Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1926, Page 84

The falling off in attendance in me of the units composing the Nation Guard of the District of Columbi causing some concern to the offic at brigade headquarters. P'reliminary inquiries indicate. officials s that some of the falling off in the . te the merely passive interest which appears to be shown by officers. Little. if anything, is being done by those charged with the duty of building up the various units to- ward making things the men, and most of them do not oc casionally send out reminders, by let ter, in an effort to get the men in. Tt was pointed out by those familiar with National Guard outfits over a pe- riod of vears that many listed personiel are just careless, and all that is needed to get them down on arill night is a little note jogging their memories about attending drills and maintaining their military This fact has heen pari to the unit commande: randum issued by Gen. _which savs: “Uniy commanders are reminded that eompanies which regulariy send no- tices to members of their commands, in addition to using other methc contact, appear to have hetter dr tendance than companies which f _ send notices regularly. to aid the company offi r percentage rec- zade head quarters is offering to print and send out these notices for the units, leaving the company. battalion and regimerttal commanders nothing to do but draft the few sentences to be sent out to their men. In the future attempt to explain their ance recor have to fur: not attempt to use the facil vided by headanarters. A close check is being kept on the attendance, and if it does not show some improvement in the very near future, there is a p ability that fur ther action will be taken by headquar- ters. called nd previous reperts for some back, the percentage report: of Arill attendanca last week shows ve small figures for most of the com. mands, the zreai majority showing far less than 50 per cent of their enrolled strength. Battery 260th Coast ds the list with a percentage of £0.77. with the others in their rela tive order. with percentages. - Jows: Band. 121st 121st Engineers, Engineers, Infantry, 58.07 Service Company, Company A, 3 Headquarters and 121st Engineers, 5 Coast _Artillery, 12)st Engineers, 46.16: Headquarters Detachment. 29th Division. 42.86 Compan Engineers, Company F, Engineers. 38.89: Headquarters Detachment, Special Troops. 29th Division, : Company D, 121st Engineers, 33 Medical De- tachment, 121st Engineers, 30.00. Military Police Company. 28.00 Company A, 121st Engineers, The report this week indicates that two units, the Medical Detachment, J121st Engineers, and the 29th Mili- tary Police Company are below the strength required by the War Depart- ment for maintenance of Federal recognition. - A perusal of the attendance per- centage by battalions gives a clear indication ‘that the engineer regiment , Is in bad shape from this standpoimt. ‘The Coast Artillery battalion leads list with a percentage of 63.87; the 1st Battalion of Engineers e with a percentage of but 41.75: the 2d Battalion of Engineers third with only a score of 38.73, and the Battalion of Special Troops, 20th Division, last with a percentage of only 34.41. Second Lieut. Frank Coleman, Com- pany A, 372d Infantry, upon his ewn request, has been ordered transferred to the National Guard Reserve.. Private Raymond Ryan, 29th Mili- tary Police Company, has been or- dered transferred to the Medical De- tachment, 121st Engineers. * Cournyn has heen or- This great Traffic Command needs quick response, particularly during these busy Xmas shopping days, and this re- sponse is only obtained through constant use of Lightning Motor Fuel. The orig- ttend- | ance at drills is due, to a large extent. | some of the | interesting for | efficiency. | when they | Artillery. | | | 1 dered promoted to the grade 1 29th Division, and assigned to Headquarters Detachment same time Private, first-c P. Baxter was order corporal on the gen: promotions were made on the recom | mendation of the unit commander. In the 28th Division Special Troops, | Private, firstclass, Francis Lee has | been ordered promoted to | while Corp. Morton D. Levy ordered reduced to the | private. | The recommendations of the com. | manding officer of the 29th Military | Police Company for the following |proved by brigade headquarters: To Ibe sergeants, Corps. Ashton Bonnaf- | fon, Thomas P. Hudson and F 2, : 1o be corpor: Pvts, T MacCoy from the from the her unit is to he ad militia forces in the Distriet of Colun nounced at by de hea he War Department, mnment of has authorized the o hization hers of another hattery | Coast Artillery, and this branch of the service |talion, a headaquarters for Rattalion has heen authori: new hattery will he known tery ¢ Mai. Walter W. Burns, command- ing the present units, has heen direc ed to form the new outfit as early practicable, when it will be mustered |into the National Guard and Federal service, provide for the commissioned | personnel for this new organization | there already has been issued an order | forming an examining board and nar |ing certain of the officers to appea |for examination to determine thei | fitness for promotion. The bhoard will {convene at the Coast Artillery Ar- mory, at First and Water streets southwest, at & o'lock on the night of Januar: next, and Maj. Louis C. | Brinton, Regular Army instructor, has | been named president of the hoard. Those ordered up for examination for promotion to the rank of captain |are: First Lieuts. Lyman E. Morris and John L. Bradford. Those ordered up for promotion to the rank of first lieutenant of artil- lery are: Second Lieuts. William J. Heale. Lloyd B. Gosorn and Le Roy 8. Mann. In addition. orders have been issued for the convening of the examining board on the same night at the same hour for the examination of candidates for promotion frum the ranks to the srade of second lieutenant of artil- lery. All desiring to take the exam- ination have been directed to forward their applications to the adjutant gen- eral of the District of Columbia | Militia. in its reapport ation] Gua full hat U'pon recommendation of the com- manding officer of Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery, the following named men of that unit have been ordered transferred to the National Guard Re- serve for the reasons given: Educa- tional interference—Pvts. James H. Fanning, jr.. and Willilam M. Crabh. Business interference—Pvt. Robert Boteler. Sergt. Kenneth J. Bushman has been ordered reduced to the grade of private in the 29th Division Special Troops, while Pvt. Elmer W. Hum- phrey has been ordered promoted to the grade of sergeant. Both changes were made on the recommendation of the company commander. The following men of the Medical Detachment, st Engineers, have ‘been ordered transferred from the active list to the National Guard Re- serve: William Simmons, Stanley Simmons and John Belt. Capt. Clay Anderson, United States Army Engineer Corps, assigned to the Engineer Regiment of the local Na of | sergeant on the general staff of the the | partment the | James B. Orders were issued by the War De. last week relieving Capt. Iden, Field Artillery, who ! has been on duty at the Washington of the en. | promotions in that unit have heen ap- | 1 to the | sive north of Chat strength of the | of | in this will give | ferred to the Field Artiller: | School, rters since February gning him to the 2d Di ort. Sam_Houston, T with the Field A tillery vision. e headqu The reliel tive May med in second lieutenant ¢ Infantr pt. olden served dur. ing the war the 2d and 3d Di visions s ant and captain of Infantry. During the Summer 1918 he served with the 3d Div W sion, pariicipating in stemning the German advance at ChateaW™fhierry, and he also was present with the same division in the defense of the Marne. In the offen- eau on July 27, 1918, he was wounded in ac the signing of the armistice prevent- ing his return to combat duty. Cap! iolden is iuate of the compan officers’ cla the Infantry School and during 19 Cant. J. B. ¢ 1921, 0 a mande; duate of the battery cor e at the Field Artiller , in 19 to his present duty with v D, 6th Field Artillery, e, Md. by members of the 80th Division staff while undergoing thelr active training period at Richmond, Va., August, for monthly conference: Washington during the Winter, the Reserve officers at and adjacent to this city, arrangements have been made 1o hold the first one at Reser headquarters in_the Graham Ruilding next Friday at 7:30 p.m. The Reserve officers from Washington who will be notified to attend this conference ary Col. William Chantland, Infantry Reserve; Lieut. Col. Robert P, Parrett Judge Advocate General Reserv Majs, William T. Morgan, Infantr Reserve; James A. Purcell,” Adjutant General Reserve; Berkley Inge, Qua termaster Reserve; William L. S: Judge Advocate General Rese Frank A. Frost, Finance Reserv Colin Mackall, Chemical Warfare Re- serve; John P. Tyler, Chaplain Re- serve; Capts. Harold N. Fairfield, Thomas R. Jarbee, Ernest H. Pullma Carl K. Rang, all Infant Reserv JwW serve; Van W. Roberts, Finance Re- serve;»First Lieuts. Brewer V. York, Infantry Reserve: James H. Windsor, Ordnance Reserve; Carroll Gray, Ad- jutant General Reserve, and Second Lieut, Earl A. Nash, Infantry Re- serve. The following changes in the as- tional Guard as instructor, has been commissioned a lieutenant colonel in the National Guard and assigned as an additional number in the En- gineer Regiment. It is understood that the commission was given him to give him some control over the officers and men of the Engineer Regi- ment, which he would not have with- out it. Now he may ‘order certain things done, whereas before he could only recommend. He will hold the commission as long as he remains on SALES & serve inal Washington High Test Gasoline. During the past week thie severe blizzard weather crippled many motorists—but the wise, experienced ones who use Lightning Motor Fuel traveled on—take a tip and go to the nearest station today—your car will start - quicker an ll NOW ONLY Highest uamy — at — Lowest Prices of that di- | with f! lieuten. of s a result of the desires expressed ) | sisnments of Reserve officers residing {'in’ Washington and vicinity were an- Reserve head Jdeut. Albert F Artillery Reserve, (Col igned to 3d Coast : Capt. Charles H. Administrative Re- m assignment to The following infantry 40th Infantry ig, John €. Dal- | nounced 1 | auarters Mason, (oast ieuts. r ckman, Herbert C. Har- . Dental Reserve. nd lieutenants relieved from attachment antry: Robert S. Heriot, ¥ of Infantry to the 40th Albert H. James R. . Frederick Bouis (M vashington, Md.), 1 Robert T. Gahagan (Alexandria, Second Lieut. John H. Gruver, Coast Artillery Resel Coast Artillery district Hugh C. Duffey, jr., and Edward M. O'Brien, hoth Reserve, are assigned to the 34th Medical Regi- Lieut. Col. Daniel dical Reserve, a headquarters, second hos- ne of the interior in of neuro-psychiatrist. second leutenants from the Corps of Kngineers Reserve, are relieved from their present as- signments to the Hegbert Ralley, William and Richard G. Hensley (Clarendon, | Va), while the following second | lleutenants of the Corps of Engineer Reserve are relieved from attachment to that same regiment: John G. B: Jer, Francis R. Deland, Roger L. Ha man, George S. Parsons and John B. Vanderluis (Alexandria, Va.) Sec- nd Lieuts. Francis M. McConihe, Field Artillery Reserve, and Edka C. Moore, Infantry Reserve, are assigned to the 80th Division; Second Lleut. " Nathan B. Camp, signal reserve, is attached to the 322nd Signal Bat- talfon, 13th Corps; First Lieut. Charles . Lal Medical Reserve, is assigned to the 34th Medical Regiment, Fourth f Arm) ¥ to pital center, z ‘the capaci Five instructional assemblies will be held by the local Reserve units in the Graham Bullding this week. To- morrow evening, Reserve officers of the Judge Advocate General's Depart- ment and those of the Ordinance De- partment, will hold their meetings at Reserve headquarters. Reserve offi- cers of the Finance Department and company officers of infantry will meet Tuesday evening, $he former in Tempo Building No. 5 at Twentieth and C streets, while the latter will hold their assembly at the Graham Building. Field officers of the 320th Infantry and all other infantry field officers will meet at the Graham Building Tuesday evening. Washington Re- serve Field Artillery officers of the 313th Regiment will meet Wednesday evening. LRI TR TR <ol Botanists of England are worried be- causs the coal shortage has stopped the heating of hothouses in which are experiments of plant life that have been under way for 20 years, and frost may destroy the specimens. Exide¢ BATTERIES Sales AUTO ELECTRICIANS Julius H. Rieley 656-58 Pa. Ave. S.E. Lincoln 7289 SIXTY— Conveniently located stations are ready to you—there is one near you. . The Penn Oil Company d be more peppier on these cold days. PENN-STRAIGHT G-A-S NOW ONLY 21¢ GERMAN RADIO FANS DEMAND JAZZ EARLY “Highbrow'® Stuff Tires Enthusi- asts Who Ray Government $6,- 000,000%n License Fees. By the Associated) Press. BERLIN, Dedember 11.—Discontent is brewing among the 1,200,000 radio fans in Germany' who pay the govern- ment $6,000,000 annually in license fees for the privilege of taking pro- grams out of the air. They are de- manding more jazz and less “high brow” stuff for their money. Liberal party leaders have taken up the cry on behalf of the influential radio voters. _“Workmen are too tired at night to listen in on operas, stage dummas or lectures lasting thres and four hours,” party spokesmen assert. “Jazz music, which is very popular, doesn’t start untfl 10:30, or later, when most persons are in bed.* There are about 20 broadcasting sta- tions in the country, and since all pro- grams are of the same type, listeners in get little variety at any one time. All broadcasting stations are either owned by the government and oper- ated by the ministry of posts and tele- graphs or owned by the government and leased to private companies, which net large profits from broadcasting ad. vertising featu . AUTHORS ARE PROLIFIC. French National Library Is Del- uged With New Works. PARIS, December 11 (#).—A liter- ary deluge struck the French Na- tional Library. The library is rapldly being buried under an avalanche of new books, pouring daily from the presses of the French publishing houses. One copy of every new work, however worthless, must he deposited in, the library. Fhench law requires this, and the librarian is bound to find a permanent place for it. The liter. ary output shows no signs of abat- ing, and during the last year exten- sive additions have been made to the library buildings. LR gy Life is the childhood of our immor- tality.—Goethe. 1926 - PART UNITED SPANISH WAR Richard J. Harden Camp met Thurs- day and the following were added to the rolls: Jowh W. Oyerly, T. Howard Duckett, Clarence Pedigo, E. J. Steger and Otto Liebeneichen. The approval of national headquarters of resolution proposing _for honorary membership Paul J. McGahan, past department commander of the Depart- ment of the District of Columbia, American Legion, was received and formal muster will be made at a fu- ture meeting. Officers were elected as Commander, William E. O'Neill; senior vice commander, Harry Sherwood; junior vice commander, George F. Cook: officer of the day, Leo M. Devlin: officer of the guard., John onitz. The above named will be formally ingtalled in their respective offices on the first meeting in January. Senor C. de Quesada read an an- nouncement of the dedication Novem- ber 12 in Havana of a monument to the 71st New York Volunteers. He also announced that a reception and entertalnment would be given January 28 by the Cuban embassy and himself, to which all members of the Spanish War Veterans and the Auxiliaries and their families are invited. A banquet was served. Senator Rice W. Means of Colorado, commander-in-chief of the United Spanish War Veterahs, was the honor guest and delivered an ad- dress. Others who made addresses were Edward J. Nolan, department commander, U. S. W. V.. Albert Michaud, senior vice department com- mander; James G. Yaden, junior vice department commander, U. S. W. V.; Robert E. Tolson. of the American Leglon: Col. Charles H. McMillan, regional manager, U. Veterans' Bureau; Capt. Edwin Béttleheim, jr., and Maj. J. R. Hale, Veterans of For- elgn Wars. Comdr. J. A. G. Shuster was master of ceremonies and intro- duced the speakers, The banquet was in charge of Capt. James E. Wilson, chairman of the entertainment com- mittee, ‘ol. John Jacob Astor Camp met in Stanley Hall, U. 8. Soldiers’ Home, Monday and mustered into its mem- bership George Kaelin. Cecil Mulville and Daniel Murphy. Election of offi- cers resulted as follows: Commander, .senior vice commander, Archie J. Jones; junior vice com- mander, George Kastner; officer of the day, John Holland; officer of the guard, Joseph M. Barth, and trustee, Oscar Feldser. ‘The members of Col. John Astor Auxiliary were entertained by Mrs. Ada Grey at her home at 2162 Thirtieth street northeast with a house-warming. She was presented with many gifts. - Refreshments were served and there was a musical enter- tainment, singing and dancing. At its last meeting officers were elected as follows: President, Mrs. Mary Fitz. hugh; senior vice president, Mrs. Min- nie Lochboeler; junior vice president, Mrs. Elizabeth Webber; chaplain, Mrs. Louise Daly; historian, Mrs. Min Woltz: patriotic instructor, Mrs. Mary Georges. Department President FEdna R. Summerfield announces that arrange- ments have been completed for the ball to be given by the Auxiliaries of the Department of the District of Columbia at Franklin Squgre Hotel December 18. Col. Henry W. Lawton Camp met Monday and increased its membership by 10 members, two coming to the camp by transfer and eight new mem- bers, all of whom were formally mus- tered in at the meeting. Comdr. Shomette and Senior Vice Comdr. Nelson of Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp were among the speakers. Officers were. elected as follows: Commander, James I. 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