Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-27

Corps men. Among those who furnished
entertainment features were Corp. Cas-
serly and Privates Eintenstein, Rockelli
and Foster of the Signal Corps Com
pany. and Sergt. Bryant of the LIST Bat
terry. Field Artillery. Other guests We're
Edward c. Stalcup. A. Stam j. Robsten
and j. Nagel. 1t is the purpose of Capt
Terry to give other entertainments in the
near future.
Recruiting is continuing steadily i'm the
Signal Corps Company. Sergt Edgar q
|, Barker was sworn in for another enlist
ment last Tuesday night. Another addi-
| ton TO the company is John {. Iseli.
First Lieut.. Russell NJ. MacLennan has
been designated. with the approval Of
District militia headquarters. as recruit
ing officer of the Signal Corps Company.
All instruction in visual signaling i'm the
Signal Corps Company is for the present
being conducted exclusively by First
Lieut. George NJ. Lands. The men are
showing marked improvement under hi
direction.
Another Washingtonian who obtained
his first taste of soldier life in the Ma
tional Guard of the District of Columbia
has made q success I'm the regulars. Tie
is Ray W. Barker. formerly a first lieu
tenant i'm the local organization. He a.so
| commanded the Signal Corps Mr.. Barker
has passed the preliminary examination
for second lieutepancy In the army.
having stood second on a list OF sixteen
| enlisted candidate@. He will take his
finals at Fort Ieavenworth this year.
! Barker resigned from the National
at the bottom. lie had been offered 4
West Point appointment by a congress
| man. but declined il. preferring 10. tahe
the harder route because of the expert
with the 18th Cavalry at Fort Myer. lie
is now in the Quartermaster Corps at the
same post.
Capt J. Harry Shannon. commanding
the 1st Battery Field Artillery. Nation
al Guard of the District of Columbia.
has rendered his resignation. Action
has not yet been taken on the same.
1t was with extreme regret that Gen.
Harries learned of the intention Of
the battery commander to leave the
brigade. Capt. Shannon was moved 70
take this step. 1T is explained. because
his time that he felt that he could
not give to the organization the at
tention he believed il should have.
The lst Battery. Field Artillery. VIII
go to Tobyhanna. Pa. August Il and
participating in the annual encampment
at Harpers Ferry. There will be a large
camp of regular batteries there, and the
guardsmen will be enabled to get much
practical work in the handling ~ Tho
field pieces They will not take any or
their equipment with them. but viii
use the guns of the regulars This viii
save a large amount of money usually
expended for transportation and Tor
horse hire
X X =
Company r. I'd Infantry. gave smok-
er i'm its quarters at the armory Friday
night. The speakers included Capt. l.. Z.
Ernest OF Company h. Capt. Beckstein
of Company F, and Corp. Walter {.
Rathbone, former colonel of the High
School Cadets of the District OF colum-
bia and an all-round athlete. There also
were songs and music. The smoker was
declared to be one OF the most sue
cessful ever given by the company The
meeting room was decorated with flags
and bunting IF. I'd Inf" was one of the
successful companies in athletics, dur
ing the past season. 1t has the cham
pion basket ball team OF the guard
league and captured large number OF
points in the National Guard meet