Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05

ing the Department of tho Eas; trj;ci
States Army.
The infantry inspection is to he made
by Capt. James 4. Moss, oath Infantry.
Maj Charles r. Reynolds Of the Medical
Corps, who is at Washington barracks. is
to look over the sanitary troops The
Field Artillery will come under the OBJ
servation of Capt. Brooke Payne. Sd
Field Artillery, who is stationed at Fort
Myer. Maj. Samuel Reber Signal Corps,
has been directed to inspect the Signal
Corp Company.
The time for inspection has been appor-
toned as follows:
Infantry--April .: 1st and I'd Infantry
Bands. 900 am: April 3: Headquarters
and Cd Battalion, ID Infantry; April 4:
Headquarters and LIST Battalion, 1st IN
fantry; April &: I'd Battalion, 1st In
fantry; April :: Sd Battalion, list In
fantry: April 10: Field, Staff. and 1st
H. Brigade Headquarters. all officers OF
Staff Departments Except Medical De-
partmenD and Post Non-commissioned
Staff: April Il and 13: Sd Battalion, I'd
Infantry.
Sanitary Troops-April Il and IA: The
Detachment
Field Artilery-April IA and Is: 1st
Battery (471 Missouri avenue northwesD.
Signal Corps-April IL and T.: Signal
Corps Company.
y X
The annual inspection of the organ
ICED militia of Maryland has been as
signed to the following army officers:
Maj. William F. Martin. 9th United
States Infantry, will inspect the 4th and
9Th Regiments of Infantry and the LIST
Separate Company at Baltimore; the list
Regiment at Annapolis, Belair, Havre de
Grace. Elkton. Cambridge Salisbury
Frederick, Hagerstown. Cumberland and
Westminster.
!ery Corps, will inspect the 1st Company,
{ cast Artillery. at Baltimore; Maj. C. z.
Robbins, Medical Corps, the medical de-
IA. tment and hospital corps at ia timone,
and Capt. H. c. Smither, 18th Cavalry,
Troop A, at Pikesville.
Corp. Austin J. He'll has been trans
ferred from Company, B. I'd Infantry, to
the LIST Battery, Field Artillery, as a pri-
vate
The following men, on their own appli-
cations, have been ordered honorably dis
charged: Private Louis X. Kerby, 1st
Battery, Field Artillery: Private ]. W.
Whitney. Hospital Corps; Musician Oscar
w. Mansfield, Company II. 1st Infantry;
Priv va arthur 7; McDevitt. Company
Company E, LIST Infantry; Private Ed
ward c. Carroll. Company E. I'd Infantry.
ana Sergt. Thomas Brown, Company ii,
I'd Infantry.
District the following have been ordered
nonorably discharged: Private James
WOODBURY., Hospital Corps; Private Mel
VILE 7. seay. Company d, LIST Infantry:
rrivate Luke w. Revercornb. Company
Whaliey, Company L, list Infantry;
Corp. Charles A. Naecker. Band, ID In
fantry: Private John E Allen. Company
A, I'd Infantry; Private II. c. Brady,
Germany F. 1st Infantry; Private A NJ.
vate W. Hutchinson. Company e. 1st In
fantry; Private D. w. Elworth, Company
p LIST Infantry and Private Albert
Brouner. Company K, I'd Infantry.
Private George A. Wilmer, Company
l.. I'd Infantry. has been honorably dis
charged on certificate OF disability.
On account of being continuously abb
sent without leave from their commands
for more than three months. the follow
ing have been ordered discharged with
out honor: Private Roger O'Dwyer, Com
pany B, I'd Infantry; Private Raymond
F. Doyle. Company c. ID Infantry: Pri-
vate Joseph Mahoney, Company A, 1st
T. Walker, Company 4, LIST Separate
Battalion.
The list Battery, Field Artillery, had
volunteer day" last Friday. In the aft
ernoon, with Lieut.. Vogt In charge, all
the spurs and spur straps Of the organ
izauon were cleaned. In the evening
about twenty men reported to Chief Me-
chanic Davis and worked from o'clock
till T. with an intermission for supper.
The four rifles were cleaned and oiled and
all hinges, hasps. wingnuts. shot-bolts, OIL
hole covers and apron latches of the gun
sections were put In easy working order.
Empty cartridge cases, drill cartridges
and subcansher tubes were cleaned. Cook
Pierson made coffee. boiled sausages and
served good supper In the gunroom at
1870 O'Clock. The affair was a success
and will be repeated.
To each of the four sections next week
will be assigned a gun and its carriage.
cassson, two limbers. harness. a quad
rant, panoramic sight, rear sight shank.
tool kits and spare parts. There will be
rivalry between the sections in keeping
this property ready for immediate service
The drill attendance OF the battery Fri
day was 20 per cent. This was not as
good showing as was hoped for, but
was close to high water mark Several
Of the men have the grip, and it is be-
l1eved this is the reason the attendance
did not reach 20 per cent. The officers
want to touch this figure next Friday.
Lieut.. Bonnet took a deta chment of the
battery to the rifle gallery for pistol prac-
tice and Lieut.. Shilling conducted the
harness drill. Sergt Longs horse Cham
pion had harness and collars fitted to him
and each man in Lieut.. Shilling's detach-
ment has harnessed by detail, stood to
horse, mounted. dismounted and unhar-
messed by detail. Such good results have
been obtained by the use Of single morse
that the battery will soon engage pair
for drill nights that drivers drill may he
held From a pair OF horses the battery
hopes to expand to team
The battery mechanics have fitted up a
workroom with bench. wise and other &C
cessories and have entered on the work
of putting the battery pistols in condition
by reducing the pull to four pounds.
The battery was paid Friday night,
Next Friday afternoon there will be set
ting of sights and terrain board DEM
onstration by the officers and at night
there will be pistol practice In the gal
lery.
The ball committees are holding fire.
auent meetings and arrangements for the
dance February - are practically COM
p!ete. -&s-.
The Signal Corps Company is now under
the command Of Acting First Sergt. Viii
Ham f. Rink. The company has been
without commissioned officer since Sep
tember ], when Lieut.. r. W. Barker re-
signed to join the regular army 1t Is ex
pected, however. that his successor vii,
no shortly Amounted