Evening star., 1925-12-27
District National Guard

associated with the local citizen sol
diery.
First Lieut.. John +. Shepherd. Bat
terv A, 260th Field Artillery. has ten
dered his resignation as an ofhcer be
calIse Of the pressure of business af-
fairs. il was announced at headquar-
ters where L was said that the paper
would be warded Ia the War De
partment with a recommendatio ton that
II he accepted.
Serg;. John l.. Bradford. 26oth
'oast Artillery. has been rec commended
by Mai. Walter w. Burns. comma nd
ing the organization. for promotion
over the grade of second lieutenant
TO that of first lieutenant to fill the
vacancy to he created by the resisra-
ton Of Lieut.. Shepherd. 1t was said
at headquarters that the reason for
recommending this jump of one
grade was made in view of the fact
that SerGt. Bradford had organized
and enlisted IN the Coast Artillery
enough men To form Battery {. hut
when the men had been obtained and
everything made in readiness by The
local militia for the muster into Fed
eral service the War Department re
fused to recognize another battery
here. At that time Sergt. Bradford
was slated to command the new bat
terry. with the rank of captain. Ii was
intimated at headquarters that favor
able action may he taken on the rec
ommenda tion for this promotion.
Pvts John G. Brightman. John NJ
Csssell and Phillip r. Claeett. Com
pany A. l21st Engineers. have been
ordered honorably discharged on ac
count of removal from the District OF
Columbia. Pvt. John J. RYAN. Com
panv r. 12lst Engineers. has been
orc ID honorably discharged to per-
nit him 10 enlist in the United STATES
Coast Guard.
The following order for the annual
armory inspections by officers detailed
by the War Department to determine
the field efficiency of the local outfit
was issued Yesterday:
The annual armory inspections of
orga MIA tionS of the National Qua rd
of the District of Columbia will be
made a. the armories of the respective
units on the dates and times Speci-
fled below:
Administrative staff, $50 pm.
March Ii; Headquarters. 29th Division.
$50 pm. March IL: 2ath Military
Police Company, $40 pm. March Il:
Headquarters. 12lst Engineers. $50
pm. March Is: Headquarters and
Service Company, 121st Engineers. II
a M. March 21; Medical Detachment
l2lst Engineers. $50 pm. March Is:
Company 4, l21st Engineers. $40 pm.
March IS: Company r. 121st En-
gIneers, $50 pm. March 19: Company
G. l21st Engineers. $50 pm. March
%: Company j. 121st Engineers. $50
pm, March -: Company f. l2lst
Engineers. $50 pm. March %: Com
pany F. 121st Engineers. $50 pm.
March IS: Headquarters. 260th Goa 81
Artillery. $50 pm. March "a: Battery
a. 2soth Coast Artillery. $40 pm,
March "A; Battery B. 260th Coast Ar.
tillery. $50 pm. March 25. and Com.
pany a. 312d Infa antry (former st Sep
arate Battalion). $50 pm. March %.
uniform: Service. under arms. with
equipment as required by the in.
spector
Records and United States property
IN possession of orga nizations will be
inspected AT 10 am. on the dates set
Tor the inspection of the unit con.
Cerned
Information and data required by
the inspector, as shown BY the Ia st
/.
pared prior 10 the inspection and sub
mltted to the inspector when called
for.
The annual inspection is test of
armory instruction OF orga nizations in
order that the War Department may
have exact information as to the stat e
OF discipline and training of each or.
ganiZation, and whether OF not the
organization, its arms. equipment and
lai,
cordan nee with regulations and are in
condition for military service. Also
that the records and adminstra tive
papers of organiza tions are being kept
IN proper manner
1t ls important that every facility
TO expedite complete inspection of
personnel, equipment and records he
aHorded the inspector by orea MIA ton
comma nders. All property must be
IN storerooms and lockers az required
by standing, orders. Complete at.
tendance of personnel is required.
All members of the comma nd
should realize the necessity for neat,
ness OF appeara nee, proper wearing Of
equipment, steadiness in ranks
promptness and orderlness of forma
ton and attentiveness to command
The attention of al! concerned is
called TO article NIL. paragraph 5l6.
National Guard Regula tions.
'Orsa nization comma nders will as.
sure themselves that all deficiencies
noted at previous annual inspections
OF the orga MIA ton have been correct
ed, and are directed to make every
effort to prevent the notatio of like
denclencleS at the coming inspection
Government employees will be given
certlhcates covering the service per
formed in complia nee with this order.
Unit comma nders are authorized
TO suspend drills of their orga MIA
tlonS during the period March Is to
%, inclusive, as may be deemed ad-
visahle by them
The Medical Detachment. 12lst Ensi-
neers. Maj. George J. Allen. comma nd
ing, heads the list of organiza tions in
percentage of attendance AT drill last
week. with rating of 1922. The
other orga ganiZations. in the order. and
their percentages follow: Band. 121st
Engineers, 62.85: Company {. l21st
Engineers, oS.06: Battery B. 260th
Coast Artillery, 57.Sl; Battery A. 26Oth
Coast Artillery. 53.3s: Company A
372d Infantry. 51.35: Company A. 12Isi
Engineers, 4S.4S: Company r. l2lst
Engineers. 47.76; Company F.. 121st
Engineers, 46.15; Company d, l2lst
Engineers. 1858: Hea douarters and
Service Company. 121st Engineers.
39.41, and Company b, l2Ist Engi-
neers, 3934
Naval Reserve.
Review of the work of the United
States Naval Reserve during the la st