Evening star., 1914-08-16

field hospital, from now on
viii enjoy vacation from all drills and
exercises. the 1st Battery, Field Artillery.
N. @. D. c.. 10 enjoying itself to its
hearts content trying to shoot down the
Pennsylvania mountains in the vicinity
Of Tobyhanna. The battery left WASH
ington last Friday for the Pennsylvania
camp. where 1t will use the horses and
field pieces Of the regular field artillery
at Fort Myer, which has been in camp
in Pennsylvania during the entire sum-
mer.
The local field artillery organization
took with it the largest complement in
its history. In the main body it carried
ITO men. and a few more are to go later.
bringing the total up to battery at war
strength. The trip will consume twelve
days. ten days of which will be spent in
actual field instruction in the vicinity Of
Tobyhanna, while the remaining two days
will be used in travel to and from the
camp grounds.
The recent ,encampment Of the National
Guard of the District Of Columbia at Vir-
ginia Beach. Va. closed with the desig-
nation Of one of the most successful en-
campments of the local guard The Of
Of them are hoping that the guard Will
return there for camp next year.
Brig Gen. George H. Harries, COM
manding the District Of Columbia militia,
was enthusiastic over the camp Site Sc
lection made by a board of his staff off,
GERS. and the staff officers almost as a
whole were pleased with it. With such
approval on all sides, it is probable that
If better transportation facilities can be
arranged there will be a return arrange
ment Of the guard next year.
It is hoped that by the time for the
next encampment the big army trans
ports. whose home stations are at Nor
folk. will return from gulf waters, and
that these can be pressed into service
for the transportation of the militia with
advantage to both the regular army and
the militia
With practically everything cleaned up
in connection with the encampment, and
part Of the forces paid, the men will be
enabled to take rest until the lst OF
October, when the regular schedule Of
drills and exercises for next winter Will
begin. The barge which is to bring the
camp equipment and officers baggage
from Norfolk to Washington has not yet
arrived and Is causing much inconve-
nience among the commissioned person.
mel, However, 1t is expected to arrive
here the first part Of the week.
Can't e. M. Nevils, camp QuartermaSter,
and his detail of Quartermaster assist
ants who were left on the camp grounds
to take down the headquarters tents and
see that the baggage cars were properly
loaded and sealed, and then loaded on the
barge, arrived in the city Thursday and
is now awaiting the arrival Of the barge
containing the equipment.
Ewes of the crack rifle shots of the
National Guard of the District or Co
tyyrn
matches to be held at Seag1rt. N. j.,
from August "a to September 9. Three
teams representing the local National
Guard are to leave this city August ~
for Seagirt, where they will attempt
to bring honors back to Washington.
These teams will be composed of one
team representing the entire brigade OF
the National Guard of the District Of
Columbia and one team from each OF
the two regiments of infantry. There
will be twenty -seven men In all In the
movement.
There will be several new members
of the brigade team this year as re-
suit of the decision that at least six of
the team members must be new, having
never shot on such a team before.
Preparations are now being made at
National Guard headquarters to send
the three teams away. The brigade
team will consist of seventeen members
| of the National Guard, including prin-
cipals and alternates. while the COM
pany teams will consist of only five men
| each.
| Although the rifle range of the Ma
! tIonal Guard Of the District of Coldm-
| bia will close August 90, as per sched-
ule, it will reopen again some time in
| October for any one wishing to take
{! voluntary practice. according to an an
nouncement of Maj. Thomas s. King, in
spector of small arms practice, National
! Guard of the District Of Columbia, Gus
todian of the rifle range