Evening star., 1924-02-24


! sergeants and 469 sergeants. The
ALLEGATION Of these sergeant in
| Structons are made to the corps areas
IN proportion TO the strength of the
NATIONAL Guard units within tho
respective corps areas.
should Congress pass the non
| commissioned 'officers' bill, which
| provides for an increase in the first
| 1our n-commissioned grades. this
| would mean promotion for about 200
men,. Under the provisions OF thfs
! proposed measure, there would be
| thirty-Six sergeant instructors in the
grade of master sergeant, of which
| there are none at present; the tech
nical sergeants would be increased
| from thirty-siX to seventy-tWo, while
! the number OF staff sergeantS would
| be Increased from forty-six to $50.
The ALLEGATION of sergeant instructors
among the nine corps areas and the
territory of Hawaii is as follows:
First. "a: second. S3; third. 90; fourth.
62: fifth. 81; sixth. So: seventh, 66;
| eighth. SO; ninth, 46. and Hawaii, ,.
|, Comments have been received from
the field pertaining to the length of
time required to place the 240 MN.
howltZer materiel in firing position
when using the erecting frame with
. the hydraulic jacks and lifting
beams. There have been carried out
at Fort Bragg IA number OF tests in
which chain blocks supported by the
lifting beam of the present erecting <
frame have been used. BY this
! method the lifting beam replaces! the
Stufcniny beam across the top OF the
erecting frame. Means were inn
provised on the ground to attach the
the carriage, which has reduced the
time required to place the carriage
n position by approximately one-half
Attention has been invited By the
commanding officer Of the sth I. =.
worn by the enlisted personnel of
I the regiment&l headquarters cont
jany on the coat collar Is identical
to those ornaments worn by the en-
/ listed men Of the Sth Brigade head
quarters company. In order that two
such units within AN organization
nay be more easily distinguished.
the chief of infantry has recon-
mended that where men belonging to
, organizations wear the same nuneral,
the letter - In the case of divs
ION headquarters aud tn" letter "B''
n the ease OF brigade headquart-
RS he added to the number. This
recommendation has been forwarded
- the Guartersrltg ster-- general OF the
Army. and it is understood that speci-
| fcatonS for these ornaments Will BE-
modified i'll the very near future.
! This week orders were issued by
the War Department authorizing
eighteen National Guard officers to
attend the three months command
and general staff school course at
| Fort L.avenworth. kans.. which will
hesin March IS and e"nclud. June
-. The following officers will at
tend the course: Brig. Gems. Robert J.
Travis. Georgia; Willie NcD. Rowan,
Kansas; Coils. Heinrich a. Pick-rt.
Michigan: George r. HogobooIn. Mis-
sissippi: Lieut.. cols. Elmer q. Meyer,
4. i. Craighnl. Virginia: William =.
lake. Texas; Robert q. Douglas. Ne
braskn: Majs. Raymond II. Cheseldine.
Ohio: Reginald ". Buzzell. Vermont;
Neil y. snyder. Arkansas; :. II. Miller,
ir.. Virginia.; H. Calender. California;
Robert Olando Whiteaker. Texas;
Graham X. Hobbs. North Carolina;
John j. Byron, New York.
Lieut.. Col. Morton .. Mumma. cav
airy. who has served for several years
as executive officer OF the national
matches, was again designated to act
,, IL this capacity at the annual meet
l;ug OF the nationa! board for the
promotion of ririe practice which was
recently held In the Office of the as
sistant Secretary Of War in the War
Department. At the annual meeting
cf the board Of directors Of the
National Rifle Association, which was
held just few days ago, all OF the
old officers We're reelected. camp
Perry, Ohio, was again chosen as the
place for holding the 1924 shooting
classic. Due 10 the training activities
which will be going on at Camp
Perry. no definite date was fixed, but
the national matches VIII b. held.
il is understood, probably In Sep
terrber or October.
Considerable discussion was en- :
gagged in relative to the addition OF
new matches TO the program. \
rifle match. in which all contestants
F. would be required to wear gas
mask, which was suggested by Mai.
Il. F. Maddux. c. W. $. was added 10
the events on the 1924 program. as
was a competition in which the con
testants would use an automatic or
semi-automat!c rifle. For the latter
! event. Col. James a. Drain Will offer
a trophy. 1t is believed that a mum
Der of changes will be made which
will place a time limit ON the mem
b.rship of the national match teams
Authorization was also granted Tor
: holding a rifle team match among the
colleges.
NAVY.
Thirteen Navy and Marin" Corps