Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-11
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II ~ ganizations composing the Ma
tional Guard of the District of
Columbia. Missouri is going to build
national guard armory at st. Louis
it is said This officer is travelling
about the country getting ideas on the
construction of such building. and il
is believed that by the time the show
me- state is ready to begin the de-
signing of this building the men hav-
ing charge of 1T will have at hand
enough data to enable them to design
one OF the finest structures of its kind
in the country. The officer was shown
plans for the proposed armory i'll this
city. and he received much help from
the officials at the National Guard
headquarters in his preparation Of de-
tails from the designs of the proposed
building here. He also asked for
copies of the various forms and blanks
used in the official work of the local
organizations. Some of the ideas from
these blanks. it is expected. may be
used for the Missouri guard
The officers of the National Guard of
the District while in camp this sum-
mer will not have to burn midnight
oil and have tents filled with odor
of kerosene and carry around burned
fingers because they tried to get used
to fixing wicks They are making plans
at the guard headquarters to have ''all
the comforts of home in the tents
where the officers do their work and
plan their campaigns. When the camp
is established at Harpers Ferry there
will be a fine acetylene gas light plant
installed, and this will furnish six
burners for the headquarters tents.
Plans are now being perfected for the
placing of these lights at places near
the desks in the tents where they can
be most advantageously used.
Capt. Robert B. Johnson. commissary.
ID Infantry, has been granted leave of
absence for six months from June 1.
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The members of Company N 1st In
fantry. and their friends, assembled at
the armory Friday night and listened to
talks on soldier life and advice to the
embryo fighters while they blew smoke
through the air from cigars. The COM
pany cook. William Bright prepared the
food that was served. Among those
who spoke were Col. Charles II. Ourand
of the LIST Infantry, Lieut.. Col Young.
1st Infantry, and Maj. George L. TAFT. Sd
Battalion, 1st infantry.
Plans for the national matches at Camp
Perry, Ohio. next fall were discussed
membership some of the crack shots of
the guard little doubt was expressed of
their ability to bring home some of the
trophies from that meet.
Those having charge of the entertain
ment were First Sergt. Howard ThOmp-
son, @. NJ. Sergt. Edwin j. Weiskoff.
Sergt. Alfred G. Schmidt and Musician
Edgar II. Gerber.
Capt Edwin W. Pullman Of Company
X. 1t was stated will remain at the head
of that company and also will perform
the duties required of him by his present
detail as adjutant, LIST Infantry.
Under orders issued yesterday the fol-
lowing were ordered honOrably discharged
from the National Guard:
His own application Privates Arthur
Hately, Company Is, I'd Infantry: John j.
Connors and Harold p. Woertendyke,
Signal Corps Company.
Removal from the District. Privates
Robert Carlin and George Kettner. Com
pany G, LIST Infantry; George w. Nc
Gowan, Company l. 1st Infantry, and
Corp. William c. Curtis, Company Is, I'd
Infantry.
The following We're ordered discharged
without honor on account Of being con-
tinuously absent from the command with
out leave for three months: Privates
Harry Farrell, George III. Massey and
George II. Rawlings, Company |, LIST In
fantry.
Orders have gone out from the War De-
partment that no officer or enlisted man
of the organized militia shall be paid for
any time he is off during an encampment.
Secretary Garrison Of the War Depart
ment has given instructions that the
army officers charged with the duty of
mastering the organized militia shall pre-
vent the payment Of salaries for services
not rendered.
The order on this subject sent out by
10 division noiliti1 affairs Of the War
Department follows:
THE War Department is i'll receipt of
information to the effect that certain Of
ficers and enlisted men of the organized
militia participating in camps of instruc-
ton and other joint exercises have in the
past been mustered and paid for periods
during which they were actually absent
from their duties on leaves of absence. on
pass. by verbal permission or for other
causes. In some instances the members
OF the organized militia referred to have
spent the nights in camp. but they have
been present during only a portion of
the day, remaining absent III night and
portion of the day. and at times
manned absent for periods varying from
one to several days. The essential con-
siderat:on in all these cases is that serv
ice was not rendered and instruction was
not irnparted--the cause of the absence be-
ing immaterial. The funds provided by
the government to forward the instruction
of the militia were spent to no purpose.
'In6 secretary VI w dT, uI1OcI udIG VI
June %, 1905, stated: Members of the
militia are entitled to pay only while on
duty and not while on leave during the
period. of encampment of the militia of
which they are members.
Upon request for an opinion as TO
whether an officer of the organized mill
tia on duty at encampments is entitled
to pay while on leave under proper orders
during a portion of the period while the
encampment is in progress the controller
of the Treasury held that he is not en-
titled to pay during the time specified
I'm order that this state Of affairs may
be corrected. the Secretary of War has
directed that the practice be brought to
the attention of the officers Of the army
charged with the duty of mastering the
organized militia for pay, and that they
be instructed to adopt measures that will