Evening star., 1914-04-19
ic-and-span uniform and parading

Spic-and-Span UNIFORM and parddlnS
Pennsylvania avenue once in awhile IS
likely to receive a jolt from Capt. Vogt.
The captain, say his men. is determined
to make his organization give value re-
ceived to the taxpayer. He is trying to
teach them that soldering is a serious
business even for militiamen, and to put
this theory into practice he last week
ordered twelve courts-martials and six
discharges among those of his men who
have failed to show up regularly for in
struction.
Following out this campaign which
seems to have fallen on the men last
Friday night like bolt out Of a clear
sky. Capt. Vogt called his non-commis-
stoned officers and outlined just what he
expected of them. He told them that
ther. that the battery must be recruited
up to its full strength with men of good
character who have a serious desire to be
instructed in soldering, so as to be
trained should they be called into
service.
1.-The attendance is simply fierce he
told his noncoms, land l am going to
use every means within my power to
bolster it up. If the men do not attend
drill. then I am going to force them to
come down to the weekly assemblies.
There is no reason in the world why
battery Of ninety-six enlisted men should
turn out SO few as twenty men on drill
nights This staying away has just got
to stop. 1 am going to start with you
non-commissioned officers first. You must
either appear here on Friday nights or
ask for a reduction to the ranks or
discharge, l don't care which.
"It isn't the men who cannot, but the
man who will not that I am after. A
man who Is employed in such a way that
he cannot attend drills is entitled to
furlough, but the fellow who can and
will not is the one 1 am going after.
Another thing: We need recruits. and
in order to equip and drill them before
camp we must have them at once. This
battery will have the advantage of get
ting good trip by water down to Hamp-
ton roads to Join the attacking army.
The voyage will be attractive, as the bat
terry has never maneuvered in that terri
tory before.
One of Capt Vogt's first acts in reor
ganizing the battery was to divide it into
six sections and make the sergeant in
charge OF each section responsible for
the attendance Also two corporals will
be assigned to each section. Thus the Of
ficers will be relieved of lot of work In
looking after attendance. 1t is the cap
tain's intention, 1t Is declared, to have
the non-commissioned officers look after
the men in their sections and find the
reason for their absence. and report to
him for action. Every man will be as
signed a regular position. in which he is
cd it is hoped to have the men trained to
the minute and working like a well oiled
machine when the start is made for the
front.
The drivers will be assigned set of
harness each, will be required to keep it
in condition. and will take lessons In
properly Harvesting and hitching.
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There are openings in the battery for
fur h1if n
| a barber. A barber by running a bat
! terry shop can pick up lot of money
during the encampment and maneuvers.
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| Word has reached the battery that the
new automatic colt revolvers are on the
| way and will be issued to the men before
| they go the range for target practice
| in June.
| Capt Louis c. Boiseau, L. S A.. in
| spector-instructor of the 1st Battery,
| Field Artillery, N. G. D. c., left Wash
| ington yesterday for Philadelphia. where
| he Inspected the battery of the Pennsyl-
| vania National Guard He probably will
return tomorrow.
| A non-comnissioned officers associa-
| ton of the LIST Infantry. n. G. D. c., Is
| to be organized tomorrow night at a
| meeting to be held in the rooms of the
| Corcoran Cadet Corps, Company E, 1st
Regiment. in the Center Market armory.
| All non-commissioned officers of this regi-
| ment are urged to be present. The idea
| of a joint non-commissioned officers as
! ISOLATION of this regiment and the 1st
| Battery has been abandoned. as 1t was
| agreed by those fostering the matter
| that the problems confronting each or
| ganization were different and could not
! be considered common ground. 1t is
probable that the battery will form an
] association of its own,
| Lieut.. Hazard, commanding Company
| E. 1st Regiment, last week announced
| the following promotions: Corp. G. 4.
! Judd, to be quartermaster sergeant, and
/ Private L. G. Davis, to be corporal. In
| the last month five recruits have been
| added to this company alone. 1t is
| hoped by those having the interest of the
4 company at heart that the coming en-
| campment of the National Guard will be
a grand reunion of Corcoran Cadets.
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| Private John Hebrew has been appoint
ed corporal in the 1st Battery. Field
1 Artillery, N. G. d. c.
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| The list and 4th Brigades of infantry
and the 1st Squadron of cavalry of the
4 Pennsylvania National Guard will take
4 part III the joint maneuvers 10 be held