Evening star., 1916-08-26
GUARDSMEN READY
FOR BENEFIT DRILL
Final Rehearsal Held Follow
ing Regular Saturday In
spection Of Tents.
PROGRAM TO COVER
ALL IN THE SERVICE
Owing to Quarantine to Prevent In
fantile Paralysis, Children Can
Attend Only in Autos.

fantile Paralysis, Children Gan
Attend Only in Autos.
Following the regular Saturday IN
spection of tents and property, tns
troops at Camp Ordway, VINO are I.
give a military tournament, peglnnihe
at o'clock this afternoon, Tor the oehe
fir of the relief fund for dependent ram
lilies of guardsmen. went to the poie
field for the final rehearsal
Although the numbers have been sc
arranged that they follow in rapid sue
cession. without any lost time. the tour
nament will take about three hours
following which there will be tea Dan
SAINT in the administration building 10
Gated lust off the polo field. Pract1calis
eyery drill used in the military service
will he demonstrated during the tour
nament.
Program for the Drill.
Following is the program:
Cavalry drill. Troop A. N G. D. C.'
Capt. ]. H. washburn, commanding
Bayonet drill. Company B. Sd 1nfan-
try, Capt. CLAUDE Burlingame, COM
manding.
Artillery drill. Battery A, Capt. Louis
c. vogt, commanding.
Rifle drill butts manuaD. company
II. Sd Infantry, Capt. Theodore r. Heap
commanding.
Signal drilr, musicians. Sd Infantry,
Lieut. E. H. Gerber. commanding.
Infantry drill tclose order), Company
NJ. Sd Infantry. Capt. E. II. Brian' com
Music ride. troops C and D. I'd United
Rescue race, teams from I'd Cavalry.
Troop A and Battery A. Each menoer
of the winning team in this race VIII
receive a book of tickets from the
post exchange. the tickets being ac-
cepted in lieu of cash in purchases at
the exchange. .,
First aid drill. Sanitary Troops. Sd
Infantry. Capt. Herbert J. Bryson' com
manding.
Battalion parade, Sd Infantry. Maj.
Joseph F. Hodgson. commanding.
Music will be furnished by the Sd
Infantry Band Karl Schaefer, leader,
militia, and the United States Engineer
Corps Band. Frank Weber, leader
omcers Who Conduct Drills.
The following assignments of Off
GERS for the events were announced:
Lieut. Col. Anton Stephan. command
ing; aids, Maj. Coope, adjutant general !;
Capt Fullam. adjutant, Sd Infantry;
Capt Bliss, .quartermaster; Capt. Chase,
ouartermaster. Sd Infantry: Lieuts.
Smitheon, Monagon and Snifin, adju-
tants of the LIST, I'd and Sd Battalions
respectively.
Maj. Coope will look after guests.
Capt Fullam will be in charge of the
rescue race and music drill of Troops
C and D. Lieut.. Baldwin, tickets:
Lieut.. Hamilton, ushers: Capt Bliss,
Troop A and field artillery drill:
Lieut.. Smithson, bayonet and butts
music and sanitary troops; Lieut.. Sniff
fin, close order and wall scaling and
battalion parade.
The guard will be IN charge Of Maj.
McCathran, Capt. McCathran, Capt.
Earnshaw and Lieut.. Schlosser
The officers expect a large crowd to
attend the drill, despite the quarantine
order issued last night. The order was
issued merely as precautionary step
to protect the public. Following is the
order issued by Maj. Harry Coope. ad-
jutant general:
Conditions on Children Attending.
paralysis and in compliance with the
Virginia state regulations, no child
under sixteen years of age will be al
lowed on the Fort Myer reservation at
the drill of the District militia, ex-
cept children in automobiles and these
will not be allowed to leave the auto
mobiles"
The order will not continue in force
merely for the time of the drill, but will
remain in effect as long as the Fir-
ginia quarantine is maintained, and will
govern all children coming to the camp,
and Is in accordance with an order is
sued by Mai. Fenton. commanding the
post at Fort Myer, and governing the
admission of cchildren to that military
reservation.
David II. Blakelock was today COM
n1issioned second lieutenant in the
Sd Infantry, being the successful candi-
date in the recent examination. He was
a sergeant in the machine gun com :
pany, and probably will again be as
signed to that command