Evening star., 1914-04-26
pany KS hopes for new quarters have

been realized.
Company K has plans completed fol
several outings to take place over. Sun
days. These outings will not be merely
for pleasure. the officers having outlined
a course of instruction which will be
given to every man who goes, and Wher
the time for maneuvers arrives K Com
pany will have obtained some valuable
instruction for field service which men oil
other commands will be experiencing fol
the first time.
While nothing definite is yet known re-
garding the call for the organized militia
in the Mexican trouble, 1t may be that
the local brigade will be needed. II so.
Capt. Ernest. as he told the company
last Wednesday evening, is counting on
practically the entire strength of X Com
pany to respond.
Edward A Gisburne, chief wireless op-
orator Of the U. S. 8. Florida, who was
wounded at Vera Cruz, in the first en-
gagement incident to the occupation OF
that city by American naval forces, was
at one time member of Company K,
ID Infantry.
/; I'VE are ready said Capt Louis C.
Vogt of the list Battery. Field Artillery,
last night as he paused from his work
Of getting the battery prepared for any
not be disappointed. all of the boys are
anxious and ready"
From the looks of the battery armory
any one would say that something was
as busy men opened them and started
unpacking munitions Of war. All the
old khaki uniforms have been taken
up and new olive drab uniforms is
sued in their place. One extra section.
comprising eight caisson bodies and
the battery up to full war strength.
The recruiting officers are busy, for
many men are calling at the armory
desiring to enlist, and within day or
two the battery will be recruited up
to full war strength Of I'll men.
The battery is ready to take the field
with the exception of horses. The men
have been divided into rapid assembly
sas Districts; with noneommissioned CON Isl.
Everything Is in readiness. and the new
harness which has just arrived is hung
on pegs. marked and numbered. ready
to put on horses. The guns are in the
best Of condition, practically new, from
having never been fired from them. Al
though the battery has had target
practice with three-inch shells, the
guns and horses have been the prop
teries. 49, 3 !
Q. NJ. serst. Eddie May is busy
man these days He has each mans
field material all tagged and ready te
issue on q moments notice.
The store wagons are all loaded with
everything needed for service, includ-
ing complete horseshoers outfit and
carpenters tool boxes. The signal lin
Der has everything the War Depart
ment regulations call for.
Recent orders of the War Department,
grant Capt. Louis X. T. Boiseau, U. S.
A, Field Artillery. detailed as instructor
to the local battery. nve months. leave
of absence with permission to GO abroad
It Is with deep regret that the local
artfllerymen see Capt. Boiseau leave. fol-
he has endeared himself in the hearts
of the embryo soldiers, both by his Der.
sonaIty and his splendid instruction.
Capt. Boiseau Is a native of Washing
ton. He was a second lieutenant in thu
District Nationl Guard In 1888 -durins
the Spanfsh-American war, later beinf
promoted to first lieutenant, and: upor
being honorably mustered out Of the vol
unteers he entered the regular arm,
as a first lieutenant in the 41st u. s
Infantry. He was mustered. out of the
41st in 1901, and was then Commissioners
first lieutenant in the. field artiiler,
In 1907 he was promoted to captain ant
assigned to the 9Th Field Artillery. III
came to Washington as instructor for tn,
local battery in December, 1912. Can't
Boiseau is graduate of the Artiiler,
School. the Army staf College Arm,
School Of the Line and the law depart
ment OF Georgetown University.