Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05
NIATl0NAl ,7:yGUARD
! DISTRECCI COLUl1BLA

1ITH1N six weeks the entire
National Guard of the Dis
AAx trict, with the exception a
w the Naval Battalion, will be
on its way 10 the annual en-.
campment, which this year is to be held
at Gettysburg, Pa. Instructions from the
War Department and headquarters De
partment of the East relative to the camp
of instruction are arriving at District
militia Headquarters almost daily. To-
morrow night there will be staff meet
ing at headquarters in The Star Juild ng,
when Gen. HarrieS and Lieut.. Col Smiley,
adiutant general. will discuss with the
officers of the brigade many of the prob
lens incident to the coming encampment.
~The next six weeks will be devoted to
the most strenuous kind of work in all the
companies and separate organ cations of
the guard, as officers and men alike are
ambitious to make the best possible show
ing in camp with the regulars. For the
first time this year officers of the regular
army will toward the end of the encamp-
ment inspect each command with a view
OF reporting to the War Department on
its actual efficiency in field work.
Gen Harrles has appointed First Lieut..
Thomas +. McAnalIy, ordnance officer.
capita in of the brizade rifle team for 1910.
Lieut.. McAnally is said TO be well equip
ped for the position. having served as a
brigade team member i'll 1896 1879.
AT the present time ten commissioned
officers and ten enlisted men are particle
pating in the preliminary practice from
which number the twelve team men and
two aternates will be selected. Lieut.
nj h. D.
vatc Groome all prominent members of
former teams. are again contestinS for
team honorS- 1t is probable that Capt
McAnaly will have opportunity for
friendly contests with the Naval Academy
and Marine Corps teams during the sea-
son before they lea5e for Camp Perry
The Sd Battalion. I'd Infantry, which
has been on duty at the rifle range, was
compelled by reason of the storm Friday
TO lose one of its four days for practice
It is believed that Companies l and X
will be assigned a. day for completing
their records later in the season.
The number present and the scores
wsre as follows: Staff. present .. quail
II; Company X, present % qualified IS
Company l.. present TO- qualified :: Com
pany NJ, present ~. qualified 49, Total
present. 81: total qualified. IS
companies l. and NJ made in the con-
trelled fire contest at moving targets the
percentages of 52 and SOS, respectively.
Capt William w. Cookson and Lieut.
Ralph Alderman have completed their
tour of duty. Capt. F. II. Heidenreich
and Lieut.. F. w. Holt will relieve them.
: -.
The following notes issued by the dvi-
sion of militia affairs of the War De-
partment are of general interest to
guaTdsmen:
1t is not the policy of the War De-
partment to detail commissioned
staff corps off departments for duty as
Instructors of the organized militia I'M
der the provisions of section 20 of the
militia act.
TIE War DEPARTMENT has expressed
satisfaction. at the progressive stea taken
by the state of Arkansas in deciding to
issue commissions as second leutenants
in the organized militia of the 81 ate to all
the cadet officers Of the Tn ver~ity OF
Arkansas at the time of their grad alton,
and to place them on the supernunIcra-y
list OF the guard, with view to their be-