Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

tional Guard of the District
trict of Columbia look with
very much interest on the
statement OF Representative
Dyer of Missouri that he will push the
bill for an armory for the District
militia this season and his confidence
that it will become a law. Representa-
tive Dyer has been trying to get the
District soldiers an armory for some
years. He is a Spanish American war
veteran. having gone to the front with
the LIST District of Columbia Volunteer
Infantry.
George Washington University soon
will be in the field with full-fiedged
company of coast artillery. which will
become part of the local National
Guard. 1t is probable that the univer-
sity company will develop into full
battalion with four companies and a
band. The company will receive
large amount of its training, it is said.
at Fort Washington, one of the coast
artillery posts which has been prac-
tically abandoned by the War Depart
| ment. The naval militia probably will
! runs to the Maryland fort with the
coast artillery company aboard it's
training ship. the U. S. s. Sylvia.
place to go. Such is the state of af-
ia rs facing Battery B. District ar
tillery. which was recently organized.
Pending the selection of suitable arm
DRY accommodations by headquarters,
the War Department is holding up the
| uniforms and equipment. However. the
new battery is holding drills in the
| armory of Battery A. the men appear
| ing in civilian clothes. Although many
are veterans in point Of service, the or
IcYo nj
| when it lined up for drill Friday night,
| the members in clothes of all descr'p-
tons One bystander made the remark
| that they looked like a moving picture
| ever. the men showed the proper spirit
| ny handling the guns in their street
| clothes. unmindful Of the grease en-
countered.
| templated to lease the big building in
rear Of Battery AS quarters anu thus
keep the artillery outfit together. An
| other large building in the downtown
section the whereabouts of which Is
! heing kept secret for the present. Is
| being borne in mind in making the Sc
lection.
Sixty-five per cent of the enlisted
personnel was present at the first drill,
which was regarded as a very satisfac-
tory showing.
During the gun drill Battery was
timed in preparing the act on" The
| members had their guns placed. cleared
and ready in fourteen seconds
Four recruits were added to the ros-
ter on the first drill night.
1t is expected that the new officers
will be commissioned in the near Iu-
ture, as the candidates have been De-
fore the examining board.
X 4 X
With a view to getting the greatest
efficiency out of the drills and exercises
of the Field Hospital Company, MAJ
rtUot ion
has detailed some of the non-commis.
stoned officers and privates to speciai
duties They will work in conjunction
with the regular army instructors
Lieut.. Began and Private T. Fielder
will specialize in the care of horses,
First Sergt H. P. Davis and Privates
Eubanks and Parry will specialize in
making reports and communications.
struct in shelter tent pitching. Sergt
lC P Jackson will instruct In applying
oandages and in first aid work. Sergt.
,harles A. Mattimore in the instruction
| 'ord instructor in the quartermasters
department..
The following bulletin was issued by
he War Department militia division:
Ordnance manual No. 1865. instruc-
lions for the care and repair of small
arms and ordnance equipment. is now
AVAILABLE for issue and may be OBJ
tanned on requisition in the usual way
as a charge against the states allot-
nent, under section 1861, Revised
"Sergt. w. J. Cousins. list Battery,
| Field Artillery, District of Columbia.
having received less than SIS in the
drill of the gun squad. his name Is
emoved from the list of second-class
sunners Of that battery published in
circular No. 10, division Of militia af-
airs, 1915.
"In connection with circular letter
70 all inspector-instructors issued from
this Office August IA. 1915. inclosing
| list of publications and circulars for
instruction of quartermasters in the
1eld, arrangements have been made
with the Quartermaster Corps to fur
nd six sets of these will be furnished
Zach state at an early date.
"In view of the contemplated dis
| trbution no requis ton for those
circulars will be necessary. The cost
If the circulars, when ascertained, will
be charged against the allotment to
zach state under section 1861, Revised
statutes.
There are on hand about 5000
copies of the manual for non-commis-
toned officers and privates of infantry
Of the organized militia and volun-
.eers of the United States. and requisi-
ion should be submitted at an early
late in case it is desired to obtain
Copies thereof as a charge against the
;tate's allotment under section 1861,
Revised Statutes.
Authority cannot be given for the
sale of this publication, under the pro-
vision of section II of the militia law.
COR the reason that it was published
by the militia division, and the cost of
publication met from the funds under
section 1861, Revised Statutes, and as
this division is not an issuing bureau,
IS in the case of other bureaus of the
War Department, it is without author
;ty to make sales to the organized
militia AS stated above. the manual
nay be obtained on reQuisition, if so
desired.
"In order to have uniform system
FOR conducting the correspondence
5chool for medical officers of the or
-anized militia prescribed by the War
Department, all questions in these
courses will be prepared in the division
of mil tia affairs, and sufficient copies
VIII be furnished inspector instructors of
sanitary troops for each medical officer
in his district.
The course will consist of the basic
course and a. B. c. and d courses.
covering a period of five years. Each
student officer must begin the initial.
or basic, course. upon completion of
which he will become entitled to take
course a. provided he has received a
general average of IS per cent. This
pleted the entire prescribed fve-year
course, after which he will be given
the examination prescribed in general
orders. No. 43. War Department, 1915,
which will entitle him, IL the required
grade is attained. to certificate of