Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-25

| ~ general orders NO ID, winch prop
| ably will be officially published to
| the brigade tomorrow, Brig. Gen.
III Harries, through Adjt. Gen. Smiley,
| outlines the work of the National
| Guard of the District of Columbia for the
coming winter.
| If the evident spirit of the order is car
| ried out the work of the guardsmen this
| winter will likely be marked by a snap
| that, judging from the tone of the order.
Gen. Harries does not believe was a pre-
dominating feature Of the last years
| work.
Drills and practical instruction in ar
| mories and on the streets and theoret-
ical instruction will commence October /.
The time Of service calls will be: First
call for drill, 6 pm; assembly, $40 p.m.;
| school call, 9:1O pm; recall from drill,
$40 p.m.: recall from school, 1915 pm.
Hardness at drill and when the assem-
bly, sounds is to be frowned upon more
heavily than ever. Another reform the
| officers are expected to put in operation
| deals with the appearance of members of
| the guard at drill arrayed In a weird
| mixture of 'cits'' and uniform. Says the
| order: THE practice of officers and
| listed men reporting for drill in citizens
| clothing, or in part uniform. will be
manders will be held responsible that
! their officers and men are in proper uni
FORM" Officers are expected to give dou
| BILE drill duty or to take necessary dis
| culinary measures with the men to pre-
vent second occurrences of hardness at
| drill.
| The sergeants from the regular army
| detailed for duty with the guard will
be known as acknowledgements" Fol-
| lowing short, snappy drill" which will
i no Q.1n nd In ho
| evening the instructor sergeants will
take charge Of the non-commissioned Of
| fcers and conduct school for an hour.
The subjects to be taken up at this
school will be announced later. The COM
pany commanders will conduct the last
half of the drill without the services of
their non commissioned officers.
| Before the Christmas holidays an ex-
animation will be held in the non-com-
4 missioned officers school and certificates
of proficiency will be given to students
| In subjects where the examination work
| and attendance have been up to the re-
quired standard. This certificate will ex-
cuse a non-commissioned officer from
attendance at school in that subject In
the future. The school for non-com-
missioned officers is to be considered
| duty not to be treated lightly, and
failure to do satisfactory work will be
| considered a good reason for reduction
in rank. The season for practical work
will be divided into two terms, beginning
October and December II.
-
| Commanding officers of regiments will
prescribe semi-monthly practice for the
bands and weekly practice for the field
music of their commands in playing and
| in marching at the prescribed cadence
] for quick time. Practice with. the -tyo
bands nassed,. also, will be had for use
at brigade formations and. when ordered,
elsewhere. The commanding officers of
| the LIST Separate Battalion and the LIST
Field Artillery will provide similar weekly
practice for the field music Of their
| commands.
The use Of the drill hall. Center Market
Armory, is assigned to organizations as
fantry; Tuesday, list Battalion, I'd In
fantry: Wednesday, 3rd Battalion. I'd
Infantry. and LIST Battalion, LIST Infantry.
Thursday, I'd Battalion. list Infantry:
Friday. 3rd Battalion. LIST Infantry.
| The schedule for the armory of the
| 1st Separate Battalion at 18th and U
streets is: Monday. Company B; Tues
day, Company D; Wednesday, Com
pany C; Thursday. Company A. The
list Battery. Field Artillery. will drill
nal Corps Company will drill every
Tuesday at it's armory. The Ambu-
lance Company will drill the second
and fourth Thursdays of each month
No officer or enlisted man shall be
marked present" at any drill, school
ceremony, or other formation unless he
| is in his proper place, wearing the
uniform prescribed, for more than half
the time devoted by his organization
to that particular duty.
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theoretical instruction, which begins
October / and lasts until December IT.
will include Cor infantry. artillery and
Signal Corps officers. Military Map
reading" by Capt. C. o. Sheriff.. U. S.
Engineer Corps. and pages as to 80.
Field Service Regulations. 1910.'
Commanding officers Of the 1st and
| I'd Infantry will designate instructors.
and will hold officers schools at least
twice each month. either by regiment
or battalion, in their discretion, as will
the commanding officers of the LIST Bat
terry, Field Artillery, the Signal Corps
and 1st Separate Battalion. Details of
| the instructions for staff officers will
| be announced later.
| Every officer and enlisted man is
urged to make vigorous efforts
throughout the year to keep his COM
mand up to the prescribed minimum
strength by recruiting. 1t is the pres
der to prohibit from participation in
the annual field exercises any COM
pany of less than forty enlisted men.
1t is planned to consolidate such COM
panies as may be below that strength
and to render supernumerary selected
officers of companies so consolidated.
Officers and enlisted men who work at
| night and cannot attend night drills will
drill at Center Market Armory drill hall
Tuesday or Friday each week Except
members of the LIST Separate Battalion,
| for whom the day will be Wednesday. at
| their own armory), for one and one-half
| hours between 1 and o'clock pm. Nom
| commissioned officers will receive school
| instruction at the same time.
| Everything is on the move at the rifle
range preparing for the matches sched
uled for the guardsmen, many of whom
are hurrying to complete their scores
The matches open at o'clock Wednes
day morning, October 5, with the Mer-
! chants match, which usually carries fifty
prizes, contributed by the merchants of
| Washington as an evidence Of their in
| terest in the citizen soldiers.
The guardsman making the highest
score is entitled to first choice Of prizes,
and so popular has the match become