Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-25

matter came up on a question affecting
the verification by affidavit of personal
expense vouchers of officers and enlisted
men of the District of Columbia militia.
The officers of the District of Column
bia militia the controller declared, are
more nearly allied to the commissioned
officers of the army. whose certifcation
as to correctness and business of any ex-
pense voucher is all that is required. En-
listed men are volunteers in the militia.
and not to be COMPOUNDED with civilian
officials. employees or agents.
II x =
Again last Wednesday night Com
pany X, ID Infantry. was compelled to
of the cold. The command was marched
by Capt. Lucien B. Ernest to the quar-
tiers of Company II, I'd Infantry. the
junior company of the National Guard
of the District of Columbia, which is now
in process of organization. Its quarters
are in the G. A. r. building on Penn
sylvania avenue.
Capt. Ernest declared that, with the
present uninviting quarters now occupied
by the command, there is not much to
offer young men to induce them to enlist
in the organization. Many desirable young
men visit the quarters drill nights
to view the organization with the object
of enlisting, but. he declared, turn away
apparently because the quarters are not
suitable for the purpose for which they
are being used.
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The bulletin of the division of militia
affairs of the War Department contains
a statement of the components which
comprise smoke bomb outfit, complete,
as now prescribed for issue to battalion
and detached batteries of the regular
service for use in simulated fire, to-
gether with the costs. The whole outfit
prescribed will cost s263.SO. and one outfit
only will be allowed to each state having
lac hov AL
and two outfits to a state having more
than one regiment of field artillery.
The Army ordnance department, says
the militia bulletin. is not prepared, at
the present time, to issue the new in
fantry equipment. model of 1910. to the
militia. coast artillery and regular in
fantry on foreign service.
4 :: i :.
A one-piece cleaning rod, for use in
garrison in connection with the United
States magazine rifle. model of 1863 is
being manufactured by the ordnance de-
partment, according to the bulletin. The
cleaning rod will be known as the bar
rack cleaning rod, and will be similar to
the thirty-four-inch cleaning rod manu-
featured by the ordnance department
prior to the adoption of the 1910 cleaning
rod. An allowance of not to exceed one
cleaning rod for every eight rifles has
ing rod Joined. has been retained for
field service.
The manual on army regulations 1913,
is now ready for issue by the War De-
partment.
In view of the fact that there has been
some misunderstanding relative to the
necessary sanitary equipment for regi-
ments Of infantry. cavalry field artillery
and coast artillery, the bulletin of the
division of militia affairs this week gives
for each organization. The bulletin also
declares that with each regiment of
troops when acting independently, or
where no provision is made for the
transfer of serious sick or wounded, there
should be a complete regimental hos
pital. When regiment does not act
| independently and is brigaded with other
troops, where provision is made for the
transfer of serious sick and wounded to
field or other hospitals, regimental in
battalions, squadrons or smaller organi-
cations, the equipment should be provided
with infirmaries.
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A company of infantry of the National
Guard of Maryland is being organized al
Silver Spring, just across the District
! line, by Brook Lee, son of United States
| Senator-elect Blair Lee. Although the
| Maryland state law limits the strength
| of infantry companies to sixty men, al
ready eighty men in the vicinity of this
suburb of the District have applied TO,
| enlistment. 1t is declared.
| A new company of the Maryland militia
also is being organized at Hagerstown
which. together with the Silver Spring
command. will place twelve companies
| in the list Infantry bringing it up to the
strength required by the federal Wal
| Department.