Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18

| A rTENpANCE at drills is mat
| N ter which is to be given much
| "A consideration by the officers OF
the National Guard of the Dis
| trict of Columbia in the next
few months, according to Col. Almon L"
Parmerter. L. S. A. adjutant general.
| District of Columbia militia. The reports
| from the battalion commanders showing
the attendance of the companies on the
drill nights it is declared, have not been
satisfactory for some time, and strenu-
Gus efforts are to be made to increase
! his attendance.
| OF course it was pointed out. the
matter rests almost entirely with the
| company commanders to insist that
their men attend drills, and attend them
Regularly. 1t is clearly up to these COM
pany commanders to keep their men in
terested in the military service. and to
make the armory work interesting. The
matter is to be put up to the regimental
and battalion commanders. who are
respected to insist upon better attend
ance records from the company officers.
The armory facilities in this city, as
matter of fact. have a great deal to
do with. the comparatively poor attend
ance shown by the various companies.
| 1
men, it is pointed out. One familiar with
National Guard orsaniza tons through
| out the country explained that wnere
| large and we'll equipped armory was
| found there would also be found the
contented National GuardsInan. In the
| inadequate armory facilities, it is point
ed out, lies one of the secrets OF the
small attendance at the drills OF the
! men of the local National Guard.
The newly organized instruction board
appointed by the drill order for the cur
rent season will have as one OF the hrst
matters to come before 1t the attend
lance at drills, it is declared. The board
will hold its first session N the near fu-
/ ture and it is said, viii give much con-
sideration to this matter.
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All efforts In National Guard circles
will be conferred during the current
week on the checking up of all prop,
erty in the possession of the National
Guard of the District of Columbia
! Elaborate but efficient plans have been
| outlined by the brigade Headquarters
| in The Star building for this checking
UP process. They provide for one grand
| swoop down upon the various company
and property rooms next Thursday
night, when every piece of army prop
erty, of every description. will be
checked up.
! 1t will be such property return as
| the guard AS seldom had before. The
officers of one regiment of infantry
will check up the property OF the OF
| ficers of the other regiment. The 1st
Battery officers will check the Signal
| Corps and vice versa: the quartermas-
ter and storehouse property by a LIST
Battery officer, the commissary depart
ment by a Signal Corps officer. the
Field Hospital by 1st Battery Off
Ger The LIST Separate Battalion Com
pany officers will exchange places in
their battalion. so that the officer of a
company does not check his own prop
erty.
! Regimental and battalion officers are
now busy making the designations fol
the inspections, in compliance with the
following circular, issued by brigade
headquarters:
I'm order to ascertain the exact guam
titles of the several kinds of United
States property now in the possession
of the brigade. including unserviceable
property, a systematic and thorough in
ventory will be made as follows:
THE property of the regimental head.
quarters. battalion headquarters. band
infantry and twelve companies of the
LIST Infantry will be inventoried by
lieutenants mot property officers) Of
the I'd Infantry. said officers to be des
ignated by the commanding officer, q
Infantry, on the basis of one Heuten
ant for each organization indicated, ex
cept that one lieutenant may be desig
mated to inventory the property of thu
three battalion headquarters and tn.
regimental infirmary.
THE property of the several units o.
the I'd Infantry will be inventoried b,
lieutenants of the LIST Infantry, to b,
designated by the commanding officer
LIST Infantry, in same manner as Sc
forth in subparagraph "a
The property of the LIST Separate Bat
TALON HEADQUARTERS and four com
panles) will be inventoried by lieuten
ants of that battalion to be designate,
by the commanding officer thereof, tn
said lieutenants to be detailed to in
ventory property of other companies
than those to which they are perma
nently attached.
The property Of the 1st Battery
Field Artillery. will be inventoried b,
a lieutenant of the Signal Corps Com
pany. to be designated by the com
handing officer of the Signal Corp
| Company.
The property of the Signal Corp
Company will be inventoried by a lieu
tenant of the LIST Battery. Field ArtiI
lery, to be designated by the command
tiiiery.
The property of the Field Hospita
will be inventoried by a lieutenant o
the LIST Battery, Field Artillery, to b
= designated by the commanding office
of the LIST Battery. Field Artillery
The property at the quartermaste
and ordnance storehouse will be in
e ventoried by a lieutenant of the Is
0 Battery, Field Artillery. to be desig
G
, LIST Battery. Field Artillery
!. The property of the commissar.
storehouse will be inventoried by
d lieutenant of the Signal Corps Com
v pany. to be designated by the com
handing officer of the Signal Corp
Company.
Irresponsible officers will be presen
4 at the inventory of the property unde
n their charge. and will lend every as
sistance possible to aid the checkin
| officer. They will also cause to
detailed from their respective organi
cations a sufficient number of enliste
men (non- commissioned officers pre-
ferred). not to exceed four. to repor
to the checking officer for duty.
The inventory will be commence
in all organizations at o'clock pm
Thursday, October %. 1914, and wi
3 be completed at before IL o'cloc
pm. on same date. If not complete
at that time the rooms will be locke
and no one allowed to enter same unit
il the following evening at O'Clock. a
Il which time the checking officer an
= assistants will proceed with the in
e ventory.
BLANK forms for making record G
# the inventory will be issued to check
s. ing officers and responsible officer
: mon application at brigade headqual
IT tiers or at the superintendent offic
u National Guard Afmory. At the cor
Il clusion the inventory the respons
BILE oficea nd the checking officer wi