Evening star., 1925-10-18

Four enlisted men of the Guard have
made application to headquarters for
permission to take the preliminary eX'
amfnationS for appointment to west
Point as a cadet at the Military Acad
emy.' The local National Guard Is rep
resented in each of the present classes
at tho Academy with one of its former
members.
Applications have been received
from Corpl. Thomas \. McGaffin, Com
pany' Il, 121st Engineers, 30 5 street
northwest, Corp. G.. II. Bolton. Goth
Military Police Company. 945 X street
northwest; Pvt. Joseph l.. Thompson
Company c. 121st Engineers, 1907
Hamilton street northwest. and Pvt.
Robert IS. Iothrop, Headquarters and
Service Company, 121St Engineers
b915 Blair road northwest.
Tho local Guard has been author,
lied TO designate one candidate to take
the entrance examination for appoint.
ment to the United States Military
academy. Appointments TO the acad
envy available on July /, 1926. will be
awarded the qualified candidates in
she order of merit established at the
examination. which is competitive
among all National Guard candidates.
The candidate to be designated TO
take this entrance examination Will
he selected in II preliminary eXamlna-
lion TO be. conducted under the au-
spices Of the United States Civil Serv-
ice Commission al its examination
building, temporary building No. |,
Eighteenth and ID streets northwest,
this city, beginning at 9 o'clock am.
October "a. 1925. The scope Of this
examination will be as outlined in the
circular of the United States Civil
Service Commission on file in the Of
fees Of the commanding officers of
regiments and separate units and on
file i'll the adjutant generals office.
Enlisted men desiring to take this
preliminary examination are directed
to make formal written application ad-
dressed directly TO the adlutant gen
eral, National Guard of the District
Of Columbia. and forwarded TO this
office. Such applications must be re-
reived in that office before the day of
the examination. Pamphlets deScrib-
ing the scope of the written entrance
examination are on hand ana Will be
supplied on request.
To be eligible for appointment from
the National Guard an applicant must
lie an enlisted man of Il unit recog-
Hized by the Federal Government. He
must on the date of admission, July /,
1926, have served as an enlisted man
not less than one year. must be be-
tween the ag@s of 10 and %. and must
not be less than five feet four inches
in height. The age and service re-
quirements are statutory and cannot
he waived or modified, but it is not
essential that the service be continu-
Gus, so that former service in the
Guard may he counted in determining
an applicants eligibility. Similarly,
service with a National Guard organi-
Zation prior 10 its recognition by the
Federal Government may be consid-
cred, the date of enlistment of the sol
dier governing and not that of the
recognition of the unit. The require
ments for admission to the Military
Academy are fully set forth in a War
Department pamphlet, a supply of
which is on hand in the adjutant gen
erals office.
Company commanders and all other
commanding officers will give this or
der the greatest publicity and urge all
members of their commands to take
advantage Of the opportunity offered.
Realization of the importance of
good teeth in maintaining the health
Of a soldier, Maj. Gen. Stephan has
caused a memorandum to be sent to
col. John w. Oehmann, commanding
the 121st Regiment of Engineers, call
ing attention to the valuable service
to be rendered by a systematic inspec-
tion of teeth of the men, and suggest