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lected at Colonial Beach. Va, both Of
fcers and men now will turn their at
tention to making preparations for
the troop movement, which will be
less this year than ever before. There
will be only one regiment of infantry.
one battalion OF colored troops and
the Signal Corps Company a total Of
about 400 men.
The new armory facilities on /. street
near Convention Hall viii make it com.
paratively easy for the officers and
men to get their uniforms ready for
service. There double lockers have
been provided for the men. in which
both their blue service and their khaki
field uniforms are kept. Heretofore it
storehouse the uniform which was not
being used.
Within the next two weeks it is prob
able that the movement of all OF the
ORGANIZATIONS to the new L street
will be completed. and matters
will begin to settle down on the camp
preparations. Brig. Gen. William 4.
Harvey, commanding the District OF
brigade headquarters would be moved
to the new armory Friday. The
Quarteraster Corps offices already have
been moved
Gen. Harvey. with several members of
his staff. is scheduled to leave here ut,
o'clock today aboard the steamer St.
Johns for Colonial Beach. where the
general will make a personal inspec-
ton of the camp site. AT the same
time matters of supplies. camp layout
and transportation from the boat to
the camp grounds will be gone into
Accompanying Gen. Harvey will he
Maj Joseph &. Cashier. L. s. A., ad-
jutant general of the District Of Colum-
bia Militia: Maj. Francis b. Wheaton,
ordnance department.: Maj. Alfred T.
Robbins, Quartermaster Corps, and John
c. Whitaker. who has been nominated
to be major in the Quartermaster Corps
to look after commissary stores.
While at the Beach Maj. Wheaton will
make military map of the camp
grounds and the surrounding country
to be used by the troops in their
maneuvers while they are encamped
there. Sergt. Walcott H. Simmons, u.
S. A, instructor assigned to the Dis
trict Militia. will assist Maj. Wheaton
IN the map making work. Sergt Sim
mons has had considerable experience
at this work while in the regular sery.
ice
The actual movement of the property
OF the National Guard of the District
or Columbia from the old quarters to
the new armory on l. street northwest,
just east of 5th street, will begin to-
morrow morning at o'clock. when the
regimenta1 headquarters will be moved.
COMPANIES II, l. ana VIII De
moved Tuesday; Companies A. c, E and
D Wednesday; Companies H. I, X and
NJ Thursday, and the band and Oficers'
Association Friday.
Eight wagons will be used in the
movement. and four officers and en-.
listed men have been detailed to guard
the property during the movement.
Plans are now being drawn for q big
swimming pool to be constructed in the
new armory as one of the features for
attracting men to the guard. There Is
ample space for such a pool. and as
soon as plans are completed efforts will
be made to get an estimate of the cost
of construction.
Then the matter will be submitted to
the officers of the Sd Infantry, with the
request that they raise money for the
pool by popular subscription among
themselves.
The Non-Commissioned Ohicers' Asso-
citation has made arrangements for q
rife match to be held on the Congress
Heights range during the period Of
the annual matches. The match would
consist of two sighting shots and hve
record shots on each Of the 200, 800 and
500 yard ranges, to be fred in a prone
position.
All members Of the association would
be eligible to fire. the entrance fee to
be 25 cents. Expert riflemen will be
shooters three points. The prizes in
cash would be: First, so per cent; sec.
ond, 80 per cent, and third, 20 per cent
of the entrance fees COLLECTED, aug
mented by any contributions that may
be made.
Preparations for the annual encamp-
ment now are being made by the menu
bers of the Signal Corps Company. The
officers and non-commissioned officers
have been ordered to report twice a
week for duty. Although the privates
have not been ordered to report two
nights, Capt. Terry is anxious to have
drills.
The following promotions and APP
pointments in the Signal Company have
been ordered:
Serets. Albert C. Hall and Thomas A
Reed, to be sergeants. first class: Corps
H. A. Cady, E L. Cooley and G. l.. Pot
ter, to be sergeants: Private Z. J. Pet
tit. to be sergeant; Privates Frank Riff
H. E. Davis, w. c. Peake, NJ.
Freed, David Willinsky, B. Hammond.
w. P. Seaton and Louis Lawych. to be
Four recruits joined the COMPANY
n. c. Painter, Stewart E. Burroughs. M
Detwaller and William H. Bright.
1t was announced that the company
will march to Colonial Beach. leaving
Sunday morning, August
Is. Sergt. Winters has been busy as
sembling three new escort wagons.
The new uniforms are expected at any
time now and the men are anxious to
be fitted out.
The new wire carts have not yet ar
rived, but will be here in time for
camp. There will be work for some one
winding five miles of field wire on each
Of them, and going over them to see
that they are in working order. The
two old ones will have to be overhauled
before taking the field.
A good-sized advance detail Will go
by boat to pitch the big tents and get
the kitchen in running order, so that
when the company arrives everything
will be ready for the men to move right
in.
Capt. Terry has plenty OF road work
and drill marked out for the company
and there are several surprises in store
for the new men. It looks now as
though the company will be filled up
10 seventy-five men before 1t leaves
as there are now seventy-three on the
rolls. There are q few whom Capt,
FERRY will discharge. however, as they
have left the District. and are NO
onger available.
Camp Ourand, the instruction camp
along the banks Of the up
Der Potomac by the observation-disclosures
1fficers' Association, 10 attracting
,reat amount of interest from members
If the local National Guard. Every
sunday there are many visitors. those
m the guest book last Sunday being
.apt. and Mrs A. D. Hathaway, Sergt.
daj. c. A. Miller. Sergt. 2. Hargett.
ouartermaster Sergt. v. G. Weber.
80 Irdd Serrt s. F. Bomar SerGt.