Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-12
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| ground. concerning a problem in los,
property.
Aside from the melodrama and the for
est fire. the problem is real enough be-
cause 1t requires no little application tc
| figure out the paper work necessary 10
| report the damage.
The cause. and the proper disposition Of
those guns and things which Driver John
| Doe. Company L. I'd Infantry. lost In
that eventful fire near Rockville. August
| %. 1911.
| The officers who are working this prob.
| lem out will have until the middle OF
December to hand in the papers 20 head
| quarters Meantime. they will he facing
| a deeper problem, perhaps, because the
next subject I'm the course in administra-
ton will be court-martial. Lectures on
that subject will start this week, and a
practical illustration Of what the officers
know will probably be asked for
| Here is the forest fire problem:
Company l.. I'd Infantry. y. q. y. G..
Washington. d. c.. encountered forest
| fire near Rockville, Md. August 20. 1911.
| The wagon which was following the
company at Loco yards was enveloped by
destroyed and damaged. Capt. j. G.
Rooney, I'd Infantry. n. G. d. G.. who
was In command, FASTENED his company
back to the, wagon and extinguished the
| flames He Immediately checked up and
found the following short:
''2 Il. s. rifles, model 1903. Nos. 246, 1884,
347 S92. $500 each: front sight and
muzzle covers. cents each: pouches
| for first aid packets, 13 cents each;
| first aid packets, 10 cents each; tin
model 1907, s1.25 each: service coats.
cotton. olive drab, sligo: 3 service hats.
$1.15 each; 2 signal flag kits, complete. 4
foot. $1-00 each. signal lanterns. 500
| each.
| '"The following were badly damaged by
mud and are considered unserviceable by
Capt. Rooney:
IS service brooches. cotton olive drab.
121 each; canvas leggins. 81 cents each.
The property was received by Company
| l., I'd infantry, n. G. D. c., January 2.
| 1909, and receipted for by Capt. Rooney
when he took command March 4, 1910.
| First Lieut.. Louis A. Clausel, I'd In
fantry. N. G. d. c.. superintendent the
| loading of the wagon when leaving camp.
| August 20. 1911, knew what was on 1t and
! was present when Capt. Rooney made the
check.
John Doe, the civilian driver OF wagon,
said he thought he could pass the danger
| GUS part Of the road In time, but q sud
den gust of wind cut him OF. ANY other
/ information you desire to assume Tor
driver will be all rightly
Required:
"An papers to be made out that Capt.
Rooney should make in this case; ad5u-
| tant generals Endorsement, appointing
| Maj. George L. TAFT, surveying officer;
Maj Tait's action as survey offcer; MAI.
| TAFT disagrees with Capt. Rooney as to
the canvas leggins. and believes they are
still serviceable.'
AHA" said Battery Mike, as he scan
ned the problem there's catch In that
! thing. There never was q forest fre at
Rockville Some Of those officers don't
know that. AS for that fellow John Doe.
that must be the thievin' SON of gun
He was rumrny for fair. and only re-
/ greet he didn't get burned up. You know
what he used to do? He used to go over
1 to tn battery in camp and hire out
| places in his wagon fer the men to sleep
/ in on hot night. Then when they d
come over there they'd find the wagon
gone. He did that fer seven nights run
ming, collectin' a quarter apiece from men
in tn battery an tn signal corps.
But wait. Lemme tell yo what hap
pened to him. He tried to sneak to town
without a pass one evenin' ana pat
terry man doin' patrol duty found him.
Good night! It was one punch and both
eyes was closed. D'yo' know, bet it's
them two bum eyes that let him get In
trouble drivin' home on tn road. He
was a bum driver, that feller John Doe.
+ K +
Mai A. p. Robbins, quartermaster. N.
| G. D. c., has finished his annual survey
Of unserviceable property, and the papers
are now in the hands OF Gen. Harries.
| +
Private Arthur E. Woodhead. Company
1 =, I'd Infantry: Private Thomas p. Car
ter and Private Benjamin p. Robinson.
Company d, LIST Separate Battalion, have
been honorably discharged because OF re-
moval from the District.