Evening star., 1916-06-20
The Ofacial Order.

The Official Order.
The Official order issued to the Dis
trict troops by MIDI. Harry Coope. adju-
tant general. and carrying out the War
Departments order. follows:
Pursuant to call of the President for
the service of the National Guard OF
the District of Columbia, as contained
in letter dated June 18. 1915, from the
adtutant general of the army, the Ma
tional Guard is held for military duty
until mustered into the service OF the
United States at Fort Myer. Va
called upon for muster into the United
States service: One regiment Of in
fantry, one separate battalion of in
fantry. one troop of cavalry. one field
hospital, two batteries of field artil-
lery. one company Of Signal Corps.
THE above organizations are ordered
to assemble at their company, troop
or battery armories. which are desig-
mated as the company rendezvous Tor
the several companies.
Organizations armed and equipped
for the held in accordance with the
provisions for regulations for organized
militia will report to the commanding
officer. Fort Myer. Va.
Movement of'equipage will commence
Tuesday morning. June 20, 1915. and
movement Of troops will commence at
an hour to be designated.
Ration returns for five days will be
submitted Immediately upon arrival in
camp.
'One hundred rations per unit will be
issued to organizations upon arrival at
mobilization point. which will be de-
Quoted from the five-day ration return.
Morning reports will be furnished
these headquarters II o'clock am. daily.
Organization commanders will pre-
pare an alphabetical list of officers and
enlisted men Of their respective or
ganization for muster-in data. Form
No. 2, organized militia (to be furnished
by mastering offlcer), will be prepared
by organization commanders under su-
pervision of mastering officer"
Anxious to See Service.
Although the men were not ordered
to report at their armories until 8
o'clock this morning. long before that
time the armories were crowded with
in groups. discussing the possibilities
border. All OF them seemed anxious
to get into the fray. IL there is to be
one.
The only persons around the armories
ers and sisters. and even wives. Of some
Of the men. AS on yesterday, they
made pleas to the officers for the re-
lease of some of the men, but the Of
Of some Of them is a rejection under
the physical test. when It is given at
Fort Myer when the troops get into
camp. 1t is possible. it Is declared:
at that time. and then there viii be
vacancies for the promotion Of men
who have shown liking for military
duty and ability. to command men.
HaI ~t ~SAe-
strength also will add number of
promotions to sergeants and corporals.
Ohlcers and company clerks were at
work with their records early today
for transportation to Fort Myer. The
movement Of the equipment was start
cd this morning at o'clock, when
twelve trucks appeared at the various
armories for the work. There will have
to be tenting. feld desks. officers i'm
pedimenta and other paraphernalia
transported. Several merchants Of the
city are cooperating In the movement
by the loan OF their trucks for this
work.
Horses Hired for ohicers.
Mai. Alfred p Robins. chief of the
Quartermaster Corps. is directing the
movement Of the impedimenta. while
Capt. E. NJ. Nevils. his assistant. is on
the receiving end at the concentra-
ton camp. The Quartermaster Corps
has hired some horses for officers. hav-
ing today obtained fifteen from one To-
cal dealer.
When the men of the I'd Infantry
assembled in the Convention Hall drill
quarters at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
presumably for the march to the con-
centration camp. they were put through
a preliminary inspection to determine
whether they were fully equipped for
field service. This inspection was by
Col. Glendie B. Young. commanding
this regiment, and it was made to make
certain that every man had every bit
of equipment which he is expected to
carry and will save any delays in the
concentration camp. Those men who
are now enlisting will be outdtted from
the post store at Fort Myer, and they
will not: march there with the uni
formed troops, but will be sent there
as fast as they are enlisted.
More. than 100 men were enlisted yes.
terday. according to the medical OH.
GERS. Maj. Charles r. Luce, Medical
Corps. in charge Of the examining