Evening star., 1916-06-26

border Capt. George G. Wilson and
Lieut.. E. s. Moorhead are handling the
organization alone.
Lieut.. H. H. Mohr of Battery A, how
ever, has been assisting the Battery
B officers, acting as quartermaster for
the two batteries.
Every effort is being made to recruit the
batteries up to full war strength before
they are mustered in. Details have been
sent out to round up those men who fall
ed to answer the first call, and every
thing is being done to attract recruits to
these organizations.
In order to have these organizations
ready for early border service practically
all of the recruits who appear at the
camp or at the four mastering stations
are sent to the batteries. Each battery
must have 173 men and five officers be-
fore 1t can be presented for muster.
The commissioned personnel of Battery
A is complete. About fifty men are need
ed to bring Battery B up to the required
strength
One of the most active men in Battery
B is Howard Taylor He is the quarter
master sergeant and is in charge of the
supplies. ssrgt: TAYLOR is kept busy at
sonnel and he hardly has time to get his
meals. He is an ex-army sergeant and
is thoroughly familiar with. every detail
of this work He has one Of the most
orderly store tents in the camp.
Shower baths for Battery B have been
acquired in the post at Fort Myer.
Every tent in camp now has a neat
candlestck with a religious motto on it.
A woman passing through the camp the
other day saw a whisky bottle with
candle stuck in the neck. used as a can
dlestick. She thought it shame that
regular candlesticks were not issued to
the men and got the number Of tents
from the quartermaster and sent in
a a
her personal contribution to the cause of
preparedness.
Promotions in Company D are: Cor
poral ]. H. Christman to be sergeant;
Privates James R. Quaid and Howard
Thompson as corporals; Private
George Tangorra as artificer.
Many regular army officers visiting
the camp are speaking highly Of the
expedition and efficiency with which the
camp has been put into shape in such
short time. This notable work is to the
has been working more than fifteen
hours day since the order was first
issued by the President and Secretary
of War directing the mobilization.
Usually for a camp 1T takes week
or ten days before the men enter. In
two days Capt. Nevils had Camp Ord
way in quick k-service condition. so that
there was a sufficient water supply the
first night. and this has been improved
so that there is abundant filtered water.
In spite of the heavy storm that chris.
tened their arrival the troops were all
under canvas within an hour and half
with all necessary sanitary arrange
ments made.
Capt. Nevils has been captain quarter
master for five years and has been ten
years in the District National Guard. He
is considered one of the most capable Of
ficers.
Company F is the largest in camp. It
has ten full squads. commanded by Capt
Alvin D. Hathaway, First Lieut.. L. G.
Johnson and Second Lieut.. H. F. Reese
This company brought the largest num-
ber of men to camp, got its share OF re-
so that within four days 1t expects to
muster war strength.
The "noncom" officers for Company F
have been named as follows: First SER
geant w. L. Martin, jr.; quartermaster
sergeant. S. E. Bomar; sergeants. A.
Fox. E. D. Hargett, NJ. F. Ullrich. J. A.
Davis and H. Loveless: corporals. r. H.
James A Hawkins, Joseph Roth. Will
liam N. Guy. Guy W. Lower. Paul R.
Carter and William H. Keene, and ar
tificer, John H. Rose.
There are five officers now in camp
VINO were on tHe Tiilc team ldsI
year, and carried off big proportion
Of individual prizes. They are Capt.
Herbert Earnshaw, Lieut.. Alfred Smith.
Lieut. H. F. Reese, Lieut.. Francis Mar
tin and Lieut. E. H. Gerber. Ralph AL |
derman, who was captain of the team, is |
IN old rife expert. He is now inspector !
Of small arms.
A list of all the officers of the Sd |
infantry, showing those who have
wives and families. has been prepared |
md furnished to Mrs. William E. Har- /
;ey and Mrs. Edwin Fullam for use in
connection with the relief committee |
york that they have planned.
officers and men of both batteries are |
anxious to have their horses, so that /
hey can train them to the artillery drill. |
they want to break them in quickly. so |
hat they will be able to go into action
Early 1t is estimated by the officers of
he battery that 1t will take at least /
hree months. to train. the horses. for /
he reason that they will have. to be |
aiken out and taught, to remain still while |
he guns. are. being fred. .,... -
Cant GeorrS q. Wilson. commanding