Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-03

Guard OF the District OF Co
lumbia part of the
official escort to the Grand
Army OF the Republic was the
principal feature of guard activities
during the current week. The men
made an excellent showing in the
parade, the whole force having turned
out for the review. The ranks of the
companies and independent organiza-
tons were well filled.
Drills and exercises of the infantry
and other land forces will be resumed
within short time. beginning the
drill season OF islS-lel6 in preparation
Tor the next annual encampment.
Five horses to be used by the bat
teries of field artillery here arrived
| in the battery's stables. \ consiisn-
ment of five more Is expected within :
short time. and then the drills with the
field pieces will begin. This is the
! horses with which 1t could drill during
the week. the only real practice 1t re-
| ceived being during the encampment and
| on parades
Inauguration of a new policy on the
part of the War Department to assign
horses to the militia FOR drill purposes
so that they can be Kept in high
|
Battery Il. Field Artillery. will he
formally organized next Thursday
night at the armory on LIST street
! northwest, just south of Indiana ave-
nue., according to an announcement OF
Lieut.. George C. Wilson. II is eX-
pected that Brig. Gen. William i. Har-
lvey. commanding the District of Co
lumbia militia: Mai. Summerall. assist
ant chief of the division Of militia ar
fairs of the War Department and Mai.
j. c. Cashier. adjutant general. Dis
trict of Columbia militia, VIII be pres
ent at the formal muster.
Battery A now has 1o9 men on its
roll. but with the addition OF thirty
| four enlisted men from the infantry.
who have been ordered transfer red. will
have 1919 enlisted men.
| Lieut.. George c. Wilson will be com
missioned captain and placed IN com
mand of the new battery. Second Lieut..
Elwood II. Morehead will be promoted
| to first lieutenant and assigned to Bat
terry b. The other officers will be taken
from men in Battery A, who are ca
pable of passing the examination.
! Nine sergeants and twelve corporals
lare to be selected, and the men will be
assigned to their permanent sections.
1t is probable that each of the two new
batteries will have to drill on different
nights until guns arrive for Battery Il.
Following the parade last Wednesday
the battery gave drill in Potomac
Park.
The rifle competitions of the local
guard were started on the Congress
Heights range last Thursday, and some
excellent scores were maze. Owing to
1.-THE heavy rain Friday, however 1t was
necessary to postpone the matches
scheduled for that day until yesterday.
and those scheduled for yesterday go
over until tomorrow.
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Officers and men of the Field Hos
pital, n. G.. D. c.. are working hard to
put their organization in the first rank
Of similar companies of the militia.
They are trying to make it the best
drill organization of it's kind. The
| company now is recruited to its full
| strength and the attendance at drills
and lectures is said to be almost al
| ways at the 100 per cent mark.
| A special class has been formed for
nrst-aid work, of which Charles Mat
timore is president and William {.
Parry secretary. The names of the
members of this class have been sub
mitted to the American National Red
Cross headquarters. Later the MEM
bers will take an examination Tor the
fred Cross nurse diploma.