Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1926, Page 68

the handicap under which the National Guard of the Dis- trict of Columbia is working in its cramped quarters, which are nothing more than a shelter, the officers are 1o make a strong drive at the coming session of Congress to obtain armory training facilities befitting the Guard at the Capital City of the Nation, Which should by all means be the ® model guard of the country. It should lead in armory facilities, as Well as in trsining, and being a Fed- eral institution, as rec in a recent opinion of ti v Gen eral, the Federal Government should provide it with facilities which the State Guards could take providing for their own o it was pointed out. The building at North Capitol and D streets, which was erected as a hotel ment for its femaie war red to be entirely un syired for armory purposes. The rooms are small individual rooms, used by the former hotel guests, and are not large enough even for the muster of the smallest company in the command. 1In mustering compa- nies, a company commander stands in one room, while the ends of his com pany disappear through the doors of the several communicating rooms assigned him. He cannot see his men. There are no facilities even for school g Alarmed _at ganizations, from marching in military step while in the building, for fear the cadence might jar the structure from its foun- dations. There is absolutely nothing there to attract men to this unit. Troopers are even prohibited from smoking in the building, and there is no encouragement to remain there after performing the drill duty absolutely required by iaw. Two stabs are to be made at the coming Congres of an armory, it was disclosed by the estimates for the next fiscal year which have just been submitted to the District of Columbia Commission ers for review before sending them to the Bureau of the Budget. One item is for $20,000, an increase * of 310,000 over the current appropria- tion, for the rental of armory facili- ties, with a proviso which would au- thorize the commanding general to enter mto a contract or contracts for the lease of armory, drill and storage facilities, in one or more buildings for a period not to exceed five years, renewable at the option of the com manding general for an additional period not to exceed five yea annual rental not to exceed $2 At the present tinw the commanding general is authorized to enter into a lease for an armory for periods not 10" exceed one year at a time, and during the recent efforts to home for the local Guard it was found that in addition to having insufficient funds with which to rent a building at the prevailing prices for structures of the size needed to fulfill the de- mands of the guard, no one could be found who would even consider erect ing a building on a one-year lease. The explanation contained in the esti- mates says that the increase is based on the fact that no building suitable Jor armory and drill purposes is available in the city. Proposal has | been made, it Was further pointed | out, to erect a building for armory | purposes and lease the same to the | National Guard for $20.000 a year, | Temporary quarters have been secured | for the fiscal year 19 Thev con- tain no facilities for infantry drill, en- | gineer drill, target practice, special- ist schools, recreation, etc. It is e sentlal, it was pointed out, that ade- quate armory facilities be secured in order that the local National Guard may prepare to fulfill its mission in the scheme of National defense. The other effort to get adequate ar- mory facilities consists of a provi- sion in the estimates of $100.000 for commenging the construction on pub- in the direction Mie grouhds of the United States in | the District of Columbia, on a site 10 be selected by the officer in com- mand of the local Guard. and ap- proved by the Public Buildings Com- wnission and the Commission of Fine Arts, of an armory, the sum to remain available until expended. It provides that the plans and specifications shall be prepared under the supervision of the municipal architect and be ap- yroved by the commanding officer of the Guard, and authorizes the officer in command of the Guard to enter into a contract for the construction of such armory at a total cost not 10 exceed $500,000. In explanation of this it was point- ed out in the estimates that the de- mands of commercial life have neces- sitated the removal of the National Guard from one building to another until temporary quarters which are mow being occupied should be termed as shelter-only. The building, it was added, must be of a design peculiar to the Guard, with assembly rooms, locker rooms, storage rooms, large drill hall, target gallery, etc., which makes its use for commercial pur- poses very limited, if vacated by the Guard, so that adequate armory fa- cllities can be secured only through a long-time lease at an annual rental of at least 10 per cent of the total cost of the building and ground. An expenditure of $20,000 to $25,000 per nnum will secure a passably suitable uilding in a more or less undesirable Jocation, it is pointed out, whereas the appropriation_asked for will provide adequate facilities in a desirable loca- tion. Provision must be made for hous- ing 54 officers and 748 enlisted men of units now organized, and for 76 officers and 1926 enlisted men for wunits to be organized as a part of the Jocal Guard under the national de- Jense act. Provision at the present time must be made for headquarters as this is the headquarters of 9th National Guard Division, sing the militia of this city, Maryland and Virginia; property and disbfirsing offices and storerooms; of- Jices for Regular Army personnel de- talled as instructors; one Engineer combat regiment, 33 officers and 472 enlisted men; one Coast Artillery ba talion, 9 officers and 110 enlisted me ne Military Police company, 2 offi- ers and 50 enlisted men; one division headquarters detachment, 4 officers mnd 51 enlisted men; one division headquarters company, 3 officers and 50 enlisted men, ana one division spe- tial troops headquarters, 3 officers fnd 12 enlisted men. The units to be organized as a part of the local Guard under the national ‘defense act, and for which armory fa- cllittes must be provided, are: One Medical Department detachment, 2 officers and 22 enlisted men; one mo- tor cycle company, 2 officers and 36 enlisted men; one Ordnance mainte- nance compal 2 officers and 48 el Jisted men; one ambulance company, motor drawn, 2 officers and 38 en- Jisted men; one hospital company, 6 officers and 80 enlisted men; one head- quarters division train, 5 'officers and 33 enlisted men; three motor trans- portation companies, 8 officers and 216 enlisted men; two motor repair companies, 2 officers and 54 enlisted men; two wagon companies, 6 offi- cers and 120 enlisted men; one En- xineer battalion, auxiliary, 14 officers &and 529 enlisted men; five batterles of Coast Artillery, 15 officers and 450 en- Jisted men, and four companies of colored Infantry, 12 officers and 300 enlisted men. By way of argument it is pointed out in the estimates that “since 1900 approximately $366,866 has been ex- pended from District of Columbia ap- propriations for rental for National Guard purposes. The National Guard is still occupying inadequate rented quarters for armory purposes, where- @s if this amount had been expended in erecting an adequate armory in 1639 the National Guard would now be better housed in its own armory. This appropriation will eliminate the mecessity of an annual appropriation models in | semblies, and no one spot for | drilling. The men are even prohibited | find a| THE |this depending on: the - amount ot | money available. Millard, , has heen Oehmann, to Second Lieu N. Homer Company F, detailed . by . John W. for rental of armory facllities, Tt wiil | COmmanding the Engineer regiment | be economy and for the best interests of the service for the District of Co- lumbia to erect adequate armory fa- cilities for the Natlonal Guard rather than to authorize the same to be leased ai a rental which will com.! | pletely pay for the building and | ground in a period of about 10 years.” The total increase in the estimates for naxt year as compared with the | apprepriations for this year is $11,900, | including the $10,000 armory rentai | increase. Of this increase,” $380 is | for one increase in salary to each | employe of the Guard. $1,300 for one | new clerk in the Adjutant General's office. It is explained that the rec- | ommendation for salary step-up is in | accordance with circular of the bud- get officer, District of Columbia, dated May 22, 1926. The additional clerk | is required to care for increased cor- respondence, etc., in the headquarters. Other._items in the estimates, which are the same as in the current ap- propriations are: For printing, sta- tionery and postage, for clean- ing and repairing uniforms, arms and equipments and contingent ex- | penses, $1,200: for expenses of targer practice and matches, $2,500; for pay | of troops other than Government em- ployes, to be disbursed under the | authority and direction of the com- manding general, $9.000. 30 to address the members of the citi- zens' camps now training there on the Natinonal Guard as a civic institu- tion In the life of the State, with a view to pointing out to the tralnees the value of putting their theory into practice by joining the National Guard. The following enlisted in the. local Guard_during the week: Lyle Mills, 3847 Chesapeake street, headquarters detachment, 29th Division Spectal G. Phillips, 401 Ken- tucky avenue southeast, headquarters detackment, 29th Division , Special Troops: Melvin S. Fraziey, 117 C street southeast, 29th Division Head | ters Detachment: Willam E. | Mooney. Conduit road, heaa | quart achment, 29th Division | Special Troops; Reuben A. Nelson, neadquarters detachment, th | vision Special Troops; Paul A | upsky, 516 Mills Building, headquar- | ters “detachment, 23th Division Spe- jclal Troops; Giles R. Takkart, jr., | 1431 W street, headquarters detach- ment. 29th Division Special Troops; | Francis W. Lee, 334 Maryland av | enue northeast, headquarters detach- | ment, 29th Division Special Troops: | Albert “J. Sherman, 1143 Seventh | street, headquarters detachment, 29th Division Special Troops; Allan Ward, 937 1 street, Company E, 121st En- gineers. and Edward D. Andrus, 1000 E street, Company E, 121st Engineers. Capt. Raymond M. Peak, now com- manding the 29th Military Police Company, has been ordered to appear before an examining board, of which Maj. Loufs C. Brinton, ir., United States Army, is president, to determine his fitness for commission in the Quartermaster Corps to fill the the promotion of Peyton G. Nevitt, who now is adjutant of the 23th Diyision. If successful, Capt. Peak will be transferred to the new branch in his present rank, leaving the military police in command of Lieut. Clande Burlingame, a veteran Guard officer, | and who will be promoted to captain. An examining board, headed by Col. proceed to Fort Humphreys, Va., July { $22.50 Dress Trunks $]2-95 Cloth-lined trunks : brass studded all over to assure strength; full rounded edges; heavy hinges and lock; 34, 36 and 38 inch sizes. SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, First Lieut. Charles B. Hamllton, |review by Brig. Gen. Samuel G.|to have a mobilization of the 29th Di- Company D, 121st Engineers, has ten- dered his resignation on account of the pressure of civil dutles. The resignation has been forwarded to the War Department with a recommenda tion that it be accepted. Maj. Gen. panied by the division adjutant, Lieut. Col. Peyton G. Nevitt, went to Camp Byrd at Virgina Beach! Va., to_re- view the 9ist Infantry brigade, Vir- ginla Natfonal Guard, one of the units of his command now In camp there. He was Invited to take part in the Anton Stephan, accom- quantity from several very excellent makers—for one big sale Monday. C... JULY 2, 14 Waller, commanding the brigade, and there were present algo Gov. Byrd of Virginia and Maj. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, commanding the 3d Corps Area, in which the 29th Di- vision is located. Gen. Stephan declined the invita- tion of Maj. Gen. Kdward L. Logan, commanding the 26th National Guard Division, now in camp at Camp Dev- ens, Mass., to review that unit, on ac- countsof the necessity of inspecting the units of his division at that time. jen. Stephan wrote that he expects 1926—PART 3. Engineets, Pvt. Charles C. Wil liams has been restored to duty, and . | the order declaring him a deserter has llery is at Fort | heen revoked. The order restoring drilling With | him to duty says that he has been the coast defense guns. The unit|absent without leave since August went down yesterday afternoon In|j14 1925 and will have the period of motor trucks and remained over!hii enlistment extended by a period of night, recelving credit for two armory |10 months and 16 days, and will not drills. This work s preparatory to|pe discharged by reason of expiration the annual training encampment of [ of enlistment until August 3, 1 this unit, which s to be held next S # kel at Fe a1 roe, Va. s R e e Nearly all the plows drawn by four Upon the recommendation of the|or more horses in Finlard are from commanding officer, Company A, 121st | the United States. vision in the near future. : The 260th Coast Ar Washington, Md., toda ’l(lkel Table of “Historic” Wood., E. T. Waterman, of Council Bluffs, Towa, has completed construction of a library table from seven pieces ‘of “historical” lumber, says The Omaha Bee. Pine and poplar in the table/were |salvaged from an old ambulance hwned | by the Cutler funeral home. Other woods were taken from the oii hopee stalls at No. 4 fire station, from the rustic home of Fred and Willam Spe man, pioneers, and from a fling @ net used in 1851 by formertCity En; neer Tostevin. Com- pare the prices. You will save enough for another day or two at the seashore. with two tray These trunks are $7.50 Camp Trunks $4.95 in the handy size for a short trip by train or an auto trip. They are durably constructed, with draw bolts and snap lock. Olive drab or black color. John W. Oehmann, has been deiailed, and the following ordered to appear before it July 27 for examination for promotion to first lieutenants: Second Lieuts. Thaddeus A. Riley, Com- pvany E, 1i1st Engineers, and Edward A McMahon, Company E, 121st Monday—a Sale of | Engineers; for promotion to second | lieutenant, Sergt. Enrique C. Conova, | Company A, 121st Engineers; for | promotion to captain, First Lieuts. | William E. Buecher, Company A, {121st Engineers, and First Lieut. | George W\. Jjohns, Company F, 12ist | Enginee) for promotion to first | lieuts, Second Lieut. Alfred L. Jor- | kensen, Company B, 121st Engineers, |and John E. Temple, Company D, 21st Engineers. | The following enlisted men of Com- | pany B, 121st Engineers, have been | ordered’ transferred to the reserve corps of the same unit: Privates James M. Boyd, Clay D. Perkins, jr., and William P. O'Ready. Col. Samuel E. Smiley, U. S. A., re- tired, who was adjutant general of the District of Columbia Militia from 1908 to 1312, inspected the local Guard at the Armory Tuesday night. He is now professor of military science and tactics at Rutger’s Academy. veniences. Sturdily The following members of Company D, 121st Fngineers, have heen hono ably discharged by reason of expira- |tion of enlistment: Staff Sergt. Bennie C. Hays, Sergt. Holland H. Green: | Pvts. John A. Dills, Johannes F. Miller | and Madison R. Smith. hardware. | Notice has been received at Guard headquarters of the assignment of certain Infantry service officers to train in camp this year with the 121st Regimept of Engineers. There is con- siderable opposition among the Guard officers not only to the practice of sending reserve officers to train with Guard troops, but particularly the send- ing of officers of other branchesof the service to train with them in a dif- ferent field of instruction. Instructors assigned to the Guard at Virginia ' Beach last year, when a number of reserve Infantry officers were sent in training with the local Engineer regiment, made a specific- recommendation against this practice, pointing out that the officers were 80 much ballast, and, in fact, interfered | with the unit training of the-local engineers. Most of the time they were in the fleld doing nothing, stand- ing around under the shade of trees, | with nothing to do, as the units were at | full complement. In addition to this, it was pointed out, it is bad for the morale of the Guard, and some times gives a bad impression of the Guard to visiting inspectors of the Regular Army, who see these officers standing around, immediately assume that they are Guard officials loafing on their training job. If the officers are assigned to companies as supernu- maries, it results in either of two things, according to officers, either they do nothing, or they work and some officers of the unit loafs, because there is not enough for four officers to do. It was further pointed out that they are Infantry officers, and their efforts should be dirceted with some Infantry Reserve unit. Practically all of the officers as- signed last year were former officers of the local Guard before the war, and it was believed they sought .assign- I ments with it because of the assocla- jtlons, and did not want to go into [the field with strangers. In the face of strong recommenda- | tions that were made against the prac- ticefollowing the encampment last year, when it was reported that the train- {ing of these officers with Engineer regiment was .a total loss to the Government, officiers are .at a loss to understand the practice of the War' Department this year In again allow- ing this waste of funds and talent. However, they have no alternative, following the receipt of the orders, but to receive the officers. is in these trunks. trunks for $29.95. A rifie team to represent the local Guard at the 30. calibre matches to be held at Sea Girt, N. J., early in September is being orgainzed by Capt. Just C. Jensen, Ordnance Department. 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