Evening star., 1914-10-11
citation of the 1st Infantry held its first

citation of the LIST Infantry held its first
meeting of the present season in the
room of Company Z, 1st Infantry, last
Monday night. Two of it's officers. w.
L: Martin. recording secretary. and E.
H. Gerber, financial secretary, having
been promoted to the commissioned
ranks. it was necessary to elect two
men to serve out their. terms. The
election resulted in the selection of
Sergt. Harlan Frey of Company NJ as
recording secretary, and Sergt. Frank
r. Heise of Company F. as financial
secretary.
The next meeting of the association
will be held at pm, October 26.
The designations of Capt. Edward F.
Davis and Capt. Harry C. Werlich.
both of the I'd Infantry, N. G. D. c.,
have been accepted by the War De-
partment. Capt. Werlich was commits
stoned December 2s.: 1910. while Capt.
13. 1911.
/ The competitive spirit is to be en-
couraged at the drills of the 1st In
drill season. Maj. c. Eugene Edwards
N. G. D. c., retired. has presented to
the 1st Infantry trophy to be COM
peted for three times during the cur
the trophy three times in succession
| is to have it as company property.
The drills are to be held during the
first weeks of December March and
June. according to the tentative pro-
gram formulated by Maj. Edwards.
The details of the drills will be fur
nished to the separate company COM
manders at once, it is declared.
Maj. Edwards will consult Col.
1st Infantry. regarding the regulations
| for the competitive drills.
| Company K. I'd Infantry. had it's first
| assembly of the drill year Wednesday.
Following a brief drill. Capt Lucien B.
Earnest outlined plans which he had
developed for the betterment of the
organization during the year.
| To encourage the squad leaders and
| privates, several competitions will be
arranged during the year by the nom
commissioned officers of the orSaniza-
| ton. The non-coms are scheduled to
map out some of their plans at a
| meeting this morning.
| Preparations are being made by
Company X for it's annual dinner.
| The militia division of the War De-
! partment announces that the Manual
| for Non-Commissioned Ofhcers ana
| Privates of Infantry of the Organized
| Militia and Volunteers of the United
States. 1914" will be ready for distri-
button about October IS.
| The current bulletin of the miiitia
| division has this to say regarding tne
| organization of headquarters and sup
| ply companies for infantry regiments:
Attention is called to table q. tables
of organization, organized mlntia'
ton Of regiments of infantry. States
which maintain infantry regiments
j with the minimum organization OF
headquarters, band and twelve COM
! ~ he Trn
visional headquarters and supply COM
panies For the minimum statutory or
ganization these COMPANIES will be or
ganiZed as foHows:
HEADQUARTERS company-Captaln and
regimental adjutant, Commands COM
pany), 1; first -lieutenants and bat
talon adjutants, 3; total commissioned,
T. Band section-Band. 2s. Non-com-
missioned staff acknowledgements
sergeant major, 1; color sergeants. =:
battalion sergeants major. 3; total en-
Supply company-Captain and regi-
mental quartermaster commands COM
pany),. 1: captain and regimental COM
missary. 1; second lieutenants and bat
TALON quartermasters and commissa-
ries, 3; total commissioned, 5. Regi-
mental quaFtermaster sergeant, l; reg
mental commissary sergeant, l; total
enlisted, 2.
.aThe tables of organization presume
that the regimental commissary will be
detailed to command the machine gun
company. Should there be no machine
gun company. the regimental commits
sary is nominally, an officer of the sup
ply company and in charge of all mat
ters relating to the subsistence of the
regiment. In either case the regimen
tai ouartermaster commands the supply
company.
'"These two companies become to all
intents and purposes additional COM
panies of the regiment, making four.
Ins q o. M a n
which does not contain a machine gun
| company. They are administered by
the commanders thereof and should
have separate records"