Evening star., 1915-07-04


regiments to one, the officers having
Icharge of this work are resting on
their oars. They are watchfully walt
ing for the order from the headauar-
ters of the Department of the East OF
1.-The Army at Governors Island. New
York, for the order directing the con-
solida tion.
| The transfer of property from one
regiment to the new regiment. the
lelimina ton of officers and the reor-
ganiza ton Of the new regiment are all
! planned. The officers who have been
selected for separation from the serV-
ice, il is known, have been informed,
and have been given the choice of re-
Itiring, resigning or accepting an hon
orable discharge.
| Practically all of those officers who
are. not eligible for retirement under
the National Guard act are to take
honorable discharges. it is understood;
If this is done, it is pointed out. should
| these officers ever return to the serN-
ice they will get full credit for the
time they were out. the same as II
their service had been continuous.
whereas If they resign the intervening
years will not count for continuous
service.
manding the District of Columbia mill
tia. is Withholding any INFORMATION
concerning the consolidation until the
order is issued by the Department or
the East. The local officers now nave
been waiting for about two weeks for
i the order, but it seems that it was
lost in transit somewhere IHst where
the delay is. one seems able TO
lguess.
Gen. Harvey stated as soon as every
| thing was clear he would make d state
| ment regarding the consolidation and
| give out the details.
! Camp sites now are taking much at
| tention on the part of the guard Off
| GERS Mai. Joseph c. Castner. nited
| States Army. adjutant general. district
of Columbia militia, and Maj. Alfred E.
| Robbins Ouarterma Corps. n G.
D. C.. went down the Potomac river
| Thursday to look over a number of sites
and have made their report to Gen.
| Harvey.
! Practically all of the sites that are
| being looked at so situated that
water transportation IAN be used Ow-
i ing to the informat'"n received from
the railroads that the fiat mileage rate
would be charged for the guard trans
port alton this year. it has been neces-
| sary to look to water transportation
| to settle the problem.
| 1t is probable that an announcement
of the camp site will be made known
in short time. as the quartermaster
| officers have been looking around Wash
prospective sites. About every available
site has been thoroughly investigated
| from the military standpoint.
| Beginning tomorrow morning at 9
O'Clock a competition is to he held on the
| rife range for places on the brigade rifle
team to represent the guard In the ma :
| tional match in Jacksonville, Fla. in Oc-
tober. The competition will be in prog
ress the entire day.
The question of the moving of the
brigade headquarters in The Star build
| ing the Center Market Armory and the
| storehouse on Missouri avenue also has
been receiving much consideration during
the week 1t has been decided to move all
| of these branches of the service to the
| armory on l. street northwest. adjoining
| Convention Hall 1t is probable that
the movement will begin the latter part
Of July
| Plans for a smoker to be held Az
gust were discussed at a meeting Of
the Non Comm issioned Officers Asso-
citation Thursday night. All persons
| who desire to attend are requested to
notify Sergt Harlan Fley, the record
| ing secretary of the organization. in
| order that ap accurate estimate may
| be made as to the number of persons
expecting to attend
| Several members of the association
| are planning to spend considerable
| time this summer In the. camp which
was yesterday established by the or
| ganization up-,the river. Those who
| cannot attend for a week or more ex-
pect to spend Saturdays and Sundays.
The First Separate Battalion. N. G. D.
G. Nal James f. Walker commanding,
reported at the rifle range Monday for its
tour of duty with thirteen officers and 231
men. The attendance for this work was
thirteen officers and 244 men.
| Marked improvement was shown by this
battalion in it's work on the range. In
addition to the target practice daily drills
and other exercises were conducted. A
battalion parade was held each day at
retreat.
The record of attendance was gratifying
to the officers, it was an evidence OF
interest in this work. Many of the men
made sacrifices in order to perform this
duty. for a great number of them are per
diem employees and do not receive any
wages when off on this service.
Capt. Hobbs, the inspector-instructo or,
visited the range Wednesday and Thurs
day. Thursday afternoon he formed a
war strength company and directed ex-
tended order work
AT the conclusion of the tour of duty
the commanding officer Of the battalion
complimented the officers and men on
their work. directing attention to the
fact that the battalion will now begin
preparations tor the annual encampment
Field Artillery.
-HE battery during the week
completed it's four days OF
pistol practice at Congress
Heights rifle range. Sixty
| seven men reported for prac-
tice unaer comma nd of Capt. j.. G. Eogt