Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29

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instead of going into camp, the details
have not yet been received by the local
-. "a as,o,sa ,,.I1ich +bo rarious
mat the propleins "Hich the Val NUS
militia organizations thatb are to par
ricipate in the maneuvers are to work
out are vet in the hands of the officers
80 - " ra,,aea bere and
OF the Army war Noilese mere am.
probably will not be ready Tor several
weeks So the only thing determined at
hi .;,. 10 +ba fact 1ba, there will
i'' '-t"e 20 -, -. Ill, =, ,,.r-
oe maneuvers ana tilat theN wiz III gu
eral involve the attack and defehse Oh
washington -.,
The infantry regiments an" es,'.'i
corps Company OF the local Ndtioiid'
Guard will attempt to defend their nome
city and their nations capital, While the
1st Battery. Field Artillery. \. q: d G..
Will be torn away from the local forces
- be assigned to the attacking party.
While the problems to be worked out
viii involve attack and defense of the
,apftaI. The naneuvers will cover a wide
H.. nutnosts of the defending forces some
i',,,ncs fron7 tha ritv AZ tentatively
,yoTJ5ed ont il is proposed to have the
atta,kior marty land its troops from
traTsnnrts az so,,e noipt along the Ches-
.,'aaIa ~, ,nrth ~ E,ort Monroe and
making such distribution of the various
arms of the service as is necessary
ital
In the red or attacking party will
be the field artillery of the local
National Guard. a battery of field
tillerv from the Virginia National
Guard A field hospital and sanitary
troops from the Maryland National
Guard two brisades of infantry from
Pennsylvania one brigade of infantry
from New Jersey. From Pennsylvania
also Will come a squadron of cavalry.
TWO companies OF engineers ana Sleiidi
S anu otre s'iGapi pii % ,.i,ei
W an A'o'i' camp w III w.
In rho china, mr. defordino f,rce will
b. - l7a;ti go ~ I,,tt &C ~ 1ai
%t;naI S,ri @ ae 70, 'i'e ia a.
fantrv from West xirriSia a brieade
from MARYLAND a brigade of infantry
from Virginia and two battalions of in
fantrv from Delaware New Jersey
will send a squadron of cavalry A signal
company and a field hospital with SAM
tary troops. Maryland will contribute
q troop of cavalry, while Virginia will
send two batteries of field artillery to
NO 40, sq i OF on,sed states cavalry
Tba exar+ 5a+a for tLa b;r ..,,.o., l,.
MOI vet heen set bII+ ~ is T,,. ha1io,.a5
thar il will he Tho Iat1er n.,r, ~ III,
or the first of Aug1st
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National Guard o1hcefS are To take
w trAe' -hhle eest rae: taken annual
.bat &c ne " !lt regular
Of Masstc, tile ,Na'iT INA Ilard oln-
CONC ~. :, m, a. -. my o[uers nave
rod ,niI;+ia 80 IN e: VI tiIa oi san
will find HEN oafinni,1o "a . ~ apdi II
the Massachusetts biiis 0 an ous"
An officer of the local National Guard
declared that in his oninio,, ~ [,-o,,i5 "a ~
a good thing for oil Es,ioJ',, Go Az =, sc
GERS TO take these tests eyerx ,.aar o'-i-
:. =
Exs,,;,.,;or, -
National Guard and privates who are
seeking promotion are being nrenarea at
National Guard headGusrtars Tbase 90. a.
aminations will he takan h., 80 -
have been attending the schools cnndmct
ed by the instructor sergeants JetaiIsd
from the regular army To tba tool "
tionaI Guard About 100 men viii tate
these examinations II lie dacIarad 'e'f>e
The men who COME ort s,,cceSsf,, .
these tests are given certifcates 81 mo.
ficiency. which excuses them from fur
Their attendance at the schools
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va,
HLth the Inspection next Friday night
" me neadquarters National Guard. Dis
~. OF oo.unhia, and all officers of the
s 81 aeparsnents and post non-comms-
s,oheu s'aH' the annual inspections of
G Cnr ana organizations Of the District
ouaru VIII De at an end During the
Week IL was reported that organiZa tons
80 iar examined have not come up TO the
expectations of the inspecting officers so
Ier as numbers We're concerned. As far
as efhciency goes. many of the organ
-a ,;Sn nave mace excellent shoWings.
week arc So,,narTas tur lIspectioh TINS
try, Monday: C.ou1naries 80 NJ w ar
Infantry. TUESDAY be,dl,,,. a!.u vi. is'
staff and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS tee 80 ~,
Companies A and q 1s+ Sa,,rota 1 an"
talon. "Wednesday ana Co,,naIias =. o. o.
D. LIST Senara+G 6a+,aIi, iT!. anu
''o' study
On the night of its annual in
soetuoh 'he signal Corps Company
save q banquet IN honor of the inspect
Lls oE1cefS- MAJ Leroy ". Heron, in
SpeU.oT general y G. u. c., and Capt.
Mliham NJ Fassett. [. : A. the regu-
ar army inspecting officer, Were the
quests OF honor at the feast which was
sven M the private dining room of the
Iess ,iup.
APT o. G Terry and Lieut.. Russell!
" -hacLehfan OF the signal Corps Com
pam ana capt tassett made brief ad-
Iiesses' among those present We're
a-Ieut. George NJ Lands of the signal
~ Saili|i'ioh, Master signal Electrician
oMaFa ,rahdail. FIrst Serst- w. +.
MIN, SSitts- Louis Winters, E y. John
soii' Hlilidi -LanS1oFd. Robert Hurfurth
Itio 'oseph t. HodSe; Corporals Will
I'm I'm brennan JACK Edwards and Will
va;ii; "a fElVates harry Rockelli.
- 80, t%Gr' FSt'flck Porter. De-
rtI,l oIHles' hugo ZWicHer, AZ
tHNAt! anu RANK Sloan, and SeTat Mil