Evening star., 1916-06-24
NATIONAL GUARD CAMP NOTES.

The National Guard camp will be open
to sweethearts wives and other visitors
all day tomorrow. There will be special
exercises that will interest the visitors,
aside from the pleasure of spending the
day with their soldier boys. The church
call is to be sounded at am
There was regimental inspection this
morning at o'clock. and in anticipation
the fourteen infantry companies held in
| spections in their camp streets just before
| mess last night
While there is a rule strictly enforced
at the camp that visitors are not admitted
who are admitted and welcomed at al
hours. The sentries will pass all those
who desire to enlist. More than a dozen
enlisted at the camp yesterday.
! Sentries at the camp are posted as
| follows: At guard tent on Arlington
cemetery road north of lecture tent
Along north end of camp west from
guard tent to western limits of the
camp. Along west side of camp run
ming south to middle of west line of
| camp. Along west line of camp in
continuation of previous sentry beat to
south side of camp. From southwest
corner of camp running east to Ar
lington Cemetery road, to include regi-
mental store tent and stores. From
southeast corner of camp along the
terry road to middle of eastern camp
line. In continuation Of preceding
beat to guard tent. Special post on
property near guard tent: to be dis
continued upon removal of property.
J. Edwin Lewis of Battery A has been
assigned to first sergeant's tent to as
sist Corp. Charles w Ellis in the great
bulk of clerical work.
special detail under the United
States marshal is hunting up absentees.
A reception committee is being draft
ed to welcome the crawhsh when
they arrive in camp, Mike, the sing
ing dog mascot of Battery A, is being
rehearsed in new song for their en-
tertainment.
william schnable and Harry A. Cher
man were sworn into Battery A yester.
day by Lieut.. Bonnett.
Several oId-time National Guard fol-
lowers at the camp have been reminisc-
ing with Adjt Capt Fullam of the Sd
Infantry reminding him of the days
when. as buck private, he became the
first motor cycle orderly in the United
States.
Col. C. Fred Cook, former adjutant
general of the National Guard. now re-
tired, but who is on special assignment
as recruiting officer, was a welcome
visitor at the camp yesterday. He came
out with Col. Richard ID. Sims. chief re-
cruitine officer to confer with Gen.
Harvey, the camp commander, about
recruiting work.
Several Catholic nuns visited the
camp last evening and were shown
around by Maj. Harry Coope. the adju-
tapt District Commissioner Lewis
Brownlow motored to the camp with a
party of friends and spoke compliment
tary of the fine appearance of the DIS
trict's offering in the cause of patriot
ism and preparation.
Allan Hume, son Of a prominent Wash
ington family. is now enlisted with the
Sd Infantry, and has been made non
com officer. His first duty in the head
quarters company is as stable sergeant.
The fed hospital Unit is the first %
be completed to war strength. 1t now
lacks only eight men to drive wagons.
II is expected that il will be one of the
first units sent to the border. /
Mai. French, the depot quartermaster
at Fort Myer, has turned over gun
shed at the post TO Capt. Horace p.
Hobbs in which to store National
Guard equipment Capt. Hobbs is the
regular army inspectorinstructor who
is to muster the guardsmen into the
regular service.
All OF the men of the battery have been
tagged with q metal disc, bearing the
mans name, number and organization.
All of the regulars have been tagged
and there are but few recruits who
have not yet been numbered.
There is one tent in Battery B that is
in luxury l.. J. Mohler, the battery
clerk, has the only wash basin IN the
street and il has been DONG cohtih-
uous days service.
All officers and employees of the gov
ernment printing office are 10 meet III
the adjutants tent Monday at / O'Clock
for a conference with the disburslng
officer relative to their positions IN the
| government service and the aliowance re
| of salaries that will be given them oy
the printing Office during their term OF
service.
| Thomas Murphy of Forrestville, Pa
and Thomas y. Carroll of Washington
| enlisted in Battery b at the camp.
| As soon as the batteries learned last
| evening that arrangements have peef
made for horses several large truck
| loads of harness were unloaded IN the
| camp streets by special details.
| Private John H. Mace of Compan.
II has been made artihcer
/
supper that had been prepared fol
them on the portable fireless cooker
| which was brought out to the caml
for demonstration purposes The mel
said that 1t was equal to meals cooked
in the fled kitchens now in the service
| With the new kitchen. when one mea
| is finished the next one is prepared i'm
mediately, put in the oven and 4
| cooked while the troops are: marching
seref I. r. yar1derhoof. II. s. A.. whit
for some months has been serving o.
instructor of the two batteries Of flel,
artillery here, has taken the examina
tion for a commission in the voluntee
army. II the volunteers are called int
service he expects commis ssionz q
first lieutenant in. Battery B, whicl
has some vacancies in. the commissions.
grade. ea -.
Sergt. ,Vanderhoof: however, does no
expect to accept the .cotnmission unit
the troops are actually called 70 tn
border nr. for-sefyfce In Aexicn.;sFrqn