Evening star., 1916-06-28
NATIONAL GUARD CAMP NOTES

Recruits came In fast for the head
quarters company ysstsrday. More than
thirty FLED their applications at the
rsgfmental headquarters. The COM
pany reached minimum war strength
before . o'clock last night and recruits
are stin coming. This recently was
one Of the smallest companies in the
entire regiment. but 1t seems to be the
most popular one for enlistments.
Commissioner Oliver p Newman made
an inspection Of the camp yesterday.
being welcomed and escorted about by
Brig. Gen. william =. Harvey. The
Commissioner said he was proud of
the type Of men he saw In the National
Guard. representative Of the citizenship
Of the District. He remarked upon the
tirely different from most militia en-
campments. Commissioner Newman
met prominent men from various sec
tfons of the District with whom he 10
mented them upon the spirit Of patriot
ism with which they are answering the
call Of their country.
equipment from the Quartermasters
supply tent all day. For more than
six hours the clerks were busy giving
out uniforms. blankets. ponchos ana
hours they were engaged in checking
up cartloads Of property received from
the general storehouse Of the National
Guard in Washington.
First serst- Henry =. O'Maliey Of
Company G has aerved twelve years In
the National Guard. He 10 the good
friend Of all the rockies. steering
t. la n.
tire company and is himself enthusi-
astic for the service. Even II the men
from the navy yard are called back the
sergeant says he will so with the regi-
nation. His spirit is contagious. and
many Of the navy yard men Will follow
his lead.
camp yesterday. The first was at 1:3o
pm In the Y. M. c. A. tent. the next at
s:ao in front Of Col Glsndie Young's
headquarters tent and the last IN tne
Y. M c. A, tent at . O'clock; s,,drnS. Tas 'aot ~
guests. At the final concert there were
more than SEQ persons In the 7. M. Z. a
tent and several hundred outside
Louis mike" Walsh 10 the champion
trench digger Of Company q.
companie. D. l.. NJ and the machine
svsnna s"n n' and nseehs' shs ossrs were busy last
night filling them out The camp guests
were interested observers Of this impor.
tant clerical work. This indicates that
these will be the arst ccmpanies to be
Col. and Mrs. c. Fred Cook were guests
at tho camp yesterday afternoon, IN COM
with n Col q s%' GoaR the a:,asa sssf He
was adjutant Of the guard. Col. simm:
was commended on all sides for the zeal
with which he IL carrying out his assign
ment to recruit the District guard to war
Resimental Color Sergeant c. W.
Moore has two sons in 4 Company. The
sergeant has bean recalled to tho camp
shipped out to the camp 81 wagons. 3
wagonloads of ammunition and truck
loads of equipment.
All members Of Company had leave
last night because they were on guard
duty all the day and night before. At
guard mount Company g made a hne
showing and was complimented for the
way in which the rockies have been
who are enrolled.
The Y. M. C. A. tent 10 letter writing
There IL about ten dollars
worth of postage used each day in this
tent and more than $500 sheets of writ
ing paper have been utilized.
A. L. Smith, the Y. M. C. A. secretary,
tional guardsmen.
Mutt" the tallest man in Company G,
Is grieving over the fact that "Jeff' is
planning for interesting times when
they cross the border. Mutt" was very
strict in his Injunction that his diminu-
tive friends name should be "deleted."
The new pay station booth telephone
in the Y. N. c. A. tent is such a popular
place that in twenty-four hours the
telephone slot became clogged up six
times with nickels.
Walter c. Rathbone of Company l.
was host at the first banquet in camp
last night. AS he Is detailed as a bril-
gade headquarters clerk. his spread was
honored by the presence of several bril-
gade officers.
Gen. Villa" the little mongrel cur,
has been transferred from @ Company
to H Company as mascot. Gen. Villa"
couldn't get along at all pleasantly with
Gen. Carranza," 80 he was given his
passports and safe escort.
A delegation of Y M c. A. offcials
inspected the Y. NJ. c. A. tent and the
camp In general yesterday. In the
delegation were two who know many
of the young men in camp-W. II. Nor
ris Of the international committee and
Secretary Angel of Baltimore. They
were getting pointers for similar work
in the Maryland camp in Laurel
First Lieut.. c. Earl Smithson of the
Sd Infantry voices the sentiment Of the
navy yard men In camp The announce
ment made In last nights papers that
these men had been called back to work
caused much comment. Lieut.. Smithson
said: There isn't any chance. I'm here
and l am going right through with the
OUTFIT. don't believe any Of the men
will withdraw from the regiment to 20
back to work" This opinion was ex-
pressed generally among the men.
Capt. Edwin D. Fullam, adjutant of the
30 Infantry Regiment. was In District
court today answering a habeas corpus
summons in the first case to test the
right OF the War Department to enlist
into the service boys under twenty-one
years OF age without the consent of their
parents. Capt. Fullam was served with
habeas corpus warrant the day the
regiment left for camp, calling for the
delivery of John B. Brockman. Brock
man Is nineteen years old. He wants to
go with the regiment, but his family Is
strenuousiy opposed. The case is before
Justice Ashley M. Gould.
William L. Tidings. second lieutenant