Evening star., 1925-10-11
National Guard

| ! feel that Gen. Lord received my
request with favor and trust that he
will be able to make the desired rec
| concentrations.
II believe that the Commissioners
of the District can very ably assist 1r
securing Gen. Lords approval of the
project by indorsing it to him either
in writing or in person at this time
and I will highly appreciate 1t II the
Commissioners will do this.
''The matter of an armory for the
National Guard Is becoming more vital
every day. have been informed by
the owners of the building occupied
at the present time that we must va.
cate the premises on June 80 next
A survey Of the buildings OF the city
which are available, by my Office and
Col. Sherrills office does not show
any suitable quarters available for
our use.
THE assistance of yourself and your
associates on the Board of Commits
sioners is needed and feel confident
that with your support the project
for erecting a National Guard armory
In the District of Clumbia win receive
favorable consideration"
The majority Of officers of units of
the present standing collar on the uni
forms, as against the proposed roll
collar. The War Department now is
engaged in taking a census of Guard
organizations to get the opinion 81
officers of this branch of the service
on the proposal to change the uni.
form.
Should the War Department decide
to organize additional units of the
National Guard in the near future, the
District Guard has requested that it
be allowed to establish the following
organizations: Twenty ninth Division
Headquarters Detachment; Headuuar-
ters, Special Troops. Twenty ninth Di-
vision, and another battery of Coast
Artillery
1t Is recommended that the Goth Di.
vision Headquarters Detachment
especially be authorized in order that
the training Of this detachment may
progress with that of the members Of
the 29th Division staff.
The division headquarters detach-
ment Is composed Of IL warrant Off.
GERS and So enlisted men. assigned to
various staff sections. The special
troops consist of a signal company,
light tank company, ordnance COM
pany, service company and military
police, and consists Of one lieutenant
colonel or major, two captains or first
neutenants and eight enlisted men.
In view Of the limitation Of strength
put on the National Guard by the ap-
propriatlons. IT is not known at this
time whether the War Department
will authorize any OF these organiza-
tions to be formed, but the District
officials decided to at least put in an
application for them so that it would
be on file in the event that the de-
partment decided to allot more troops.
The following named enlisted men
of Battery 3, 260th Coast Artillery,
have been ordered honorably dis
charged on account Of removal from
the District Of Columbia: Sergt. John
B. De Spears, Pvts. j. Ray Lar
comb, Frederick c. Shelton and Ar
thur 7. Temple.
The band Of the l21st Engineers
again heads the list this week in at
tendance at drills, with a percentage
Of 74.38. The other percentages, in
the order OF strength. follow: Medical
Detachment. 121st Engineers. 6S.1S;
Company c. 121st Engineers, 56.06;
Company A, 1st Separate Battalion.
Infantry. 52.70; Company F.. 121st En-.
gineers. 52.05; Headquarters and Serv-
ice Company, 5000; Company E. 121st
Engtneers. 1925: 18th Military Police