Evening Star Newspaper, June 22, 1930, Page 43

THE | District National Guard Both commissioned and enlisted per- sonnel of the Guard are expected to participate iri the ceremontes incident to the celebration of Independence day, it was annonnced at the brigade headquarters last week. It was said that the citizens' committee which has charge of the arrangements has asked that personnel be assigned from the local miiitia to assist in making the program a success. While no decision has been made 8s to the number of troops that will *be ordered to participate, it was indi- cated that members of the 260ih Coast Artillery would receive the detail. This organization probably will take its searchlights and guns to the monu- ment grounds and give a demonstration. Lieut. Col. Frederick. H. Smith, ad- jutant general of the I militia, is expected to return to duty tomorrow, following a leave of absence of 30 days. during_which it was said he went to West_Point, N. to visit a son in the United States’ Military Academy During his absence the office has been in charge of Lieut. Col. Peyton G. Nevitt, The 20th Division headquarters troops from this city, who w pate in the command post Fort George G. Meade, Md. have been ordered to pro the Pennsylvania Railroad .et_the brigade headq Word has al<o bee the quartermaster gener: that the railroad spur to Fort Humphre passage of tr the facl that movement would involve a trip of several miles, either marching or by i uck, it i< unde; stoad that the loc ade headqua ters will seek permission to have the troops sent there s direct from Washington. It was indicated that by this mode the troops can be loaded directly _at the armory and taken d Tect to their respective company streets in the camp without transfer Pyt (first class) Louis M. Swingle Battery C, 260th Coast Artillery, has been honorably discharged to enable him- to_accept promotion by commis- sion. He has been appointed a second lieutenant of Coast Artillery and has been assigned to the Headquarters De- tachment and Combat Train of that organization. Pvt. Oswald .H. Milmore, Battery A, 260th Coast Art , also has been honorably discha: mit him to accept promotion by commission. He has been made a second lieutenant of Coast,_Artille ailed for duty with Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery. Pvt. John K. Cunningham, Battery C, 260th Coast Artillery, has been hon- orably discharged to enable him to accept promotion by commission. He has been assigned to the sam: orga Eation as a s°cond lieutenant. Pvt. Vincent Vasco has been trans- it was said e lo the active |\ . William . Headquar- | ters Detachment, 2th Division Special ‘Troops, has been honorably discharged | to enable him to enter the United | States Military Academy, \West Point, | N. Y, on July 1 next as a cadet, The following have been ordered transferred from the reserve to the uc- ttve lists of their respective commands: Pvts. George P. Poole, Benjamin S. Simons, Jossph W. Kreamer, Edward A Dove and Thomas H. Keys, all of the | Medical Department Detachment, 121st | Engineers, and Pvis. Edward H. Hill and George P. Hill, jr, both of Com- pany E, 121st Engineers. | ._ Private (first class) Adna R. Chaffee, 3d, Company -A, 121st- Engineers, has bren honorably discharged to enable him to enter the United States Military Academy at West Point, N. Y., on July 1 next as a cadet, { Only two organizations of the local militia mustered sufficient men 3t their regular drills last week to be put in the classification of superior in aitendance, This is a noticeable {alling off from the showing of the past several wegks, when six -organizations reached this group The organizations there listed are the Headquarters Detachment, 29th Divi- | sion, with a percentage of 96.00 and the | B Division Military Police Company, h & rating of 93.3 The other organizations in their re- cetive classifications, with percent- . follow Excellent—Headquarters Detachment snd Combat Train, 260th Coast Artil- lery, 80.00; Headquarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers, 80.00. Very satisfactory—Band, 121st Engl- neers, 79.41; Headquarters Detachment, th Division Special Troops; Quartes master Corps Detachment, 72.72; Com- pany C, 121st Engineers, 70.00. tisfactory—Battery B, 260th Coast ry, 67.82; Battery C, 260th Coast Artillery, 66.10: Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery, 6207; Medical Department Detachment, 121st Engineers, 60.00. Unsatisfactory—Company D, 121st | Engineers, 58.74: Company B, 131st En- gineers, 57.38; Company A, 121st Engi- Company P, 121st Engi- SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JUNE 22, BRIDE MRS. WILLIAM Daughter of Lieut. Comdr. neers, 55.33; Company A, 372d Infantry, 53.33 Very unsatisfactory—Company E, 121st Engineers, 47.69. Corp. Frank L. Waters has been or- dered reduced to the grade of private in Company C, 121st Engineers, on Trecommendation of the unit commander. Pvt. (first class) Arthur J. Odekoven has been ordered promoted to corporal in Company C, 12lst Engineers, on the recommendation of the company com- mander, A detachment of the 20th Division Lilitary Police Company last week escorted veterans from Walter Reed, Mount Alto and Naval Hospitals on an excursion to Fort Washington, where a dress parade was held by the Infan- try battalion of the 12th U. 8. Infantry stationed there. After the parade the men were glven dinner at the post and | then embarked for a moonlight+ trip down the Potomac. The voyage was made on the Gen. Rucke Two officers of the Maryland National QGuard attached to the staff of the 29th National Guard Division have been or- dered up for examination for promo- tion, and @ third officer has been di- dected to appear for examination for promotion and subsequent assignment to the general staff. Maj. Walter E. Withgott, finance de- | partment, division finance officer of the 29th Nstional Guard Division, will be | examined for ‘promotion to lleutenant colonel in the same department. Maj. | Ralph Hutchins, Infantry, will report for examination for promotion to lieu- | tenant colonel in the Quartermaster Corps. Second Lieutenant Stanley E. Hartman, Infantry, now assigned to the Howitzer Company of the 5th Mary- land Infantry, has been ordered up for | examination for promotion to the grade of firs, Heutenant in the judge mdvo- | Cate general's department. | ‘The board will convene in Baltimore on the morning of June U. 8. A, senlor instructor of the 20th Natignal Guard Division, on duty here, | ‘bl:: been detailed as president of thé ! rd. Al of the units of the local guard are making preparations for the holding during the period of their respective an- nual encampments, maneuvers and field tests, as directed by the War Depart- ment. The plan is being inaugurated this year, and will give the Regular Army inspectors assigned to duty with the various organizations an opporiu- nity to see just what the militia can be expected to do in time of emergency and ascertain whether the training Pprogram is proving effective, The programs, it was said, are to pro- vide for maneuvers, lasting two or three days, and will give a relief from the Those Lovely Flowered Crepe Dinner Negligees! A warm June evening at | when it m and one of these stunning dinner gown! ns something wme is worth anticipating iced or jellied for dinner, negligees that look like a $16.50 The newest sensation of t he moment . . . flowered crepe in a cool, widely spaced print with scalloped cape and huge bow of taffeta _in brilliant contrast. Blue, rose, orchid, green, or white background, Grey 5hope, Second Floor OF NOVA eedham Lee Jones, U. S. who, before her marriage Tuesday, was Miss Minna Lee Jones. SCOTIAN ROSS CLARK, and Mrs. Harris-Ewing Phot monotony of ordinary camp The regimental and separate battalio commanders have been instructed have prepared suitable exercises, ar have been informed that they camp. In the preparation of the schedule the commanders have been told to pr Jones, Toutine. will be conducted during the second week of the vide for an Inspection to be conducted | under the entire supervision and control | of National Guard commanders. This | inspection, 1t was announced, is to be | held in full field equipment, including the pitching of shelter tents and display of equipment on the last full day in camp. The inspection will be witnessea a board of officers detailed by the | commanding general of the 3rd Army | Corps Area, who will make such addi- | tional “inspection as is necessary for to arrive at a con-| clusion as-to the exact conditéon of the United States property in camp in the | hands of the troops. | + | | An examination for candidates for the | eligible list for second lietitenants of | Coast Artillery will be held commen ing at 8 p.m., on June 26, and on suc cessive drill nights. The examination will be open to second lientenants in all branches and any enlisted men who have completed the required service on the above date, The order, however, announces that the requirement that personnel to be eligible to take this ex- amination must have served six months immediately preceding date of examina- tion, has been suspended for this pur- pose, inasmuch as sufficient applicants did not apply for the preceding exam- | ination to fill the then existing vacan- cles, The examination will be conducted by the following board: Maj. Frank C. Sco- field, Coast Artillery Corps, U. 8. A., Ar- tillery instructor; Maj. Walter W. Burns, commanding the 260th Coast Artillery of | the local militia. and Capt. Stewart M. | Grayson, commanding the medical de- partment detachment of the 260th Coast | Artillery The War Department has informed the G rd that the subsistence allowed for enlisted men of the National Guard in transit to a field training camp is fixed at not to exceed $1.20 per diem, or 40 cents per meal. The following officers and men of the r Army on duty with the local d have been ordered to proceed to ¢ encampmients of the Militia troops pecified ries, Va., August 2 to 1 John C." Wade, Staft Ord Bush and Sergt. John A ry, July 25 o August 31 j chofield and Technical Sergt arles F. Buck and John Wal- dron. These Atmy men will be there for the instruction of other troops as | well as the local Militfa, The War Department has announced o. | @ ruling of the United States Court of c that travel of the National except when called forth in an emergency, 18 not transportation of | n | “troops of the United States” withip to the meaning of the railroad Jand grant 1d | acts, and that joint military passenger | agreements have no application to sueh | movements. However, the statement | adds that the transportation of mem- | bers of the Natior.al Guard to and from en, MRS. LLEWELLYN GREEN, | Photographed in her charming garden opened to the public for a local benefit ject to such side agreements to the joint military passenger agreements as spe- cifically provided therefor. Under the decision, all travel of Na- tional Guard personnel not under call or draft into the Federal service must | be classed as non-military cases where two or mo available, bids from carrier and in all Toutes are for round- ampments and maneuvers aré sub- trip journeys must be invited, unless all ' Federal 1930—PART " e 'HREE. 11 .. T . damaged or destroyed, when such loss is | quent thereto have just been issusd discovered subsequent to the prepara- | They provide that whenever & mlw i | tion of the pay roll but prior to deliv- | injured gr becomes sick enough to\ re< |ery of the check. In such cases, it is | quire hospitalization ‘of msdical’ avten- | added, the check must be return:d im- | tion other than that furnished /1§ the mediately to the finance officer, with ! camp an Immediate report must be | the request that the check be cancelled | made to the president of the bwrd of 'for the reason that m®property adjust- | officers convened by the camp of regi- ment of the payee is pending. Pro- mental commander. When u\a per- | ceedings must be intiated immediately | sonnel is found to be siek .or imjured to adjust the claim, and when this s after return from camp and the same done the account of the ee may be | originated in camp an immediate report | submitted on the next roll. or, if | of the case must be made to the State | undue delay will result, & supplementary |adfutant general within 30 days. pay roll may be submitted | - | Commanding officers are directed to| Allowances for officers and warrant | distribute all checks as soon as received, | officers attending National Guard | except in the above cases, and if checks |camps have been announced as follows | cannot be de ed within 30 days, they | Officers and warrant officers, when offi- must be returned to the issuing finance | cers’ mess accommodations are not ofti v available, $6 per day. when messing ! available, $2 per day: enlisted men, when messing not available, $5 per da: and when avallable, $5 per day. MEXICAN PARTY GO MEXICC CITY, June 21 Montes de Oca, In order that enlisted men of the Na- tional d ordered to attend courses at the regular service schools may ap- pear neat, the responsibility has been placed on the National Guard authori- {ties of issuing to them only serviceable | equipment. A list Is given of the arti- cles which they must have as follows One leather belt, one waist belt, three pairs of breeches, ope service cap (WO | accompanied by Xavier Sanches Me- service coats, ore hdt cord, one pair of | . ot % gloves, onie atigue hat, one service hat, JOrRdf. president of the Mexican Na | @re cap insignia, one collar set. two | tional Railways. and & number of other working jumpers. two paire of leggina, | Mexican financial railroad axpert, left one raincoat, two pairs of shoes. two [Dere on ghe Laredo train last night for flannel shirts and two palrs of working | New York. They will confer there be- | trousers ginning June 25 with a_committee of bk international bankers with a vew to Detailed instructions for the report- | reaching an agreement for payment of ing of men taken sick or injured during | the Mexican national forelgn debt and encampments or immediate] the National Raflway's debt we P —Luis secretary of finance, What Every Woman Should Know Don't throw scason's hats away ! Brimg hats of every description to us and have them Cleaned and Reblocked in the New Styles, ,Or i you prefer your hat in the same style, then lLive it Cleaned and pnt in good shape. your Special attention given to Ballibuntl and Baku Hats, Head size of hats can be made larger or smaller. Yarger selection of 1Tat Frames terials in the city. yard, Hat Trimmings and Ma- ot AN G R R W e il Lelt bodies in all shades, and Felt by the —Clinedinst Photo. | competing carriers agree in writing that the lowest net fare will apply between all points regardiess of the route selected. New Hats in Attractive Styles Ladies’ Capital Hat Shop 508 11th St. N.W. Orders have_been issued informing commanding officers that they must not deliver drill pay checks to officers or enlisted men who are responsible for property that has been lost Col. Ellfott, | It's convenient to shop at Jelleff's — just drive up to the door—we park your car. elleffs A FASHION INSTITUTION Parie Washington NewYork Regularly 825 85050 —in a Tomorrow i 89 Spring Repeat Occasion at the Magnetic Price Our Buyers Determined to Make Good At our recent sale of coats at $15, hundreds of our patrons were disappointed because they waited too long! So our buyers went back for more coats—through the market again—AND AGAIN! . Coats to match the values at our original sale were almost impossible to find—many makers who refused to sell at our price earlier did, however, come through. So here are a few more— 789 Spring Coats —the kinds most asked for two weeks ago 201 are fur-trimmed dress natural squirrel, mink-dyed squirrel, galyak, broadtail and mole . selling from $39.50 to $£69.50 in the regular season, coats . . . women's, misses” and juniors’, with ermine, . all fine materials—coats 209 are furless dress coats . . . women’s, misses’ and juniors’, in such materials as the finer wool crepes, kashmir fabrics—coverts and basket weaves—hand finished, beautifully lined—mostly black and others in blue, tans and greens. Coats that would have sold regu- larly at $39.50—%$49.50—$59.50. 132 are fur-trimmed sports coals . . . women’s, misses’ and juniors’ . . . many are fine imported tweeds. These are the types that were particularly favored in the earlier sale and we tried to get more of these—collars of caracul, wolf and galapan — coats regularly $39.50—$49.5 59.50. i 82 are furless sports coats . . . for women, misses and juniors . . . very fine materials, mostly imported tweeds—Ifine, loosely woven materials that are so much in fashion. Reg lar prices, $29,50, $39.50 and $49.50. 1 105 are silk coats—women’s and misses’—fur-trimnied and furless . , . in flat crepe, canton crepe, crepe satin and faille silk—all of them hlack—all silk lined—all $29.50 to $49.50 models. A good many people buy an extra coat in this sale, because with the vacation season at hand there are so many uses for a coat. Sizes range from 11 to 17 years for juniors . , . 14 to 20 for misses . .. 30 to 44 for women, with half sizes in between and extra large, so that all may be fitted in one of these remarkable values. There can positively not be another sale like this, this season. There just aren’t any more such coats to be had, as far as we can see. Makers are working on their next Winter’s lines now and have long since stopped making such coats as these. So—do not allow yourself to be dinap[;ointed There were too many people disappointed for us not to try again. Even 1,529 coats were not enough! Women’s—Misses’—Juniors’ Larger Women’s—Little Women’s 1D What People Said— “Do have another sale; I got here too late to get just what I wanted!” “Won’t you have another sale—I would like two more for my daughters.” g to be here when the store ise such a sale as this!” “Next year I am g¢ opens if you adve So here is your opportunity—789 coats, with plenty of juniors’—sizes 11 to 17 years—misses’, 14 to 18 years—women’s, 36 to 46; and some half sizes for larger women. Styles The best of the Spring season——smartest capes, cape collars, cape sleeves—tuxedo revers, jabot styles, mushroom collars, princess models for the younger generation, flares, wrap-arounds and straight-line coats! Colors Mostly blacks, many blues, a sprinkling of tans, browns, greens. ning mixtures. The sports coats are most stun- A rrang(-nwnls The whole third floor of our main building again given over to this event, with twoscore extra salespeople to give you prompt service. Ready as usual at 9:15 sharp. J‘\- this time!