Evening star., 1913-10-12

the uncertainty of statement on the part
of officers and non-commissioned officers
who should have had precise knowledge;
| facts that should have been of record
were not recorded. and the result is an
exhibition of vague belief, uncertain
thought and defective memory The
| statement of the counsel for the accused
! that it was his understanding that the
charges were ordered prepared by the
commanding general is without founda-
| tion in fact, was improper. and has no
| legitimate or equitable place In the pro-
| ceedings.
Changes in the Guard.
| The following appointments and pro-
motions by the President and casualties
and changes in the National Guard of
| the District of Columbia were an
nounced yesterday:
| Appointments, department of small
| arms practice-First Lieut.. Ralph a.
derman ordnance department. to be
captain. department of small-arms
practice July 10. 1913, vice Heiden-
reich. retired from active service.
First Infantry-Sergt. Frank A. Wed,
lieutenant. July 2, 1913. vice Fullam.
promoted Sergt James b. Jones. Com
pany ID. to be second lieutenant, July
| Is. 1918, vice Fawcett. promoted; Sergt-
| Marsh a. Bodenhamer, Company b, to
be second lieutenant, July 16. 1913. vice
| O'Neal promoted: Corp. Herbert e..
James. Company b. to be second lieu
tenant, July "a. 1913. vice Scharf, pro-
NOTED; First Sergt. John A. Dugan,
| Company II. to be second lieutenant.
July 80 1913, vice Brown. promoted:
Corp. j. Ralph Fehr, Company K. to
be second lieutenant. July 81, 1913. vice
| Monagon, promoted; Sergt. Alfred G.
| Schmidt. Company X. to be second
lieutenant. August g. 1913, vice Smith
| son, promoted.
Second Infantry-Private Victor II.
- he
| tenant, July Ia, 1913, vice Lohr. pro-
| NOTED: Battalion Sergt. Maj. Print E.
| Shomette, I'd Battalion, to be second
lieutenant. July 26, 1918. vice Hanne-
mann, promoted.
| First Separate Battalion-Sergt. West
A. Hamilton. Company B. to be second
lieutenant, July II. 1919 vice Smith.
| promoted; Sergt. Daniel Stewart. Com
| pany ID, to be second lieutenant, July
! 49, 1913, vice Newman, promoted.
Promotions.
Medical Corps-Maj. Clarence A. Weav-
er. retired. to be lieutenant colonel, re-
! tired, to date May 16 1913.
| First Infantry-Second Lieut.. Lemuel II.
| Windsor, to be first lieutenant, July 2,
| 1913, vice FaWcett, promoted.
Second Infantry-F'irst Lieut.. Herbert
! c. Earnshaw, to be captain, July IA,
| 1913, vice Burton, resigned; First Lieut..
Claude Burlingame, to be captain, July
Lieut.. I.enox r. Lohr, to be first lieu
| tenant, July II, 1913, vice Sharpless, pro-
NOTED. Second Lieut. Robert w. Hanne-
! mann. to be first lieutenant. July Is.
1913, vice Earnshaw. promoted. Second
l. Lieut.. Charles M. Hammond, to be first
lieutenant, July is, lef3 vice Davis, pro-
>moted.
First Separate Battalion-F'irst Lieut..
/ Sylvester III. E,pps. to be captain, July
| 16 19l3 vice Walker promoted First
Lieutenant Clarence c. H. Davis. to be
captain, July II, 1913, vice Webster, re-
/ tired from active service: Second Lieut..
John +. Smith, to be first lieutenant,
July II. 1913, vice Epps promoted; Sec
| ond Lieut.. Arthur C. Newman to be
first lieutenant, July is, 1913, vice Davis.
promoted
Casualties.
Resigned-First Lieut.. Louis c. Clau-
sci, I'd Infantry, September 20, 1913;
First Lieut.. William W. Vaughn I'd In
fantry. September 90. 1913.
| Capt George d. Dennison, n. G. d. C.,
retired has been detailed as range Of
| ficer during the rifle matches which will
| be shot at the National Guard range this
! week.
| One OF the first organizations of the
| guard to get down to business this fall
| is the Field Hospital, under command of
Maj Warren d. Fales. This organiza
/ ton has recently undergone some change
of status. Instead of being an ambu-
lance company, by which designation it
| has been known for years, it has been
changed to a field hospital. and such
| changes as were necessary have been
carried out bN>order of the chief surgeon.
Associated with>Naj. Fales is Lieut.. Will
| liam =. Hudson, who is also lieutenant
in the Medical Reserve Corps of the
army, and Lieut.. j. B. Began.
| N he &c h
mitted by Maj. Fales to the chief surgeon
! is of the most comprehensive that
| has ever been undertaken by a National
| Guard organization. There are to lie two
| complete courses, one to be composed of
| privates and the other of privates first
class. These classes will meet on the
| first and third Thursday evenings of the
month at O'Clock. The class for priv
Yates will be instructed by Lieut. Hud-
son and consist of the following topics:
Duties of the Hospital Corps Man, Hy-
| giene Anatomy, Physiology, Elementary
| First Aid, the Equipment of a Field Hos
! ptal and Its Care and Mess Management
| The class for private first class will be
! instructed by Lieut.. Began and will con-
sist of First Aid, Ward Management Ma
| terra Medica Nursing and Minor Surgery.
! Members of this class will be eligible for
/ examination and promotion to non-com-
! missioned officers.
| Under the regulations the strength of
| the Field Hospital is three officers and
4 1OElA three tuuSleu men, nine OF WhOTn
| are serseants. At present the organza-
/ tion is full and waiting list of desirable
| men has been established.
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Private Isadore s. Birnham, Hospital
| Corps. has been ordered honorably dis
charged from the National Guard of the
District of Columbia on account of his
removal from the District.
| Tie following named officers and>a de-
| tail of thirty men of the 1st Separate Bat
talon assisted in the reception rendered
by the citizens to the 10th United States
Cavalry. at Convention Hall: Mai James
Z. Walker, Capt Sylvester II. Epps First
| Lieut.. Louis H. Patterson. First Lieut.
John f. Smith First Lieut. Arthur c.
Newman and Second Lieut. West A.
| Hamilton. Among the men of the 10th
/ are quite number who We're former
members of the 1st Separate Battalion
Foot Ball Old Game.
From the London Chronicle.
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