The Washington herald., 1915-04-23
SENATOR urges
AID FOR MILITIA
Peace Can Be Assured Only
by Developing National
Guard, He Says.
TROPHIES ARE AWARDED
Brig. Gen. George H. Harries Ad-
dresses His Men for the
Last Time.


maintaining regular army of at least
l2o.ooc, but by developing its national
guard. This was the assertion of Sena
tor George K. Chamberlain. of Oregon.
| chairman of the Military Affairs Com
| mittee, in addressing the District Ma
! tlonai Guard on the occasion of the
awarding of annual trophies and prizes
Tor rifle practice at the Center Market
Armory last night.
This nation will be respected" said
The Senator, when il Is known that not
| only its regular army, but also its citizen
soldiers stand ready to defend it. Often
you are spoken of as tin soldiers but
In the last analysis it is you who arc
called upon to re-enforce the regular
army when your country is i'm trouble
Will Promote Liquidation.
Has 1t ever occurred to you that YOU
are the only body of public servants who
receive no compensation from your coun-
try for remaining ready for service?
believe you should be paid. and ! intend
! TO exert every effort to have legislation
passed at the next session of Congress
providing for pay for our national guard.
We appear to be at peace with the
world. but history has shown-and we
know from the present struggie-that
war comes when least expected We
should. therefore. be ready to do what
Is best for America-first. last, and al
ways"
Senator Chamberlain promised to do all
In his power to have Congress appro-
pirate for an armory for the District
guard.
Tense silence prevailed when Brig. Gen
George II. Harries. who has commanded
the District guard for seventeen years
and who Yesterday morning requested
the Secretary OF War to retire him.
arose to give his last address to his men.
After declaring that it was for the good
Of the organization that he was resign
ing. and expressing deep sorrow be-
cause his business interests required him
to do so. Gen. Harries said:
There are many of YOU here tonight
who have won honors for skiIlful marks
manship. but the day is passed when
the skilful few and the unskilled many
Will be regarded as efficient. Those of
YOU who have followed events i'm ELL
rope must realize the need for general
efficiency in craftsmanship; must real
ize that not only must we be able to
march to the scene of conflict. hut be
able to hit the mark when we get there.
Some say the big gun has at last
come to its day. 1T Is true that biz guns
have been very elective in the last few
weeks in Belgium aud France, out the
are useless without infantry behird
them"
Many Trophie. Awarded.
Scores of trophies. prizes. and bars
were awarded to various individuals ;..i
companies for cific.,hcy in target prac-
tice and length o. service. The rrizes
were awarded Gy Senator Cham,erIai:,
and Gen. Harrics.
The medals for quarter Of crpturv of nm
broken service Will he IN Mai rI,a
X. Luce. of the Medical Department and Color
Serg. Charles w. Moore. Of the First Infantry
Twenty years bars will be given to Maj, ,;eorS,
L. TAFT. of the First Infantry. and Priyat, Robert
e Shields. Company A. First Separate BattaIion
Other service awards will be made as follows:
fhteen Iears bars will 20 to Commander Joseph
A Dempd. Naval Battalion: Maj. Joseph F. Ho,is
son. First Infantry; Maj. Alexander Summers Seq
ond lnfantry; Capt John W Oehrnann First
lofantry: Cart. LuCicn Il. Ernest Second Infantry:
Capt. Clarence e. II. Davis. First Separate Batta
non; Second Lieut.. James F. Slaughter First Sep
arate Rattalinn; Cuartermas:cr Sergeant Walter s
Hall. First Serg Robert II. Cheeks Cnmptny ID
Fist Separate Battalion: ouartermaster Serrran,
george j.. Retz Company NJ. Second Infantry
Serg Francis J. Ennis, Company c. First Separat.
Battalion; Serg Anthony q. W Gaines ComIany
r. First Separate Battalion; CorJcral Charles F
Carter. Company r. First Separate battalion; Cor
I"Tal James T.. Norris. Company \. First Separate
Battalion: Corporal Thomas II. Miller. Company
II. First Separate Battalion: Artifcer Joseph d.
Robinson COMPANY ID. First Separate Battalion.
Ten Years Medals.
rast- Theodore =. Heap Second Infantry: Cart
Charles u. BowkCr. Medical department; CART
Claude BurlinGame. Second Infantry: Capt Harry
g. klotz. Second Infantry: CAPT. Thomas Brown
First Infantry; Second Lieut.. Charles ID. Sniffin
Second Infantry: Sergt. Frst Glass; James VI. Nc
Daniel. Field Hospital First Serr harIes r.
Hutchinson. Company f. Second Infantry; Ssrgt
Cadwa!lsder G. Dyer. Company +. First Infantry:
Sergt William VI. Hatch. Company ID. Second In
fantry: scrSt Charles Lomack. Company e. First
Separate Battalion; Sergt. James T. Sanford Hos
Iital CorT.: Private Jcre r. Johnston Conp,ny
\. First Separate Battalion: Private John Lewis
Company A. First Separate Battalion; Private
Houston Warren. Company A. First Separate Bat
talon.
Nine Years Bars.
Cant. John C. Rooney. Secnnd Iufar.r. Frs;
Lieut. John 4. Smith. First Separate Battalion:
Second Lieut.. Wet 4. Hamilton First Separate
battalion: First Sergt. James A. Wade. Company
H. First Separate Battalion: Sergt. Henry A. :
Brown. Comrany h. First Separate Battalion:
Private Henry g. Wccdon. Company d, Fiis. /
Scrsrate Battalion
Six years mcdals-Cara William A. Pcnncycr
First Infantry: First Lieut.. Joseph E. Eldridgr,
Second Infantry: First Lieut.. Jesse e. Sweeney.
Secnnd Infantry: Ensign William X. Hosfer, Naval
Battalion: Second Lieut. Henry F. Rees. First In
fsntIy: Drum Major John W. kimmeriine. First
Infantry 6and: First Sergt. Milton J. Landvoiet.
Company F. Second Infantry; Flint Seryt C. W. :
McCafrey. Company D. First Infantry; Quarter /!
master Sergt. Gail T. Judd Company f, First !
Infantry: sergt. l. z. Berry. Company I. First ,
Infantry: SerSt. William Il, Hardy. Company A. /
First Scrarst. battalion: Strgt. Frank r. Heise. .
Company +. First Infantry; Scrgt. Ellis r. King. /
COMPANY ID, First Infantry: Scy.t. james B. !
Leonard. Company c. First Separate Battalion;
soEt. John II. stull. Company H. Fins: Infantry;
Sergt. Frank g. Washington. Company B, Firs. ,
Separate Battalion: Serst. Lewis NJ WHIP Com ,
rany z. Sec5nd Infantry: Corp Irving Fantruy. .
.omrnny A. Fnst SEPARATE Battalion; Corr. George .
II. Jones. Company G. First Sapcrste Battalion:
Corr. Alfred Lawson. Company A. Pirt Serarats .
battalion: Cor. Levi Scott Company b. Firt |
SEPARATE Ratalion: Private tlrs. class Herbert q. ;
GccTgc. Hospital CcTrs: Private John Il. Bruce ,
Company 4, First SeIarafa battalion; Private
Ismc' II. Johnson. Conpany L. Fin. separat.
Private John G. Kocnig. Company l.
First Infantry: Private Samuel n Palmer. Com