Evening star., 1916-06-30
NATIONAL GUARD CAMP NOTES

The members of the Field Hospital
have some entertainment every n1gnt
| A little while after the evening mess
John Kline and Joe Perron put on
few rounds of good scrapping. just 10
! keep in trim. But each of them says
| he will take on any lightweight cham
| pion.
Assistant Secretary Carl Vrooman OF
| the Department of Agriculture was IN
camp yesterday afternoon and ad-
dressed the members of his department
| who had enlisted. He praised them
! highly for serving their country and
expressed the hope that they would do
as well for the War Department as
| they had done for the Department of
Agriculture.
Rosslyn to outfit fully all of the Or
ganizations now in camp so that they
may start to the front. The three cars
which arrived yesterday had all kinds
of clothing and equipment. whlcn. sup
plementing that which the guard al
ready has, is sufficient to send IT TO the
| border fully equipped.
Bisbee. Ariz., is quite a health resort.
| If the District troops do not get into
any fighting, their stay in the south
will be just like long vacation. Bis
bee has an elevation of about 5000 feet.
Maj Brewster and Capt Jackson,
talon yesterday.
Capt. Earnshaw, commanding the
machine gun company, Sd Infantry. a
oy,iz 10 a
number of horses. He tried to make
several, submitted for sale, jump hur-
die yesterday near the brigsde head
quarters, but when they reached the
horsemen, horse dealers. cavalrymen
and field artillerymen trying to make
the animals jump, but they absolutely
refused.
Battery B has some new horse clip
pers, and they were tried on the mems
heads yesterday. The result is that
half of this battery now has clean
shaven heads. Mechanic Keefe did the
shaving.
Roscoe Arbucle and Charley Chaplin
have rivals in the Battery B camp.
Paul Hagan impersonates the former
movie star and Charley Greer. the lat
ter. and the two together keep the bat
terymen in good humor. Greer was one
of those who fell victim to Mechanic
Keefe's clipper charge. But he still
has his Charley mustache.
Battery B probably will be ready for
muster by tomorrow. 1t is three COM
missioned officers shy, and is waiting
until the commissions of the three men
who have been nominated are received
before being presented for muster. The
men expect to receive their commits
sons today.
d -ie
Mohler. began today making out the
pay rolls for the payment of the troops
on June 80.
Members of Battery B say that they
have received great help in getting this
organization in good condition from
Sergt. Stewart Oft Sd section of Bat
terry A.
Battery A has received seventeen re-
cruits in two days. If the recruiting
continues as it has this organization
will have more than enough to mus
ter at war strength. 1t Will nave
big reserve list from which to draw In
the event any of the men are rejected
on their physical examination.
BATTERY has standing gun drill
every day. Now that the hauling OF
the camp eouipage has 1essened some
what the battery will be able to get
some horses The District militia owns
thirty horses, which it uses regularly
in having mounted gun drill.
Corn w w Smith of A Battery GOT
into r Battery's street yesterday, ana
he too came out with a bald head
A. NJ. Peisch, formerly university pro-
fessor in South Dakota. Is every ihcI
a soldier. according to the members OF
battery A. the organization to which
he belongs Peisch happened to be IN
washington when the call for Inc
niIitja was issued, and he promptly
went to the recruiting station ana
signed the papers
Guidon Daniel HerZog. with an arnie9
detaH consisting of Corp Smith ana
Priyates Speiss and Joseph Garner, an
~ Rattery A, were sent to washington
last night to look up and bring INTO
camn ali members of this organization
who have SO far failed to answer the
call to the colors
Ijeut Frank of the I'd Cavalry yes
terday inspected the property OF tne
signal Company, and receipted lot ~
from Gen. Harvey, who. as command
ing officer of the militia. was RESPONSE
BILE for it.
N,ieut Charles NJ. Lands has been ap,
nninted uuartermaster of the signal
Gompany. and as such is responsible
for the thousands of dollars worm o.