Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-07
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| at an altitude of go feet. the combined
| weight OF passenger and aviator to Dr.
| 30 pounds The landing test after thta
flight will be lJo feet from a given mark.
1 He must also volpiane from a height OF
800 feet with the engine cut of and land
within 800 feet OF given mark He
I must also make a reconnaissance flight or
| twenty miles. reporting on such features
| OF the country as shall be specified be-
fore the flight
The time and place OF these tests will
! be specified by the chief signal officer be-
| fore a board OF officers that he will
| select. Applicants passing the test will
| be given certificates military aviators
by the SecreGry OF War. and will be car
| ried on the army register as military
| ayiators.
| Arrangements are being made at the
/ War Department for the return OF the
| War Department aviators to College
! Park. The present plan was TO have
| them here by April |.
/ orders have been issued by the War
| Department To have the speed machine
ordered from that company completed
| first. instead Of one OF the weight-carrA-
ing machines. This Will make its de-
/ livery to the War Department May 1.
| The machine is designed for a speed OF
| sXty-five miles an hour. The weight
carrying machine it win replace viii be
| delivered June II.
Smokers are being held i'm the second
Battalion. I'd Infantry. the three COM
panies. T.. r and c. using this means
to advertise the social worth Of the Ma
| tional Guard.
Capt j. Harry Shannon will ask head
quarters permission to fire "A salute
each night the LIST Battery Field Artillery.
y. q. ID. G. holds a drill. The artillery
men love the smell of powder. IL they
/ had the chance to make little noise with
| their four guns once "A week there would
be 100 per cent attendance month in
and month out.
Capt Oliver l.. Spauldipg. United States
| Army inspector-instructor of this artillery
district, has been elected unanimously
member of the Battery Club This organ
ization is arranging a grand smoker, To
/ which men from the several batteries
Fort Myer will be invited. The invita-
ton will be sent to the fort i'm apprccia-
ton of the help the regulars have been to
the National Guard battery which graces
! the District Of Columbia brigade.
F.; Secretary of War Stimson has disap-
proved OF the recommendation OF the
national militia board. which recently met
here, that caretakers be employed for
United States property in the possession
of the organized militia II was proposed
TO pay them out of the federal allotments
| at rate not to exceed 500 a year. Ii
| was pointed out i'm an opinion by Judge
Advocate General Crowder that while the
property issued belongs TO the United
| States. the custody and control is vested
! in the governors of the states and the
commanding general of the District OF
Columbia. When the custody OF the
property is thus turned over. he contin-
| ues, its care devolves upon the new GUS
| todians and ceases TO become a burden
on the United States.
The Secretary's approval is given to
the boards recommendation that militia
officers be required to file corporate
hrv,xl xx-itb ltrat.
their state for public property issued to
| them. ~
| In anticipation of pararding i'm the cere-
| mony attending the unwilling of the
statue of John Paul Jones lin Potomac
Park, April Il, the two drill evenings
of the Naval Battalion preceding that
date will be devoted TO school Of the
company by the entire battalion. Few
| people not familiar with naval affairs
realize how the reserves are handicapped
! in making d good military showing in
parades and infantry drills. The naval
militiamen not only are required TO per-
| form the duties of soldier but must
be proficient sailors. Here are few
of the subjects studied and discussed
during the two-hour drill periods Thurs
day evenings: General ship regulations,
guards and sentries. messengers and
lookouts. salutes and honors: parts of
ships and ship fittings; clothing and
hammocks; the compass. lead line and
the helm: knots and splicing; signaling
boat drills and exercises; gun drills; ship
drills; electricity and steam engineering.
Enthusiasm is waxing stronger among
the members of the Naval Battalion at
the prospect of a dance i'm the new
armory. Plans for this event are on
foot and the committee appointed to con-
duct the affair is getting schemes to-
gether to make il enjoyable event
The committee is composed of the fol-
lowing: A. w. Common. .. NJ. I'd Divi-
Sd Division; H. Becke, Q. NJ. second
class, 4th Division. and Seaman r b.
Miller. LIST Division.
1t will be strictly a Naval Battalion
affair and no member of the organization
Will be permitted on the floor not in
uniform.
Ensign Rollin y. ConWeIl. resigned, re-
Gently senior engineer officer of the Dis
trict Reserves, aud now resident of
Newark, n. j.. is in this city owing to
the serious illness of his father. En-
sign Conwells father was "A captain in
the LIST Indiana Cavalry during the civil
war
The company team match. open to
teams of five men from each company
who had never qualified as markSmen or
better i'm special course &C." and who
had attended gallery instruction at least
three times during 1872, was shot i'm the
SdlierH VI the center Market AilllofN
Monday, Tuesday, "Wednesday and
Thursday of last week. The match CON
sisted of fifteen shots, five each in the
prone, sitting or kneeling and the stand
ing positions. 1t was won by Company
X. I'd Infantry. with the score Of :i25.
The scores of the contesting teams fol-
low: Company X. I'd Infantry. 325;
Company &, I'd Infantry. 299; Company
+, I'd Infantry, 245; Company @, LIST In
fantry, 2S9: Company l., LIST Infantry 2s4:
Company +. LIST Infantry. 2s5; Company
L. I'd Infantry. 2S1: Company NJ. I'd In
fantry, 26s; Company ID. LIST Separate
Battalion, 30: Company -. I'd Infantry.
265; Company b. LIST Infantry. 2tD: Com
pany L. I'd Infantry. 243: Company A. "a
Infantry. 234; I'D Division. Naval Bat
TALON 233; Company ID. LIST Tnfantrg.
DDS: Company b, LIST Separate Battalion,
225; Company b. I'd Infantry. 217: Com
pany II, LIST Infantry. 217; Company 4.
LIST Separate Battalion. 1874; Company +,
LIST Infantry, III: Company A. LIST Sep