Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-21
M|flNATIoNAI
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small number of enliStnentS re-
Gently i'm the local militia, blaine
il upon the fact that there are practically
no armory facilities worthy oi the nan
of such for a militia organization Of the
proportions OF the local brigade. II -
a fact. il is declared by some officers
that the enlistments during the present
season have been few. and some OF TIT
organizations have resorted TO oiei'
prizes i'm an effort to stir up interest
among the guardsmen and TO urge them
10 bring in recruits.
COMPLAINT is heard in almost every
quarter about how the lack of armory IA
ci;itfes l. holding back the local National
Guard. There is practically nothing 10
,fye~ 70 ,-o,,ne men in the way Of clubbing
facilities i'm connection with their Ma
tioraI Guard work. il is declared. Won
der is even expressed that the local Ma
tionaI Guard is able TO make the showing
that it does.
Even should the armory De authorlZeu
this year, il is declared, 1t would be four
or i've years before it could be completed
The plans. however, have already been
prepared. and all that is needed is Tor
congress To authorize the building of the
structure and to appropriate enough
mouev To carry the building operations
through one year. u would only take a
comparatively small amount each year. IL
i declared
The National Guard Of the District of
Columbia it Is declared, Is one Of the
very few such organizations when nave
not a proper armory. Nl tnreush New
England said Lieut.. Russcll NJ Mac
Lehman of the Signal CornS, one can see
an armoTy in almost every town NO
matter how small the town, one OF the
public buildings OF whlcd IL boasts -
usually an arnory for its National truafd.
Even If there was onlE = company ~ ol
militia in a town there was = nice large
aTqnory. many times larger than was
needed even for one company. The local
National Guard should certainly be pro-
vided with an armory. II would ne tue
means Of greatly increasing the present
strength al the organization. and II
would brins to the Guard high class OF
young men.
\ board OF medical officers Yesterday
was appointed To conduct professional
and physical examinations for promo
tons in and appointments Of the Medical
Corps IF the National Guard OF the Dis
trict vi Columbia. This board IS to con
sst OF Mai Romulus 4. Foster, Mag.
Charles Il. Luce and Mai. Warren ID.
Falcs OF the Medical Corps \. q. u. 4.
They viii conduct an examination for
the promotion of Lieut. William Il. Hud-
to he captain, and examinations OF
Or DINfd ". Tastct and Henry w. Free
man. local physicians, for appointments
a. first Eeutenants in the Medical Corps
OF the National Guard.
The Ist Battery. Field Artillery. \. q.
u. .. has attracted the attention of Boy
Scouts al the city. \ number % them
appeared ut the battery 5 a~mory last
week and obtained instruction in the
handling o. the field pieces y Boy Scout
lV..S s-sueJs III each batteTyman and
together they went through the drills of
Imber.us and unlimbeging the heavy
guns. Afterward they were permitted to
80 through the drills alone. and t was
declared taht they did this part OF the
work like trained batteryInen. The troop
Gleh had the instruction last week was
Troop ~ from Anacostia. 1t was in
charge Of Scoutmaster Clarence elliott,
former member of the local battery.
The battery has reported the following
enlistments Elworth y. Watson and
Myron T. Summers.
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The dates for the annual inspections of
the National Guard of the District of Co
lumbia have been tentatively mapped out
al National Guard headquarters. Under
the tentative schedule the inspections will
begin March IL, a couple of months later
than last var. This date was set Tor the
beginning, it was stated. in order to al
low the organizations time TO prepare
themselves for the event.
However, it will not be known whether
the dates set out at headquarters stand
until a reply is received from Maj. Gen.
Barry. commanding the Eastern Division.
under whom the inspections come. When
his reply is received the orders for the
inspections and the dates will be publish
ed IN an order.
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With rating for the recent target sea-
son which is twice high as that of
any other company in the National
Guard of the District of Columbia. Com
pany X, I'd Infantry, still maintains its
nigh standard in rife practice.
Corp. Harry T. Richardson obtained
the highest rating in the company with
OF 224 out Of a possible 2.n
I'rivatcs j. +. Maupin and +. W. Gibson
have scores OF -; each TO their credit,
while Corp. +. L.. Lowell is next with
10
There arc thirteen men in the company
with I'll" rating of experts, twelve sharp
shooters and seventeen marksmen.
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Although the tentative cavalry drill
regulations which were worked out al
the cavalry camp last summer and
which were demonstrated in Potomac
Park here to President Wilson and
number of army officers, are in the
hands Of the printer, and viii be issued