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been the best that has ever been
experienced by that component or the
service. Representatives of the mill
tia bureau who visited the training
camps express themselves as highly
pleased with the businesslike atmos-
phere that prevailed and the spirit
generally displayed by both the COM
misstoned and enlisted personnel of
the National Guard units.
1t must be admitted that the efff-
cheney of the training of today in
the Infantry regiments is due in no
small measure to the graduates OF
the Infantry, School at Fort Benning
who are on duty with those organiza-
tiOns. The chief Of infantry has sent
some of the best of the graduates
to duty with the National Guard. and
the policy of doing so is reflected in
! the big work that is being ac-
complished throughout the service
These officers go through 4 strenu-
GUS course OF training and instruction
at the Infantry School and when they
graduate at that institution they are
capabl Of going to a National Guard
organization and putting into prac-
teal use the doctrines and principles
that they have learned at the school.
AS time goes on and more officers
pass through the institution 1t Is
probable that every officer on duty
with the National Guard will be a
| graduate of the school.
First Lieut.. Murray L. Colds
borough. 313th Field Artillery. has
been promoted to the rank of captain
and continued assigned to that regi-
| ment: Second Lieut.. Arthur c. Keefer.
field artillery reserve. having removed
! outside of the s0th Division area. il
| relieved from assignment to the 5lSth
| Field Artillery Regiment; Capt. Ray
J. Cunningham of the same regiment.
| having moved outside the divisional
area. is relieved from assignment to
| the 313th Regiment; Capt. Thomas Y.
/ Milburn. ordnance reserve fB. 4.
! group, having removed outside of
| the divisional area, is relieved from
attachment TO the 313th Field Artil-
lery: Capt. Frank A. fJack) Frost.
| finance reserve. has been promoted
| to major. He has also been relieved
from assignment to the finance sec
| tion Of the S0th Division and has been
ward ]. Euker. jr.. infantry reserve.
has been assigned to the 32oth In
fantry: First Lieut. Maurice Parshall
has been attached to the finance sec
| tion of the S0th Division; Second
! Lieut.. Robert ]. Rudolph. infantry
reserve. has been attached to the
32oth Infantry.
The controller general holds thai
a National Guard reserve is author
iZed and contemplated by law and
that officers thereof. when participat-
ing in field training authorized by
section 81 of the act of June 3. 1916.
with active organizations of the Ma
tional Guard are entitled to receive
the same federal pay and allowances
as are authorized for officers of the
active National Guard of the same
grade for like services, and says:
Officers of the National Guard re-
serve are under section of the ma
tional defense act. rs amended June
4. 1920. subject to draft, as are Off
GERS Of the active National Guard.
No incompatibility is perceived be-
tween a commission in the National
Guard reserve and a commission in
the officers Reserve Corps. 50 long
as the holder of said commission is
in an inactive status under one or
the other of the commissions. The
law specifically authorizes such
dual obligation to the federal govern
ment and does not limit the dual OBJ
legation TO officers of the active Ma
tional Guard.
1T is obvious that the officer is
entitled to pay under but one COM
mission at time. II on active duty
as a member of the officers Reserve
Corps, he may not he paid the pay
Of his grade as an officer OF the Ma
tional Guard Reserve participating
ganization in field or coast defense
Instruction: and if entitled to pay as
an officer of the National Guard Re
serve participating IN Ieiu Trailing,
under section "a he may not be paid
as member Of the officers Reserve
Corps on active duty. But while in
an inactive status in one of the
branches of the military service IN
which commissioned there is no OBJ
lection to the payment to him of such
pay as mAy legally accrue to him by
reason of active service performed III
the other. Before payment OF clam
of this character the disbursing off,
anr CHI annrnnrlQfa
dence that the claimant holds COM
mission in the National Guard Re-
serve granted pursuant to law
The Secretary Of War will desig-
nate a board of officers. composed of
three members of the National Guard
and three Of the Regular Army, as
result of resolutions adopted at the
Guard Association. On that occasion
it was directed that a committee OF
four officers Of the National Guard
be appointed, of which the president
of the association should be one, TO
request the Secretary Of War to call
these officers to active duty under the
provisions Of section 5 (B) of the ma
tional defense act for the purpose OF
studying amendments to law which
would provide for the issuance to all
officers of the National Guard
commission in the Army of the
United States" which would be
effective both in peace and war, and
which would make possible assign
ment Of such officers to any COM
ponent OF the Army Of the United
States.
It is expected that the National
Guard officers assigned to this duty,
functioning as members OF the War
Department general staff. will in
Of Pennsyiyania: Brig. Gen. Milton A.
Rickord Of Maryland, who is the
a1n
tional Guard Association. and Brig.
Gen. Franklin ". Ward Of New York.
In the resolutions adopted at the
convention, 1t was stated that the
National Guard Association. assem-
bled at New Orleans and later at In
dianapolis, went on record tn favor
of providing for the commissioning OF
all National Guard officers in the
Army Of the United States. The nee
essary Legislation was prepared and
with a request for study of the
situation.
1t has been pointed out that. not
withsstanding the pfa. fact ii, that ah,.i Gen; n;
the militia bureau, have expressed
willingness to indorse the legisla-
tion as soon as drafted, nothing ap-
pears to have been accomplished. 1t
s for This ete
National GuarO was requested by
the War Department to accept in
lieu of the proposed legislation a
form Of commission purportins to
be in the Army of the United States,
when in law it is a commission in
the Officers Reserve Corps, which
the executive committee declined to
accept as not satisfying the needs
of the National Guard component of
the Army of the United States. The
convention reaftirmed its position
taken at New Orleans and Indian
apolis conventions and notified the
War Department that the association
insists that the wishes Of the conven-
ton be carried out in full. TO which