Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1894, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1894~-TWELVE PAGES. » KANN, $ | : Ses @M GHPOGOHHHOHANOOMDGHHHOO® of nine days’ wonder. SHPDOSSO TO OOTP OBDOPTO SHOT OPOS SOS CODOOOSo OO ONS & CO., H AND MARKET SPACE, Pierce’s Old Stand. »Pierce’s Entire Stock at Less Than Half Value. His former prices crashed and dashed all to pieces: Fine Muslin Underwear at less than half value. Infants’ Outfits at one-third value. Fine Jet Trimmings at less than half value. Fine Imported Laces at one-third value. Fine Dréss Goods at less than half value. Fine Silks at less than half value. Notions and Small Wares at one-quarter value. This immense stock of Fine Goods, in con- junction with our Mammoth Stock of Staple and Domestic Dry Goods, makes this sale one throughout the entire building ‘is marked down for this great and grand sale. necessity of long delays—such as our cus- tomers were compelled to endure yesterday, as we have secured fifty extra experienced hands to serve the trade. The earlier you come the more satisfaction will be for you to shop. y. Kann, Sons & Co, > Eighth and Market Space, § Pierce’s Old Stand. e ©289596S59599 0906090009000 Every piece of goods No : ; ; 3 : | { g 3 | THE NATIONAL GUARD Prospecting for a Satisfactory Rifle Range. NO MORE SHOOTING UNTIL SPRING Planning for the Brigade Encamp- ment to Be Held Next June. NEWS FROM THE ARMORIE3 With a larger percentage of good rifle- men than can be found in any other brigade of National Guardsmen in the country, the District National Guard has no end of trouble in the important matter of a rifle range. When the official and voluntary practice was done at the barracks there ‘Was a continuous struggle with ancient equipment and, of course, many a:noying delays. Then came the gale that destroyed the butts—a regretable state of affairs, which resulted in the eviction of all the troops from the range, Col. Closson having, somehow or other, made the rather aston- ishing and belated discovery that it was Unsafe, although not a single mishap ever tock place on it or from it in something Jike fifteen years. All eyes were then turned to Marshall Hall, where Gen. Guy Vv. Henry constructed a range for the use of the regular troops stationed in this vicinity, but up to this time Marshall Hall has been unavailable; more than that, it will not be available at all, for not until the latter part of October will the fourth artil- lery be through, before which time the boats will be running on schedule that Fenders practically impossible anything Ike Batisfactory transportation to and from the Hall. The outcome of all these discouraging pvents is a very definite and det onclusion by Gen. Ordway to se dquip for the District Guard a range where wactice will be possible at any time when Ihe weather will permit, easy of access, and rovided with all things essential to satis- factory work. There are at least aval sites, and w foncl @ three is the better. As soon se has been signed, sealed and 4 e necessary surveying will be atte ind as soon thereafter as the tar: je secured the actual work of e will commence. Until the range Jeen selected, it cannot be stated how many largets will be set up, out no matter what THE MICROSCOPE. A careful microscopical examination and chemical aualysis of the urine, is a valuable aid in determining the nature of many chronic disesses, particularly those of the nervous system, blood, liver, kidneys, a bladder. These aids make it possible to treat such dis- eases successfully at a dis- ff tance, without personal ex- amination of the patient. Thus Bright’s Disease of the Kidneys, Inflammation of § the Bladder, Gravel, and other Diseases of the Uri- nary Organs are success- | fully treated; Nervous De ¢ bility, Exbaustion, Dropsy, Liver D and many ether Chronie ics ere cured without seeing the question blanks, treat! fion, describing case, stamps, to pay postage. Address, Worip's Disrzxsanr MzpicaL Btreet, octaTion, No, 663 Buf- fa YY. patient. Write for and other informa- inclose 10 cents, in the number may be it appears certain that there will be but one firing point. Just pow the department of rifle practice is hoping that there will be at least five targets at each of the most frequently used ranges— 200, 300, 500 and 600 yaris—wi'h one target at 1,000 yards. A couple of pistol targets, too, are down on the program. But this work of builiing a range will take time, so much time that it will not be possible to do any practice outdoors until early spring. To meet this condition, the season of rifle practice for 1894 will be ex- tended into 1805, probably antil May 30. For the same reason that there will be no practice this fall, there will be no competi- tons; the matches will all be shot as soon as possible in the spring. This arrange- ment will bring two meetings in next year, but as they will be quite six months apart, and as no better arrangement can possibly be made, there is nothing to grumile about. The circumstances that have made toese ch@nges necessary were entirely beyond the control of the guard. The Rifle Gallery is Open. Meanwhile there is a good deal of work to be done in the gallery. There are many recruits in the brigade who enlisted since the close of the gallery season, and there are very many of the older members who failed to complete their gallery score, in spite of the fact that their opportunities for doing so were much more frequent than during any past year. At a meeting of the department of rifle practice held last Mon- day evening it was decided to make one more vigorous effort to have every officer and enlisted man in the brigade complete his gallery score before 6 o'clock of the evening of October 13. The gallery is now open every week day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on such evenings as may be arrang for by any of the inspectors of rifle practice. The gallery will remain open during the hours named up to and incluling October 13. Aside from the score completing con- sideration, it should be remembered by very many of the men that scores aJready made can in most Jnstane2s be considerably im- proved. It is believed that this reopening of the gallery wili be appreciated by those who are backwar] in a decidedly important branch of soldieriy duty. Changing the Targets. When the rifle practice season for 1804 reaches its close there will be put into prac- tical operation a reform, the utility of which cannot be questioned by any military rifleman. From the beginning of modern rifle practice it has been the custom to do all known-distance firing at targets that resembled nothing but targets. On some the bull’s-eye was round; on the latest im- proved the bull’s-eye is elliptical. Now, for So argue the inspectors, who at the meeting held last week applauded the idea, there is material difference between the appear- ance of the targets at present in use and of the human figure; as a matter of fact, two objects more dissimilar could hardly be found. Commencing with the season of 1895 all range practice for record and in matches or regular competitions by the District National Guard will be at silhouette target D—the standing figure. At this time this target is only used by other commands for skirmish work, and then only in conjunction with a kneeling and lying-down silhouette. The standing figure has been in use here as a pistol target during the pres- ent season, and is much to be preferred to any of the varieties of ring targets. Hits on the standing figure will not be of equal value; the figure will be subdivided by lines that will be visible only to the marker. A hit in the head or down the center of the body to a little above the waist, will count 5; about two inches from each of the outer edges of the chest to the lines mentioned, will count 4, and so will a spece of about six inches below the 5-line. The projecting arm of the figure and the leg will be valued at 3, while the feet, from the ankle, will, if’ hit, count 2 If soldiers are being trained to shoot at any- thing at all, It is to shoot at men—although no one js particularly anxtfous for the time when such a thing may have to be done— and as the silhouette figure looks decidedly lke a man at a little distance, Gen. Ord- way has deemed it best to approve the recommendations favoring the change which has been outlined. Sooner or later the example which {s thus to be set will be followed by not only the National Guard, but by the regular army also, for the prac- tice under the new conditions will compel that for which every instructor in military marksmanship is ever striving, viz: low shooting. The soldier who now “hol Mtile high gets a three or a two- a Hieh holding Peasy Caer ec will result in misses, so it may naturally that low holding, which is surely effective, will hereafter be the rule instead of the exception. Talking About the Brigade Camp. It is early yet to be discussing prepara- tions for the brigade camp, which, by the way, is to be held early in June, but as some of the plans are being formulated, and as the whole thing will soon be very thoroughly mapped out, a little reference to the affair may not be out of place. Those frolicksome members of the guard who, having in mind their experiences at some of the independent camps, are looking for- ward to a period of unrestrained jubilation may as well make up their minds right now that the brigade encampment of 1895 will be a purely business affair, in which there will be no room at all for any of the foolishness that unfortunately has been too common in the minor assemblages. It is understood that a considerable number of regular army officers will be asked for to do duty during the ten days’ period of the encampment; that those officers will super- vise with all vigilance the departments to which they will be assigned; that every officer and enlisted man in the brigade will be required to do to the best of their abil- ity those things which will be required of them—in short, it will be a purely military encampment. National Guard camps have always been criticised by regular army ers because the tendency developed has been social rather than military. With- out introducing any practices that savor of the martinet, Gen. Ordway proposes to make the encampment of 1805 notable in a military sense, and in a military sense only. There will be no rifle practice either in the camp or during the encampment period. All the time is to be devoted to drill and instruction in guard duty, even the even- ings ae ae for the well-being of the officers. Ordway’s plan includes the pitching of a large tent, in will be delivered by eld in June have wondered a little at the selection of that month, but the choice was undoubted- ly @ wise one. A July or August camp is invariably interfered with by extremely hot weather; in early June both days and nights are usually of pleasant temperature. How the Multitude Will Be Fed. The feeding of 1,400 or 1,500 men three times a day ia a good deal of a job, but it will not be anything like as burdensome as it was at the two brigade camps which have been held. A general mess is much too large an affair to be handled satisfactorily, and, with full knowledge of that fact, Gen. Ordway has decided to let each battalion feed itself. That arrangement will localize the “cussin’,” and will compel battalion and company officers to bear their share of the burden, which is quite proper. To each battalion will be issued two Buzzacott field ovens, and each battalion will have detailed for its use two cooks and two scullions. Every afternoon the post commissary officet who will probably be Major BE. H. Neu- meyer—will notify battalion com: officers as to the character and quantity of rations which will be issued by him on the day following; by this arrangement those battalions desirous of supplementing the government issue will have ample time in which to make up their menus and procure the goods. Capt. Edwards’ Doys at Work. Company A, second battalion, (Corcoran Cadet Corps), has practically decided to post- Pone its contemplated drill, which was to have been held at the National Base Ball Park during October, until next spring. This action is necessary because of the in- ability to secure a suitable date. The Cor- corans, however, are continuing their nightly drills in preparation for the com- petition to be held October 10 at Richmond, under the auspices of the Virginia State Agricultural and Mechanical Society. The rules governing the drill provide that each company rhall consist of not less than thirty-two men, exclusive of guides and file closers. All companies intending to take part in the drill must notify the sec- retary, Wm. G. Owens, on or before October 3. The contest shall consist of inspection of the company, manual of arms and school of the company in close order. The judges will be three army officers. The fol- lowing prizes are offered: First, $300; sec- ond, $200; third, $100. At least two com- panies from outside the states of Virginia and North Carolina must enter or the con- test will be declared off, and if onty three companies in all compete, only first and second moneys will be given. All officers and men taking part in the drill will be admitted to the grounds free, when in uniform, at any time during the exposition of 1804, The military feature will be one of the Most successful in connection with the ex- pesition, and the big space within the race ‘rack circle will be leveled and otherwise prepared for the soldiers who take part in the competitive drill. The contest will take place at that point because it can be easily seen from the grand stand. Company B, seccnd battalion (Morton Cadets), at an enthusiastic meeting held on Saturday evening, decided to enter the drill, but since then have practically aban- doned the idea, as it is impossible for a number of the men to take the trip. Maj. Suess Makes a Report. Major Otto L. Suess of the fifth: battal- jon has prepared a detatled report of the en- campment of the provisional regiment of the District of Columbia National Guard at Marshall Hall, Md., July 28 to August 6 last, which will be forwarded to the ai- jutant general. A number of exhibits are added. Numerous facts and statistics of interest are included in the report. It is claimed that the efficiency of the hospital departmert was hindered by the quality of the medicines contained in the old pannier furnished by brigade headquarters, and “any medical officer placing faith in their effectiveness,” says the report, “will find that faith rudely shaken. An expenditure of several dollars was necessary in order to meet the deficiency.” The cost of feed- ing each man per day was about twenty- eight cents, and the cost of each meal per man was about nine cents, Prizes for the Fifth Battalion, The commanding officer and the staff of the fifth battalion will, within the next few days, make an official announcement of great interest to the members of that or- ganization. To increase the interest in drill a handsome silver cup will be offered by the above named to the best drilled company. The competition is to be an an- nual affair, the drills taking place in Féb- ruary. The cup is to become the property of the company winning it three times in succession. A gold medal will be presented to the best drilled man of the battalion under the same conditions. The initial contest will take place in February next, the decision to be made by a board of com- petent and impartial judges. Notes. Members of the Washington Light In- fantry Corps have been more or less an- noyed for some days past because of a statement which was in circulation to the effect that Frank Aldrich, who is now in the District jail, awaitirg trial for alleged iorgery of Judge Cole's name to certain notes, was, prior to his hurried departure from the city, @ year or so ago, quarter- master of the Light Infantry. Those who know. anything of military matters in the District are aware that Aldrich was not a member of the Infantry and could not, therefore, have been its quartermasier, Sergeant Major James L. Mock has been appointed adjutant of the third battalion, with the rank of first lieutenant, vice Guy E. Jenkins, lately elected captain of com- pany C, fifth battalion. Lieut. Charles E. Swigart has been detailed for special duty at battalion headquae‘ers. Privates Al- bert Field and George Hette of company B, fifth battalion, have been detailed as buglers at headquarters, fifth battalion. Lieut. Wm. H. Myers, quartermaster, has been granted one month's leave of absence, during which, First Lieut. Swigart will act as quartermaster. The following named enlisted men have been honorably discharged on their own applications: Howard F. Johnson, private, first separate company; Burt M. mers, private, first separate company; Rudolph Hasler, private, company A, second battal- fon; James Nash, private, company A, second battalion; Alfred J. O’Ferrall, pri- vate, company B, third battalion; William E. Moore, private, company B, third bat- talion, and Gustav C. Schuta, private, com- pany ‘B, third battalion. J. M. Pollard was on Saturday evening elected captain of ccmpany A, engineer corps. Capt. Pollard is a genial gentleman, an efficient and popular officer and pos- sesses an international reputation as a rifleman. He was formerly inspector gen- eral of rifle practice of the District Guard, but after his resignation of that vosition maintained a and indystrious inter- est in the welfare of the ’ — A meeting of the Offi the second regiment it headquarters room of the s at 8 p.m.-on Thureday, Oct: Purpose of signing the constitution, elect- ing officers, and iransacung ‘other business of the association. A “attendance is requested, es x Each of the four companiss of the fifth battalion has unanimously indorsed the action of Major Suess in enfercing attend- ance at drills and parades. The officers’. echool of the fifth battalion has proved very popular. boo ere! Company ©, second Battalion (National Fenciblea), has been inyited to attend an agricultural fair at Aly, Md., about October 10. No action ypt been taken in regard to the same. A rgetesy 4 of the officers of'the first regi- ment was The attendance was and the improvement of the regiment were dis- cussed with enthusiasm. eld on Wednesday evening last. plans for Private Ralph W. Bowen of com sixth battalion, has been ferred, compary C, third battalion. B, to es CHARGES OF DISCRIMINATION. The Reck Oreek Co.’ Reply Filed With the Interstate Commission, The answer uf the Rock Creek Railway Company has been filed to the charges made before the interstate commerce com- mission by Charles M. Wilson of Mont- gomery county, Md,, that the company had violated the interstate commerce law by charging an. additional fare over the por- tion of its line in Maryland. In its reply filed by Henry E. Davis, attorney of the company, it is denied that unjust or unlaw- ful rates of fare have been collected, and that the former charge of 41-6 cents 4 passenger was sufficient, avers that the pe charge of 81-8 cents is authorized the charter under which it operates, and denies that the advance in rates was made for biol ss of excluding any portion of the pul ic From using its lines or that any discrimination has been made. The double tickets disposed of to those de- siring to visit property owned in Mont- gomery county by the Chevy Chase Land Company, it is asserted, are supplied by the railway to the company, the latter having a clear right to make such further dispo- sition of what they have purchased as seems proper. The company protests that it is no more amenable to. criticism than if it should, at the request of a merchant, sell him a ticket over either one of the divisions at full rate, leaving it to the merchant to dispose of the same to his customers, or in any other manner which he might deem advantageous for his business interests. And it is no concern of the company that by reason of the manner by which the Chevy Chase Land Company disposes of the tickets, certain persons favored by the land company are enabled to take a longer ride on its road than other persons not so favored by the ind company. It is asserted that freight is handled by the Rock Creek railway only for the bene- fit of residents along its line, and is not used by the public generally, —<——_ A CHURCH FLOATING DEBT. ‘That of the North Capitol Church As- sumed by the Methodist Union. A meeting of the Methodist Union of the District was held last evening at Wesley Chapel, Sth and F streets... G@ W. F. Swartzell, the president, 'was' in the chair, and E. F. Simpson acted as secretary. ‘The committee appointed at- thé last regular meeting to investigate the financial condi- tion of North Capitol Ctmurch, consising of P. L. Brooke, Dr. C. R.. Clarke and G. W. F. Swartzell, reported that the float debt of North Capitol Church amount to $3,100, in notes ranging $100 to $700, held principally by subcontractors on the work of building the church, which was completed in 1892. The committee recommended that the union assume this debt, and ‘that the trus- tees, together with a commfttee from the — n, a the necessary steps to raise the amount on a second mortgage. Dr. Baldwin moved to substitute that a com- mittee of three be appointed to raise the amount. As amended the ‘report and rec- ommendations were adopt The chair ap- pointed on the committi H. Stinemetz, Zephaniah Jones and Rev. L. ‘T. Weider- ran. The North Capitol Church property is valued at about $35,000 and is mortgaged to the amount of $10,000.' * —-_i. A New Church to Be Erected. The inspector of buildings has issued a permit to Rev. George S. Dudley, pastor of the Church of St. Stephen, for the erection of a brick and granite stone church, corner of 14th street and Columbia Heights. The structure will be one story high, with cellar, 60x90 feet, and will be set back thirty feet from the building line. The building will be heated throughout by steam, and cost when completed $15,000, William N. Dudley is the architect ‘and jullder, —_—> _. Virginia Republic: Association, The Virginia Republican Association held @ meeting Monday night at 2064 8th street northwest. After the enrollment of eight new members the following committee on hall was appointed: Henry Cox, W. H. Nelson, H. Tylor, J. H. Harrison. 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