Evening star., 1916-06-29
for the convenience of the many guests
who oat off the car at this point.

for the convenience Of the many guests
who get off the car at this point.
( The medical department of the ar
tfllery had a stretcher drill in the
| Arlington national cemetery yesterday
under direction Of Capt. Eugene L.
Stephenson.
Yesterday the names of Percy Cum
berland and Fred Ramsdell. The lat
! ter was working at the Baldwin loco
motive shops in Chester. Pa. He was
in Washington visiting his parents.
came to the National Guard camp. be-
came enthusia site, sent in his resigna-
ton and enlisted.
There is prospect that Capt Chap
lain George F. Dudley may accompany
the Sd Infantry when it leaves Tor
Bisbee. There was a report current
about the camp last night that the
vestry of ST. stephens Episcopal
Church is considering giving Chap
lain Dudley an indefinite leave of alb
sence. Col. Glendie b. Young was
visited at the camp yesterday by five
applicants for this important commits
sion.
Col. Itamy, military attache of the
japanese embassy, and Capt Hiroc of
the imperial Japanese army were in
terested spectators of the mastering
service yesterday and later inspected
the camp under the escort of Gen. Har-
vey and Maj Harry Coope. Col. 1tamy
was one of the first visitors at the Dis
trict armory after the mobilization Or
der was issued. and he has kept in
close touch with all the District s
preparations for participation in the
border patrol.
officially there is one man with blue
hair and another of slender height
in Battery B. This was discovered to-
day in going carefully over the en-
listment papers in the involved work
of filing out the muster rolls.
Corp. McComegys of Battery B is go
ing to select the largest team of horses
the battery receives for the caisson
on which Private Paul S. Hogan is to
ride. Hogan weighs 229 pounds
stripped.
Mike" the singing dog of Battery
B, was innoculated aEainest typhoid
fever and since then has been sick.
He muzzled and since has refused
to sing.
The guards have been tightened up on
the mounted troops camp. The men
have been imposing on the leniency
shown and many of them had been
running the guard" after overstaying &
their leave. Six from Battery 3 alone
were put in the guardhouse last night.
Battery A has 1863 enlisted men and
five officers. The minimum war strength
is 1873 men.
Troop A of cavalry is expected to be
mustered in tomorrow night or Friday
morning. They are now calling this the
million dollar troop"
n a i n
for physical disa bility in the Signal
Corps have been honorably discharged.
y squad of eighteen to recruit the
shortage thus caused was selected from
the surplus of Sixty-eight men who
were not chosen in the first seventy five
selected from the original l43 men in
the corps. When this squad was pre-
sented for muster to Capt. Horace P.
Hobbs. L. S. A. Fred d. Christie re-
fused to be mustered. The other seven
teen were mustered in. Capt. oliver
Terry will designate another man to-
day to take Christie's place. The seven
teen men who were mustered are: John
j. Boone. Thomas 6 Borden. Paul B.
Brashears. Henry r. Campbell. William
f. Cox. William G.. NJ. Edwards, William
A. Fraser. Joseph Henretty, Patrick C.
ketner. Daniel J. Mccarthy, George X.
McCracken. Corp. Frank Rifenberg,
Harry S. Wahl, James A. Willis Harold
C. Wood, Orvid r. Jefferson and Jona-
than r. Hagaman.
Most of the time of the brigade head
quarters and of all the administrative
officers of the camp has been taken up
with the opportunities of mothers and
dependent wives trying to get sons and
husbands released from the guard
Some mothers have practically lived at
the camp this week. others come out
nearly every day. Many of them are
fearful and all of them insist that they
cannot see why their sons can't go
home with them at once. One mother
complained that the muster officer
promised her that If when her son was
being cworn in she protested he
would be relea sed. She was there but
when her son was called to take the