Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-11

i ing to camp.
1t won't he long before the
rockies are rubbing their backs and Won
dering when they are ever gong ~ SCI
those bitches dug around the tents
Wednesday is the day the boys star
| that is all organizations except the i0
Field Battery and the mounted liiei' Va
the Signal Corps Company. These ia'tei
da shing cavaliers will WIND 'hei ioi6
| column of horses. guns, wagons anu va
gage out of the city some tiiie 'i'S
morning. The hour set Is ciock' ou'
!, is the inyariable rule that minor delays
Will prevent the column from respoi'uIns
to the bugle's brassy FORWARD u''' :
| o. clock at the earliest.
Three days will he consumed in this
march over the roads-three me days
full of fun and hard work. The horses
will lie green far as military WORK II
concerned and the men will cuss ana
swear and pray to be delivered from
another enlistment That feeling will dis
appear by the time the first week Is pass.
The picket line at night VIII he quiet AFTER
the FIRST few days. and the KICKING, Win
nying horses will take 80 the ouSie
\ stable call with marvellous doclilly; ne
| tWo-dollar-a -day truck horses VIII take
on the attitude of the chargers Whlch De
came famous at Balaklava, and VINO knows
but that Bolivar Heights may go gum
mering down the sands or time ehrobed
| in a gown of pure white fame that VIII
put the military and near-military annals
of the past To blush
For three days the artillery battery and
| Signal Corps Company Will blvouac under
| shelter tents: will eat out of hand on the
| field and be glad when taps bids good
night to the laughing stars that have
seen many and many National Guard
company suffering in agony on its first
| night in camp.
| And remember you rockies. the first
man who throws a cigarette stump in
company street may have to peel pota-
| toes for d week.
| The quartermasters department has
completed all details, according to re-
ports. for a circular has been issued as
| signing wagons and trains.
| To get the baggage and equipment to
camp on time, wagons have been ordered
| to report at the several armOrieS at )
o'clock tomorrow morning, and the prop
erty will be hauled to the railroad yards
at New York and Florida avenues north
east
Field ovens will be issued to the COM
panies in camp. although the LIST Separate
| Battalion. the LIST Battery and the Signal
Corps Company will take their ovens
with them.
| Precisely at $ O'Clock next Wednesday
morning the first section of the triple
jonted troop train for Harpers Ferry will
pull out of the yards. One Pullman,
eight coaches and a stock will carry
| the commanding general and staff, Off
GERS of the staff departments and the
| staff "nOn-coms. Capt. Edward Nevis.
quarternaster's department. Will be
duartermaster for this first section
| Troops and horses of the 1st and I'd
Infantry will follow at half-hour in
= TO-. tI,,-..
will be quartermaster for the second
section. carrying the 1st Infantry. and
Capt. Harry c. Werlich will do the
work for the last section and the I'd
Infantry.
Three men to two seats. with the extra
half seat for rifles and shelter tent
rolls will be the rule. as usual.
Capt. James B. Allison, 9TH United
States Infantry. Observation-Disclosures.
will be the busy officer at camp. all
right. Just read this assignment of
duties for regular officers. and be your
own judge. Maj. Irving w. Rand will
go with the Medical Corps. Capt. Oliver
Spaulding. with the artillery; Capt.
George A. Wieczorek of the AID Com
pany. Coast Artillery. will be assigned
to inspect the Signal Corps Company;
| Lieut.. Francis b. Eastman. an army
officer assigned as instructor to Della
| ware College, will probably inspect the
I'd Infantry. Capt. Allison will have
brigade headquarters. the 1st Infantry
and the 1st Separate Battalion to in
aspect. Outside of that he will have little
to do. except help Maj. Parmenter.
The exact status of National Guard pay
| is outlined in recent circular from head
| quarters. in which the following para
| graphs shed light on the important sub
| ject of money ready to be distributed:
1.-The pay for enlisted men will be paid
this year for attendance at camp near Har
| pers Ferry, w. Va. from August II to
August 49, 1912. both dates inclusive. in
| case of the land forces, except in case of
| enlisted men. other than government en-
ployes. performing duty prior to August
| II Or subsequent to August 49, 1912. who
| will receive pay for the number of days
| duty performed in addition to the camp
| period, and for attendance at annual
cruise from July il to July "a. 1912. both
dates inclusive. in case of Naval Bat
| talon.
| 1.-THE pay for enlisted men provided for
| qualification on the target range for year
| 1912 will be paid this year When an en-
| listed man has qualified as expert, sharp
| shooter or marksman for year 1872 nota-
| ton to that effect will be made on the
pay roll in column of ''Remarks"-for ex-
ample ample Expert 1872 "sharpshooter
| 1872" or "Marksman 1912"
| THE superintendent of the target
range will notify each company COM
mander or other proper commander. of
the highest qualification made during
the target year 1912 by enlisted men Of
the various organiza tons, in order that
proper nOtations may be made on pay
rolls.
THE percentage of attendance of en-
listed men of land forces will be calcu-
lated from August 2S. 1911 (the day
after close of the Frederick camp), to
August 13. 1912 Cthe day before the
Harpers Ferry CAMP: the percentage
of attendance of enlisted men Of the
Naval Battalion will be calculated from
July "a, 1911 (the day after the close
of cruise of 1910. to July 10. 1912 ithe
day before the cruise of 1922.
| The ordered assemblies during
aforementioned periods will include
all drills. parades, practice marches
and practice cruises ordered by these
headquarters and by commanders of
regiments, battalions. companies and
divisions; all sessions of schools held
on days or night other than the regular
drill assem- lieS; the annual inspection,
and the two days ordered practice on
the target range. which will count as
two assemblies teXcept for members of
| the Hospital Corps, who are not re-
Quired to fire..
when an enlisted man is tried by
court martial for an absence from an
ordered assembly. whether convicted
For acquitted. such absence Will be
ignored in calculating percentage OF
attendance