Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30

will take the company to Iert Wash.
ington Saturday afternoons and will
bring it back on Sunday. 1t Is
probable that a temporary barracks
will be assigned the officers and men
at the Fort Washington post.
The summer encampment OF TINS COM
pany will be held there. and Cen Har-
vey said that it undoubtedly Will De
held before the annual encampmeh' on
the infantry, instead or Outing '"e
same period.
Permanent quarters for the George
Washington University Coast Ar.iileI!
LIST street armory of the District Ma
tional Guard. the building ior"eii!
used by the Business High Schooi anu
later by the census bureau.
A large room on the third moor oi ~
structure is being partitioned OF INTO
four rooms-an assembly room. iock-
err room. an officers room and qua:
termaster sergeant's room. An auu'-
tional room on the fourth moor VIII o1
used. if found necessary Large seei
lockers already have been lnstaiieu.
Capt Albert c. Thompson. Jr. Coast
Artillery Corps, L. S. A., formerly sta
toned at Fort Howard, Nd. mas peer
designated by the War Departmeht DIS
| instructor of the company ana nas n nu1"
ordered to Washington for that pur-
pose.
Measurements for uniforms have been
taken and are being ordered o! .eie-
graph The blue dress uniforms nave
arrived and later the wooden oliHe
drab uniforms will be issued. In the
spring the men will receive the cotton
khaki uniforms.
Drill now is being held regularly
every Wednesday night from to s:ao
o'clock. The enlisted strength OF the
company now is seventy, with nVe men
awaiting physical examination
The officers of the Sd Regiment In
fantry. n. G: d. C., gave compitmen-
tary dance Saturday night in the gym
nasium in the l. street armory.
The enlisted men of the Sd Infantry
have cards out for a complimentary
dance in Convention Hall February s.
Drills of the mounted troops OF the
National Guard of the District of CO.
lumbia will not be permitted in the
eastern portion of Potomac Park. ac-
Garrison of the War Department. ap-
proving the recommendation of Col
W. w. Harris. the engineering OFFICER
in charge of public buildings ana
grounds. Gen. Harvey recently appIled
for permission to use this ground Inc
letter which Secretary Garrison APP
proved follows:
by act approved March 3. 1897 (2s
Stats, p. $40. it is provided that the
entire area formerly known as the Po-
tomac flats and then being reclaimed
be and the same are hereby made ana
declared a public park under the name
of the Potomac Park and to be forever
held and used as a park for the recre-
alton and pleasure of the people.
THE entire portion of that park winch
lies west of the railroad embankment
is now being improved with funds ap-
propriated from year to year by Con-
gress or is the subject of comprehen-
sive plans for park development. Con-
eress has consistently adhered to it's
declared intention that this area shall
be held and used as public park.
ITO meet suggestions which have
been made by members of the commit
tee on appropriations of the House OF
Representatives. comprehensive plan
has been prepared here for the devel-
opment of East Potomac Park as pub
lie recreation grounds and will be sub
mitted in a few days. This plan pro-
vides base ball grounds, tennis courts.
golf courses, and facilities for other
out -of-door recreations which this city
now lacks and which are so much
needed for the physical we'll being of
its people. To devote any portion of
these grounds to the purposes men,
toned herein will render them unfit for
the uses to which they have been dedi-
Gated and defeat the purposes of Con-
Sress. as the drilling of cavalry and
the evolutions of artillery will cut up
the turf and destroy the grounds. for
recreation purposes.
THE only objection to the use of the
grounds at Fort >Myer is stated to be
their inconvenience of access, but it
does not appear to be incumbent upon
the department of parks to remedy this
by permitting the use of park areas
which have been dedicated to other
purposes. Moreover, it is believed that
their use as drill grounds would have
n hn
gress before such use could be per
mitted. There are no other areas un-
der the charge of this office which
would be suitab BILE for drill grounds that
could be put to the uses suggested
in the application.
For the foregoing reasons it is
recommended that the within request
be denied"