Evening star., 1914-12-27

trict.
Annual inspections soon will be the
order for the National Guard of the
District of Columbia, and shortly after
drills begin in the new year organi-
cation commanders will be busy get
ting their property into shape for this
inspection by officers of the regular
army to determine whether the Dis
trict citizen soldiers are ready to take
the field in case of an emergency.
Owing to the inadequate and unsat-
isfactory arnory and storage facilities
which the local National Guard is re-
quired to use because of the refusal
of Congress to appropriate money to
remedy them, the local National Guard
will be inspected In its dress uniforms
of blue. although it is usual to inspect
i'll the field uniforms of khaki, for the
reason that it is the uniform which
would be used if the organization
should respond to an emergency call
However, the poor armory facilities
khaki uniforms after each camp and
store them away, replacing them with
the drss uniforms OF blue. To issue
the khaki for just one night would
mean an unusual amount of work.
which would not be necessitated if
where all the uniforms of a member
of the guard could be stored.
The inspector instructors from the
regular army assigned to the National
Guard of the District of Columbia will
make the annual Inspections They
are Maj. Louis 7. Hess, medical depart
ment, United States Army, who will
inspect the medical organizations;
Capt. William NJ. Fassett, Signal Corps,
United States Army. who will inspect
the Signal Corps Company; Capt. Marl-
borough Churchill, Field Artillery.
United States Army. who will inspect
the 1st Battery. Field Artillery. n. G.
D. G, and First Lieut.. George a.
Lynch, Infantry. United States Army,
who will inspect the infantry units.
Following are the dates selected for
the Inspections of the various or
ganizations. as approved by the head
quarters of the Eastern Division of the
army at Governors Island, New York.
In each case the night of the first date
will be the time for the inspection of
the troops, at pm, and second date.
in the day, the time for the inspection
of property: March 8 and 8. regimental
and battalion field officers, chaplain
and assistant inspector of small arms
companies. and Companies A and B.
I'd Infantry; March and 10, Companies
c and d. I'd Infantry; March 10 and
II, Companies E. and F, I'd Infantry;
I'd Infantry; March II and IS. Companies
and X, I'd Infantry; March IA, bands of
the 1st and I'd Infantries: March 10 and
16. Companies l. and NJ. I'd Infantry:
March IL and II, regimental and bat
talon field officers, chaplain, assistant
inspector of small arms practice, head
quarters and supply companies and
Companies y and B. 1st Infantry:
March II and Is. Companies c and D,
1st Infantry; March IS and 10, Com
panies L and f, 1st Infantry; March
19 and 90. Companies G and H, 1st
Infantry; March % and 30, Companies
and K, 1st Infantry; March 23 and
"a, Companies l. and NJ, 1st Infantry:
March "a and %, headquarters and
Companies A and B, 1st Separate Bat
talon; March 25 and %, Companies
c and D. LIST Separate Battalion: March
26. general headquarters Except medi-
cal departmenD and 1st Brigade head
quarters.
The District storehouse will be in
spected when convenient, but prior to
March 81. 1915.
March 8, sanitary detachment with
1st Infantry; March 9, sanitary detach-
ment with I'd Infantry; March 10, field
sospital March II, sanitary detach-
ment with 1st Separate Battalion:
March 23, Signal Corps Company
March IS, 10 and 90, 1st Battery, Field
Artillery,