Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-03
First-Aid instruction.

One Of the most impressive ceremonies
in the present encampment of the Ma
tionai Guard of the District of Columbia
at Virginia Beach. Va, was the swearing
in of soldier by First Lieut.. Russell NJ.
MacLennan. recruiting officer Of the Sig
nal Corps Company. The enlistment of
Sergt George H. Foster of the Signal
Corps. expired soon after the arrival OF
the command in the camp. and the ser
were made out and while Signal Corps
members stood with heads uncovered
Sergt Foster raised his right hand and
took the solemn oath of allegiance which
binds him to serve his country for three
years.
Company H. the baby company" of the
I'd Infantry. came to camp with more
than the minimum required by the war
Department The company was practically
organized and recruited within one week
before the start was made for camp I'M
der special authority of the war Depart
ment. Much of the credit for the sue
cessful recruiting campaign is given. by
the officers of the I'd Regiment. to Lieut.
Frank B. Schlosser. who Is command
ing it.
Two of the largest organizations to
come to the present encampment were
Companies F and G of the I'd Infantry.
The former company brought hfty-seVen
men and the latter brought tifty-six.
Private Archibald King since he reached
the Virginia Beach camp, has been pro-.
NOTED to be a corporal In the "a Regi-
ment He is a law partner of Col. VIII
liam E. Harvey, commanding the I'd Regi-
ment
There is one man attending the en-
campment here who not only gives his
hearty support to the militia, but who
has three sons in the District National
Guard. This man is Color Sergt. c. w.
Moore. LIST Infantry. All Of his sons
are in the 1st Infantry and ana all three three
manded by. one OF his sons. =
Capt. John e. Moore commands Com
pany A. while in this company are the
two other sons, Sergt Walker Mac
serst. Moore is one of the popular
mon CONS" of the camp, and all look
for him every year. He has put in
trict Guard. His son. Capt. Moore. has
seen ten years service. Sergt Moore
three years. and the youngest, Pickens,
three months.
The Virginia Beach camp experienced
its first fire Saturday. when the
| cook tent-one Of the most i'm
ffom the mems he point ~ capt
| Clarence Walker of Company l, I'd Regi-
ment burned down. Some of the sup
plies were burned, and for a time things
were exciting. but the blaze was con-
| fined to the tent where it originated
Lieut. Jason N walling, U. s. A.,
has been assigned as instructor with the
| Sd Battalion. LIST Infantry. commanded
| by Maj. George L. TAFT.
First Lieut.. Deas Archer, u S. A.,
is acting as instructor with the I'd Bat
talon, LIST Infantry, while Capt. Arthur
NJ Shipp, U. s. A., has been assigned
( to the I'd Battalion. I'd Infantry.
( Every precaution is being taken by
the officers of the National Guard to
protect the members of the brigade
who go into the ocean for a swim. In
connection with the bathing, Maj Le-
Roy w. Heron, inspector general. N.
IG D. c., and acting adjutant general
Issued the following order:
Bathing in the ocean by the officers
and men of the command will be per-
mitted between the hours Of and
pm. daily.
The designated point for bathing
will De on the beach about three
fourths of mile from camp in the
vicinity Of some nshermens house.
Inear the point where the road start