Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1926, Page 69

District National Guard The congratulatibns of Maji Gen Anton Stephan, commanding the Na tional Guard of the District of Colum- bia, have been extended in a letter written to Maj. Walter W. Burns, commanding the 260th Coast Artillery, on the fine inspection report received by that organization on its recent en- campment held at Fort Monroe, Va. “The commanding general,” says the letter, “is pleased to note the, commendation submitted by the in- specting officer, and extends his con- gratulations to the commanding offi- cer and personnel of the 260th Coast Artillery for the very. efficient. work which they performed during the fleld training period. @ ““"The ratings of the inspector indi- cate the energy and zeal with which memibers of the 260th C Artillery performied their armory training preceding the encampment. “It is hoped that contirued applica- tion of members of the command will correct the one deficiency noted within their control to correct, in such manner as will warrant con- tinued rating of very satisfactory for the organization. ‘Announcement has been made at brigade headquarters that the Mili- tia -Bureau of the War Department lias ‘extended Federal recognition to the following units of the National Guard of the District of Columbia, but which are, in reality, 29th Division troops: Headquarters - Detachment, 20th Division: Ordnance Department Detachment, State Staff and the Quar- termaster Detachment. These com- mands have been organized for some . time, and have been fynctioning in their respective fields, but this action of the War Department gives them the Kederal status which enables them to participate in the use of Fed- eral funds for training. Maj. L. C. Brinton, jr., senior in- structor of the 28th Division, with headquarters in this city, has sub- mitted his report on the 29th Divi- slon staff on its recent encampment and field training period at Virginia Beach, Va. > ‘He recommends that a division quartermaster should be appointed to take the place of the present official, who, he says, has never attended an encampment ‘since his appointment. Incidentally it was announced at di- vision headquarters that Lieut. Col. Baldwin Myers, the incumbent, had already asked to be put on the re- factory has been given, there is noth- ng to report under this heading.” Considering present personnel, the inspector reported that it was 50 per cent ready for offensive combat serv- ice as regard training and 90 per cent ready as regards equipment and ma- terial. He estimated that it would re- quire three months’ training before the staff would be ready for combat service. & Capt. Samuel M. Grayson, National Guard Medical Corps, now attending a course of instruction at the Army Medical School at Carlisle Barracks, Pa., has been informed that there are no funds available with which to send him to the canvention of the As- soclation of Military Surgeons of the United States as a delegate to rep- resent the local National Guard. The convention is to be held October 14, 15 and 16, at Philadelphia, and Capt. Grayson has been authorized to at- tend at his own expense if he desires. The chief of the Militla Bureau of the War Department wrote to the local Guard and urged strongly that it be represented at the convention. Unit commanders of the local Guard have been cautioned by headquarters against the practice of recommending enlisted men for promotion in excess of the numbers allowed by the tables of organization. The company com- manders will be held to strict account to make certain that they are allowed the promotions which they seek for their men. The practice has caused some mix-up in pay rolls, because upon examination it has been found that some men were promoted to po- sitions which did not exist, and they had to be reduced for the purpose of pay, and the pay rolls changed. O ficers can make promotions onl where the strength of their respec- tive commands will permit it. The officers also have been called | to account by headquarters for laxity | in the preparation of drill attendance reports. 1t was said at headquarters hat an examination of many of these papers showed that the officers had given ineufficient attention to details, and they have been told that they must exercise more care in this duty. The monthly report of the use of the rifie range of the National Guard at Congress Heights, D. C., shows that it in use 11 days during the month of August, during which time Ten THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. them were guards from the Treasury Department. Second Lieut. Samuel W. Marsh, who, only a few weeks ago, was com: missioned ,in the 12ist Regiment of Engineers, has tendered his resigna- tion, informing headquarters that he was going to re-enlist in the Regular Army in the Infantry branch. He announced that he expected to go to Panama for duty. Much interest is being shown by the personnel of the local National Guard in the military correspond- ence courses laid down by the War Department. The ~3d Corps Area headquarters, at Baitimore, Md., has been informed that the officer person- nel of the local Guard has enrolled 100 per cent for the courses, and that applications are being daily re@eived frow mission to take they courses. Officers are much pleased by this, because it indicates to them that mos! of the people in the local Guard are deeply interested in improving their military knowledge, so much so that they are willing to give the great amount of additional time required for the study in connection with the courses and to work out the problems which go with them. Information has been requested from the United States Civil Service Com- mission as to whether it will hold an examination for the selection of can: didates for the United States Military Academy in the near future, as was done in the Fall of 1925. It was stated that it is the desire of the Guard offi- cials to have its candidates for the one appointment examined by the commission, and that it is willing to bear the necessary expense. At the present time there are six men being coached for the examina- tion, and it is believed that by the time set for the preliminary examina- tions there will be 10 candidates from the enlisted ranks of the Guard. The local Guard has been allotted 1 of the appointments allowed each year to the National Guard of the United States. As a matter of fact, the local Guard has a representative in each of the four classes now at the Military Academy. Joe R. McKey, commanding t Rattalion of the 121st Regl ment of Engineers, it was announced at headquarters, has been appointed assistant trade commissioner at Porto Rico for the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the Depart- ment of Commerce. It was announced that he would sail for his new post on October 13. Mr. McKey is a veteran officer of the enlisted personnel for per-| -\ teer Infantry. When he came to-Wash- ington to work in the Bureau of In- sular Affairs he enlisted in the Na- tional Guard of the District of Colum- bia as a private, and later corporal and sergeant of Company 1, 2d Infan- try, July 11, 1913. He served as a second lieutenant in both the 2d and 3d District of Columbia-Infantry Regi- ments from 1914 to 1916, and went to the Mexican border with the latter rganization. He was with the 9th United_States Infantry from'July 1, 1916, to October 27, 1918, and a cap- tain in_that outfit ‘until' October 23, 1919. While in France he attended and graduated from the 1st Corps In- fantry School at Gondrecourt. When_he’ Teturned to the "United States he again entered the local Guard ‘and fhis ‘premotion has been rapid to that of the rank of major, which he now holds. His going prob- bly will mean promotions aH along the line in the National'Gyard: pere. Col. Luther. H. Reichelderfer, for- mer member of the local Guard and4armory facilities that have been pro- now in the Reserve, has been relieved of his present assignment as com- manding officer of the .74th General Hospital, zone of the .interior. Capt. Roy W. Keesee, having been transferred to the National Guard, un- assigned list, has been ordered re- lieved of his assignment . with the 121st Engineers. While there has been a noticeable improvement, during the past year both in the care of praperty and.the maintenance .of property records, a letter from the chief of.the Militia Bureau says there fmains much room for further improvement, and it is hoped that the record for the current fiscal year will show a very material reduction, particularly in the articles loat and stolen. The record of many States, says the letter re- cefved at the local Guard, is indica- tive of considerable laxity in observ- ing the provisions of National Guard reguldtions.: - It is desired, the letter points out, to invite “attention to the following Sates in which the per capita value of property dropped from all causes was less than 50 per cent of $21,852, the average per capita. The Itst shows that the National Guard of the District of Columbia is fifth on tHe list of small losses, its figure being $4.505 per capita. The four States which preceded it are: North Dakota, Nebraska, Oregon and South Carolina. The bureau calls attention to the fact that. during the fiscal year 1925 there were in round numbers 11,500 survey reports. In many of the fully 50 per cent, whereas the redue- ) tion during the fiscal year 1926, which was the ‘first year, was less than 22 per cent. 3 Owing to certain legal troubles which have occurred in handling courts-martial for the local Gnard, it is planned to have Capt. Thomas Lane, the newly appointed judge ad- vocate general, to instruct officers in the handling of these cases and the proper preparation of cases. At any rate, in the future, when papers come forward for action they will be sub- mitted to the new judge advocate for review as to their form. It is announced that the Old Do- minion Rifle and Pistol matches would be held at Fort Eustis, Va., September 24, 25 and 26. It has not been de- cided whether or not the local rifle team will participate. Officers of the Guard are planning to make the best of the makeshift vided them in the old hotel building on the Union Station Plaza until such time as Congress can be con- vinced of their unsultability to the ex- tent of providing better facilities. One of the large rooms on the first floor it is now planned to fix up as a clubroom and to be kept open every night to encourage themen to con- grogate there. While' magazines and books will be provided, and there is a pool table installed, nevertheless it is believed that many of the men will take advantage of the opportunity of studying books on military subjects, and it is understood that efforts will be made to provide some sort of a military library which will be avail- able to the men during the periods the club and reading room are opened. . There is one drawback to the en- tire plan, and that is the fact that no smoking is allowed in any part of the building. This, it was added, may serve to keep the men away, for sol- diers while off duty, for the most part, do like to smoke. The officials realize that this is a serious handicap to them in such a building, and for this reason alone would like to obtain some other place where smoking is al- | lowed. Naval Reserve. Plans are being made by the mem- bers of the local Naval Reserve organi- zation for a little entertainment to celebrate the completion of one of the most successful and profitable train- ing periods in its history, and it will take the form of some comedy skit and boxing bouts next Thursday night. ‘The radio branch of the organization installing_elaborate loud-speaking receiving apparatus for the purpose (., SEPTEMBER 19, /1926—PART 3. -9 L e e ——————————————————— radio as to the hits being made in the big fight and attempting to pass them on in the little fights at the armory. ‘There will be music byithe Reserve's | Jazz'orchestra, and some other enter- | tainment features not yet announced. Plans are being made for the second annual inspection of the local reserv- 4&ts by the board appointed by the Navy Department, and they are striv ing to make a high mark before the regular officers, who, in addition to in- specting material, clothing and equip- ment, will also put them through a series of drills to ascertain the results not only of the armory training, but of the practice they received aboard the destroyer Allen during their annual cruises with the scouting fleet destroy- ers this Summer. They now are belog brushed up on infantry dvill, signaling: of ail kinds and gun loading drill. They will as well display the rapidity with which their gun crews can handle a gun. The ldcal reservists also are plan- ning to keep a close liaison with the officers_and men of the Baltimore Naval Reserve with whom they made thelr annual training cruises this Summer. Lieut. Harry J. Nichols executive officer of the local tahon, said that the local outfit had been invited to come to Baltimore and 'DRIVE'IN To the Pump With the Lightning Globe and RIVE You’'ll WELL With MORE LESS at MILES COST visit that outfit, and that the invita- tion is to be accepted. It is tenta- tively planned to hire special busses for the transportation of the ‘eafire unit and, following that visit, the local organization will invite the Ral timore men to come here. when an elaborate entertainment will be plan- ned and carried out. This co-operation between the two units, according to the officers of the local battalion, will result in great good to both, and the interchanga of ideas on training will he most val uable to the Reserve as a whole. and it is planned to keep up this co-oper- ative work during the entire year % 152 people fired on the range. men completed authorized practice firing during the month, while nine men completed authorized record fi ing. Of the number who fired, re members of the local National Guard. 26 were_civilians. and 4 of the Guard and served in the Spanish- Americag and World Wars. 1 ing is Viewed with much reg 3 local Guard officers. He served in the Indiana National Guard as early a: 1895, and was in the Span can_War in _the 160th Indiana Volun- States very little iise was made of the report, which 18 much’ legs burden- some for disposing of uns of recelving the ringside returns from the Dempsey-Tunney fight at Phila- delphia, and at the same time there will be a number of boxigg bouts staged among members of the battal- | ion. perhaps taking tips right off the | serve list, because he was unable, by reason of business pressure, to carry on_the dutfes. 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