Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1928, Page 26

26 LACK OF ARMORY N .. DERLORED National Guard Units Here! Not Properly Housed, ‘ Hammond Reports. l Man on Crutches To Play Foot Ball And Captain Team| By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa., November 23 —Arthur Stoner, captain_and fullback of Edison Junior High School, intends to play on crutches tomorrow, Under the rules he must take | | part in snother game to win & third school letter. Right after the kickoff he will be replaced. Special attention is called to unsatis- factory conditions in the matter of | armory facilities for the National Guard of the District of Columbia by Maj. | Gen. Creed C. Hammond. chief of the | Militia Bureau of the War Department, | in his annual report to the Secretary of War. | “There continues to be a lack of proper armory and storage facilities in several of the States.” he says. a consequence. a considerable number of units are not suitably housed and in many such cases the_care of military | property is frequenily not. all that could | be desited. While conditions probably will never be ideal in this respect. there is continued improvement. In this connection it seems appropriate to mention that the armory situation in the city of Washington. the Nation's | Capital. is far from satisfactory. This | is a regrettable condition of afialrs and | it is hoped it will be remedied in the | near future.” | Funds Are Recommended. Gen. Hammond has approved a rec- ommendation, his report s that | funds be provided for the assembling in 1931 of at least six National Guard divisions in annual encampment. Re- | ports received from the experiment of assembling the 30th Division. compris- ing troons of Tennessee, North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia, he says, in. dicated it was successful. but demen- strated the value of such supervised combined training. | He said it is believed that the time has arrived where assembling of large bodies of National Guard troops, par- ticularly divisions, whether of different | States or located solely in one State, | for co-ordinated training. development of divisional spirit and the education of officers and enlisted men toward the broadest view of military service in national defense should be undertaken. | The commsanding general of the 3d Army Corps Area. under which the Na- tional Guard of the District of Colum- bia comes, reports. says Gen. Hammond, that the organizations in this area have attained all reasonable expectations, and show gradual advancement as compared to 1927, due to organization | of new units, supply and cquipment and training’ methods. Among the weak points in this area are noted a large turnover in personnel and lack of | suitable armories in some localities, | while the strong points are yiven as well established training camns and utilization of Federal installation for training. The National Guard of the various States was described as having shown during the past year “marked impr ment in personnel, organizalion. trai ing. suoply and general efliciency” by Gen. Hammond's report. This improvement has been tccom- plished. Gen. Hammond said, “cespite restrictions imposed by limitation of funds available for the support of this component.” It was noted in all phases of training, attendance at armory drills, fleld training camps and service schools, better armory and housing facilities and improvement in the care and con- servation of clothing and equipment. Most Units Satisfactory. The state of readiness as to the exe- cution of their mobilization missions, he reported, indicates that all of the or- ganizations of the National Guard, with a limited number of exceptions, are in a very satisfactory condition. He found | that in three infantry divisions a division headquarters in one of these had adversely affected the development | and state of readiness of these units, and expressed hope of an early agree- ment in completing the organization of these divisions. The divisions were 30th, embracing Georgia. North C. lina, South Carolina and Tennessee; ihe | 35th, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, | which also requires a division headqua: ters, and the 41st, Idaho, Wyomlng,! Montana, Oregon and Washingten. The approved program of develop- ment of the National Guard, his rcport said, calls for an aggregate strength of 188000 and 190.000, respectively, in 1929 and 1930. The authorized strength of the National Guard during 1928 was 186,024 officers and men, while the ac- tual strength was 181221, including| 12,244 commissioned officers, 184 war- | rant officers and 168,793 enlisted men. | Troops Called in 15 States. By a series of annual increments, the | Militia Bureau program contemplates | the completion of the essential combat elements in the National Guard allot- | ment to an approximate aggregate | strength of 210,000. The value of the National Guard to the citizens of the several States was demonstrated, Gen. Hammond reported, in numerous instances during the year, ' AMUSEMENTS |poned until next Monday evening. It BURTON HOL braltar to the Burton Holmes described and pic- tured “Gibraltar to the Pyrenees” at the National Theater yesterday afternoon. With opening glimpses of “Britain's rock” from unfamiliar angles, many types and customs of Spanish life were shown while motoring along the road | that led to Valencia, where a tour was | made of “the third largest city of | Spain.” Another motor trip colorful with contrasts of old and modern Spain led along the Spanish Riviera, from | Sitges to Barcelona, the metropolis of | Catalonia. This most important com- | mercial center of Spain. with its million of population, is erecting many impos- ingly beautiful buildings in preparation for its international exhibition to be held in 1929, to which the world is to | be invited that other countries may see the advances made in modern spheres of life by this ancient city of the Don. Those who have a loving thought for Don Quixote and his creator must have been amused and a bit thrilled at ““he Windmills of Don Quixote,” the parody | of his “charge” and the faithful Sancho | Panza following humbly behind. An- other picture showed “The Blood Inn,” where Cervantes lodged. A motion review of “the traffic at the ates of Old Toledo™” gave way to motor | invasion of “the Oriental labyrinth of | Toledo’s Moorish thoroughfares” and | later, the journey reached to the city | of Rodrigo on the Portuguese frontier, | where a motion film of girls and women : in gay costumes and weighted down | with golden necklaces made a pictur- esque scene, Into old Castille, next, with its rich | Cathedral of Burgos, royal sepulchers | and souvenirs of the Cid. “On the| sunny sands of San Sebastian” -evi- | denced the fact that Spanish youth| loves it frolic with the waves, and a pil- | grimage was made to Azpetitia, the birth- place of St. Ignatius Loyola. “Happy pilgrims overrun the capital city of | Navarre for its five-day fiesta,” which was_celebrated with a fantastic pro- | cession of dancing giants; a frantic fandango of the festive mobs; fireworks, bull fights, and a final. “something new under the sun ” for the lecturer, as “400 amateur bull fighters were chased through barricaded streets by charging bulls” One lively bull with padded horns was pitted against unarmed | toreros, and the excitement of the fight | was shown in_telephoto close-ups of a bewildering but bloodless melee. i Next Thursday &fiernoon. Mr. Holmes' { subject will be: “Siam, the Land of | Chang.” WASHINGTON AUDITORIUM— | World’s Oldest Passion Play. ‘Through the medium of motion pic= | tures an authentic record of the world's | oldest Passion Play-is announced for showing at the Washington Auditorium Saturday evening at 7:45 o'clock. For centuries, pilgrims have made their painful way to the distant Alpine foothills to absorb inspiration from the sacred drama presented at Freiburg and Oberammergau.. In recent years; both have attracted multitudes 'of | tourists from America. Now, through | the instrumentality of this great pic- ture, the world’s oldest Passion Play, reaching through the misty ages to; the vear 1264, is brought to view. | Panoramic scenes of Freiburg and | Oberammergau - are shown before un- | folding the sacred drama. The set-| tings for the various scenes are scat- tered along one side of the enclosure ! like a great street, facing the seats, some 9,000 spreading over a wide area. | It is no sugar-coated narration, this colossal historical pageant at Frei- burg. The entire population partici- petes in some way. And in making the | picture, these religious enthusiasts en- joved the advantage of direction by! Dimitri Buchowetzki. who was almost immediately afterward engaged by the largest American motion picture pro- ducers and brought to this country. “WHOOPEE” Opens Monday Night. Manager Cochran of the National Theater has announced that, due to the inability to transfer and set up the scenic equipment, after the five- hour jump of the attraction from New- ark, N. J., Mr. Ziegfield has informed him that the opening of “Whoopee,” Mr. Ziegfield’s latest attraction, star- ring Eddie Cantor, will have to be post- is further stated that those who have already purchased tickets for the open- | ing of the show Sunday evening should call at the theater box office to have their tickets exchanged. | Following a 24-hour strike, & rallway in Paris agreed to increase wages and including the calling out of troops in 15 States to aid civil authorities Special Opening Offer 4 Quarts We Open Our New Service Station Tomorrow—Saturday 36th and M Sts. N.W. Most Modernly Equipped for Prompt and Efficient Service to All day Saturday we shall give with each initial purchase of 5 gallons or more of gasclin Coupons Free— —Each good for 1 quart oil at the time of purchase of 5 gallons or more of gas—between November 24 and Jan- uary 24. All the standard brands at the same time to raise fares to cover | the amount of the increase. ! Oil Free Your Auto e of gasoline and oils—together i parallel parking on t | street between Fourteenth and Fiftcenth | the victim: THE EVENING streets and the north side of New York avenue between Fourtcenth and Fif- teenth streets. The board recommended a’ change from. angle to parallel parking on the west stde of Eighth street only from Market place to E street and not to F street, as sted by Director Harland, It also was urged that two-way traffic be permitted on this street during the | Christmas shopping period, as was the \case m the two past years, Governors of Merchants and | Favor New Caiengar. The board disapproved the sugges- Manufacturers’ Association | fon, thal peraiic Birng Oe oo Penn: Ask Use of Standard Plan. LEFT-HAND TURN CHANGE IS URGED sylvania avenue between Seventeenth ts. Approval was given the proposal of | the national commMtee on calendar simplification providing for a 13-month | year of months of 28 days, which would give 364 days, and allowing the odd or 365th day for an extra holiday. A resolution was adopted urging the | the holding in Washington of the annual and Holding that the present regulation “E for making left-hand turns at intersec- H tions results in confusion of automobile drivers and creates an unnecessary haz- | ard, the board of governors of the Mer- chants and Manufacturers’ Association will_forward today to the director of traffic and the Commissioners a recom- mendation adopted yesterday afternoon | Fall- providing that such turns be made at | the center of intersections Insiead of from the right-hand curb line. This change, it was pointed out, would be in conformity with the model traffic | pinner Guests and Host Robbed ordinance being promoted nationally as | a means of establishing uniform reguln- | and Then Locked Up. 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