Evening star., 1912-11-24

Columbia nearer to the stand
ard Of the United States Army.
the requirements OF the field
service regulations regarding detach-
ments Of field hospital men for each
regiment are about to be followed, ac-
cording to an announcement by Lieut..
Col. Luther H. Reichelderfer, Medical
Corps. n q. ID. G.
Twelve Hospital Corps men will be at
fached 10 each regimental infirmary. and
later this number may be doubled, as
twenty-four is the number prescribed 10y
the field service regulations. AS nu-
cIeus. six experienced men have been de-
tached from the present field hospitai
and will be detailed to duty with the
already existing infrmaries in the 1st
and Cd Infantry regiments. Maj. Rom
ulus A. Foster, commanding the infirm-
airy of the 1st Regiment, and Maj. Charles
r. Luce. commanding the infirmary OF
the od Infantry, will instruct and dril
the new organizations, which will have
system Of internal administration closely
resembling that of an infantry company.
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Men who served in the 1st District OF
Columbia infantry. United States Noiun-
teers, in 1898, and there are plenty OF
them now members OF lAt -Natt'iA''i
Guard of the District of Columbia, nave
been approache on the subject of form
i'm a regimental association OF the sur
vivors Of that organiZa ton Although
there are several Spanish war ofSahlzd-
tious there is no distinctive reSimental
body to keep alive the memories ana IRA
ditions of the list d. c., as a Whole.
Company / of the regiment has continued
its organization, and the suggestion 10
organize "A regimental ASSOCIATION comes
tho
meeting of the company Col X ID.
Sjmms n G. II. c.. retired. was CHOSEN
chairman ex officio of temporary com
mfttee To confer with members OF the
regiment in an endeavor to start such an
organization.
1T is now nearly fifteen years since We
were in service" says Col. Simms- Ihe
time has come when We certainly shouiu
have recimental organization to Keep
alive the memory of our ASSOCIATION TO-
gether in the service and for the sake ol
old times as well. l believe that such
organizations are not only pleasant and
beneficial TO ourselves, but IN ADDITION
serve to foster real patriotism In others.
Names and addresses or the men or Inal
regiment are wanted by Col. Simms, 3btn
and NJ streets northwest, or by any of the
members of the executive organization
committee composed of the following:
Mai. Thacker V. Walker, I'd Infantry,
\. G. d. c.: Henry T. Teel. Richmond.
Va. Warren V. Reed, 1ooi 9th street
northwest: d. y. Davis. metropolitan
police force: John ]. Lynch, Leonard \.
Rosser Alexandria, Va, and w. c.
Whip, SO 11th street southeast.
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No little satisfaction is to be gained
from the recent announcement from the
War Department of the plans for the
organized militia that the National
Guard of the District of Columbia will
nf ho
tactical division, and in this manner be-
come the only militia organization to be
classed with regular troops for tactical
purposes.
The recently published plan for
reorganizing the land forces of the Unit
ed States divides the United States into
sixteen tactical divisions, and the first
four are made up entirely of regular
troops with the single exception of the
National Guard of the District of Column
bia. The Districts brigade would be mob
iized with the fourth division. The
available information on the subject does
not specify what regulars are included
in the fourth division. but it Is natural
TO assume that the troops at Fort Myer
would be the immediate neighborS in
a mobilization order which called for a
movement of the entire tactical division
The divisions are made up of four bri-
gades, as a rule. TO which are attached
such extra organizations as the 1st Bat
terry. Field Artillery. \. G. d. G: the
Field Hospital the Ambulance Company,
the Signal Corps Company, ETC.
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Under the District of Columbia appro-
priation act, which corresponds to the
state appropriations of other National
Guard organizations. the local brigade,
exclusive of the Naval Battalion, re-
ceived S74.414 for the fiscal year ending
June 30 next In addition, under sec
tion 1861, Revised Statutes, 1t receives
this year S31,0Ioss. and under the act
of May -, 1898, S19 S23.3a
One morning last August the reports
showed 1,61T men in camp, and that fig
Will be used total strength.
How. then, does the District of Columbia
militia compare with such militia organi
cations as are supported by the generous
state of New York, and the state Of Cali
fornia. and few others2 In the first
place New Yorks total strength. as given
in a recent report. is 1900 men. In one
fell sweep the treasury of the Empire
state pours out S69S.3SS for their support
militiamen. This latter sum is the
state equivalent of the N4.414 provided
by the District appropriation bill. APP
proximately New York gives $500 from
its treasury for the support of each
militiaman, and the National Guard of
the Distinct of Columbia receives ap-
proximatcly from the District appropria-
tion bill. on the half-and-half plan, 80
for each militiaman, using the high
water figures of the camp morning re-
port. The District fares better than
the Maryland troops on state appropria-
lions. for the S1oGv9 given by the state
is for the support of 2,l0i men, a per
capita of approximately S33.25. Yet these
figures pale before the native genorsity
2.G1i militiamen receive from the state
SftI,oJo, which means SCI to per man.