Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1926, Page 78

Robert B. Parkman, a private in Company F, 121st Regiment of Engi- neers, National Guard of the District of Columbia, was among the six mem- bers of the local militia who _yes- terday en‘ered the civil service ex amination in a competition to ob- tain _the choice appointm2nt to the United States Military Academy at West Point. The Civil Service Commission ves. terday conducted the examination don behalt of the local National Guard, axd the candidate who makes the est Robert B. Tarkmah erage mark will recelve the appointment to enter the military training school next July. The competition for this appointment has been keener this vear than ever before and more candidates have en- tered. They have heen coached by Lieut. Homer B. Millard of Company F, and the finals are expected to be eloge. Last year the Guard obtained two appointments because other Guard organizations did not fill all of their vacancies, and if an additional posi- tion is offered to the Guard this year, the next highest candidate in the competitive examination will receive it. The local Guard now has in each Who entered as a result of his mem pership in the Guard. ‘Any enlisted man of the militia is eligible, pro Vided he has served one vear with the organization prior to the time of his entrance to the academy’. g Pvt. Parkman enlisted May 25, this vear, for a period of three years, but if he is the successful candidate he will be honorably discharged from his | enlistment in order to permit him tc enter the academy. He was born i this city September 16, 1907, son of Charies H. Parkman of, 100¢ Taylor street northeast, where ke re sides. 3 A bowling league is heing formec In the local militia brigade. and while to date there are only teams from the Engineer Regiment, it was said a headquarters it is hoped that all o the organizations will be representer before the competitions are well unde: way. Companies A, C, E. F an€ Headquarters and Service have so fa: entered teams. and the games ar¢ rolled each Thursday night at ¢ o'clock. Prizes from the athletic func are awarded at the end of the season for the company team champlonship. Officers at brigade headquarters this week expressed themselves as pleased with the interest being shown by the {ndividual members of the Guard in rifie practice, a report from the Guard range at Camp Simms. Congress Heights, D. C.. showing that last Sun day 100 men appeared at the range Voluntarily. This practice is . not under orders although the men are firing their courses which will go on thelr records. Heretofore it has been the practice to call out all of the units, and send them on the range for four or five days duty, but the offi cers this vear are trying to get the men to take part in the practice with- out the necessity of taking time from their civillan employment. The re- sponse with which the appeal has been met is most encouraging, say the brigade officers. Some of the mem- bers, however, are heing credited. with an armory drill for the time thes spend on the range. For instance, if they go out on Sunday they do not have to report for the regular Tuesday night drill at the armory The range officers reported that the was &0 crowded last Sunday that it taxed the facilities now in use. If the plan meets with a suc cess this vear, it practically will mean the end of two periods of field train- ning as has been the practice in the past. This, it is believed also. will meet with approval from the men's employers, as the only time it will be necessary to take them from their work will be in the Summer when they go to camp. and it will serve to make the Guard more popular among Government officials ~ and private employers. Lincoln §. Jones, 2594 avenue, enlisted in Company C, Engineers, during the week range Wisconsin 1218t Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan and Gen Lioyd M. Brett, U. S. A, retired. adju tant general of the District of Colum- bia Militia, are planning to go to Louisville, Ky.. on November 16, 17, 18 and 19 to attend the meetings of the Adjutant Generals' Association and the National Guard Association of the TUnited States the first date and the latter on the last three days. Orders have been Maj. Joe R. McKey. commanding the st Battalion. 121st Engineers, in ational Guard Reserve, at h own request. Maj. Mckey is leaving the city to go to Porto Rico as trade commissioner for the TUnited States Department of Commerce It is expected that in the near fu- ture brigade headquarters will an issued placing nounce the appointment of a board of | officers to examine candidates for pro motion to major to fill the vacancy created by this change of status o Maj. McKey. Capt. Ralph §. Childs commanding Company B, is the senior captain of the regiment and has been temporarily placed in command of the 1st Battalion, pending the promotion of an officer. Following out the prac- tice of the past, it was said, Capt. Childs will be given a majority com- mission if he passes the requisite ex- amination. It has been the policy of Gen. Stephan of filling the commis- sioned grades from within the regi ment. However, it is expected that when the examining board is appeint ed, the three captains highest on the list by seniority will be ordered up. It all pase. the other two will remain on the eligible list for promotion for two vears without further examination. Those next to Capt. Childs are Capt. Clarence S. Shields. commanding Com- pany E, and Capt. William F. Jorgen sen. commanding Company C. Both these officers hold captains’ commis sions of the same date. but under the National Guard regulations. when such a contingency arises in the mat ter of seniority, he with the longest commissioned service takes prece dence, and in this case it is Capt Shields. The Militia Bureau of the War De partment has informed the officers of the local Guard that it financial statistics for the vear 1826, and has asked the local Guard for in- formation to be inciuded in it. The information asked for includes a statement of the total amount of Dis triet of Columbia appropriations used for the support of the local National Guard; items for which District ap. propriations were expended. including | pay, supplies and equipment. construc- tion and maintenance buildings and for all other purpos=s: total amount of funds other than District appropria- tions expended for the support of the National Guard; ltems for which funds other than District appropriations have been expended, including pa supplies and equipment. construction and maintenance of buildings and for all other purposes. The letter also states that if it can be obtained without serious inconven jence, information is desired, even though only approximate, as to the amount of salaries paid by firms or individuals to employes for attendance | at training camps. The information is to be in by November To coms ply with thie latter request, ordera have been issued 0 ¥nit commandees » of its four classes a former member | The former meets on | is preparing | directing them to ascertain this infor- | mation. Commanders of organizations and separate units of the Guard have. | been reminded in a brigade memoran- dum .that they are responsible for the initiation of efficiency reports on offi- | cers of their command, as of Decem- {31 of each year, and have been in- | structed to prepare their reports in | time to reach the next higher com- mander not later than January 15, 1927, Officers of the local Guard who will | conduct the rifle matches of the local National Guard on November 6 and 7, at the range at Congress Helghts, have been designated. These matches are confined exclusively to members of the Guard. The detalls follow: For both days— Capt. J. C. Jensen, Ordnance Depart- | ment, executive officer; Capt. C. S. Shields, Company E. 121st Engineers, chief range officer; Capt. G. P. Dunn, commanding Headquarters and Serv- ice Company, 121st Engineers, quar- termaster; Capt. F. F. Bernsdorff, Quartermaster Corps, range officer; First Lieut. T. A. Riley, 121st Endl- neers, statistical officer: First Lieut. G. L. Evane, 121st_Engineers. range officer; First Lieut. J. E. Temple, 1218t Engineers, range officer; First Lieut. E. A. McMahon, 121st Engineers, range officer; First Lieut. G. F. Harbin, plans and training officer, 121st Engineers, range officer; Second Lieut. J. F. Fitz- gerald, 121t Engineers, range officer, and Second Lieut. J. Heale, 260th Coast Artillery, range officer. For November 7 only—Capt. Thomas A. Lane. Judge Advocate General, range officer: Capt. C. E. Smitheon, adjutant, 121st Engineers, range offi Johns, com. manding Company F, 121st Engineers, range officer; First Lieut. J. M. Ma- gruder, adjutant, 1st Battalion, 121st | Engineers, range officer; First Lieut. R. G. McCartee, Headquarters and ervice Company, 121st Engineers, range officer; First Lieut. J. R. Quade, Company F, 121st Engineers, range officer; First Lieut. W. A. Knight. Company B, 121st Engineers, range sfficer; First Lieut. L. E. Morris, 260th Coast Artillery, range officer: First Lieut. L. S. Mann. 260th Coast Artil- lery, range officer; Second Lieut. Hugh | Everett, 121st Engineers, range officer, «nd Second Lieut. E. C. Canova, 121st fingineers, range officer. These range officials also have been dlrected to report to Capt. Jensen, ex- scutive officer, prior to Novémber 1 for such instructions for carrying out the matches as he desires to give them. They also have heen directed to report at the range not later than 7:30 a.m. on the days of the matches {in which they have been instructed to take part. Drill attendance of members of the Guard is showing up better than the few weeks following camp, but offi cers indicated conditions are not what they should be. Every effort s to be made to make the drills more at- tractive, despite the unsatisfactory armory conditions. to the end that each command will show nearer the 1 100 .per cent mark in the drill reports. The reports last week showed Bat tery A, 260th Coast Artillery. at the top of the list in the percentage of at tendance with a total of 74 per cent. The other organizations in their rel- ative order and their percentages follow: Company C. 121st Engineers, 68.86: Band, 121st Engineers. 5858: Headquarters Detachment, slon Special Troops. 62.30: Battery B 260th Coast.Artillery. 60.30: Headquar- ters and rvice Company, 121st En gineers, Company E. 121st En- Rineers, i Compan® A..372nd In. fantry, 52.48: Headquarters Detach- ment. 29th Division, 51.43; Company F. 121st Engineers, 51.40: Company D. 121st Engineers, Company” B, 121st Engineers, 37.88: Medical De. tachment. 1218t Engineers. 30: 29th Military Police Company, 28, and Com- pany A, 121st Engineers, The request of the Guard for the assistance of the local school authori- ties in getting before the members of the local high schools, particularly the members of the Cadet Corps, the opportunities offered by the Guard to those who enlist, particularly the chance of an_appointment to the United States Military Academy, has met a favorable response in some sources. Gen. Lloyd M. Brett. adjutant gen- eral. last week received a letter from Alvin W Miller. principal of the Cen tral High School. in which he saic that he had caused the announcement to be published in the school news paper, and that he also has ‘“referred the matter to Maj. Donovan. in charge of our high school cadet organization in order that the cadets of the schoo® may he advised more definitely of this | opportunity. This is a splendic chance sand, I hope that ‘some of our 3 res ‘ ol e ed in following uy Echoes of the mutiny in the eo; of the 121st Engineers durln; ?ahn.‘!'; recent field training at Fort Hum- phrevs. Va.. still are being heard in the quarters of that organization. despite the fact that the officer appointed a* that time to investigate the charges filed against four of the membhers of | | the Medical Detachment has reported that in his opinion the charges cannot | he sustained. The charges were pre- ferred against the four men by Capt Hyman D. Shapiro, then in temporary command of the detachment, fol- lowing the alleged refusal of the men to carry out certain orders directed t | them by a superior officer. 'With thi r-pn:-f 'h’t matter will not reach th- court-martial s Curimartisl stage. but the charges | At that time Mai. Geor; had heen temnorarily rellesed of 1o command of the Medical Detachment and assigned as camp sanitary officer \Fhis ited by the men of the | -medical unit as one of the eauses | -of thelr troubles. However. it has now been dlsclosed that Col. John W Oehmann. commanding the regiment. has Issued regimental orders to Ma. Allen to turn the property of the unit G THE SUNDAY tional Guard before the war. The structure is located on the water front at Water and O streets. The plans drawn at the direction of Congress for the improvement of the Washington Channel dock area in the office of the Army engineer officer in charge of this river and harbor district, and which were approved last week by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, provide for_ the placing at the site of the present armory of a large yacht basin for the harboring of small boats, which would do away with the armory and the lighthouse service dock. While the plans call for an appro- priation of approximately $3,000,000, which will be asked of the next Con: gress, and it will perhaps be seeveral years before they can be carried out. nevertheless it will take that time to get an armory for the 260th Coast Artillery, and officlals are quite per- turbed over the matter. It is believed that effort to rob the local Guard of its only suitable armory will be stub- bornly resisted, unless there is seen the prospect that Congress at the next session will provide for quarters for all of the units of the Guard. At least one favorable step was taken in this direction by the Planning Commission, which voted to ask the Public Build- ings Commission, in its study of the building situation, to look for and recommend a site for an armory vh;_:‘oral Guard. R e local Guard now is one of the wards of the commision anyway, 'hu result of a recent opinion by the At- torney General of the United States in which he held that the local militia was such a_Federal activity as to re- quire the Public Buildings Commis- sion to find a home for it. part of the Guard now is ocupyi one of the Government hotel huu?-l]r?; on the Union Station plaza, having been assigned it by the buildings com- mision following the rendering of the Attorney General's opinion. However. since the moved into this make. % The main | STAR, WASHINGTO shift armory the demand has been growing for a removal of these build- ings and the improvement of the site as a part of the Capitol grounds. If it will mean a new armory for the Guard, the militia officers are heartily in favor of R, but otherwise they would be without quarters, as investi- gation has determined that there is not a bujlding in the city satisfactory for armory facilities which could be obtained at the present rental allow- given the Guard by Congres_ for such a purpose. It Congress appropriates the money for the water-front improvement, then the Guard officlals will present the matter strongl argument in favor of a prompt provi- sion of an armory to house all of the activities of the local Guard, pointing out that if a Government building is to be erected it will take two or threa years, between the time of the author- ization and appropriation and the building becoming a reality. They are not particular about a water-front armory for the Coast Artillery, bift it is a building they must have until such time as Congress sees fit to pro- vide armory facilities befitting the dignity of the National Guard of the Capital City, which is the only Federal National ( i 3 Gawliié From Wnte;' Gas. From the chemical laboratory comes | the promise of an important new | source of gasoline in the future. This source is water gas. which forms a flluminating gas, part of most city hot_eoke. | As the results of experiments in the | Kaiser Wilhelm Research Institute for | Coal Products in Germany. Prof. | Franz Fischer reports in the Popular | Sclence Magazine that by using a catalyst, or substance which acceler- ates chemical reaction. not only gaso- line, but wood alcohol. vaseline and other related products can be obtained X AR G X EL N O} 0 G A &R e Q‘n’(‘am.ushnmrn. Which, it was | . WAS preliminary to the »f Capt. Shapiro in n»rmanon':m:rl\'r‘n'.‘ mand of the unit. The question is | being freely discussed in certain Guard circles as to whether there is authority for this. "Those familiar with military law. regulations and | Procedure point out that Maj. Allen | jis the regimental medical oficer. and ! ue of this is in command of he Medical Detachment. and no mere | rder of a regimental officer can re ve him of responsibility for main ttaining the unit. for the handling of which he comes under the Medical | Department of the Army and not the | line. Medical officers of both the Army and Navy have a peculiar | status, in that while they are subject to the orders of the commanding officer of the unit to which they are detailed for military purposes, fever. | theless any change of station and the | | like must be by orders of the respec. tive medical departments. It was pointed further that it is not within the authority or province of a line officer 1o make a change of detail of this kind, particularly a change of command, and it appears to be prob- able now that if the final' order is ssued there will be a test made of the gatter. \ | Another problem is confronting the Guard in the already aggravated and serious armory situation. The one | unN that is fairly well fixed from an armory standpoint, the 260th Coast Artillery, faces the prospect of losing ts home to meet the demand for city improvement, particularly the wate front. This unit now is quartered in a brick building, originally construc- ted for the use of the Naval Militia vhen it was a part of the local Na- i C) I Exclusive with $55 " Others $410 to $90 to Congress as an| {and i« obtained by passing steam over | (Men's Clothing, OCTOBER 24 SPANISH WAR VETERANS At the last meeting of Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp, No. 1, eight new mem- | bers were admitted, as follows: ‘Mil- lard W. Wheeler, Company G,"5th | Maryland Infantry; William E. Clark, | Company K, 1st Illinois Infantry Robert E. L. Garein, U. S. N.; John Wilson, Company B, 1st Montana In- Harry Johannes, U. Willlam W. Stokes, Hospital Albert Bridges, Troop I, 3d Cavalry. | and Thomas Hulfish, Company F, 3d Virginia Volunteer Infant An- nouncement was made of the recent death of Charles H. Weaver. Indorse- ment of Commander James G. Yaden of Lawton Camp for the position of president of the Federation of Citi- | zens' Assoclation of the District of Columbia was given. Department Commander E. J. Nolan delivered an address. Acknowledgment of a letter addressed to Gene Tunney upon his winning the world's heavyweight ‘hampionship was received. Adjt. Pierce reports that 10 applicants are awaiting muster into the camp at the next meeting. Col. James S. Pettit Camp. No. 3. met Tuesday. Raymond R. Burrow | was added to the rolls of the camp b; ! reinstatement. Chairman Graves of the department recruiting committee |spoke on the necessity for recruiting. | Senior Vice Commander Dawson of Lawton Camp was extended an invita |tion to visit Lawton ¢amp. Depart ! ment Commander Nolan and Senior | Vice Department Commander Michaud \ddressed the camp. Past Departmen' | Commander Ieague and a number o | visitors from other camps spoke on | matters of interest to ‘the organiza tion. At the next meeting, Tuesda the camp will give a hirthday party tc | samuel G. Mawson, who is a member 1ot erans and the S. Rich, double-service Worsted-Cheyiots It’s very important to choose the right fabric for a suit—a fabric that goes with the correct cut. You can’t improve on Haddons for that. They fit in per- fectly with the distinction of the Society Brand cut and tailoring. They’re woven in rich new patterns, in deep blues, grays and briar shades. And with all this they’re as rugged, as long wearing, as you've ever wished a cloth to be! LIRS NI Ao o Second Floor.) Soctely Brand 1926—PART 8. Grand Army of the Republic, on the occasion of his eightieth birthday. .He is A member of Lawton Camp ana . past commander. He is alfo a past department commander of the G. A. R. and the Spanish War Veterans, and was the first armed American to land on Cuban soll during the Spanish War while serving as a sergeant in th¢ United States Marine Corps. Invita. tions have been extended to all elig ble to admission in the Spanish War Veterans in this department to attend the party. which will be held at 921 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. Com mander Deck of Pettit Camp and Mrs. Deck will present Mr. Mawson with » birthday cake. The members of Pettit Auxiliary will assist the camp in the entertainment and will serve refresh- ments. A cordial invitation is ex- tended to all members of the Spanish War Veterans and members of the auxiliaries to be present. At the last meeting of Col. John Jacob Astor Camp, No. 6, John W. Cooper was elected to membership. Senor C. de Quesada, honorary mem- ber of Richard J. Harden Camp, and Senior Vice Commiander Graves and Junior Vice Commander Dawson of Lawton Camp addressed the meeting. Gen. M. Emmett Urell Camp. No. 9, at its meeting last Wednesday at Pythian Temple entertained the mem- s of Urell Auxillary. Address were made by the camp officers and also by some of the department officers. At the first meeting of Washington Temple, No. 1, Lineal Society of Span- ish War, to be held November 3, there will be a card party given at Pythian Temple. An invitation is extended t« all members of the Spanish War Vet- erans, members of the auxiliari i well ar the members of the Lineal Socfety, to be present. Following meetings to he held dur- ing_the week: Tuesday-—Col. James S. Pettit Camp. Thureda ien. Nel- son A. Miles Camp and Col. James S. FRENCH AVIATRIX ASKS LIPSTICK ON DESCENDING Mlle. Collin Qualifies as Pilot After Brilliant Record as Nurse in War. By the Amoclated Press. PARIS, October 23.—"“Lend me your lipstick; my lips are all parched from the cold,” were the first words spoken by Mille. Denyse Collin when she landed after a full hour's flight, which qualified her for the third feminine aerial pilot's license issued in France. The request was addressed to Mme. Adrienne Bolland, who in 1921 was the farst French woman to obtain a license and who had watched her friend's fiight with great interest. Mme. Louise Maryse, who qualified as a piiot last year, was not present. During her test of 60 minutes in a heavy biplane, Mile. Collin looped the loop, glided with motor cut off and dld other stunts, and easily passed her examination. A nurse with the French hospital corps during the war, the young woman flew for the first time when she accompanied a wounded French general in _a plane from Rheims to Paris. She then vowed that she would be an aviatrix. Later she became a parachute jumper, dropping no less than 40 times from airplanes in full flight. She has an autographed letter from M. Laurent Eynac, then air minister in France, congratulating her for her services rendered to French aviation. Following a two-vear study of transit facilities and requirements in St. Louis, a committee of engineers has recommended the immediate ex- penditure of $40,000,000 for the con- struction of five downtown subw INSOBRIETY IN ENGLAND SHOWS GREAT DECREASE Convictions Last Year Less Than Half Total for 1924, Govern- ment Figures Show. By the Amsnciated Press. LONDON, October 23.—Peopl, England and Wales ml;.x"‘,'“’: steadily decreasing or ars not drinks ing as much as previously. The nume ber of convictions for drunkenness in these areas, according to governmeny atatistics, last year was less than half the total for 1924, the figures heing 76,077 for 1925 and 183,838 for 1924 “The occurrence of drunkennesd which leads to conviction is unevenly distributed over the days of the week." saym the report carrying the atatistics, “Saturday is the most fruitful day for arrests and contributes about 33 per cent of the total.” The number of licensed saloons hay declined from 102,189 in 1900 to in 1925. The 1925 figures repr 20.68 licenses per 10,000 of the popu- lation. The Silver Sword. On the Hawaiian Islgnds mav he found wonders of nature not seen anywhere else in the world. On Mani, the Garden Island, the volcano of Haleakala rears its snow-capped creat. above the clouds. The rim of the crater is 20 miles around, and here it is that the rare silver sword plant may be found. 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