Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-28


decided by Brig. Gen. George II.
Harries. commanding the District of Co
lumbia militia. Gen. Harries is expected
in the city shortly, and at that time the
rates quoted by a Baltimore steamboat
company for the trip from Washington
to Virginia Beach and return will be
laid before him for determination as to
whether the funds allotted to the local
guard would stand the expense of the
seashore trip.
Two conferences with representative
of the Baltimore company were held
Friday by Lieut. Col Almon L. Par
merter, L. S. A., adjutant general, Dis
trict of Columbia militia. No decision
was reached at the time, it being decided
to put the matter up to the commanding
general.
Despite the snag struck during the
week by officers of the National Guard
directly charged with the duty of select
ing the summer camp for the guardsmen,
when it seemed that Virginia Beach
would have to be abandoned as the pros
pective site of the camp because of the
transportation rates. which were unsat-
isfactory to the guard officials, members
of the guard began preparing their camp
equipment and getting their uniforms in
shape. The main question of the dates
of the encampment had been settled,
and where the guardsmen were to go did
not make much difference so far as ar
engagements of equipment WERE con-
cerned
As soon as it seemed that the guards
men were not going to obtain satisfac-
tory rates for the trip to Norfolk from
boat lines leading out of Washington. a
board of National Guard officers was
appointed to look after another camp
site. While the Virginia Beach site was
abandoned at the time with much re-
luctance, nevertheless the officers real
lied that the transportation would have
to come within the appropriation allotted
to the District guard by the War De-
partment The board went to ~olonial
Beach to look over a site there offered
by the steamboat company, and salts
factory rates were quoted for the trans
portation The board at the same time
proceeded to look over several sites i'll
upper Maryland including Frederick and
Harper's Ferry. W. Va.
When the site is selected the guards
men will be prepared to go. Everything
now is nearly ready. and the only thing
which remains to be arranged is the
| transportation. While the guardsmen, as
| whole, were enthusiastic about the Vir-
gfnia Beach site. nevertheless .he~ are
perfectly willing to give it up for an
other II satisfactory rates cannot be OBJ
tanned. Colonial Beach would appeal to
some Of them just as much as Virginia
Beach. 1t would be nearer Washington,
and would permit friends of the guards
men to visit them on the Sunday while
| they were in camp. The site offered at
Colonial Beach is right on the river
shore, where the men could walk from
| their tents into the salt water and is
within walking distance of Colonial
Beach proper.
| Brig Gen. Albert l. Mills chief of the
division Of militia affairs of the War
| Department, has accepted an invitation
| to visit Company X. I'd Infantry. at its
quarters in the Y. NJ. C. A. building next
Wednesday evening, and to witness a
drill by that company.
| The fourth of this company's b:-weekly
| camps near Chain bridge is to be held
today, about twenty members of the or
gan;Zation having gone to the camp last
night. on this trip the men are to
make sketches of the surrounding coun-
| try.
Quartsrmaster Sergt. Gibson, Company
K, is arranging a camp to be held al
| Colonial Beach. Va, the Sunday mex,
preceding the departure of the entire
guard for its camp.
| At meeting Of the officers and non
commissioned officers of Company X, las,
Monday, at the home of First Sergt
Boyd. non-commissioned officers clut
was formed having for its object the
raising of the efficiency of the company
Sergt. Boyd was elected to the presi.
dency.
| + j: * !;
The charter roll of the Non-commis
stoned Officers Association of the LIST In
fantry. y. G. D. c., closed last Mon
day night at meeting that was vel
attended Several more of the non-com.
of the LIST joined the association. which
is doing much to raise the efficiency OF
the non-commissioned officers.
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The majority of the members of thu
Non-commissioned Officers Association
under the command Of First Lieut.. Lone
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