Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15


sounded. Then there will be
much hustle about the Center
ter market and other armories
prior to the departure of the
National Guard of the District of Column
bia for camp near Harpers Ferry, w. Va.
The streets of Washington will be alive
with the citizen soldiery, and the un-
initiated may conclude that the National
Capital is in danger of invasion.
Orders have gone forth for the LIST Bat
TALON, LIST Infantry, to have its men drill
in service uniform from now on. They
will don their mud-colored suits. and then
will come visions of the embarkatiOn,
with the usual scenes at the trains. bid
ding friends goodbye, and next the ar
rival at the camp and taking the first
meal. The National Guard is expected to
make an unusually fine showing when
it marches through the streets to the
trains this year. The men will all be
picked. and nothing but the best will be
allowed to remain in the companies.
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The officers of the National Guard are
doing all they can to make the best of
the armory facilities in Washington. In
order to encourage the men, Maj Nc
Cathran of the LIST Battalion, LIST Infan-
try, has ordered the assembly, room to
until II o'clock pm, and from 10 o'clock
am. until ) o'clock pm Sundays.
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Efforts to obtain recruits for the Ma
tional Guard are being pushed with all
possible vigor in view of the ruling of
the War Department requiring fourteen
consecutive periods of military instrGc-
tim hofn fbn lot Of ont
One of the principal inducements to
desirable young men is the annual en-
campment. 8, e,-' -
First Lieut.. Conrad Praetorious, who
has just completed his examinations for
pany commanders at the next camp. He
has the good wishes of all of the officers
Of the 1st Battalion, 1st Infantry.
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First Lieut.. George A. Monagon, adju
tant of the LIST Battalion. LIST Infantry, is
burning much midnight oil of late and is
also using up much sunlight and all the
rest of his spare time studying the guard
mounting ceremony. He says he is go
ing to show the other adjutants how
guard should be mounted.
The spirit of the glee club which was
killed at camp last year. is lowering
about the armory. Lieut. George A.
Monagon. in conjunction with Maj. Luce,
is making attempts to revive the club,
which was mustered out at the 191o camp
because the colonel claimed that ii sang
too much out of tune as we'll as out Of
hours. Possibly the band Matched a con-
spiracy to rid the camp of the club be-
cause it could make more noise than the
whole band. An official investigation is
not expected
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claims to be the busiest man in the LIST
Battalion. LIST Infantry. He is getting.
his four camp outfits ready and claims
that by working overtime he will have
them all prepared by the first day of the
camp
A duel, in which the principals are
Capt John Moore and Capt. Will II.
Chase, is reported They are using rec
ords as weapons. 1t is authoritatively
said that Capts. Moore and Chase cac.l
has claimed that be has the best system
of keeping company records. The other
officers say they aTe!anxiously awaiting
the outcome, SO that they may start us
ing the best system. In the meantime
they all using systems of their own.
regardless of the great merits of the
systems of the "duelists.
Several men of Company b, list Infan-
try are trying for positions on the bri-
gade rife team. among them being First
Sergt McFayden and Private Clauser.
There are several other good shots in
the company.
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The Signal Corps Company of the Ma
tional Guard of the District of Column
ba has an inventor in it's ranks. He is
Serst F. \. De Groot and his inven-
ton is detector for use on the wire
less sets.
Those studying wireless at the Signal
Corps Headquarters are making rapid
progress The new instrument recently
WIRELESS SET u
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