Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-12-17
COMPANY M" HAS DRILL
FIRST IN NEW ARMORY
New Recruits Mustered in and
Receive First Instructions.
MOISAN'S MEN VICTORIOUS.
Win Indoor Baseball Match Over
corporal LOwman's Aggregation
Score rs To Is.

The largest attendance since the
.opening of the new armory marked
the drill of Company Nj Monday night.
Quite a good-sized audience was pres
eut, and the drill and baseball game
which followed were both enjoyed.
Considerable time was taken up by
the issuing of blue uniforms to the
men.
Two excellent recruits were mus
tered in and received first instruc-
tions, and others signitied their inten-
tion of joining the company shortly.
There are still about twelve vaean-
cies, but it is likely that a machine
gun detachmeu, will be formed as
soon as Company Nj is recruited to
its full strengh Of fifty-eight eplisteG
men.
Corporal Moisan's chickens were
again victorious over Corporal Low.
mans aggregation of indoor baseball
players. the score this time being
26 TO 18. The little fellows played
wonderfully fast game, and much
improvement was Indicated by the
work of both sides.
The members of the first platoon
are not dishearteDed by their two
de faats, but expe cted to have their
team strengthened by some new
blood, and will trv again next week
There was some informal basket
ball playing last night, and the sport
is to be put on an organized basis
shortly A challenge has been re-
ceived from Company + stationed al
Hyattsville, which belongs to the
same battalion as Company M. the
First, commanded by Major Hugh r
Riley,
Though no serious trouble is antic-
ipated in securing the full member
ship of the Company. the local OH
GERS have been surprised in a number
of cases recently to find that youths
who desired to join were prevented
by the opposition Of parents or EN-
ployees, the opposition being geuer
ally based on the fact that the young
men would lose about a week during
the summer on account of the camp
This stand is surprising in view OF
the fact that these parents and em
ployers are not only preventing these
young men from securing the benefits
of by far the best thing in Annapolis
in the way of a place for exercise
and he althful amusement, but are re
fusing to allow them to perform
patriotic duty a add to do their part to
help an organization that is aiming
to be an honor to Annapolis Many
people forget that the National Guard
is TIE American substitute for large
standing army, and that without this
system, the country would be with
out any adequate military force o.
would have to tax its people to main
tain large regular army.
1t is, therefor, a most unpatriotic
act for anyone to stand in the way
of youth becoming a guardsman
Any employer should be glad TO make
the small sacrifice of allowing az
eDploye few days off in tn summer
for the encsmpment.
Those connected with the local
company are determined to make it
as good an organization of the kind
as exists in the United States. This
can only be done by securing the
best of our young men as members.
and everyone come cted with then
should be proud to have them belong
to an organization with such ideals.
As a matter of fact, the difficulty OF
getting off for the encampment is
not serious, az there has never been
any real trouble where proper notice
is given employers, and this the Off
GERS instruct their men to give, and
are glad TO take the matter up them
selves If necessary.