Evening Star Newspaper, September 9, 1928, Page 82

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SEPTEMBER 9. 1928 ‘Top Sergt. Neil M. Goen, it was an- nounced, has entered upon his third enlistment in Company D, 121st Engi- neers, Nationai Guard of the Dis- trict of Columbia. He is the senior non - commissioned officer in the out- fit which won the Engineer Regiment, competitive drill. recently held at Camp Albert C. Riickie, at Cas- cade, Md. The officers and non- commissioned offi- cers of the outfi have been high commended by the high ranking offi- cers of the Guard for the showing they made on the drill field. being promulgated £ 1 Neil M. Goen. Regulations ar by the Militia Bureau of the War De- | attend- | partment, governing medical | ance, subsequent to encampments, for | Iational Guard personnel. either in- Jured or who become ill du; the field training period, under the terms of an act of Congress passed at the last ses- | sion, The new act provides for hospi- talization for disease as weil as for in- Jjury until maximum improvement-and 2ls0 authorizes pay while the soldier is | under treatment. Heretofore when men | have become ill or were injured at en- | campments they were allowed treatment | until the end of the encampment and then they had to look out for them- sclves. Provision also is made for fur- ther treatment at the home of the soldier after he is discharged from the hospital, but no pay 1s authorized alter discharge from the hospital. 16 1s provided also that no case of disease or injury will be placed under | treatment at Government expense un- less a request for such ireatment is made within 30 days from the end of the encampment. Treatment at home may be continued as long as is reason- sbly necessary. However, permanent | hospital or institutional treatment 1s | not contemplated. | A statement from the Militia Bureau aays that in all cascs ich appear | serious or will require treatment after | ine encampment period, the adjutant general is required to submit a_report | 1o the chief, Militie Bureau. giving the | name, rank, date of injury or begin- ning of illness, attendant circumstances | in case of injury, whether in line of | duty. compléte diagnosis, probable length of time case will be under treat- | ment, place of hospitalization or treat- ment, and will make any desired recom- mendation as to the con nce of | hospitalization, transfer, etc. Similar reports are to be required at 14-day intervals. | As National Guard regulations re- quire that the troops submit to injec- | tions of the anti-typhoid serum and | for smallpox, the orders say that hos- pitalization expenses for these discases are not to be paid by the Government unless proper immunization withn a reasonable period is conclusively shown. | Physical examinations will be re- | quired of all Guardsmen, both before | entering and leaving service schools to | which they have been ordered for study. All injuries and illnesses must have oc- curred in line of duty in order to give a soldier advantages of the act, and it is explained that neither disease nor | injury is in line of duty: when existing | prior to the encampment, when con- | tracted while not on a duty status, | when occurring as a result of some- thing done in pursuance of a private avocation or business, when occurring as a result of willful neglect or mis- conduct of the man himszIf. Disease or injury not in line of duty or due to misconduct may be treated at Government expense only for the authorized period of training, or upon recommendation of a board of officers such cases may be sent home. It is also provided that in every case of a severe Injury a board of three of- ficers, one of whom is to be a medical officer, must be convened. to investi- gate and report upon the injury. Pro- vision is made for the treatment at Army hospitals, and if they are not available then at authorized civil hos- i pitals. The treatment by specialists is pro- |strength of the Washington batteries | vided only after special authority is given by the Militia Bureau. | Lieut. Col. Frederick C. Smith, | | Coast_ Artillery Corps, who has been | ordered here as adjutant general of the | District of Columbia Mlitia, is ex- pected to report for duty next week, it | | was said at brigade headqlarters. Lieut. | Col. Louis C. Brinton, jr., relieved, has | entered upon his leave of absence, prior | {0 departing for the Pacific end of the Panama Canal, where he will have | | charge of the anti-aircraft coast de- | | fenses. | . .Until_Col. Smith reports for duty, Lieut. Col. Peyton G. Nevitt, adjutant | generals’ department, will act as adju- | tant general. under orders issued last | week by Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan.| commanding ‘the local Militia The repuct of Maj. R. E. Guthrie, | | 615t Coast Artillery, director of train- | |ing at Fort Monroe. Va., on the results | |of the training of the 260th Battalion |of Coast Artillery of the local National | | Guard, commanded by Maj. Walter W. | | Burns, has been received at brigade | headquarters. He says satisfactory progress was made in realizing the training objective which was to produce properly organ- ized and efficient working batteries, trained in basic fundamentals of mili- tary service in which each individual officer and enlisted man has learned his dutics and responsibilities, and the or- | ganization of units. duties and respon- | sibilities of those under his command | and to have cach battery so trained in | Coast Artillery work, including service | firing, that it may properly function as | a unit of a regiment of Anti-aircraft Coast_ Artillery for harbor defense. Maj. Guthrie reported that the limited permitted the training of one platoon | in Battery A in searchlights and onei gun section each in Batteries B and C. He also repotted that the objective | for 1929 will be the same as for the current year, except that during the year 1929 men are to be trained in no- menclature and operation of anti-air- craft machine guns in anticipation of further expansion of the organization, which wjll be in machine gun batteries. In the’searchlight work, in the first five raids, there were four illuminations, during which the men picked up the | enemy in .35 of a minute. ,The average time of illumination was 2’075 minutes and the score 71.179. In the second series of five raids, when also there were four illuminations, it required .53 of a minute, with an average period of | illumination of 2.96 minutes, which pro- | duced a score of 83.154. | The firing of Batteries B and C, the | gun batteries, showed that Battery B | the firsi time fired 35 shots, made two | hits, with a percentage of 5.7 or .55 hits' per gun per minute, and a score of 24.6. The second time 11 shots were fired, with no hits. Battery C fired 41 shots on its first run, with no hits, but on its sccond trial with 12 shots, two hits were made, giving a percentage of 16.7, 1.79 hits per gun per minute and a score of 79.3. The recommendations of the director of training are that the 260th Coast Artillery be reassigned as a mobile anti-aircraft regiment. The training as a mobile regiment, he says, would per- | mit its employment with fixed arma- ment on short notice, while the reverse is not the case. It is also recommended that the armament and equipment as- signed to the regiment for armory train- ing be used by it during the annual field training periods. Sergt. William E. Taylor and Corp. Emil E. Chapman, Company D, 121st Engineers, have been ordered reduced to privates. Taylor is awaiting trial by gencral court-martial in connection with his arrest by the Pennsylvania authorities, during the annual encamp- | ment of the Engineer Regiment, on charges of transportation and possession | of intoxicating liquor. The court- martial has been appointed and 1 | awaiting the completion of the charges | by Capt. Ralph L. Walker, judge ad- vocate of the local Guard. Corp. Robert E. Shanahan has been promoted to sergeant in Company D, | 121st Engineers, and Pvts. Charles J. Dulin and Clarence E. Persons have been ordered promoted fo corporals in the same unit. | ordered in Company E. 121st Engine | Headquarters of the 1st Battalion for! | been ordered as his | adjutant general of the local Guard, | |is added that when State strength al- has been promoted to corporal in the Headguarters and Service Company, | 121st Engineers. The following promotions have been Pvts. Merion W. Chinn, Henry D. Green, 3d. and Pvt. (first class) Paul A. Joray, to be corporals. Corp. James P. Quigley, Headquarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers, has been reduced to private. Changes in rank of enlisted men of | Company A, 121st Engineers, have been ordered as follows: = Pvt. Herman Sil- ver to be se;geant and Pvts. J. A. Eaton, W. E. Jessop, M. W. Leaman, H A. Hoover and E. A. Dimler to be cor- | porals. 1 First Lieut. Homer B. Millard has been relieved as_adjutant of the 1st| Battalion, 121st Engineers, and placed on the unassigned list, pending accept- | ance of his resignation. Second Lieut. Pearson C. Conlyn has | been ordered relieved of duty with Com- pany A. 121st Engineers, and to the | duty as battalion adjutant, vice Millard. | First Lieut. John E. Temple, in addi- tion to his duties as adjutant of the | 2d Battalion, has been assigned as| recruiting officer for all units of the Engineer Regiment. Lieut. Conlyn has | assistant in this | work. Licut. Col. Peyton G. Nevitt, acting | has been ordered to report to the com- | mandant of the Army War College here October 7. as a_student in the adju- tants' course which begins there on October 8 and ends on October 27. | Admonition has been issued from the Militia Bureau to Guard organizations that they must not exceed the strength allowance for their districts, as laid down by the War Department. The circular points out that the strength of the National Guard in a given fiscal vear is fixed by the Secretary of War. the estimates approved by the Burcau of the Budget, and funds appropriated by Congress. The bureau says that this strength cannot be exceeded, and adds that the bureau apportions this sirength among the various States, based upon the organizations allotted to each State and no State can exceed at any time the strength so allotted to it. It is explained that the suballotment of the strength authorized for each | State to the units in the State is a function of the State authorities. Max- imum strength for each unit may be fixed by State authorities or each regi- | mental or similar organization may be given a maximum strength which will in turn be further suballotted by the proper military commander. In any event the maximum strength authorized for each unit should be fixed and pub- lished in appropriate orders. Reports of strength received at the Militia Bureau, it was said, indicate that strengths authorized by the State authorities have been exceeded, and it lotments are exceeded a deficit is im- mediately created in funds appropri- ated for the support of the National Guard, not alone in armory drill pay, but in every item of the National Guard appropriation. The bureau says that it is obvious that such a situation cannot be permitted to continue, because it is forbidden to create or permit a .deficit. Can We Save the 0ld Hotels? From the Springfield Republican. 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