Evening star., 1914-11-22
NO MILITARY SPIRIT
AS IN FORMER DAYS
Company K. I'd Infantry, Example
of Patriotism Followed in Breach,
Declare Its Guests.
Many Speakers at Annual Banquet
Insist on Need Of Fighting
Temperament.

Red blood flowing out of the veins
of the young men of the country until
there's hardly anything left but watet.
Patriotism thrown to the four winds.
leaving a nation fast falling into de
generacy! This was the picture painted
by speakers last night at the tenta
annual banquet of Company X. I'd In
| fantry. National Guard of the District
of Columbia, at the New Ebbitt Lack
of patriotism was deplored by tha
speakers. who told of the urgent need
of reviving the military spirit Com
pany X was held up as an example OF
the military spirit of pioneer days.
| lacking today.
Speakers of Evening.
Capt. l.. B. Ernest. commanding Com
pany X. acted as toastmaster. The
speakers included Col. Richard ID.
Simms \. G. d. C. retired. former
commander of the I'd Infantry: Col
William f. Harvey, n. G.. ID. c., COM
mander of the I'd Infantry: Maj. Alex
! ander summers. commanding 1st Bat
! talon. I'd Infantry; First Lieut. George
| Lynch. L. 5. Army. inspector or-instructor
assigned to the local National Guard,
| First Lieut. Townsend Whelan. I. :.
| Army, on duty at the division of mi
| litia affairs: William L. Guide OF tha
| Chamber of Commerce, Odell :. Smith
| of the Board of Trade, and William
| Knowles Cooper, general secretary OF
the Y NJ &. A.
Lieut.. Whelan spoke Of the need OF
INSTRUCTORS throughout the country TO
are lacking" he said. although IN
spots you find such schools, and one
of these spots is right in your COM
ipany." He urged the officers and men
lzf Il n ynnn fhn1T VI
cent work.
Col. Harvey praised Company X. and
spoke of the need of military training.
He declared that If the theory of our
lforefathers had been worked out.
whereby every able-bodied citizen be-
tween the ages of eighteen and forty
five would have been compelled 1"
serve in the organized militia, this
country wouldn't be in such sweat
as 1T is today.
Praise for Hosts.
| Having been charged by the War be-
lpartment with the duty of inspecting
company K, along with the organizs-
tions of the National Guard. Lieut.
Lynch had nothing but praise for this
command. Col. Simms traced the his
tory of the company briefly, and gave
some of the reasons for his success.
| Lack of local patriotic and military
| mers. He spoke of the need of some
way of stirring the patriotism OF young
men of Washington. He deplored the
fact that. out of a populati of $4,000
men of militia age only 1000 could he
enlisted In the District National Guard.
| Mr.. Guide declared that not only he
but his organization would do all in
their power to see that the members o
the District National Guard received
their salaries while away on military
duty at the annual encampments in
the summer.
Guests at Banquet.
Among those present were: Capt. L.
B. Ernest. commanding Company X:
First Lieut. F. c. Martin and Second
Lieut.. C. NJ. Reich.
Sergeants-R S. Boyd. A. L. Barnard.
F. Richardson.
Corporals-P. D. Lowell. A. c. u.
Krieg. H. c. Spengler. F. f. Varney. r..
H. Johnson and w. B. Allen.
Privates-David Becker, David Blake
lock. T. X. Brchard. Victor Brauner.
J. c. Breck. Ammi Brown. c. w. Bu-
chanan, r. S. Busch, f. T. Comegys.
F. D. Connor, E. E. Craig, A. S. Eaton.
H. CARROT, J. P. Garrity. J. p. Hass.
S. ]. Hilarides. w. q. L. Hutterly. j. L.
Jones. Q. J. Kluh. W. H. B, Leitch. A.
G. Maddox. w. E. Mctiill. w. +. Paul.
Halvor Paulsen, n. G; Porter, H. A.
Romayne, Howard Schaffer. -. l.
Schatz C. s Shields. W. j. Stewart, ).
NJ. Stockard. John Stumph. f. r.
Thomas, +. NJ. Weadon and T. NJ VII
| kins.
Col Richard u. Simms " G. u c
retired: Col. William L. Harvey. 2t
| Infantry, n. G. D. g.; Maj. Ai.Nsnd CO..
| Summers, I'd Infantry. y. q. L. G: FirSi
Lieut.. George Lynch L. s y. inspector
instructor. National Guard, District ''f
| Columbia: First Lieut.. Townsend
| Whelan. L. 5. A.; William r Gui".
Chamber of Commerce. odell : Smith.
| Board of Trade; William knowles
Cooper. general secretary, y. NJ. c. -.
| and Albert IL. Johnson.