The Washington herald., 1918-08-23
COMPANY 4,
D. c. GUARD,
MUSTERED IN
$50 Men. 3 Officers, ii
Open Air Ceremony
on K Street

The nrst step denoting real
progress in the reorganization of
the National Guard of the District
of Columbia was taken last night
when Company A. Fifth Infantry.
N. G. d. c.. comprising $50 men
and three officers. was mustered In
by the War Department as National
Guard troops. Other companies, as
they are recruited to or over the
minimum OF 100 men and Officers.
will be mustered Into the service Of
the District of Columbia and OF the
United States,
The simple but picturesque cere-
mony OF muster-in took place last
night on broad X street. between
Fourth and Fifth streets northwest.
Uniformed guards. armed with
rides. through permission of the
District Commissioners. were sta.
toned to stop all traffic on that
portion of X street while the cere-'
monies were taking place. This
authority extends to the District
Guard for all drills in the future.
The inspection and muster officer
designated by the War Department
was Captain Stewart A. Hamilton.
Coast Artillery Corps. u. 8. Army.
who is stationed at Fortress Mon
roe, Va. and who was ordered TO
washington for this special duty.
Capt. Hamilton during the inspec-
ton was accompanied by Brig Gen.
Richard d. Simms. commanding the
District National Guard, and Capt.
ID. La Garde. u. 8. Army. recently
appointed by the War Department
as adjutant general of the District
National Guard. Practically all of
the commanding officers of other
District Guard companies, NOT as
yet recruited to full strength and
mustered in. witnessed the cere-
monies.
Omeers In Ranks.
One Of the striking features OF the
muster-in was the presence In the
ranks Of captains and lieutenants OF
other companies who have taken the
six-year enlistment called for by the
law governing the District National
Guard. These officers will later be
given their regular National Guard
commissions.
The acceptance Of the District SOL
diers will permit their being fully
uniformed and armed as are the other
The War Department has already
ruled that these men will not be called
into the federal service for overseas
service. The possibility OF their be-
ing called into the federal service by
the President for domestic service, 1t
Is understood, will depend solely upon
the outbreak Of some big emergency,
such as insurrection. invasion or sorne
event Of equal Importance. The
War Department has also ruled that
all those enlisting in the National
Guard will receive their discharge at
the end Of the war upon their own
application.
Personnel OF Company
The commissioned and enlisted per-
sonnet as mustered was as follows:
Capt. Horace Dulien. First Lieut..
Herbert Andrews and End Lieut.. SAM
uel L. Smith.
Arthur B. Alley, Ernest z. Arnett.
Cassius NJ. Balslnger. E. F. Barrett.
Fletcher Bernsdorff, George NJ. Beu,
Charles II. Blacker. Francis NJ. Blehr,
E. ID. Borden. Barnett B. Bortnick.
Andrew Y. Bradley, Harry Z. Bren-
ner, william e. Buechler.
Oswald E. Camp, Michael p. Can
non, Geno CARL. william B. Cash,
Ralph s. Childs, George r. Clayton
RUSSO II. Crowell. Luke A. Cole,
Howard P. Davies. Harry B. Davis.
Edward ]. Day, George F. Dietz,
William B. Dortch, Charles Dunleavy,
Arnold H. Dyson.
Virgil A. Eberly. william s. Eckles,
Jose d. Eliot, Edwin A. Emerson.
Ralph T. Emmons. Thomas ]. En-
right. osgood B. Estabrook, Arthur
ID. Etienne, Lawrence Farrell, Charles
s. Ferguson. Harold C. Fischer,
Charles b. Ford. Martin c. Frineke,
jr.
George W. Giddens. Harold NJ. God
frey, Bernard Gotlieb, Ralph N.
Gould, Thurman r. Graham, Charles
T. Greenway. Bartholomew ]. GULL
AMI. Harley z. Grogan, Everett Hall.
Arthur l. Harding, Edward L. Hef-
ron, Alton r. Hodgkins, Thomas
Holmes. Gordon Hooe, Everett H.
Hughes.
George @. Israel. Joseph o. Jecko.
John l.. Johannes. Hiding F. John
son. Cecil ]. Ketner. Leo .Millmeyer.
Frank J. Kotrba, William w. Kolo-
din, Ira F. Krider, Joseph Hurts. Her
bert D. Lawson, jr., John p. Law
renee, Freedom r. Leaman, Howard
w. Leese. anthony Letina. Samuel
r. Levin, Henry B. Liilard, Francis