The Washington herald., 1915-02-14

regular army branches-a handicap not
experienced by the local Field Artillery
and Hospital Corps. Heretofore the COM
pany has had no instruction from the
! War Department. except at the annual
encampment, so the news will be pleas
ant to the entire company, and no doubt
Lieut.. Brockman will stimulate interest
! in all branches of the work
( After making the foregoing announce
ment. Capt. Terry broke the news Of the
proposed reorganization of the company
{ from a combined wire and radio tele-
graph company to a wire company alone.
This change will be somewhat disap-
pointing to those studying radio teIeG-
raphy. particularly Master Signal Flee
trician F. \. De GrOot and First Glass
SerGt. w r. Lansford. with whom the
wireless is a hobby. Capt Terry an
nounCed he will have the present sta
tionary set retained so the wireless
'hends" may continue their Tuesday
night conversations with local amateurs,
as had been their pleasure heretofore
The field pack radio sets will be return
cd to the War Department and proba bly,
will be sent to the Signal Corps Com
pany, National Guard of Connecticut.
I The radio operators now in the local
Signal Corps will be required to he able
to use the Morse telegraph code and will
be assigned to work on field telegraph
lines This change will require a mini
mum of seventy-fOur enlisted men. but
this required increase will not be hard
to obtain, rs the company has enlisted
SiXty-fOur men at present, and appliCa-
! tOns are at the rate of from three to
, five per week. which soon will put a
number on the waiting list. an honor
enjoyed by hut few National Guard COM
panies thus proving the popularity of
tn" able commander. capt o. G. Terry.
and his licutenants. George NJ Lands
and r. NJ. McLennan.
\ straw vote to show the preference
Of the men as to whether they would
rather go into a permanent encampment
this coming summer or use the period of
instruction on a road march was taken
Tuesday night. Gettysburg was men
toned as the objective point should a
road march be sanctioned by the militia
| headquarters. The vote showed that
fully ~ per cent of the men favored the
road march. although such a trip means
much hard and rough work and not 50
much of vacation as would be enjoyed
in a permanent camp.
All seemed to want plenty of time in
the saddle. regardless of the hardships
and the prospect OF eating beans and
sandwiches for the majority of their
meals. Should the Signal Corps find il
possible to take this trip. instead of
camping with the District militia. it
, would without doubt prove vastly more
beneficial to all concerned and probab bly,
mean less expense. The route to be fol-
lowed would he that outlined by Capt
Terry in the course in map reading. the
return trip to he made via Baltimore.
The following were enlisted Tuesday
night: Oren +. Hadlcy, George Fl. Potter
William BurCh and LC Roy Heist Oren
Hadley is nephew Of former Gov. Had
ley, of Missouri. and has had about ten
years service with the regular army.
lie has the distinction OF being one of
the few enlisted men who have been rec
commended by the War Department for
commission with the United States vol
Unteer army. This recommendation is
noted on his discharge papers. George
Potter is an old member of the Signal
0rps and is re-enllsting after having
had the peculiar experience of being dis
charged after reported dead. Some time
after his discharge he gave SerEt. Foster
serious fright Foster saw the reported
dead man in the corridor of the State
War and Navy Building. and really
thought he was seeing things" Potter
was congratulated heartily few minutes
later and declared he was glad himself
to discover he was not really dead. He
quickly announced his intention of re-
cnlistinE. \ similarity of names at the
time of a railroad wreck i'm a Southern
State and occurring at A time when
Potter was out Of town caused tho rumor
to he circulated that he was the party
killed.