Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1928, Page 62

__THAL S \DAY STAR. WASTIINGTON, D. €. FEBRUARY 26, 1928—PART 4 District Nat With & slogan of “Thirty recruits by . May 30,” the Special Troops, 29th Divi- sion, National Guard of the District of Columbia, have set an example for other organizations of the local mili-| “tia by laying down definite plans for a contest, invoking the compatitive “spirit by offering four major prizes tor w the highest number of recruits and a prize for every onc who brings in at least one man. [ As the general order has gone out) prohibiting enlistment of new men | within & month before the annual en- campments, and with several organiza- tions in need of men to bring them up | 10 the required strength, it is the be- | lief that other units of the Guard will | have to resort to similar means in order | to stir up interest in recruiting. ‘The | onder prohibiting recruiting . belore the | camp period aiso said that brigade | headquarters would not allow transfer | of men from the Reserves to the ac-| tive lists for the purpose of bringing organizations up to the strength re- quired of them before they are allowed | 10 go Mo the field for their annual | raini riod. “l:nxmm ating contest for the special | troops has already opened. it was an- nounced, and will continue until May | 29, The first prize will be a wrist| watch, the second a fountain pen and a pencil, the third a pencil. and the | buildings fourth a safety razor. However, every | competitor who brings in a recruit will| e awarded 2 silk-and-wool crepe regi lation_dress cravat. ! Every new man brought in will closely scrutinized. and only those really interested in National Guard training. and who will attend drills regularly. will be taken and counted up in faver of the men who brought them in. Offi- cers as well as enlisted men are eligible | under the rules of the contest, and re- « must be examined, passed and sworn in before any allowance is made. No credit will be allowed for re-enlist- ments. During the campaign recruiters will e held jointly responsible with recruits for regular drill attendance, and one point will be deducted from the final score of each contestant for each drill missed either by the recruiter or by his recruits during the period of the con- test. The winners will be announced and prizes awarded at formal ceremonies to be held on June 5. Contestants in order to become eligible for the first three prizes must bring in at least four, three and two recruits. respectively. If by 29 the recruiters at the top of the ist have not brought in sufficient num- T to make th ehgxble‘ Inr_nmy o‘fkfihe major prizes, the contest will continue until guotas are obtained. but in no event beyond June 30. Unless the re- quirements are fulfilled by that date no prizes will he awarded. A graduated scale for scoring points ha-~ been outlined. starting in with 116 soints for recruits brought in on the first arill night of the contest, and fall- ing one point each drill night until the close of the contest. Military service credit cards will not e issued at the annual armory inspec- ions of units of the Guard when men -re unable to attend the night inspec- wons because of employment. “ommanders have been instructed to re- ~ort in the names of such men promptly, 5 that they may be temporarily as- sned to some other unit for the pur- +>ses of the inspection, at a time when “ey will not be required to be away ‘om their civilian employment. The United States Civil Service Com- nission has been formally requested by 1 headquarters to issue blanket to its employes to eplist in Guard of the District ‘of Columbis. ~ Under present regulations Federal Government employes may not be enlisted in the local Guard except 1pon_specific authority of the head of e department or zurmumt:;l:ch the -ospective recruit is emp! num- yor of the Pederal d nt heads Iready have given this authority to the ~cal Guard officials. All commissioned officers of the local uard are to take their annual physical :aminations within the next few weeks, announced by rt M. Grayson, commanding Detachment of the 260th ingineers, and Pirst Lieut. Joseph J. sreenlaw, Medical Department, State 188 Corps. The board will be required to submit :s report on each officer. immediately sliowing the session at which the offi- 1 is examined. irst Sergt. William A. Gormley, Com- A, 121st Engineers, has been aced on the eligible list for promotion » a second lLieutenant of Infantry, hav- 13 successfully passed the: competitive mination recently held for this pur- Sergt. John J. McDonald, Headquar- -rs and Service Company, 121st Engi- weers, has been honorably discharged s2cause of his removal from the city. Pvt. Edward R. Devers has been rensferred from the active to the re- e list of the Headquarters and Service Company of the 121st Regiment ! Engineers. George W. Robey, Company 4. 12ist Engineers, has been dropped rom the National Guard rolis 25 & deserter as of May 17 last. hecause of his having faled to report for drill ”A‘u efforts 1o locate him hl'.’lnlI A strong appeal 1o Congress to settle .nte snd for all the question of an armory for the local National Guard 1% made in a circular prepared and cir- culated by National Guard headquar- | ters, in its efforts v have passed the bill now pending in Congress tn assign the Pension Office Building 1o the use of the Guerd 25 an armory, when it is vacated hy the general accounting office, upon completion of 4 new bulld- ng in the Av triangle for the latier At the present time the attainment of en srmory re 18 dependent oo | much on many organizations, all of | e never sgreed at one time | mory project | t s urgently recommended” suys | circulsr. “liat the legislation pro- oille 5. 1709 and H. R. 6857, suthorizng the use of the Pension Bureay Building as an armory for the Netions) Gusrd be enacted into lew 1dea that provision should be n srmory In such manner any possibility of the malter being left 1o the discretion of LY ommites of commission which with & change of personnel al & future date, might fail w provide puch facili- vt &y now omiemplated and leave 1 sltustion s it has been for the past U years “It should be noted that the follow- % wyencies are each lme called on r recommendations 1egarding armory turtlities and proposed begislation there- tor. Public Bulldings Commission Fine Arte Commission. Commissioners | of the District of Columbis, Budget Bureau, public butidings committecs of tne House and Senate and tie Dib- tich of Columbia commitioes of oth Houses Tous far it has been impossible o u-ordinate 1he thought and ection of (ke various agendies so that 8l would suree on 8 sumilar recommendalion at the semie tme, ‘This liss been largely aue the changing of personnel of the verioue mittees and commis- sone byl sl the same time has mit- ignted egainet the Nolionsl Guard” Utilization of the Pension Bullding for ermory purpsecs vill be in keeping will e iden of establiching & Distiict ional Guard of Columbia civic center in the area, it it declared. “Every State in the Union,” it is pointed out, “is making an effort to rovide State-owned armory facilities ?nr its National Guard units, and the National Guard of the District of Co- lumbia, the only National Guard unit of which the President is commander- in-chief in pet time, should not be left occupying buildings which contain no drill halls or other factlities for in- struction, but should be provided with adequate Government-owned armory facilitie: Various efforts made since 1908 to obtain legislation for the construction of an armory are reviewed, it being pointed out that sometimes it goes through one House of Congress or the other, but never through both. Local Guard activities now are scat- tered among six bulldings, as follows: ‘Two buildings of the Government Hotel group at North Capitol and D streets, for armory purpos one building in rear of 723 Third street northeast. for storage and garage purposes; part of building at First and K streets, north- east for storage purposes: part of building at 1200 U strect, for armory purposes. and one building at Water and O streets southeast, for armory purposes. It is added that proposed legislation contemplates the removal of in the Government Hotel group. where the greatest number of units arc housed. and the southwest building in conncction with changes in the city park and water front plans. the Militla Burcau of the War Depart- ment, 47 companies or similar units, with & total peace strength of 129 offi- cers and 2,602 enli men, and a total war strength of 170 officers and 4,062 enlisted men. But there are only or- ganized 17 companies or similar units with a total strength of 64 officers and 918 enlisted men. _Artillery troops which have been al- |lotted to the District, and which were actually organized. had to be disbanded. because they were denied Federal recog- nition by reason of the lack of suitablc armory facilities. This armory situa- tion, it is pointed out. has prevented the District of Columbia from contri- buting its proportionate share of the national defense, at a time when the leral Governnient has encouraged the individual States to organize Na- tional Guard and maintain it at a high state of efficlency. | The redistribution of the authorized aggregate strength of the National | | Guard among the varlous States, to-| gether with improved methods of re- cruitment, according to the Militia | Bureau, has had the effect of stabilizing | to a large extent the personnel of the | National Guard and has resulted in a decreasc in the annual tournover and an increase in attendance at armory | and fleld training. These, results, while declared to be extremely satisfactory, | have increased the costs of armory and field training. It has been difficult in| the past to estimate accurately the! funds needed for armory drill, and the opinion is expressed that appropria- tions for this purpose should specify the number of drills to be held, and this feature of the law should be adminis- | Department appropriation measure for | fied as obse tered .separate and distinct from all ather appropriations carried in the War | The local Guard has been allotted by the support of the National Guard. e — | duty, while an officer disqualified as | junior airship pilot, Air Corps Reserve Civilian Army News For the purpose of securing more effi- cient training of Air Corps officers, Maj. Gen. Lutz Wahl, adjutant general of the Army, made public last week the new method em- ployed by the War Department in clas- sifying Air Corps Reserve officers This _classification will be made by the corps area or department com- manders for terri- torial assignment group ofticers and by the chief of the Air Corps for| branch assignment group officers. reserve officer with more , than onc aeronautical rating wam, Wil be classed un * der his pilot rating so long as he 1s qualificd for pilotin, Maf, Gen. pilot’ but qualificd as observer will be | classed under his obscrver rating. To be classificd as airplane pilot, junior airplane pilot. airship pilot, or officers must be qualificd to perform | piloting duty with a tactical unit of the | | Air Corps without further training at | a flying school. Airplane observers and | balloon observer: must be qualified to before being classi- |- cal unit of the Air Corps without. fur- ther training at a flying school. These two groups, pilots and observers, come under class 1. To be given an alrplane pilot, junior airplane pilot, airship pilot or junior airship pilot classification, under class 2, Air Corps reservists must be col petent to perform piloting duty with a tactical unit of the Air Corps afte a refresher cour: To attain a class 2 observers' rating, airplane observers and balloon observers must likewise be com- petent, upen the completion of a re- fresher course, to perform observation duty with an Air Corps tactical unit. Reserve airplane pilots, junior air- plane pilots, airship pilots and junior alrship pilots, who are physically or pro- A | fessionally disqualified for pilot duty. or teserve pilots relieved from flying statu at thelr own request are classed as class 3 pilots. while observers occupying a similar status are classified as class observers. Reserve non-flyers of the Afv Corps Reserve are placed in class 4, while class 5 s designated as the un- assigned pool. In the latter class is included all Air Corps Reserve officers regardless of any flying rating. who are | eligibility | placed in a status without for assignment, active duty or promotion in peace time, which is in accordance with the War Department policies gov. erning the administration of the Or- ganized Reserves. officers attending Vashington Rescrve were prevented from who the to lack of sufficlent appropriations were | more hopeful last week due to the fact that the Army appropriation bill | which just passed the House contalned‘ a considerable increase in the funds for holding the 15-day active duty training. Provision was made in the budget estimates for $2,009.356 which would have provided training for 15.725 Reserve officers for a 14-day period. In its report to the House, the appropria- | would train 16,000 Reserve officers for | 15 days. At the final consideration by | the Ho of the amendment providing for 15-day trainees the amount for | this purpose was increased by $531.000. making a total of $2,657.000. which it was estimated Would provide for the ' training of 20,000 Reservists. | No increase was made In the item covering mileage, and as the bill now | reads, pay is provided for 20,000 Re- serve officers, but mileage is provided for only 16.000 Reservists Some ad- justment, no doubt, will be made in this matter before the hill comes up for a final vote, as it would b2 an impossibility to pay these additional 4,000 Reserve officers, for without the mileage provizions they would be unable }to get to camp to undergn the training. A total of $123,600 is carricd in the | Army appropriation bill to provide for an allowance of $30 for uniforms for advanced R. O. T. C. units, with $7.15 for others Last year the rate of $7.15 was made applicable to all students The advanced students have a two-year course, and it is proposed to allow $30 | for commutation of uniform for th~ first year of the advanced course and $6 to keep that uniform in condition ana | repair during the second year of that perform observation duty with a tacti- Summer training camps last year due course. lege Cavalry Reserve Officers will meet at the riding hall at Fort Myer, Va., today at 10 am., for instruction in equitation under the direction of Maj. Russell P. Freeman, Cavalry Reserve, who is as- signed to the 306th Cavalry, 62nd Cav- alry Division. Washington reserve officers belonging to the Judge Advocate General's De- partment will meet at local reserve headquarters tomorrow evening for their tions chmmittee increasec. this amount instructional o 2195600, which, It was_ claimed, | o uncoCria, conference, the sublec! | Division: tial. This conference will be conducted by Lieut. Col. Edmund C. Abbott. Local Ordnance Reserve officers will meet at headquarters tomorrow evening for their | conference on artillery ammunition, conducted by Maj. R. L. Gaugler. Coast Artillery Reserve officers are in- vited Radio, visual communication and homing pigeons will be the subjects taken up at the Signal Corps meeting to he ncld Tuesday evening at head- quarters under the direction of Capt. David C. G. Schlenker. For texts cov- ering the subjects to be taken up at this mecting see paragraphs 33 to 60. inclu- sive, of training regulations 160-5. Reserve quartermasters of Washing- |ton wil! meet next Wednesday eveningz at rooms 2512-2514, second floor, Mu- nitions Building. Army Industrial Col- ‘The subject will be the school of the soldier. conducted by Capt. Jared I Wood and a picked squad from head- auarters company of the 16th Infantry brigade The 343d Engineers. Col. 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