Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-08

Importance to the Natlonai Iudiu "a
the District of Columbia pending, whlch
require the personal attention OF Gen.
Harries.
Nov, that the count of property has
practically been disposed of, officers of
the National Guard of the District Of
Columbia who form the instruction
board probably will hold their first
meeting this week, when they Will take
under consideration the present course
of instruction for the Guard and VIII
make recommendations for the course
to be laid out for future years. This
board, as now constituted, is as fol-
lows: Lieut. Col Almon l. Parmerter.
u. s. A.. adjutant general, District of
Columbia militia: Col. Charles II. Gu
rand. commanding LIST Infantry; Col
William L. Harvey. commanding I'd In
fantry; Capt Louis c. Nogt. command
ing 1st Battery. Field Artillery. n. G..
Corps Company. n. G. D. c.: Lieut.. Col
Luther II. Reichelderfer. chief surgeon,
n. G.. d. c.; Lieut.. George c. Lynch, L.
s A., inspector-instructor. assigned to
Columbia. and Capt. Marlborough
Churchill, L. :. A.. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
on duty with this field artillery dis
trict.
Capt viii II. Chase, recently assigned
to Company F. 1st Infantry, has started
a vigorous campaign for booming his
company. Even at the present time he
insists that he has the best company in
the brigade, bat he declares he is not
satisfied with that but is going to
make it still better.
At a recent business meeting of this
company several committees were APP
pointed to look after the social side of
the company affairs The entertain
rangements for a smoker. TO be held
the latter part of November. \ com
mittee on recruiting has been appointed
which will scour the city for high class
recruits. Every man enlisting in his
company will have to get the o. X. OF
| this committee.
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| Sergt Frank r. Heise has been placed
| in charge of the athletics of Company
| +, LIST Infantry. and is forming bas-
| ket ball team from among its members
He expects to be able to produce a
| team that will make all other National
Guard teams hustle to surpass it.
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! Sergt {. {. Dyer. Company +
| st Infantry, one of the oldest mel
| in the service, and also one of the
most attentive to his military duties
| has charge of the instruction of Com.
| pany i recruits in the art of shooting
| and handling the rifle. He will he
one of the assistant instructors iii the
| rifle gallery. Sergt. Dyer has com.
pleted ten years OF continuous service
and has applied for Il ten-year service
medal.
| Lieut.. Harry W. Stees. who receive,
his commission just before the last an
nual cncampmeut, and who was as
| signed to Company +, LIST Infantry. i,
well pleased with his assignment. an,
is doing every thing he can to improv,
1.-The organization to which he has beef
detailed. He has taken general super
vision of the company athletics.
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\ reprint OF the 1872 edition of tn,
Engineer Field Manual has been made
land copies are now available for issue
The Issue of the Manual for Non
commissioned Officers and P-ivates a
Infantry of the Organized Militia an.
Volunteers of the United States, 19I,
Will be delayed until about Deccmbe
| 10 according to the militia division
| War Department. This it is declared
* occasioned by the law which require
. the annual reports of all bureaus an
: divisions of the government to be for
, warded TO the government printing of
nce on October IL. and an eXecutiy
direction to the printing office to con
centrate all work on these reports.
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Mai. Louis T. Hess. Medical corps
has been designated in