Evening star., 1925-09-06

IuHlDla Is DeSll.HS 10 assume Seii-
Gus proportions, and efforts will be
| made to make adequate provision for
the local citizen troops as soon as
possible so that they will not find
themselves out. in the street. The
121st Regiment of Engineers. which
just returned from its two weeks
period of encampment, is literally out
in the street now. so far as a drill
hall is concerned, for Convention
Hall, which 1t formerly used, now is
being fitted out for other purposes.
The lease on the armory building
at 472 l. street northwest, now occu-
pied by the brigade headquarters,
121st Regiment of Engineers, 29th
Military Police Company. and used
as storage Place for the motor
transport of the engineer regiment,
expires June 80 next and Guard of
ficials say the building is to be re-
modelled for storage purposes, and
the Guard will not be allowed to re-
main longer.
Suitable buildings for the use of
the National Guard in its training are
hard to find at this time in the Dis
trict, and, when available the price
is usually prohibitive. Officials of the
guard have been combing the city in
an effort to find a structure. and have
obtained the aid of the public build
ings and parks office.
Plans are also being drawn for an
armory with a view to instituting ne
gotiations for obtaining a building in
connection with the proposed central
bus terminal here. However. there is
portion of people in the Guard who
believe that such negotiations, which
would, of course, involve lease for
a term of years, might hurt the ef-
forts of the Guard to obtain an ap-
preparation for a permanent armory
for the local citizen soldiers.
AS soon as Congress conVenes the
efforts will he renewed TO have that
body make some provisions for a per
manent armory. thus bringing to
head a fight that has been waged un-
ceasingly for a long period of years
1t is pointed out that the Guard of.
fiCials are not insistent on an elabo-
rate building for the use of the troops
but, they rather lean toward one of
utility. Special plans would have to
be made for the structure, because
| training rooms and spaces would
have to be provided to fit the peculiar
training which the local troops must
have.
Col John w. Oehmann. command
ing the 121St Regiment of Engineers
Soiu lIldl ldNOTS IL separate drInOfN
for each organization rather than
large armory to house all units The
work of the engineers requires a pc
culiar training, such as building
bridges and other structures and the
erection of breastworks, and there
fore special provision would have to
be made in a building for them
Large storage space on the ground
floor also would be required for the
motor transport equipment, consist
ing of heavy and light trucks, motor
cycles, passenger cars, tool wagons,
etc.
The local Guard has been forced
for many years to put up with make
shift armory facilities and has never
had permanent home of it's own,
and its officers are determined to push
the fight with full vigor at the COM
ing session of Congress with a view
to impressing the legislators with the
fact that the time is now ripe for Civ
ing the troops of the National Capital
an armory befitting their dignity
Capt. P. G. hewitt, adjutant of the
18th National Guard Division, has
gone to Camp Perry, Ohio, where he
will remain with the National Guard
rife team until the end of the ma
tional matches being held there.
There was a shake in the enlisted
personnel Of the 29th Military Police
Company upon its return from camp,
according to Lieut.. Raymond NJ. Peak
commanding. The on-commissioned
personnel was changed somewhat, and
the organization is being placed on a
firm footing with a view to taking to
camp next year one of the finest out
fits of the division.
Top Sergt. Ralph BARLEY, at his
own request, has been recommended
for reduction to private and trans
ferred to the Headquarters and Serv-
ice Company of the 121st Regiment of
Engineers.
Sergt. John f. Colbert has been
recommended for promotion to top
sergeant, and Corpi. Charles F. Byrne
has been named for promotion to
sergeant to fill the vacancy made by
the promotion of Sergt. Colby.
Pvts. first class Paul Fako and
Carl A. King have been recommend
ed for promotion to corDorals.
Corpls. Earl F. Fisher and Herbert
NJ. Kelser have been reduced to pri-
Yates at their own request, because
of the fact that they are to attend
school and will not be able to give
their full time to their military duties.
Pvt. Joseph r. Tennyson also has
been recommended for promotion to
corporal.
Corpl. Earl F. Fisher has announced
that he has been selected to take the
examination for entrance to the
United States Naval Academy at An
napolis.
The company club of the 29th Mill
tary Police Company is raising Il fund
with which to fit out its quarters and
make it an attractive clubroom for
the members to use while off duty.
The first equipment to be purchased
will be a phonograph.
Lieut. Evans has been assigned to
command Company E, 121st Engi-
neers, in the absence of Capt. Clarence
Shields, who is at Camp Perry, Ohio,
as coach of the team representing the
National Guard of the District of CO.
lumbia at the national matches.
Capt. Clay Anderson, L. S. Army
Engineer Corps. is the new instruc-
lieved Lieut.. II. H. Pohl at the con-
clusion of the encampment. Lieut..
Pohl has been assigned to duty at
Fort Humphreys, Va.
Despite the fact that they had just
returned from two weeks OF intensive
training in the field, the Engineers
turned out an exceptionally large at
tendance at their drill last Tuesday
night, according to Lieut.. Col. Harry
E. Gladman, executive officer. The
schools have not yet been organized
for the ensuing armory training year,
and the regiment was sent out on its
drill field in New York avenue for
close order drill.
The 260th Coast Artillery returned
from it's encampment at Fort Monroe,
Va last Monday morning, having