Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-18

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jpn an effort to increase the efficiency
, of the organizations. particularly the
| infantry commands, of the National
Il Guard of the District Of Columbia, or
| ders have been issued changing the
drill schedules of number of the COM
panies. This is done with view to
getting a larger number of men at
drills on particular nights and for the
purpose of giving the officers chance
| to command full war strength COM
panies.
All the men assembled on one drill
night under the general order issued
yesterday will be formed into one war
strength company with captain, first
lieutenant, second lieutenant and the
necessary number of sergeants and
| corporals. The supernumerary officers
and on-commissioned officers will be
required to attend school while the
war strength company is being put
| through drills.
! This practice is expected to give big
results. as the afficers will have real
companies to command and the lieu
| tenants will have full platoons rather
than merely squads If each of the
| companies drilled separately. The COM
| mand of the war strength companies
will be done in rotation. so that each
| officer will have fair chance to par
ticipate in the drill 9.
! The following order putting the new
| scheme into effect was published at
brigade headquarters yesterday:
| in order to secure the attendance OF
as many officers and non-commission-
| ed officers as practicable for schools
gressive course of instruction the fol-
| lowing schedule will go into effect May
II, 1915:
"Armory drills-Second Infantry Ness
Sd Battalion) 8 to 10 pm. TUESDAYS;
Sd Battalion. I'd Infantry. and Isl Bat
TALON. 1st Infantry, to 10 pm. We'd
nesdays; list Infantry Qess LIST Bat
talion). 8 to 10 pm. Thursdays; list
Separate Battalion, as at j., present re- .nt;on,
The first and third Tuesdays of each
month the officers and non-commission-
ed officers Of the I'd Infantry Qess the
for school officers at I'd Infantry
headquarters. The place of assembly
for non commissioned officers will be
designated later. One captain. one first
lieutenant, one second lieutenant. one
first sergeant, three sergeants and five
| corporals detailed by roster) will be
present to conduct the armory drills on
! these nights.
j Third Battalion, I'd Infantry. and LIST
Battalion. LIST Infantry-The first and
third Wednesdays of each month the Of
hce-s and on-commissioned officers
Of the Sd Battalion. I'd Infantry, and
the LIST Battalion. LIST Infantry. will as
semble at pm. for school. Officers
at I'd Infantry headquarters. The place
! of assembly for non -commisstoned of
; ficers will be designated later. One
captain. one first lieutenant. one sec
ond lieutenant, one first sergeant. three
sergeants and five corporals detailed
by roster) will be present to conduct
! the armory drills on these nights.
! First Infantry Qess LIST Battalion
! The first and third Thursdays of each
month the officers and non-commis-
stoned officers of the 1st Infantry Iess
J the LIST Battalion) Will assemble at 8
pm. for school. Officers at lst lnfan-
! try headquarters. The place of assem-
bly, for non commissioned officers will
| be designated later. One captain, one
first lieutenant, one second lieutenant.
| one first sergeant, three serseants and
| FIVE corporals detailed by roster) will
will be present to conduct the armory
drills on these nights.
| First Separate Battalion-The sec
ond and fourth Fridays OF each month
| the officers OF the list Separate Battal-
ion will assemble at 8 pm. for school"
/ A comprehensive course in military
instructions has been arranged for the
! non -commi ssloned officers and privates
! Of the National Guard of the District
/ of Columbia 1t is in six lessons, aid
| includes manual Of the bayonet. com
| bat, marching. camping, advance flank
and rear guard, and outposts and riff.
! trenches.
1.-The manual of guard duty says a
notice issued to the men of the guard
| during the week, will be taken up
while the battalion in on the target
| range and all the theoretical and prac
/ teal instruction possible win be given
| Time not otherwise taken Up during
the school hour will be devoted to dis
cussions on military courtesy. dis
| cipline and general efficiency.
| The assembly room OF the list Bat
| TALON, LIST Infantry, stn street and
Pennsylvania avenue. viii be used as
| a schoolroom. This schedule will be
effective May !. 1873. and the first and
third assembly nights thereafter will
be devoted to school for ali non-com-
missioned officers not detailed for duty
with a consolidated company Until
| further orders. all non commissioned
officers will attend school armed with
rifles"
Brig Gen. George II. Harries. COM
manding the District of Columbia
Militia, is expected to arrive IN the
| city next Thursday, in the evening of
| which day he will be present at the
annual presentation Of service medals
and taget practice prizes to the mem
| beers of the National Guarl of the Dis
| trict of Columbia. The exercises will
| take place in the drill hall OF the Cen
ter Market Armory.
| The Signal Corps company has settled
down to work again after annual in
| spection and has taken up both the
two-arm semaphore signaling and map
reading. Plans are being made for TAX
ing attachments out Sunday mornings
for flag and Photograph practice. and,
| as soon as the weather permits par
| ties will be taken out Saturday even
ings for acetylene lantern practice.
The organization will be changed
| shortly from type u to type Il COM
| pany, increasing the enlisted strength
| from sixty seven to seVenty-hve men.
No difficulty will be encountered in
| filling up the ranks, the company
is practically up to full strength now.
The radio sections will be abolished
and wire sections substituted. While
the radio will be done away with SO
far as field work is concerned. the big
radio set at company headquarters will
be maintained in order that those men
who are interested in wireless teleg-
raphy may keep up their work in that
particular line.
-Four new men have enlisted since in
spection: Lewis Lawych. Henry H
Mcdonald.
If plans now under way are carried
out. Capt. o. c. Terry, First Lieuts
| George M Lands and Russell NJ Mao,