Evening star., 1926-12-26

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Of this regiment, 1t was announced.
and was created by the transfer Of the
incumbent to the National Guard Re
serve. The examination will be held
January II next.
Lieut.. Col. Clay Anderson. U. S.
Army, recently commissioned In the
local engineer regiment, has been de
tailed by Col. Oehmann as investigat-
ing and surveying offlcer of the regi-
ment.
First Lieut.. George F. Harbin. plans
and training ofilcer of the 121st Regi-
ment Of Engineers. has Just laid down
for that organization training sched-
ule. with an objective to be reached by
the outfit by the time of the annual
inspections in March of next year.
The schedule covers the period from
December to March. A broad sched-
ule has been laid down for the regi-
ment, but with the stipulation that
the unit commanders must arrange
the details. However. they must be
arranged 80 as not to conflict with
orders for battalion work, and battal-
ION training tests. which are laid down
as follows: Companies A and d, first
Tuesday Of each month; Companies B
and e. second Tuesday Of Zach month.
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day Of each month.
All company inspections will be held
on the fourth Tuesday Of each month,
and at this inspection 1t is ordered
| that consideration be given to the
| soldiers neatness and appearance of
uniform, condition of rife, sidearms
and flrst.aid pack. The inspections
are to commence with the first drill
| Tuesday in January.
All company schedules must be sub
mitted to the battalion commanders
for their approval, and must contain
beside the subject, the time and place
| period is to be given over to infantry
instruction ard the second part to
| engineering work. Accurate records
must be kept and posted showing the
| training accomplishments Of the sep.
arAte units, as well as Of the individ
uals OF the command. The purpose of
this It Is explained, Is to foster the
| spirit of competition between the
| members Of each unit and between
the several units. with the hope of
| forcing progress.
All recruits, no matter in which
| company they enlisted, will be as
| unit, where they remain until qualified
to take their stations in the line with
| the veteran members Of the Guard
Officers are directed to submit to head
| quarters Immediately a list of recruits
when an off1cer will be assigned to
take charge Of the unit
The following specialist schools have
been ordered organized: Map sketch
| ing, Lieut.. William 1. Mushake of the
Headquarters and Service Company in
charge; drafting, Lieut.. George r
Harbin in charge; map reproduction
Master Sergt. Kaye in charge, and
carpentry. Master Sergt. Hunt in
| charge. To make these schools a sue.
cess. and to assure the maximum eff.
fectiveness, Col. Oehmann has directed
that company commanders give spe.
cial consideration to the choice of men
assigned to take the courses How.
ever, the final decision as to the fit
ness to continue the courses is placed
in the instructors In charge of the
| schools.
Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery
heads the list Of organizations this
week In the matter of attendance, &C.
cording to reports received at head
| quarters. This organization had a
percentage Of 76.92. The other organi
zattons, with their percentages and
In their relative order, follow: Com
pany c, 121st Engineers, @67.19: band
121st Engineers, 65.73; Company A
372d Infantry s0.32; Battery B
| 260th Coast Artillery, 5s74; Company
r, 121st Engineers, SALT: HeadQuar
ters and Service Company. 121st
Engineers, 1885; Company E, 121st
Engineers. 1881: Company D, 121st
Engineers, 1891: Headquarters De
| tachment, 29th Division, 45.7a: Head.
| n ia t.tM Oh
goth Division, $3.50: Company B, 121st
Engineers. $3.50; Company A, 121st
Engineers. 1884; 29th Military Police
Company, $500, and Medical Detach.
| ment, 1000.
Oficers expressed themselves as
dissatisfied lately with the attendance
being shown by many Of the units
composing the local guard, and feel
| strongly that much Of the blame
| rests on the commissioned personnel,
because they do not take proper steps
to get the men down to drill. Some
of the individual reports received
show that less than Is per cent of
the men on the rolls are present, and
| this is not an exception. 1t was
pointed out that the officers do not
take the proper steps to interest the
men In the organization. II a man
stays away once, nothing is done
about 1t. and he gets the habit of
remaining away, instead Of the habit
Of attending drills. Many Of the en-.
listed men. the belief was expressed.
stay away through habit, rather than
through lack of interest. and It
needs only a little work to stir them
up. This may be done by making the
drills attractive, and doing things
which will make the men want to
come to drills because of some little
recreation that may be provided I'm
the company quarters afterward.
There 10 one known instance that
comes to light OF a company COM
mander who always had a large drill
attendance. because he had something
for the mon after the drill, and he
looked after their interests in other
ways. When he was relieved of the
command, the practice was stopped
and the attendance has fallen off
noticeably. which leads to the strong
conviction that it was these little
things that kept up the attendance.
Under the local law men who stay
away from regular drills without per-
taken before q summary court-mar.
tial and be fined or sent to the Dis
trict Jail to work out the fine. How.
ever, this In not being urged, but may
have to be resorted to-. The Coast
Artillery has followed this practice
and 1t has brought noticeable results,
after few men were convicted and
had to pay their fines to the United
States marshal.
Killing Two Birds. :.
From the London Answers Magazine.