
suitable place to hold the camp of in
struction for such regular troops as could
be spared for the purpose and for the
National Guard of the District, Virginia,
West Virginia. Maryland, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and Delaware.
''The regular troops will be in camp
during the entire month of July and the
National Guard of the various states
mentioned will each be in camp part
of the month of July. A large tract
of land northeast of the town of Gettys-
burg was leased. A detailed map of this
tract was prepared and has been DIS
tributed to all troops concerned
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on the line of the Western Maryland
railroad about one and half miles north
east of the town of Gettysburg. Water
is being piped to this camp for drinking
and washing purposes and for watering
stock. Railroad spurs, sidingS and plat
forms have been constructed so that
troops and supplies can be readily han
died.
IAN officer of the quartermaster's de-
partment, l. S. A, has been on the
ground for some time, attending to vari-
Gus details of preparing the camp site,
building lighthouses, installing incinera-
tors for burning refuse and garbage. per-
fectng water supply and arranging de =
tails necessary for a sanitary camp,
where the several thousand regular and
National Guard troops can be comfortably
cared for during the month of July
Enlisted men of the National Guard
of the District will be quartered in conical
wall tents and will be provided with fold
ing cots. Officers will be quartered in
wall tents. Three regular officers will be
assigned as instructors and inspectors to
each regiment. and will doubtless be OF
great assistance to the regiments.
Regular officers will also be assigned
TO the list Battery. Field Artillery: the
Signal Corps company and the LIST Sepa-
rate Battalion. Troops will he quartered
in camp and will go out each day for
field exercises. 1t is not expected that
they will march more than five or six
miles a day. This is camp of elemen-
tary instruction and will be of much
value to the National Guard Each after
noon officers will be taken over the
ground for exercises of the following day
The nature of the exercise will be fully
explained at it's conclusion. All neces-
sary comment and criticism will be made
on the ground
THE recreation and enjoyment of the
men Will also be looked after. Arrange
ments have been made for base ball, foot
bali and other athletic contests"
Members of the National Guard of the
District and midshipmen of the Naval
Academy will compete tomorrow morn
ing In rifle match on the range of the
d. C. n. C. at Congress Heights. This
will be the second of a series of three
matches to be shot this year between the
guardsmen and cadets Tor the purpose
OF giving each practice in competitions
preparatory 20 the national, and other
matches i'm which they will participate
later i'm the season
The midshipmen won the first match,
which was shot at Annapolis, but the
gusrdsnen, who have since then had con-
siderable practice, expect TO be VICTORIOUS
on their own range
The team representing the National
Guard Of the District of Columbia has
been selected from those officers and
sitions on the brigade team Those who
will represent the local guardsmen to-
morrow are: Lieut.. Thomas r. Mean
ally. team captain: Capt. F. H. Heiden-
reich. Capt w. w. Cookson, Lieut.. +. w.
Holt Lieut.. Ralph Alderman. Lieut.. l..
A. Clausei, Lieut.. HI. e. Caldwell, Lieut.
Richard Powers. Sergt. Thomas Brown,
Serst. John III. Cole. Corp. S. W. For
sythe, Private Charles Il. GrcOme and
Private r. II. Clouser-
The team for the third match will be
selected from the other officers and en-
listed men who are trying for the bril-
gade team. n large attendance at the
range is expected.
The LIST Battalion of the I'd Infantry
vas on duty at the rifle range this past
week. winding up the ordered practice
OF that regiment. The record made by
the battalion was as follows: Stan pres
ent. ,; sharpshOoters, .; marksmen. y
Company A: Present, II: sharpshooters.
I: marksmen, Ii. Company b: Present.
81: sharpshooters, 3; marksmen, %. COM
pany e. Present. 33: experts. =; sharp
shooters. =; marksmen. IL. Company d:
Present. 10: marksmen. IA.
la the controlled fire at moving target
the record was: Company A. firing, 10:
company percentage, 2J.S;. Company B,
firing. %; company percentage. 36. 10.
Company ID. firing, IL: company percent
age. ~. Company ID. firing IA; company
percentage, IS 81.
Mai Anton Stephan. Adjt. Lindsay and
Quartermasier Burlingame were present
sud qualified Lieut. Rose was i'm COM
Johnson and Evans were present and in