Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1929, Page 34

District National Guard Although five months have elapsed since the appointment of a general court-martial for the trial of an enlisted man of the 121st Regiment of Engineers of the National Guard of the District of Columbia as a result of his arrest by the Pennsvlvania authorities on a ~harge of transportation of intoxicating liquor during the encampment of the [ CGuard at Camp Albert C. Ritchie at Cascade, Md., no active steps have yet keen taken to give the man a hearing. Guard officials obtained his release from the civil authorities at the time under the promise that they would give the man a trial and report the result to t1e Pennsylvania court, which had jur- izdiction over him at the time, Although officers at the Brigade Headquarters plead ignorance of the s‘atus of the case, it is known that trere has been much correspondence in the matter with officials of Waynesboro, Ta., and officers have been dispatched there to conduct investigations for the purpose of bringing the case to trial. It was pointed out by officers and men who have been watching the case that the man is entitled to «n oppor- ity to appear before the cowrt and -ee himself, as it is contended that he fs a vietim of circumstances. The court _bas been waiting for the case s nee it was arganized, but it is under- s'ood that it has never received the rapers containing the charges. Even < me officers high in the council of the CGuard admit that the case should have hoen brought to trial before the organ- ation embarked for its home station | 1'pon completion of the annual period of fald training. The difficulty appears to 1, according to those who know, that e investigating officers have been un- le to get sufficient evidence, and if this is so0, according to friends of the s=nldier, the case should be wiped off and e Pennsylvania court so informed, al- though a trial was promised. Capt. William F. Jergensen, manding Company F, 121st Engineers, was named as milttary defense counsel for the man and Capt. Robert T. Walker assistant defense counsel, and s> far as can be learned, no steps have en taken by these officers to force the military authorities to trial so that the man can be freed if there is no evidence against him. The court which was named last August to sit in the case is composed of Maj. Julian S. Oliff, commanding the 2d Battalion of the Engineer Regi- ment; Maj. Edward H. Grove, com- manding the division headquarters’ troops; Maj. Ralph 8. Childs, command- ing the 1st Engineer Battalion, law member; Capt. James D. “Eggleston, 250th Coast Artillery Battalion; Capt. Charles E. Smithson, adjutant of the En- rineer Regiment; Capt. George L. Evans, 121st Engineers; Second Licut. James M. Votava, 260th Coast Artillery Bat- taljon; - Capt. Walter S. Welsh, com- manding the Headquarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers, judge advo- cate; Second Lieut. Willard Lee Ham- mer, assistant judge advocate, com= While an increase in the numerical strength of the National Guard of the country is being recommended by the Militia Bureau of the War Depart- ment in an effort to perfect the organ- ization for field service by establish- ment of needed tactical, units, there ap- nears to be now little likelihood that | the local Guard will be able to benefit hv any increase because of the total iack of suitable armory facilities for ‘hese additional units which are on the program as having been assigned to the District of Columbia. The local Guard 1as not even satisfactory armory facili- ies for the proper training of the ‘roops aiready in existence. They are This - is one <., ~Hechinger Co. suggesting crowded and huddled into unsatistac- given the maximum. of armory drill training, and there is no room for others. ‘The local Guard has been allotted 47 | companies or simllar units, with.a total peace strength of 129 officers and 2,602 enlisted men, and a total war strength. of 170 officers and 4,026 enlisted men. There now are organized 17 companies or similar units with a total strength of , 64 officers and 918 enlisted men. Ar- | tillery troops heretofore allotted to the | District of Columbia’ and: organized in accordance with law, were denied Fed- eral recognition as National Guard by the War Department because suitable | armory | Thus this lack of armory facilities has | prevented the District of Columbia from contributing 4ts“praportionate share to | national defense-while at the same time the Federal’ Government’ has encour- aged the individual States to organize | National Guard and maintain it at a high state of efficiency. Among the organizations which the | District is expected to have, in its Na- the numbers are: Medicl Department Detachment, 29th Division special | troops, two officers ahd 15 men peace | strength and three officers and 44 men | war strength; 104th Motor Cycle Com- | pany, two officers and 36 men peace | strength and two officers ‘and 78 men | war strength; 104th Ordnance Mainte- | nance Company, two officers and 48 men peace strength and seven officers and 105 men war strength; 112th Am- | bulance Company, two officers and 45 | men -peace strength and two officers |and 56 men war strength; 112th Hos- | pital Company, six -officers and 70 men | peace strength and eight officers and 92 men war strength; | men peace strength and 14 officers and 332 men war strength, ahd the First Battalion, 372d Infantry, colored troops, |15 officers and 398 men peace strength |and 25 officers and 739 men war strength. . 'None'- of these' has ‘been organized. 5 ‘The armory ‘problem in the present Congress is still an uncertain quantity. | brigade headquarters that officials -of the National Guard Association of the United States were going to bring pres- sure to bear on Congress for the pro- vision of an armory for the local militia at the 'present session of Congress,: it appears now .that the present Congress will die as have others during the past 20 years without even getting the bills out of committee. It is Hkely that the Guard will have to continue for,some time to ocecupy buildings on the Union Station Plaza, but the complication in this is that Congress may, at any time order the razing ‘of these buildings in connection with the proposed improvement of the area between the present Capitol grounds and the Union Station. When this event occurs, the. Guard will ‘be without a home, as the statement has been made by Guard officials that there is not a building now erected in Washington which' is suitable for armory purposes which could be ob- tained on the small rental allowance given the Guard each year by Con- gress. Guard officials have for years tried consistently to get this idea before members pf Congress, but it seems to have fallen on deaf ears so far as re- sults have been shown. During the past 25 years, it was pointed out, ap- proximately $400,000 has been ex- pended for rental for armories for the District militia, and it was added that had an appropriation of this amount been made that many years ago, the of a series H RILL of | tory quarters Where they cannot' be|in Compan: facilities were not available. | | tlonal Guard ready for emergency, and | 142d Engineer | | Battalion, auxiliary, 11 officers and 270 | Although it was announced at the local | | spective classifications, with tage: the present hotel | R of advertisements qyah'tg material for home improvement! National Guard now would be housed in a permanent building of its own, and would not be hounded with the early . prospect of removal from one building to another. Staff Sergt. Joseph ‘R. Bordas has been reduced to the grade of private n y A, 121st Engineers. The following promotions ' have been or- dered in thé same unit: Sergt. Jo- seph E. Butler to be staff sergeant and Pvt. James A. Sparrow to be corporal, The -appointment of Second Lieut. William A. Gormley, Infantry, as a second: lieutenant -of Engineers and his assignment to Company F of the En- gineer regiment was announced at bri- gade headquarters. At the same time the appointment of Second Lieut. Willlam T. Roy, Engi- neers, as a second lieutenant of Infan- try and his assignment to the 29th Division Military Police Company was announced. Orders announced that both of these changes were on mutual application. Pvt. William F. Keller has been pro- moted to corporal of Company B, 121st Engineers. Pvt. Russell ‘A, LaGear, Company C, 121st Engineers, has been honorably discharged-on account of removal from the city. - The following have been ordered from the active to the Reserve lists of their® respective units, for the reasons given: "Pvt. Joseph H. Neeley, Head- quarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers, on account of business in- terference, and Pvt. Thomas A. Re- neau, Company D, 121st Engineers, for educational interference with attend- ance at drill. Four Guard officers who hold Re- serve commissions have been named on a board of Reserve officers to meet here to determine the location of units of the Organized Reserves in this city. They are Col. John W. Oehmann, com- manding the 121st Engineers; Maj. Jullan S. OIff, commanding the 2d Battalion, 121st Engineers; Maj. Ralph S. Childs, commanding the 1st Bat- talion, 121st Engineers, and Maj. Ed- ward H. Grove, commanding the 28th Division Headquarters Troops. The other officérs’.on the board are Col. Melville 8. Jarvis, Infantry; Col. Le- roy W. Herron, Field Artillery, and Capt. Andres Lopez, Infantry, who is named recorder, Three organizations of the local mi- litia succeeded in getting enough men at their last drill to reach the suverior classification in attendance, two of them attaining 100 per cent, They were Headquarters Detachment, 29th Division Special Troops, 100; Medical Department Detachment, 260th Coast Artillery, 100, and the Headquarters ;)Se;ichmem, 260th Coast Artillery, The other organizations, in their re- foHow: Excellent: Band, 121st Engineers, 84.84; Quartermaster Corps Detach- ment, 83.33; Headquarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers, 82.61. Very satisfactory: Headquarters De- tachment, 29th Division, 79.99; Com- pany D, 121st Engineers, 71.21. Satisfactory: Company F, 121st Engi- neers, 64.06; 29th Military Police Com- pany, 60.78;" Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery, 60.00. Unsatisfactory: Battery C, Coast Artillery, 58.49; Company C, 121st Engineers, 57.3! attery A, 260th Coast Artillery, 50.00. Very unsatisfactory: Company A, 121st " Engineers, 49.21; Company B, 121st Engineers, 48.49; Company A, 372d Infantry, 47.88; Company A. 121st Engineers, 47.62, and Medical De- tachment, 121st Engineers, 40.00. Pvt. Harry S. Dundas, Company C, 1215t Engineers, has been honorably discharged on-account of removal from the District. Pvt.- Daniel P. K. McGregor, jr., by 260th the | R£m0de/ing CHEMICALS USED AS WEED KILLER Quack Grass Bows Before Proper Application of Sodium Chiorate. By the Associated Press, Quack grass, with the possible ex- ception of Canadian thistle, the most noterious of all weeds, is believed to have a new and powerful enemy in || sodium chlorate, a chemical which tests have shown will kill both roots and tops of the plant, The idea of killing weeds with chemicals is old, agriculturists explain, but heretofore none has been found that does not injure “fertility of the soll for approximately two. years after application, and often indefinitely. Experiment Successful. Although the roots frequently fill the || soil to a depth of 4 feet, bindweed, literally taking whole flelds in Kansas, has been .entirely killed in patches treated with sodium chlorate. Applied in the late Fall, the chemical has de- stroyed Canadian thistle in New York Company C, 121st Engineers, has been transferred to the Reserve list of that command on account of educational interference with his military duties. Pvt. John T. Scafone, Company D, 121st Engineers, has been honorably discharged on account of minority, The following enlistments Guard during the week were announced: Otto Hamerbacher, assigned to Head- quarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers; Joseph Mensie Pittman, as- signed to Company C, 121st Engineers, and John Edward Goetz, also assigned in the | ~JANUARY 27, 1929~PART 2. without impairing productivity of the soll. In Indiana a solid patch of quack grass was treated, and two months later the ground was bare and ready for seeding. Because sodium chlorate is explosive if thoroughly dry and mixed with fine material, the Kansas experimental sta- tion has made tests which indicate that magnesium or calcium chlorate, neither of which has an explosive tendency, may be expected to give as good results as_sodium chlorate. Experiments = with chemical weed killers are progressing in Minnesota and Iowa, also, which, if expedient, may be the .means of bringing back into cultivation thousands of acres of the richest soil in the Northern and East- ern United States now so overrun with quack grass as to be scarcely worth cul- tivating. In several districts along the Northern boundary, entire farms have virtually been abandoned because the weed cannot be controlled economically. Native of Europe. Quack grass, which first attracted serfous attention about 1837, when it was noticed in gardens in the vicinity of Philadelphia, probably is a native of Europe. 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