Evening star., 1925-04-26

Reapportionment of the funds for
| armory drill pay for the National
Guard has given the National Guard
crease in the allotment given it by
| the War Department in the early
part of the current fiscal year of
more than $1,000. This will permit
| those units of the local citizens sol
dier force which were nearly up, to
the 4s-drill limit originally prescribed
by the President to have at least
one drill a week during the remaining
II drill periods of the fiscal year.
Officers and men of the Guard are
quite we'll pleased with the decision
Otherwise, many. of the units would
have had to perform weekly drills
without pay. The restriction now
placed on the use of the fund by
the War Department is a limit of
60 drills year by each unit.
While the deficiency fund of ST.
332 900, which was a bone of con-
tention. has been released so that
every unit may carry on for the re-
mainder of the year at the rate of
one drill week, nevertheless, the
War Department instructions say
that n saving of 100000 will made
The District of Columbia was al
lowed s40.314.4S at the beginning of
the fiscal year, but the new appor-
tionment gives it $47,741.51. The
War Departments Instructions for
its expenditure are as follows:
THAT no commitment will be made
by any State, Territory or the Dis
trict of Columbia of any sums which
together with payments or other
commitments already made, will be
in excess of the total sum alIowe
such State, Territory or the District
for the fiscal year 1925
That no rolls will he presented
for payment of armory drills in ex-
cess of one per week in any unit
during the remainedr of the fiscal
year 1925.
That no unit will be paid for more
than 90 drills during the current
fiscal year"
The instructions further state that
the apportionment stated represents
the total sum of money which will be
available for the payment of armory
drill pay, Including administrative
function pay. for all officers. warrant
ofhcers and enlisted men of the Ma
tional Guard of the District of Co.
lumbia during the entire fiscal year
1879 You are requested to so ar
range the attendance at armory drills
or the number of such drills as will
insure the carrying out OF all condi-
tions imposed by paragraph one of
this letter to the end that the ap-
portionment cited will not be ex-
ceeded."
Limitation on the strength of the
several units composing the National
Guard Of the District of Columbia was
promptly placed by Maj. Gen. Anton
Stephan. commanding the District of
Columbia militia, SO that the local
organization can be kept well within
the funds. 1t was deemed advisable
TO place restriction on each unit, IL
was explained, so that one organiza-
ton could not recruit up TO full
strength Immediately and then later
in the Spring another organization
attempt to bring it's command up. and
find that funds would not be available
The effort is being made now to so
equalize the units that none will
get an advantage over the other.
However, while the strength is
oased on a particular number of men
of each company, it was pointed out
that where a command is made .rp of
several companies, it would be per
mitted for the comma anding- officer 20
multiply the limit of each. company
by the total number of units to get
the total strength of the command
and then 1t would be possible for some
companies to have more than others.
But in no instance was the limit To