Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1930, Page 54

v " through her nose an ancient ballad. | 10 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JUNE 29, 1930—PART FOUR. | Ask No Questions Gopyrisht, 1900, by Nerth Amesiean Newspaper AMiance, Inc. [ SYNOPSIS. rm of. Connecticut. She fs warned that the house has a sinister reputation. One the night she drowned R o bride. who had sought shelter in th her husband during a anished. John D s on that, no matter the tenant must ask no ques- 7 % 4/ Annassa, who has brought along her Pousekeeper, Miss Beth. ‘and u stable . 'to ponies. mikes a Yate graveyard on the property that ‘a’ grave has been ni Across the desecrated gravi with the warning words: aquestions.” (Continued From Yesterdav's Star) decided to go over and see what was going on. With a glance at Abby’s portly sil- houette moving about now in one part of the upper rooms of the house, the girl set out on a run for the red barn. The grass was heavy with dew, and she had forgotten that she had on satin slippers, but she flew on, conscious sud- denly that the distance was greater than she had bargained on, conscious that a mist had risen like a veil to envelop her—a mist both clammy and stifling. Possibly it was what they called pool at the back of the house. Beldon Duff The girl stopped short. Her eyes strained to catch a second glimpse of that terrifying uncertain outline. But whatever it was, the thing had passed on. A bird, perhaps, its size exaggerted by the mist, or a great winged bat. With a laugh that sounded tremulous even in her own ears, she pressed on in the direction of the red barn, but before she had taken half a dozen steps her feet felt as though a weight of lead had been attached to them. Not until she had reached the barn and laid a hand on the door did she admit to miasma from the rock-bound | herself that the thing was there again | —this time behind her. It had moved No wonder the Runnels farm had | when she moved, paused when she stood idle so long. No wonder trades- people from Hales Crossing refused to come nearer than the head of the wood road when they brought her meat paused As the big barn door rolled shut, Dracula rose on his haunches and let out a mighty bellow of fear and rage. and vegetables. What was that? | Just ahes4 in tha tall grass outside THIRD INSTALLMEN' lP there had not been sl her attention a hunired and o details connected with the move up from New York, the discovery of the open grave would have made the new mistress of Bride's House un- easy. As it was, she saw right descend fc ver the old Runnels' firm eighth time since her arriva. . N0 other emotion save that Unhappi was the las time. Otto to see you ' *“hv stood in the doorway of the living i om “What's his trouble?” ‘He's leaving.” with relief this feeling of tranquillity “Leaving?" Miss West sat up. “Why?" | “It's the ghost. if you ask me—he's had a warningy from ‘it.” The woman thrust Her hand into the bosom of her dress and drew out a crumpled | “The | plece of brown wrapping paper. poor laddie fun this pinned to his pil- Jow this morning. Miss West took the paper smoothed it out on her knee. A ing, true enough. The same warning 25 the one on the board across the open grave. The lad’s in the kitehen. Shall I fetch him?” asked Abby. A gesture was answer enough. A moment later the object of their discussion appeared, cap in hand. “What's this I hear,” Mis asked, “about your leaving me? ‘West his large, thick feet. “Ya,” he ad- mitted, huskily. “I go now. Tonight.” “You can go when your week is up. Not before. I can't be left with all those ponies to take care of. Besides, there's Dracula. Otto raised his head sharply. “Some she was to enjoy for some Scotch- | | Otto fumbled his cap and n!redu;t | Annassa West was quick to sense the moods of her dumb dependents. *Yes, darling, we're out of our minds—both should have stayed in New York, where everything is made of steel and con- crete and where there are electric lights on all the street corners.” The stallion’s wants had been at- tended to with the same consclentious thoroughness that had been given the ponies, but neither hay nor oats had been touched. Even the pail of drink- ing water, usually the first thing to be emptied, was just as Otto had left it— full to the brim. Miss West took a lump of sugar from the pocket of her sweater and held it out. inyiting confidences. boy? What “What's the matter, makes you so restless?” The Killer sniffed the sugar, but made no attempt to take it. As though he wished to tell her something, the stallion whinned and pawed the ground. And now came the question she had been dreading. How get back to the houge, how cross those 50 yards of un- mowed lawn, without ing an idiot of oneself by running from every shadow? She got as far as the door, only to go back, glad of an excuse to pick up a halter that had been left lying on the floor. The halter took her into the harness room, where she saw that the trap- door which led into the cellar of the barn had been opened, and left open. Without a second hesitation she walked over and looked down into the hole. It was as black & pit as ever greeted the eye of a would-be adven- | | 3 one iss riding Dracula,” he announced | } with a perceptible lessening of his. Teu- | tonic phlegm. “Riding him rights.” “Riding Dracula?” Miss West looked startled. “Otto, you're imagining things. No one could ride the Killer; no one but—" “A ghost,” finished the boy, and straightway fell to babbling of a strug- gle which had taken place in the south pasture the night before—the pasture, as he kept pointing out. where the dead peoples was put. Much sod had bsen torn up by flying hoofs. And as further proof, the animal's flanks still showed the marks of spur and whip. The new mistress of Bride's House | rose and s°t her back to the open fire. spreading her skirts to get the full warmth of the dying blaze. For June, | the night was chilly. After a moment, “T think I know who is doing all thi She lifted her chin defiantly. “It's—it's | 3 a certain person's method of getting his own way. A mighty poor method ! and unsportsmanlike.” Conviction, as it | grew and strengthened, lent crispness to | Annassa West was quick to sense the moods of her dumb dependents. “Yes, darling, we're out of our minds—both of us.” She had crossed the barn by this time and was fumbling at the iron bars of the box stall. her tone. Yes, Otto, you needn't be afraid that a ghost's riding Dracula. It's somebody we both know.” | For a moment the German boy stared, uncomprehending. Then his eyes lighted up. Oh, ya,” he said, Joyously. “You | mean —— | “Mr. Terhune,” his mistress finished | for_him. “My former finance has his own rea- | sons for not wanting to have me stay here. Nothing would please him better | than to have us close up Bride's House tomorrow and take ourselves and the | horses back to town. In fact, he offered to wager me a thousand dollars I camp for Reserve Officers of the Dis- | couldn’t stick the month out.” | sl Otto was ot unfamiliar with thou- | tFict of Columbia less than & week | sand-dollar wagers. The sporting fra- | AWay, it will be of interest to Reserv.is: €ernity o which Miss West bl:ll’nngcgd had'| Of the District to know what items of | lenty of money. They were always | Uniform and eguipment they shnuld‘ tting on something or other. | take to camp with them. For dis-| “As you may well guess,” the girl went | mounted officers on field duty, the fol on, “I've no wish to lose out. And with | l0WIng items should be taken to camp: | your help, Otto, I won't have to, It jsn't | Service hat, olive drab shirt, plain going to hurt the stallion to have a | Dlack cravat with lapel collar coat, | little exercise. And if we don't pay |Service coat, service breeches, russet | the circle of light from her torch, some- | thing had moved—a tall gaunt shape | swathed in soft and tralling draperies— a figure as formless as the night itself. ‘ With the beginning of the first 1930 Organized Reserves | L. Goodman, 1518 Allison street. of us.” She had crossed the barn by this time and was fumbling at the iron bars of the box stall. “Out of our minds to come to this wretched place. We turer, but she decided to see what lay at the bottom of it. . . . At first glance the cellar seemed to hold nothing but the ordinary trash discarded by five generations of pio- neers—worn-out farming implements, bottles and jam jars, old barrels, pack- ing cases, both large and small. The | girl had 'turned to retrace her steps | to the floor above when the light from her torch opened up the space behind an archway and shie saw, sharply out- lined against the whitewashed wall, a long black box. It rested on two of the smaller packing cases which had been purposely laid over on their sides to serve as supports. Familiar but always dread object— a coffin! For the first time in her life Annassa West knew what it felt like to have the hair rise on her head. But after a moment, with small, hesitating steps, she began to pick her way across the littered floor. Halfway, she paused. The lid of the mahogany box had been following first lieutenants: _Gregory Cipriani, 2115 P street; Lester M. Petrie, 3921 Fifth street; Walter E. Beattie, Georgetown Hospital; Michael J. Frani- chuck, 4800 Georgia avenue; William C. Cantrell, 1829 G street; James M Dollison, Medical Administrative Re- | serve, 1835 California street, and Edgar Maj. John G. Sims, Field Artillery | Reserve, 637 Otis place, is assigned to the 580th Field Artillery. First Lieut. | Samuel M. Dodek, Medical Reserve, 1319 | | organized for anti-aireraft work. any attention to what’s going on, Mr. | ‘Terhune will soon get tired of his one- sided game. Go back to your quarters. leather shoes, boots, either leather or | Emerson street, is assigned to the 578th spiral leggins, officer’s belt and service | Pield Artillery. Capt. John R. Ernst, ribbons. The latter will not be worn | Medical Reserve, 2737 Devonshire road, | pushed back. Inside was, not the heap | of bones one might have expected to | find, but a neatly folded wedding out- with olive drab shirt. When the service is assigned to the 4th Medical Regiment | £t “thite 'silk dress, yellowed by age, I don't believe you'll be bothered again | fonight.” But despite her reassuring words to the stable boy, Miss West found it im- | possible to seitle down to the pleasant lethargy of her former mood. Nor did a | book offer any inducement. From the | Redding hills came the roll of ap- proaching thunder, while out in the kitchen _Abby, drying dishes, sang “We're due for a storm,” the girl said, | half aloud. “Probably the blossom | storm. That always comes in June. Or| is it May? May. I guess. No, June.” At that moment a pair of feet com- amenced to descend the short flight of steps that led from the floor above. The new mistress of Bride's House nzxgb;:nh ;ejerk. 5 \” she called. It did not need the distant rattle of teacups to tell her | that she would have no answer, The Scotchwoman had nqt left the kitchen, As she turned to look, a shadow, blacker than the black darkness of the | narrow hall, glided swiftly across ths long mirror on the farther wall at the | oot of the stairs. Snatching her flash- n‘ht from the table, Miss West went to dnVestigate. The mirror caught the light as she appeared and swallowed it. There was something queer about that mirror. She had noticed it from the first. The quicksilver on the back had crackled until, as s reflecting surface, it was practically useless. Annassa swung her torch about. The hall, which ran straight through from front to back, was empty. There was no rear outlet, only a door leading into the cellar. This door, as usual, was Jocked. A shallow closet built, next to the walled-in cellar stairs, was also empty. She retraced her steps. The front door seemed to be closed. Otto, she recalled, had pulled it to after him, with a slam. It was necessary to do this because the wood had swelled a little. But she tried it again to make sure. The door yielded, groaning. On the stoop outside there was noth- \dng alarming to be nor on the dawn within radius of her flashlight. After a moment of indecision Annassa ed and set off in the direction of e et oSae D al1- Been bodded E down for the night. life going on in its . ed Everything ‘about the barn_was ship- shape. Otto was a most efficient boy® f':e hoped he could ‘be persuaded to ®0 contented. She hear him roar- ing in his inimical, le way. Then all at 'once there was silence. She ‘The silence was by a uniform with olive drab shirt and with- out coat is authorized, except in the field, a plain black cravat, tied four- in-hand, will be worn. The articles listed below are required to make up the full fleld outfit, and they wil! be furnished to Reserve offi- cers on memorandum receipt when re- quired by the nature of the service. They are: Pistol (with holster and 21 rounds of ammunition), magazine pocket, first aid packet (with pouch), Musette bag (containing meat can, knife, fork and spoon), canteen, field glasses (except for Air Corps pilots), compass, watch, notebook and pencils, and whistles, which will be carried by company officers and battalion com- manders of Infantry. Mounted officers will be equipped with the same items, omitting the Musette bag (containing meat can, etc.), and adding the following items: Riding ! gloves or gauntlets of buckskin or other | suitable gray material, spurs with straps or with straps and chain, saddle, saddle | blanket and saddle cloth, pommel and | cantle pockets (containing meat can, | knife, fork and spoon), surcingle or cooling strap, feed bag, currycomb and horse brush. ‘The adopted standard of cloths for officers’ uniforms is as follows: For olive drab coats, breeches, trousers and caps—cotton, 614 ounce; gabardine, 12-13 ounce; serge, 16 ounce; barathea, 16 ounce, and whipcord, 16 ounce. The following is prescribed for light-colored breeches: Bedford cord, 26 ounce; elastique, 26 ounce, and elastique, 12-13 ounce. Reserve officers not on active duty, who do not reside near a depot sales store or other point of supply, should submit written requests for purchases to the officers in charge of depot sales stores .or other supply points. All re- quests for purc] must be accom- panied by proper means to identifica- tion establishing the fact that the per- son making the request ‘is a Reserve officer. The officer making the request will certify that the articles are for his own personal use; and that application for purchase is made under Army regu- lations. ‘The request should list the articles desired, and will state what have been previously purthased from the Government. When these formali- ties have been completed, the officer will be informed what articles desired are available, the cost thereof and the manner in which payment. should be made. Upon payment in accordance with instructions, the articles will be shipped. Reserve offi< ‘The following Medical in the (Regular Army, inactive). Joseph B. White, Quartermaster Re- serve, 3214 Stephenson place, having been ‘placed on the emergency officers’ retired list, is relieved from assignment to the 1st Service Battalion. lowing Reservists are assigned to the 80th Division: FPirst Lieut. Lawrence H. Winking, Chaplain Reserve, Catholic University; First Lieut. John L. Card- well, Medical Reserve, 603 F street, and Second Lieut. Arthur W. Greenwood, Infantry Reserve, 405 Eleventh street northeast. Second Lieut. Oswald H. Milmore, Coast Artillery Reserve, 1916 Calvert street, having enlisted . in the District of Columbia National. Guard, is relieved from assignment to the 3d Coast Artillery district. Next Wednesday morning approxi- mately 300 young men from the District will depart from their homes in Wash- ington to attend the 1930 Citizens’ Mili- tary Training Camps, which will begin that day and conclude July 31. Basic and Infantry courses for candidates from the District will go to Fort Eustis, Va.; those who will undergo the red, white and blue Field Artillery courses will go to Fort Hoyle, Md.,, while the Coast Artillery red, white and blue courses will be given at Fort Monroe Va. Those taking the red, white and blue Cavalry courses will undergo this instruction at Fort Myer, Va. ‘They should take to camp the follow- ing personal property: One suit case or grip, large or medium size, with lock and key, containing four suits of under- wear, two pairs pajamas, six handker- chiefs, four face towels, two bath towels, toilet and shaving outfit. In addition to the above equipment, the following items may be brought to camp: Linen shirts with attached collars for Swear off duty, athletic and base ball clothes, shoes and cap, bathing suit, light sweat- er, bed room slippers, tennis racquet, musical instruments, fountain pen and & camera, No firearms will be brought to camp. District of Columbia members of the Enlisted Reserve Corps, while on active duty are entitled to receive the same pay and allowanées as other enlisted men of like grades and length of serv- ice. A member of the Enlisted Reserve Corps is entitled to pay and allowances from the date on which he necessarily starts to comply with the order for ac- tive duty, either for training or for mobilization, to and including the date when he is relieved from active duty. Enlisted Reservists are entitled to trans- portation by the shortest usually trav- eled route and to reimbursement of the cost of meals, not exceeding $3 per day, \‘-I':; place which he s or- i The fol- | First Lieut. | rofted and stained in places, but still in- | |tact; a wreath of what once had been | wax orange blossoms; long_white kid| gloves and & pair of satin slippers, de- | signed for small, | everything, in fact, that a fashionable | bride of the late 90s might have chosen for her trousseau. Miss West said: “Phew!” and sat| down on the side of an overturned flour barrel. She felt she needed a smoke before attempting the climb to the upper story. On_investigation the capacious sweater pocket was found to contain a package of cigarettes and one solitary match. ‘Who_could have brought that coffin down here, and why? Had it come from the freshly dug grave in the bury- ing ground, or was it just made ready to go into it? And would the ghastly joke—if joke it were—becomplete with- out the body of a bride to wear the| veil and orange blossoms the box con- tained? Miss West shivered as though an icy hand had been laid between her | shoulder blads The match with which the cigarette had been lighted had disclosed a foot sticking out from behind one of the packing cases. It was a particularly inert foot, in a thick, heavy-soled shoe. “ she cried, darting around the coffin and its improvised pedestals. “Otto, what are you doing—— Oh!” In a pool of blood which had spread until it seemed to cover all one corner of the floor lay the of the Ger- man. boy. His head been bea almost to & pulp. (Continued in TomorTow's Star.) e PUNCTUALITY AIDED Restaurant Men in London Post Theater Curtain Time Notices. LONDON (N.AN.A).—Actors and managers alike have despaired of ever curing the public of its unpunctuality in arriving at the theater and it remains for restaurant proprietors to see what can be done in the matter. An enterprising restauranteur, in New Burlington street has hit upon a device which will, he hopes, enable theater- goers to arrive on time. In the grill room is a notice board headed, in large letters, “Don’t be late for the theater.” It gives the name of every theater, the | time the curtain rises, and the time | diners should leave the restaurant to insure their being in their seats before the play belsim. Further, if diners will tell the waiter which theater :‘h,: will to it that high-arched feet— | ‘The 20th Division Military Police Company of the National Guard of the District of Columbia was declared to be a model militia organization by Capt. N. D. Woodward, U. 8. Infantry, in his report made to the 3d Corps Area headquarters on the recent annual in- spection made of the unit. Both of- flcers and men of the unit are highly elated over the comment contained in the . report, which is said to be the only one of its kind among all of the reports of the recent tests. “I consider this a model National Guard company in every respect; well trained, well officered, with a superior degree of esprit and leadership,” Capt. Woodward wrote on the report, which was made public by Capt. William T. Roy, commanding g the local militia unit. Competitions are being held on the rifle range of the local Guard at Camp Simms, Congress Heights, D. C., for the purpose of selecting men who will be placed on the rifie teams which | will represent the local militia. Pre- liminary reports which have been trickling into brigade headquarters in- dicate that some of the young members of the Guard are giving the veteran rifle shots a close run, and presage the | possibility that some of the latter may be shot out of their chances of making the team this year. It was indicated in Guard circles that some L}l y_l::,: officers would like w' see some of younger members of the Guard appointed to the teams this year, as it is the belief that it would serve as a spur to greater interest in rifle shooting. For many years it was 11the practice for a certain group of men to be sent on the teams year after year, but the War Department broke this up when it required that a certain percentage of new men must be as- signed each year for the national match teams.” The old practice de- veloped & few crack shots and new men took little interest because they saw little possibility of making the team. However, it was said that greater being shown now among the interest is younger men of the Guard, and it i believed that the interest of this elej ment will be materfally increased if some of this group succeed in driving .bialicnke of !;m cl;ler crack shots to the ground, so far as going a v the team 15 concernea. © v “ith Company E, 121st Engineer: nounced that it will have a v show and buffet supper for the mem-. bers of the command and their friends | at the armory on the night of June 30, | For the first time since installation, | the troops of the local militia drilled in Seaton Park with the new flood lights, and officers reported that they were very satisfactory. Owing to the fact that the local Guard armory does not have & drill hall, it is necessary for {he troops to take their weekly training 5, Bround in the Mall assigned them by the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Clgblhl.n Battery E, 260th Coast Artillery, was mustered into service and exiéndeq Federal recognition at the armory at Water and O streets southwest, 'last week, it was announced. The new unit is commanded by First Lieut. William | F. Bullis. This completes the battalion organization of the local unit, which is e new organization is & machine gun mr ganization, the other batteries being for searchlights and big guns. Preparations for the event have been under way for several months, and a number of new men were enlisted for the purpose of being assigned el g assigned to these Two organizations of the local militia mustered sufficient men at their drills last week to obtain the classification of superior in attendance. On the other hand the list of units declared to be unsatisfactory in attendance has been growing since the annual inspections were held, and officers were at a loss to explain the reason for the falling off, as every effort has been made by the officials to make the building acquired for an armory attractive as a club house for the men. The local troops now have a large club room on the first floor of the building, which has been attractively fitted out and decorated. ‘The two units classed as superior in attendance last week were: Battery E, 260th Coast Artillery, with a percent- age of 100.00, and the State staff and State Detachment, with a percentage of 92.30. The other units, in their re- spective classifications, with percent- ages, follow: Excellent: Headquarters, 29th Divis- fon Special Troops, 87.50: band, 121st Engineers, 82385; Medical Department Detachment, 29th Division, 80.39. Very satisfactory: Headquarters De- tachment and Combat Train, 260th Coast Artillery, 76.00; Headquarters and Service Company, ' 121st Engineers, 71.75; Company C, 12Ist Engineers, 71.18; Medical Department Detachment, 260th Coast Artillery, 70.00. Satisfactor Company F, 121st En- gineers, 67.85; Company E, 121st En- gineers, 64.61. Unsatisfactory: Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery, 59.65; Battery C, 260th Coast Artillery, 59.65; Company D, 121st Engineers, 58.74; Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery, 56.66: Company B, 121st En- gineers, 55.73; Company A, 372d In- fantry, 54.66; Medical Department De- 'hment, 121st. Engineers, 52.38; Com- pany A, 121st Engineers, 50.00. Organizations which were not listed in this report, did not have a drill last week, it was announced. The Secretary of War has informed | National Guard organizations that the ctrength of authorized rifle teams at the national matches of 1930 will be as follows: National Guard teams: One team captain, one team coach, 10 principals. 2 alternates, & total of 14, and, in ad- dition, one range officer. Regular Army and Organized Re- serves: One team captain, one team coach, 10 principals and 2 alternates, a total of 14. R.O.T.C, C. M. T. C. and civilian teams; one team captain, 10 principals and two alternates, a total of 13. One coach will be made available for each team from the general pool of officers at Camp Perry, Ohio. Sergf. Willlam O. Burbage, Company F, 121st Engineers, has been presented with & three-year service medal. Capt. Ww. Johns.mmtm:;nndlnl :.l.'m company, reported tMat the presenta- tion was made with appropriate cere- onies, in accordance with a recent mt ten | order of the brigade headquarters. Pvt. (Pirst Class) David R. Middleton has been ordered transferred from the Reserve to the active list of Company C, 121st Engineers. Pvt. Daniel P. K. McGregor, assigned to the Reserve list of Company C, 121st Engineers, has been ordered honorably discharged, on account of his removal from the District. The following, now on the Reserve | lists of their respective commands, have been ordered restored to active duty: Pvits. George F. Poole, Benjamin S. Simmons, Joseph W. Kreamer, Edward A. Dove and Thomas H. Keys, all of the Medical Department Detachment, 121st Engineers; Pvt. George H. Hill, Company E, 121st Engineers, and Pvt. George P. Hill, jr, Company E, 121st Engineers, ‘The appointment of Pvt. John K. Cunningham, Battery C, 260th Coast | Artillery, as a second lieutenant of Coast Artillery and his assignment to Authorized Service Exide Batteries CREEL BROS. 1811 14th St. N.W. Dfi% 4220 s District National Guard the same organization for duty, was announced by brigade headquarters. The following of Company D, 121st Engineers, have been ordered dropped as deserters as of the dates noted after their respective names, they having failed to report for drill on or after that time an¥l all efforts to locate them hav- ing failed: Pvt. Albert R. Goodwin, July 2, 1929; Pvt. James N. Fox, June 25, 1929, and Pvt. Carl P. Thomas, Feb- Tuary 28, 1930. ‘The following have been ordered transferred from the active to the Re- serve list of the Headquarters and Serv- ice Company, 121st Engineers: Pvts. Peter J. Loftus and Bernard J. Cassassa. The following members of the 20th Division, Military Police Company, whose three-year enlistments will expire during the fleld training encampment of their organization, have been ordered honorably discharged to enable them to re-enlist prior to the beginning of the encampment of their organization: Sergt. Bernard F. Darnall, Corp. Rich- ard N. Corcoran and Pvt. (First Class) Irving H. McConnell, Pvt. John L. Wright, 26th Division Military Police Company, has been ordered honorably discharged on rec- ommendation of the company com- mander. Pvt. Edward B. McConnell has been ordered transferred from the reserve to %flm" list of Battery B, 260th Coast ery. ‘The local brigade headquarters has | been informed that the local Coast | Artillery unit will be permitted to send | | war, Finance of the Army has reported an unusual number of susPemloru appear- Ing in accounts of United- States Army finance officers clurfed with the pay- ment to the National Guard of armory drill pay, where officers d enlisted men were credited with being actually present at an armory drill held by the organization just prior to its departure from its home station for fleld training, where, iIn fact, such officers and en- listed men were at the time on a Fed- eral pay status with the advance de- tachment at the camp. In order to elimindte such suspen- sions in the future, officers are informed, it is requested that the fol- lowing instructions be brought to the attention of all organization com- manders and others charged with the preparation, certification or approval of pay rolls: When an individual has been de- tached from his organization and is in a Federal 1ply status during any part of the period covered by the pay roll, the inclusive dates of such services will be shown opposite the name of the in- dividual concerned. This is applica- ble, the department says, to duty at schools of instruction, 11 arms com- petition, service schools with the Reg- ular Army and especially to duty at training camps as members of the a vance detachment, camp supply detach- ment or the rear detachment. Inspection reports of staff officers, says a letter from the Secretary of indicate that there are serious lapses in the wearing of the uniform and probably in the application of uni- form regulations and that it is not un- | common practice and appears to be | prevalent in some commands to take | the wire out of caps. In view of this comment, members Bureau which says that the Chief of [in a general order, that as tr of the District of Columbia National Guard will largely camp at posts of the Reg- ular Army during the current tri season, it is essential that unit com- manders take necessary action to in- sure officers and troops appearing in proper uniform at all times. Particular attention will be given the pr:ger wearing of the uniform to insure that wire is not removed from saps, that proper insignia, D. C. superimposed on |U. &, 1s worn by both officers and en- listed men and that personnel at all | times present a smart and neat appear- ance. The order further says that | there is nothing that speaks so well |for the morale, discipline and training of troops as their appearance and mili- tary bearing. Troops of the National Guard of the District should set the example for other troops at the post, Gen. Stephan informed them. BOWLEGS EXPLAINED NEW YORK (N. A. N. A)—A business house happened to need s photograph of & bow-legged boy. Hos- pitals were appealed to, but it was de- | clared thot all bow-legged children were |kept on the premises until the defect was remedied and unless such a child chanced to come in it would be impos- sible to supply one. A settlement house was recommended, but what the busi- ness wanted was an American child, None could be found. Not walking too soon, as much as improper diet and lack of sunshine, ac- count for bow-legs it was learned, and some Italian and colored children are that way because their skins are thicker and the sun can't get through so well of the local militia have been informed, two battery officers to the Coast Artil- | lery School at Fort Monroe, Va., for the | class which will be held from Septem- ber 6 to October 31, next. The commanding officer of the local | Coast Artillery has been instructed to | recommend two officers of his command | to take the course. Applications must | be on file with the militia bureau | least one month before the course be- | gins. ! Changes have been announced in the assignment of regular officers and men attached to the local Guard to Summer training camps. Maj. Frank C. Scofield, | Coast Artillery Corps, will go to Fort Monroe, Va., from July 25 to August 186, | prior to the time that the local unit will | take its training there. He also will go | to Bethany Beach, Del, from August | 17 to 31. Technical Sergts. Charles F. Buck | and John Waldron also have been ordered to Fort Monroe from July 25 to August 16. Attention of local Guard officers has | been called to a letter from the Militia MOTOR OIL. Autocrat Motor Oil has a high fire test, in- dicating ability to withstand heat. It will seal the pistons good oil is expected. itocrat "BEST OIL IN THE WORLD" 30¢ against fuel leakage, and will function as aAg,m (Copyright, 1930. by North American Nel paper Alliance.) Nothing is more important than thorough lubrication. AUTOCRAT—THE_OIL THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM ALL OTHERS Beware of Substitutes Try Autocrat the next time vou need oil, and judge its advantages for yourself. 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