The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-09-21

"AAhon uOlLarS set aside by congress
for gaurdsmen who have dependent
families. Blank application forms are
to be provided without delay. so that
every mans case may have prompt
attention. Only those men who were
| called into service by the Presidents
proclamation on June Is are entitled
| TO share in the fund and the word
| family shall include only wife, chill
dren and dependent mothers. No man
will be allowed more than fifty dollars
per month. In no case may the
| amount allotted amount to more than
the individual soldier has been con
| tribut1ng to the support of his depend
ent family and the allotment will be
paid monthly as long as the soldier
remains in the service. It is not
known how many soldiers of this
brigade will take advantage of the
fund. but it is expected that a very
large proportion of them will.
Col. T. Q. Donaldson, United States
Army, Inspector Generals Depart
ment, left for New York, after a brief
stay in camp.
Joseph E. Sawyer, chief clerk in
the office of the Secretary of State,
Mrs. Sawyer and little son, are gusts
at brigade headquarters.
Announcement is expected soon of
the methods to be used in distribut-
ing the two million dollars appropriate
ed by Congress for the dependent
families of guardsmen. Because Of
Of
applications for discharges are being
forwarded. It is announced that red
tape will be dispensed with, to the
end that the mone5 may be made i'm
mediately available for those needing
it.
The adjutant generals office receiv-
ed notification that under the ap3ro-
priation bill of August 20, 1916, all
property loss Of national guard equip
ment charged up against the state
prior to December 81, 1916, has been
charged off. This means that debt
of $16,143.89, dating back largely to
the Spanish War, has been wiped off
the books.
Officers and men Of this command
are expecting orders to move this
week. No official information has
been received in regard to going. but
the ordering of Major Brown of the
ordnance department and Major Hun
ter of the medical corps to Ell Paso
for duty on the divisional staff is TAX
en- 30 mean that North Carolina troops
will see border service.
The first brigade hike of the en-
was a very successful one.
Many men dropped out, claiming ex-
haustion from heat and the ambu-
lances. one to each regiment. were full
a large part of the time, but for the
most part the men stuck gamey to
ranks, despite the heat, which was in
tense. Several companies made good
records. Company B, Third regiment.
Of Raleigh, made the hike without los
ing a single man. The brigade left
camp at 1880 in the morning and
marched a distance Of about seven
niles toward New Bern, making 1T in
,hree hours. The pace set returning
vas considerably faster, the brigade
.eaching camp in two hours of march |
ng.
Col. r. @. Donaldson, q. 8. A, ar
lived for the second inspection of the |
brigade.
Lieutenant Colonel Nets OF the Sec
md infantry has been appointed acting |
provost marshal during the absence !
f Lieutenant Colonel McGhee, who is
way on business.
Appointments were made in the Of
;,,fo NJ
second Lieutenant Albert r. Barr. Co.
l, Second infantry, to first lieutenant
n that company and First Sergeant
ames A. Clifton, second lieutenant,
,omnanv L. Second infantry. to sec
nd lieutenant in that company.
Capt. Bernard Sharpe, United States
Army, retired, who Is on duty here, Is
onducting a series Of lectures at regi-
rental headquarters at night. He is
the officers of the Third regi-
lent, working out a war game with
i'd Of maps. He ia an interesting lee
urer and the officers are taking a
reat deal Of interest in the work.
After more than two months of camp
fe. the three thousand or more men
t Camp Glenn are ready to move.
aking into consideration that over
D per cent Of the men to begin with
ere raw recruits, and the additional
act that part of the old men thus left
ere discharged because of dependent
slatives, the progress made by them
as been remarkable. Plenty of work,
'esh air and able leadership has
,ansformed the wavering, awkward
ompanies into snappy organizations
lat will stand up with the other Ma
onal Guard companies of the country.
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