Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-03
chance to see the drilling of the local

chance to see the drilling of the local
guardsmen.
In the party were Sergt. ]. R. Baldwin.
New Jersey National Guard, headquar-
ters at Camden; sergt;; j. J; McMahon,
Virginia National Guard, headquarters at
Richmond; Sergt. H. H. Parish. Pennsyl-
vania National Guard. headquarters at
Philadelphia; Sergt. H. A. Ammons'
North Dakato National Guard, headquar-
tiers at Bismarck, and Sergt. j. I. Hud-
dleston, Pennsylvania National Guard.
headquarters at LewisburG.
Stringent orders went out from the
headquarters of the National Guard OF
the District of Columbia yesterday to
all officers of the guard who are re-
mediately prepare an inventory of all
property for which they are account
able, and to be divided into two classes,
that which is to be taken into the
which is to be left behind at the
armory in the event the organiza ton
is called into service
The order follows:
The following instructions for the
settlement of property accountability
by officers who are responsible and
accountable for public property are
published for the information and COM
pliance of all such officers.
"A careful inventory will at once be
made by the interested officer of all
the property, whether serviceable or I'M
serviceable. will be noted therein.
The property will be divided into two
classes, viz first. that to be taken into
the field with the organization; second.
that to be left behind at ar1nory.
Separate Inventories, in duplicate,
will be made for each Of the foregoing
kinds of property and the condition of
the property whether serviceable or un-
serviceable will be noted therein.
One copy of each inventory will be
held by the responsible officer and the
other forwarded to regimental head
quarters.
Where the inventory made shows a
shortage in either class of property.
be taken to cover the shortage and will
be forwarded to regimental headquar-
tiers with copies of inventory already
referred to.
complete and be accompanied by all the
evidence. in proper form, that the re-
sponsible officer wishes to present in the
case.
The regimental commander will see
that these papers have been properly
made out and are complete in all re-
spects, after which they will be forward
ed to these headquarters for necessary
action.
In the case of the LIST Separate Bat
talon the papers will be forwarded to
battalion headquarters and after proper
scrutiny will be forwarded to this office.
In the case of the separate organiza-
tions they will be forwarded direct to this
office.
'All officers OF the National Guard of
the District of Columbia who have been
property officers and have not made a
final complete settlement will do SO at
once. instituting the proper survey pro-
ceedings when necessary"
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The annual target season of the Ma
tional Guard OF the District of Columbia
will open at the Congress Heights rifle
range tomorrow morning. Maj. Thomas
S. King. inspector of small arms practice.
has been busy during the week just closed
getting the tents and other equipment in
shape ready for the first two companies
which will report tomorrow morning.
Promptly at o'clock tomorrow morn
ing Companies l. and NJ. LIST Infantry.
will assemble at their armories in heavy
marching order, and will be transported
in street cars to the range. These two
companies will be on the range Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday. and will be fol-
lowed by Companies I and K, same regi-
ment. Thursday. Friday and Saturday.