Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20
NlAYIoN F4E &c :, ,UARD
! DISTRICT | I6saG COLUMBIA

blanks. etc, all officers should have
copy of Field Service, Regulations,
| 1910; staff officers, should have L. 8. A
| Regulations, 1910, as amended; quarter
| masters should have orders referring es-
peclally to their work, general orders
| W. L.. Nos % of 1908, 110 of 1910 and
| 40 of 1912
The class in sketching should have
| small, smooth pine board. 1a"x14"x12", a
| cardboard scale of inches and tenths
| of inches (procurable at any book store),
one-half dozen thumbtacks, small rub
Der eraser, two lead pencils, medium
hard, compass trepeated because of its
| Importance, Alidade scale (procurable
Fort Leavenworth, Kan. at price of
| 10 cents EACH.
| Col. Parmeter's instructions to infantry
officers contain the following:
This camp of instruction for officers will
| be held the first three day of the annual
encampment.
Officers who have been furnished the
board, thumbtacks, eraser, pencils and
alidade scale will take them to CAMP All
officers will procure themselves the card
board scale and compass.
Officers who have been commissioned
since the issue of the articles mentioned
Will Immediately notify these headuuar-
ters the articles needed by them.
All officers who have not the orders
above mentioned will report to head
quarters without delay the numbers not
In their possession.
| At the last drill of the Signal Corps
Company of the National Guard of the
District of Columbia Nick Atrock OF
the Washington team wandered into the
Missouri avenue armory. He asked to be
shown the wireless. Capt O. c. Terry
| commanding. with Master Signal Elec-
trician De Groot, explained the various
parts of the set and it's operation. Al
trock was greatly interested
He was also shown the compact sets
used in field service. which have a radius
of about twenty-five miles, and the means
taken to erect siXty-foot pole and
antennae in few minutes were ex-
planned
hrst-class permanent wireless station at
the Missouri avenue armory, erected by
the members of the company under the
direction of Sergt. De GroOt. Many re-
cruits studying electricity and several
employed in. electrical pursuits have come
INTO the company recently on account of
the opportunity offered to learn wireless
telegraphy.
Several of the latest models of Signal
Corps. L. s. A. buZZers have been re-
ceived by the Signal Corps Company of
the National Guard of the District of
Columbia. These buyers far excel those
formerly used. and now being issued to
They are more compact in construction
and the tone of the bug is strong
er- The new type is easy to connect, and
In wet weather may be operated with
out undOing the leather lid. 1t Is of es-
pecial advantage to mounted men. as the
District signal men are. in handling.
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Capt Terry, commanding the Signal
Corps Company. has announced his in
tention of recruiting the signal COM
pany up to it's full minimum strength of
sxty-nine men. The present strength
of the company is three officers and fifty
five men. With acquisitions now being
filled. there will be enough new equip
ment to nit out company of siXty-nine
men.
1t will not be possible to take the en-
tire company to the next encampment,
as the company is a mounted organiZa
ton and the exepnse entailed would be
too great. In view of this Capt. Terry
has notified the members of the COM
pany that only those with record of
60 per cent attendance can go to camp
The attendance of the company is at a
high per cent, and, with this incentive
1t is expected will go even higher.
Among the recent recruits to the Signal
Corps Company are the following:
BY transfer-Harry c. Rockelli. from
the Naval Battalion: c. Crawford and
j. Boyce, from the LIST Battery. Field
Artillery.
BY enlistment-Willam P. Seaton, Will
liam ]. Thinker. II. Lybrand, D. Ormes
and E. Loff1er.
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There will be considerable disappoint-
ment among the members of the Ma
tional Guard when they learn that the
target season as outlined in the order of
March - has been postponed, until the
lSt of July. This step was made neces-
sary. 1t was declared. owing to the lack
of funds. Beginning with July l next,
the appropriations for the fiscal year will
be available and the expenses incident to
the holding of the target practice can
then be paid.
The order issued Yesterday, however
makes provision for opening the rifle
range. beginning May /. for the practice
of the members of the brigade rifle team
and authorizes the range superintenndent
to employ the necessary employees on the
range for the conducting of this practice
No further details for holding the tar
get practice at the later date are covered
in the order. but ii was said at the head
quarters that these will be prepared with
in a short time and each company will
know on what dates it will be due at the
range in Congress Heights.
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Private Frank A Goebel, Company c.
martial on charges of absenteeism. has
been sentenced to be dishonorabIy dis
charged and to pay a fine of S15 in de-
fault of which fine he will be required to
serve thirty days in jail. Goebel. ac-
cording to the charges failed to appear
Tor marching In the parade at the I'M
yelling of the John Paul Jones statue.
after orders had been issued to him:
failed to go to camp last summer and
was absent on numerous other occasions