Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-17
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Efficiency ratings are soon to
be kept of each organization
| forming a part of the National
Guard of the District of Co
lumbia, under a new inspection
| scbe,ne which is being formulated at
brigade headquarters. The matter mas
been tentatively outlined and is to be
discussed with Brig. Gen. George II.
Harries. commanding the District OF
Columbia militia, when he again comes
| to the city. which is expected within
a very short time.
The new scheme probably will not
be put into effect until Immediately
following the annual inspection. and
beginning at that time Maj. Harry
Coope, inspector general, n. 6. D. e..
will make inspections of the organiza-
tons of the guard at irregular and I'M
expected times and will give the or
ganization a rating which Will be
placed on file at National Guard head
quarters, if the plan is approved b!
Gen. Harries.
1t is believed that the new scheme
will have great effect in raising the
efficiency of all of the companies, as
the competitive spirit will prevail in
all drills and company work. For
military training and efficiency, it IS
declared, there is nothing like imbuing
the men with the competitive spirit
Each company commander will strive
to prevent other companies from se.
ting better efficiency rating ana
every man in the company will have
the same spirit.
OF course, it is declared, it is to be
expected that there will be some con-
plaint against the system, but TINS
undoubtedly will come from those VINO
will not and do not want to work 10
improve their efficiency ratings How
ever. no one will be allowed 10 re-
main who cannot maintain the STANDARD
of efficiency to be outlined.
Each sind of drill and work usual
to organizations of the guard will be
given a certain weight ana tme m
speeding officer in his visits VIII give
the. organization the percentage due
it for the efficiency shown. This In
spection will include paper. work. care
of property, drill, promptness in at
tending to military matters and the
like.
This method of efficiency rating and
inspection, it is declared, Will furnish
a way in which a check can be kept on
organizations to see where troubles
lay. For instance, if all organizations
in a certain subject show about the
same percentage, then it probably will
mean that the trouble is with the sys-
TEN and not the organization com
manders. Investigations then Will be
instituted to locate and correct the
cause. on the other hand, should one
or two companies show percentage
in a certain subject which is far below
the average, the trouble probably is
with the companies and it is there that
the inspection officer will go for the
cause and the troubles pointed out to
the organization commander
The new method of inspections, which
as yet has taken only the tentative
form, will furnish an efficient way of
keeping tab at brigade headquarters as
to just what each company is doing
and whether or not it is doing it eff
tciently. While Gen. Harries has not
yet been approached regarding the
scheme. it is the belief that he will give
it his approval in view of the fact that
he is for anything that will improve
the efficiency of the National Guard of
the National Guard Of the District OF
Columbia.
Although the general order estab-
fishing a new way of issuing and car
ing for uniforms and equipment has
not yet been issued to the guard, the
work of establishing the system soon
will be begun. 1t will start with the
LIST Separate Battalion of Infantry
tcolored troops). Before the readjust-
ment of property allowances can take
place there will have to be much work
done in the repair of lockers. This has
already been started in the armory of
the LIST Separate Battalion, it is de-
clared.
When the property is readjusted
there the other organizations of the
guard will be taken up separately and
the work of repairing the lockers and
reisSuing the property viii take place
Annual inspections of the National
Guard of the District of Columbia soon
will begin, under the direction of Maj.
Harry Coope, inspector general. n. q.
d. C., and inspector instructors from
the regular army assigned to the Ma
tional Guard of the District.
New features of the order are that
all information furnished to the in
specting officer must be in writing;
that the property inspection will in
clude all United States property; only
such property as is submitted to the
will be included in his report, and the
property in storehouseS will be in
spected at the convenience of the in
speeding officer. which, however, must
be completed before March 81. 1915.
The inspection will be in dress uni
/! form, instead of khaki, owing to the
| fact that the local militfamen. through
lack of proper armory and storage IA
cilities, are required to turn in their
field equipment Immediately upon re-
Following is the order in part
Under the instructions of the Secre-
tary of War and the commanding gen.
eral, eastern department, the inspec-
tions of the organizations of the Ma
tional Guard of the District of Column
bia, under the provisions of section IA
of the militia act, approved January
81. 1903, will be made follows:
by Maj. Louis T. Hess. Medical Corps,
United States Army, at the Medical
Corps armory. go list street northwest:
Sanitary detachment. LIST Infantry. Mon
day, February s: sanitary detachment.
I'd Infantry, Tuesday, February 8:
Field Hospital, Wednesday, February
10: sanitary detachment, LIST Separate
Battalion. at it's armory, 18th and L
streets northwest, Thursday, February
II.
BY First Lieut.. George A. Lynch,
United States Infantry, at armories OF
| organizations inspected, at pm:
Headquarters field. staff and non-com-
missioned staff. Supply Company, and
| Companies A and B. I'd Infantry, Mon
day, March s; Companies c and u, I'd
Infantry, Tuesday, March 8: Companies