The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-01
D. c. N. c. Signal Corps

Fifty-one members of the Signal Corps
| company reported for drill Tuesday
evening. Most of the time was given
up to foot movements. First Glass
Sergts. Hall and Reed, recently pro-
NOTED, were assigned to the second and
| fourth sections, respectively. Serst. f.
l.. Cooley was assigned to the first Sec
, ton. Serst. J. T. Eisenstein to the sec
ond section, Sergt. H A. Cady to the
third section. and Sergt G. W. Potter to
the fourth section.
Four recruits Joined the Lompany-Carl
W. Warmker, an employe of the Ma
tlonal Biscuit Company and former
member of the United States Revenue
Cutter Service; Thomas Montgomery, an
honorably discharged member of the
mounted outfit of the Maryland Agricul-
tural College; Arthur " Sullivan, en-
ployed in the Library of Congress. for
merly of Company l. First Regiment,
\. G. D. c.. and Harry J. Taylor.
The following named men were order
ed discharge by reason of removal from
the District: +. w. Bonnell. l.. NJ.
Moore, J. Riani, Fl. F. Stansbury, L. B.
Elkins. E. J. Loffler, c. E. Welsh, and
r. r. Collins
Two more recruits are awaiting their
enlistment papers. which should come
through next Tuesday.
Capt Terry has worked out a compre-
hensive plan of instruction for camp,
commencing at a. m. each day and
lasting until $50 p. m. There will be a
three-day field problem. and an advance
and retreat problem. covering two days
and one night, during which the men
will remain away from camp and will be
thrown on their own resources, so far
as cooking their own meals Is concerned
1t is now expected that the company
will proceed to Colonial Beach by boat
instead of by road. as was at first an
nounced. The reason for this change
of plan is that the road march would
take up too much time of the short
camp period. and that the company will
profit more by the instruction in camp
than by the four-day march.
Owing to the shortage in the horses
allowed. the sections will only be able
to mount nine men. instead of thirteen
Cutting down on horses impairs the eff
cheney of the Signal Corps. as many of
the men will be unable to leave camp
for instruction. and ii Is to be hoped
that there will be enough money avail
a BILE next year to furnish every man
with a mount
The Thursday night meetings Of the
officers and noncoms are proving a suc-
cess and are we'll attended. Every men,
Der of the company who cares to at
tend Is welcome, and there are many
little points brought out which will
tend to greater efficiency in the COM
pany. The subject last Thursday night
was the "Acetylene Lantern"
Instructor inspector, paid the company
the FIVE first class sergeants an interest
Capt. Terry announced that the camp
site il but two blocks from Colonial
Beachs famous boardwalk. and that
here would be but slight restrictions
Is to passes issued.
II the company goes by boat. there
will be a lesson in tent-pitching for the
outfit Heretofore, a detail has been
,ent ahead to make camp, with the re-
,ult that the company as a whole has
lad no opportunity to learn that very
essential part of soldering.
The company now has more members
han at any other time in its history,
here being seventy-three men on the
'oster.
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Of the raw material that |
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