The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-27
SOME new EQUIPMENT

The following is contributed og
Capt. G. H. williams:
The infantry drill regulations, 1911.
contemplate that first s~ergeants OF
the regular army will be armed with
a saber for garrison duty, but this
new 'saber will not be available for
issue until the new infantry equipment
is supplied to the regular army. Auth
GRITTY has been given to equip first
sergeants with revolvers, in place Of
the rifle, for both garrison and field
service.
whistles will form part Of the equip
ment of s%ergeants and musicians, for
field service.
It is considered essential for each
organization commander of the militia
to keep an accurate record of the a.
tendance of every member Of the Or
g~anization at every drill, ceremony or
other prescribed duty. In the regular
| service this information is contained
in the duty roster. (Form No. 342, A. q.
o. which may be obtained at a cost
of $1.75 per 100, and which might be
adapted to similar use in the organic
ed militia, and, at the same time,
serve to make the officers thereof
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the service Of the United States.
It is further requested that, mas
much as the proposed militia pay bill
contemplates that the enlisted men
| shall receive 25 per cent, only on con-
dition that they attend forty-hVe
| drills. or the equivalent of military
duty during any one year, and a pro-
portionate amount for attepdance
upon any number of drills, or the
| equivalent of military duty not less
than twenty, and nothing II the at
tendance falls below twenty, it will be
necessary, in order to carry out the
provisions of the bill, that some form
of duty roster, as proposed above, be
kept: and for this reason, as well as
for Others already enumerated, IT Is
believed that steps should be taken
at the earliest practicable date to In
troduce in the organized militia some
such system of records.
A regimental infantry band should
consist OF twenty eight enlisted men
organized as prescribed in paragraph
236, Militia Regulations. There is ne
authority to enlist additional men fol-
a regimental band, to carry them or
the rolls, or pay them from fund:
under Section 1861, Revised Statutes
Enlisted men detailed from the com
panies of a regiment to the band can
not be paid on the pay rolls Of TIT
band, but their names should, appeal
on the pay rolls. of their companies
or on detachment rolls.
Company musicians do not belong
to the band and should be attaches
thereto, as field music for ~cerenonie
only. Ordinarily they should remain
with their company where they hay
prescribed duties to perform. This /
particularly true at encampments, AM
in all field service, %(Infantry Drill
Regulations, 1911, paragraphs "a, 81
1913, etc).
The militia regulations, 1910, ar,
now under revision in the office o
the chief. division of militia affairs
and officers OF the organized militi;
are invited and urged to submit
through their adjutants general
recommendations and suggestions
with a view of making the regulation
more complete and valuable to al
concerned.
Black leather horse equipment
| SlOulu pG ISLnihGu AL AoS Go ASAA6 "a
serviceabIe. The fact that the leathe
is different in color from the lates
issue is not regarded as important
and certainly not as justifying an.
expenditure merely for the purpos
of making an Improvement in the ap
~pearance of an organization. What !
desired is sufficient serviceable equip
ment in order to obtain efficiency 1
training.
Deliveries OF the new pistol Colt
automatic pistol) will not be mad
by the contractors in quantities unit
after January, 1912, and all the pistol
! received under contract for severa
months will be required for the equip
|. ment of the regular army. Therefore
) the sale or issue of the pistols to tn
!. organized militia cannot be made un
til about July, next. The approx
mate cost will be $15 for the pistC
> and $1.35 for the holster.
Attendance at a state rife competi
1 J ton counts as one rendezvous 70