Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-19

n Guard of the District of Co
~ lumbia now are confined prin-
cfpally to the making Of
preparations for the coming
drill season, Drill schedules are being
prepared by the headquarters officers,
and It is probable that they will be
issued within the next two weeks.
orders for the participation of all Of
the organizations composing the Ma
tionaI Guard of the District of Column
hia in the parade in connection with
the encampment of the Grand Army
of the Republic Wednesday, September
29. have been issued.
The order follows:
1.-THE National Guard of the District
of Columbia will participate in the
parade of the Grand Army of the Re-
public September 20, 1915.
Companies. separate organizations,
battal1ons and Sd Infantry will as
semble near the Peace Monument in
the following order not later than $3.50
am. reporting their arrival to the
adjutant general: Brigade commander
and staff, Sd Infantry. list Separate
Battalion. Naval Battalion. Hospital
Corps. Battery A, Field Artillery, ana
Signal Corps Company.
.'Dress uniform will be worn. For
officers dismounted: Black shoes thigh
top). For enlisted men dismounted:
Russet leather shoes.
Each organization will be inspected
by it's commander before the general
assembly, and any officer or man not
in proper uniform or not presenting a
creditable appearance will not be per-
mitted to parade.
"All commanding officers will report
at brigade headquarters at o'clock
on the evening of September %, 1915,
to receive any special orders that may
be given.
This duty will be without pay. Gov
eminent employees will be furnished
certificates Of service for the duty per-
formed under this order"
The names of many officers who fig-
ured prominently in the work of the
upbuilding of the National Guard of
the District of Columbia are missing
ing the relative rank of officers just
issued by the brigade headquarters.
Among the most prominent whose
names have been taken off the active
list are those of Mai. Gen. George H.
Harries, Brig. Gen. Charles H. Ourand,
former commander of the LIST Infantry,
which has ceased to exist: Lieut.. Col. c.
Fred Cook, former adjutant general:
Lieut. Col. Edwin H. Neumeyer, former
chief of the quartermaster corps; Lieut..
of small arms practice, and Capt. F..
II. Neumeyer Of the subsistence de-
partment.
The name of Maj. Gen. Harries heads
same order, putting a major general
for the first time at the head OF the
list The retired list Is increased by
ten retirements since the beginning Of
the year.
Comparison with the previous list is
sued by the brigade headquarters shows
the loss of three lieutenant colonies,
five ma ors, twelve captains. fourteen
first lieutenants and twelve second lieu
tenants Two of the lieutenant colonies
the organization, leaving, as result.
only the loss Of one lieutenant colonel
The list, by comparison with the pre-
vious one. indicates that forty-four off,
GERS have been lost since the publica-
ton of the last list, January /, 1915.
The order follows:
Brigadier general, William E. Har-
vey, District of Columbia Militia.
Adjutant general. Joseph c. Cast
Colonel, Glendie B. Young, Sd In
fantry.
Lieutenant colonel. Anton Stephan.
Sd Infantry.
Majors-l. Luther H. Reichelderfer.
Quartermaster Corps: 3. William S.
Hodges. judge advocate generals de-
partment; 4, Joseph F.. Hodgson. Sd
Infantry: S, Wallach A. McCathran. Sd
Infantry; 6. Alexander Summers. Sd
Infantry; 7. Thacker v. Walker. ord
nance department.: s. Francis B. Wheat
on, inspector generals department;
.. Charles r. Luce. Medical Corps;
10. James E. Walker. LIST Separate Bat
talon: IL. Harry Coope, adjutant gen
Medical Corps; 10. John E. Whitaker.
Quartermaster Corps.
Captains, George F. Dudley, chap
lain. Sd Infantry; 2. George L. TAFT. Sd
fantry; 4, Harry D. Richardson. LIST
Separate Battalion: 5, William r. Nc
Cathran. Sd Infantry; 6. Theodore P.
Heap. Sd Infantry; Z. John E. Brooks.
Sd Infantry; 8. John w. Oehmann, Sd
Infantry; 9. Alvin D: Hathaway. Sd
Infantry; 10, Charles H. Bowker, Medi-
cal Corps; IL. Edward NJ. Nevis, Quar-
termaster Corps; IL. William H. Beck
stein. Sd Infantry; 10. Lucien B: En-
nest. 80 Infantry; "a. Oliver c: Terry
Infantry: 1s. Edwin w. Fullam, Sd
Infantry: II. Tom e. Fawcett. Sd In
fantry: 1s. Clarence L. Adams, Sd In
fantry: 10. VIII H. Chase, Sd Infantry:
81. Louis c. vogt, A Battery. Field Ar
tillery; %, Ralph Alderman, Sd Infan-
try. inspector small arms practice; 20.
Herbert c. Earnshaw, Sd Infantry: "a.
sylvester II. Epps' Ist separate Bat
talon: rs. Clarence c. H. Davis, LIST
Separate Battalion; 26. William B. Hud-
son, Medical Corps; 81. Louis c. Wilson,
Quartermaster Corps: 20. Albert Ridg-
ley. Medical Corps: 20. Clarence M. Doll
man. Medical Corps; 30. Eugene r.
Stephenson. Medical Corps; 81, Douglas
s. Bliss. Quartermaster Corps
First lieutenants-1, Louis H. Patter-
son. list Separate Battalion; 2. William
s. Wormley, list Separate Battalion, as
SiStant INSPECTOR of small arms prac-
tice; 3, Frank e. Sharpless. Sd Infantry;
4, Claude Burlingame, Sd Infantry; S.,
Harry W. KIotz. Sd Infantry; s. George
G. Wilson. A Battery. Field Artillery:
l. George M Lands. Signal Corps: 8.
Russell M: MaeLennan; signal Corps;