The Washington herald., 1916-07-01
Lower STANDARD
FOR MILITIAMEN
Wood Orders Waiving Of Mi
nor Disquali6cations Brought
Out by Examinations.

Fully 10 per cent Of the District militia
men at Camp ordway are failing in phys
teal examinations. according to an an
nouncement made last night at Fort
Myer, where examinations are being
held
The percentage from now on, however.
may be reduced, as orders were received
yesterday afternoon from Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood, at New York, granting
permission to waive disqualification of
men for minor defects. Many of the re-
jected militiamen failed to pass the tests
because of minor disqualiications, and
the waving of these details was received
with rejoicing.
Four additional companies yesterday
underwent physical examination - the
supply company. the headquarters COM
pany, the machine gun company and
Company z Of the Third infantry. Army
surgeons feel confident they will be able
to examine four companies a day. Com
panies A and B were examined Thurs
day. Companies and D were prevented
from being examined yesterday.
Must Have Full Strength.
Announcement was made that the
Third Regiment of Infantry will not be
permitted to entrain for the border until
each company Is recruited to full
strength of sixty-hve able-bodied men.
Mere physical examination of the re-
mainder of the regiment will require
fully four days, and as fully twenty or
mofe men to each company are being
disqualified by disability. IT will be a
week before the unit will be ready
The largest of the infantry companies
has only eighty-odd men. and the aver
age company has about seventy. The
wedding out of twenty men from each
company will leave gaps that will require
considerable time to fill, as recruiting is
slackening day by day.
II the infantry regiment leaves at all
next week officers at the camp will be
much surprised The First Separate Bat
talon, colored troops; the Signal Corps,
and the Field Hospital Company, how
ever, will entrain early in the week Capt.
Horace P. Hobbs. mastering officer, said
these units would not be ready to leave
before Monday night at the earliest
All troops In camp have been mustered,
with the exception OF the cavalry and
two batteries of field artillery. They
were to have been mustered yesterday,
but plans were changed at the last mo-
ment.
shipment Transferred.
The consignment OF shoes and cloth
ing received at Rosslyn, Va, on Thursday,
was transferred yesterday to the gun
carriage sheds at Fort Myer, adjoining
Camp Ordway. The work of taking an
inventory and checking it with the In
voices, consumed all of yesterday Dis
tribution of equipment probably will COM
mence this morning. The First Separate
Battalion will be supplied first. The
Signal Corps and the Field Hospital Com
pany will come next
A thorough inspection of the camp was
made by Lieut.. Col. A. W. Brewster
and Maj. W. P. Jackson. both of the
Inspector Generals Office, of the War De-
partment. Both officers refused to COM
ment on conditions. stating that their
opinions would be expressed in a conf
Dental report to the War Department
Brig. Gen. William z. Harvey, COM
manding the District National Guard, wa.
mustered into the Federal service yes
terday morning. Oath was administered
by Capt. Hobbs at headquarters tent
Employees OF the navy yard serving
with the militia were for mally ordered
last night to return to their shops, as
their services are deemed more important
to the country there than on the firing
line. There are about 10 employees in
camp. Some have expressed an intention
of resiging from the navy yard rather
than quitting the Guard.