Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1928, Page 66

4 ?4 District National Guard Preparations are being made_ for the Am:us?fl mspections of the National Guard of the District of Columbia by officers of the Regular Army, when the local troops will present themselves cquipped for the field. The tentative dates have been sent to headquarters the 3d Army Corps Arca at Balti- more, Md.. but as yet have not bexn wpproved However, inspections here now arc held with d 3 the Guard has 3 large place 1 which th= troops can never show il to good advantag: h any drills the in the public squad drill It is not ki snit1ibn Shmoe & Division spe troops, all o h 6 The inspection of the 29th Military Police Company will be held March 7 end March 13 . 12088 60th Coast | for the previous fiscal year, when forty- nine drills were authorized and held. | He says that the fiscal problems con- nected with armory drills continue to be difficult of solution. Members of the National Guard. he points out. are | entitled to pay only for such drills as they attend, and the constant improve- ment in attendance, due to stabilizing | incident to better type of personnel. reduced turnover and improved morale and traiing efficiency naturally m-l c s the cost of drills. Another fac- tor of uncertainty is the average! trength of the Guard during the fiscal | vear. An increase of five per cent inj drill’ attendance during the year will| add approximately $700.000 to the cost ! of armory drill pa The estimated cost of fort drills_for the fiscal vear 1 as | $10.269.489. and funds in this amount were provided. The actual cost was | oximately $10.549.489. The deficit | 20.000 was made by transfer of s m other appropriation items But he adds that the making up of this deficit would not have been ;\rnrncl\bl\" without seriously impairing the ac- ed had it not been that | Ty over” appropriations of 1 the estimates be available to be carried over ! Owing to the large amount of funds involved in possible fluctuations in armory drill pay and the fact that data | as to the amount such fluctuations are | ailable until nearly two months | the close of the fiscal vear, it is| ble to withhold from allot- | nder other items sufficient s to cover a possible deficit in | v drill pa It has been the policy of the War| 1 Department to base estimates on the | Marci 260th Coast Artiller March 16: Battery C. 260th Coast Ar tille rch 14: Medical Departme arch 12, and Comp March 12 Capt. Ralph L. Walker, at a ceremon: heid in the commanding general's office last Tuesday night, was presented with Bis commission as judge advocate gen- eral of the local nal Guard. suc- ceeding Capt. Thomas Lane. resigned. Capt. Walker formerly was a line officer in the Coast Artillery Battalion, but was drafted for the legal department of the whole local Guard when Capt. Lane Tesigned. At the same time First Lieut. William Heale, ters Detachment, 250th Coast tillery, was presented %ith his commission Gen. Stephan spoke briefiy at both pres=ntations. A number of reservations have been made by officers and men of the local militia for the National Guard bencfi; night to be given at one of the local theaters January 30. Certain sections | bave been reserved for the guardsmen, and 40 per cent of the proceeds from the sale of tickets goes to the various | company funds. Company F. 12Ist Engineers, Capt George W. Johns commanding. sa:l‘(td into the “superior” class in Guard at- tendance last week. being the first organization to reach this high mark for a number of weeks. It is the only organtzation in the top group, with a percentage of 90.63. 90 being necessary %o ever make this classification The whole report to brigade head- quarters last week does show a con- siderable betterment in the attendance. which took a decided slump about the first of December and continued until the last drill night. However, it is believed now that there will be a gen- eral pick-up in the attendance until the annual inspections. when an effort is made to have every man pryent. The following are the classifications :nd percentages nrr’ xklle ollrgr organiza- ons making up the local Guard: Excellent: tachment. 83.34: Headquarters Detach- ment. 260th Coast Artillery, 81.82: Battery C. 260th Coast Artillery, 8149 Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery, 80.40. Very satisfactory: Headquarters De- | tachment. Special Troops, 29th Division. 7778: Band, 121st Engineers, 74.39; Company D. 1215t Engineers, 70.32, Eausfactory: Headquarters and Serv- ice Company, 121st Engineers. 66.11, Headquarters Detachment, 20th Di- vision. 65.79; Company C, 121st Engi- | neers, 64.29. Unsatisfactory: Engineers, 59.68: Medical Department Detachment, 121st Engineers, 56.00: A, 121st Engineers, 55.00 strength); Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery. 52.00 (below strenzth): | 29th Military Police Company. 50.90. Very unsatisfactory: Company E. 1215t Engiveers. 49.31 Pyt James C. Whi sr.. Companv E. 121st Engineers, has been ordered transferred 1 the Or ce Depart- ment. State stafy Pvt. George E. Findley. Company A 1218t Engineers, has been ordered di Missed as a deserter. because he has ;;lzjfd o report for drill since M Capt. J. C. Jensen, Ordnance De- partment, has been ordered to inspect Qll small arms isued o units of the Nationa! Guard to determine their serviceabllity, and also % ascentain that they zre receiving proper care in Storage. He also will make an inspec- tion of rifle numbers o see that organ- fzations have only the fining pieces charged 10 them The tmes of the in- spections are 10 be arrang various unit commanders densen. according W br quarters Increase in the o of holding armory drills for the National Guard is indicated the report of Maj. Gen chief of the mijit During the fiscal year 19 ¢ach Btate was authorized to hold forty drills. which cost 3220614 A8 against $208 927 per anll rtermaster Corps De- | Company B, 121st| available data as to cost per drill | and to add the cost of one drill as a ! factor of safety. But. he continues | the factor thus provided is hardly suf- ficient to cover a fluctuation of one per cent in strength and drill attendance. The problem is being carefully studied with a view to finding & satisfactory | solution. and it is probable that recom- mendations designed to correct this | state of affairs will be submitted in a| short time. i Payment for field training is furnish- | ing another problem for the militia bu- reau. Gen. Hammond says that all field-training payments are required to | be made by the United States proderty and disbursing officer or his authorized | | agent ofticer. Considerable difficulty | has been experienced in the past in the administration of this provision of lhe‘ law. particularly in view of the fact | | that the authorized agent officers must be bonded before they may be intrusted | with Federal funds for this purpose. | The United States property and dis- | bursing officer cannot. manifestly, make | all payments in person at the close of | the encampment and no Federal [unds | can be provided for the payment of the premiums on bonds for agent of- fieers. To meet this problem in a small | National Guard regulations uorei amended so that when payments are made- by the United States property | and disbursing officer in person he may make such payments at any time after the troops have been mustered, prefer- able as near the close of the encamp- ment as possible: or payments may be i | made by the disbursing officer in per- |'son or his authorized agent after the | | return of the troops to their home sta- | tion. The payment of troops at home | | station presents so many advantages to | the organization commander, as well as the troops, that it is hoped that these | advantages will result in the designa- | tion of agent officers even though such designation involves a small expendi- | ture in connection with the procure- | ment of the bond. As 10 the uniforms of the Guard. he calls attention to their lack of uniform- . ity. He says the war-stock uniforms are most unsatisfactory. due to inferior | quality of material, lack of uniformi | on color, and obsolete cut. | Failure to provide a satisfactory uni- \form has had a most unfavorable ef- | | fect on the contentment and morale of the Guard. Funds have been available | |in sufficient amount to meet the re- | { quirements of all the States for repair | |and the renovation of clothing turn-in | on discharge for reissue, and for repairs o organizational equipment. 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