Evening star., 1926-10-10
The Engineer officers held get
together banquet at the Beaver Dam
Country Club the night Of October 2.

Inc ENGINEER OIllCcIS q SCk-
together banquet at the Beaver Dam
An invitation has been received
from the 1O4th Engineers, at Camden,
n. j.. inviting local Guard officers to
attend a banquet to be given there
on Columbus day, October IL. An
attempt Is being made to get as many
former members Of the 29th Division
there as possible. This organization
was formerly a part of the present
Goth Division, Of which the local Guard
is a part. The invitation came from
George F. Seybold, president Of the
104th Engineers Association, and
Gen. Lloyd NJ. Brett. adjutant general
Of the local Militia. wrote thanking
him for the invitation and expressed
the hope that some of the local Guard
officers would be present.
The mere obtaining of shoulder bars
by commissioned personnel or chew
rons by the n-commissioned enlisted
personnel does not mean the attain
ment Of a goal which permits the
wearer to set back and take things
easy, but 1t means the assumption OF
a greater responsibility to make the
military machine more perfect in COM
bat. Maj. Gen. Stephan, in substance,
will inform the Guard in general
order to be published to all units and
commands at the next drill assembly.
In it he lays down broad responsible
ties which he expects from every Off.
Ger and non-commissioned officer,
destined to make the local Guard the
best in the country, and strict COM
pliance with it Is to be insisted upon
to the extent that those found want
ing must step aside in favor of those
willing to work to retain the bars or
chevrons which they have won.
1.-The attention Of members Of this
command is called to additional duties
and obligations which the acceptance
Of commissioned or non-coInElls-
stoned grade entails over and above
those which should reasonably be eX-
pected from one who Is not in the
commissioned or non commissioned
grade" reads the general order.
Results Is the only unit Of meas
urement which can be used in ascer-
tanning the efficient and the ineffi.
cient, those interested and those not
Interested. those qualified to hold
their present grades and those not so
qualified, and to place the National
Guard Of the Distric. Of Columbia on
a proper footing SO that not an officer
or an enlisted man Will be ulSqualned
because Of ineff1ctency upon entrance
upon an active status.
1.-The commanding general looks to
the regimental, separate battalion and
other separate unit commanders for
efficient results in all activities in
which the organization concerned is
engaged, whether 1t be target prac-
tice. armory drills. field encampments.
instruction, care and preservation of
property or like matters. These com
manding officers must look to their
subordinates and the commanding Off
GERS of units under their command
for efficient results in similar way.
and so on down the military chain
through the battalion commanded by
the major, the company commanded
by the captain. the platoon com
mended by the lieutenant. the section
commanded by the sergeant and the
squad commanded by the corporal.
Each subordinate unit must be eff
cient in order that the unit Of which
1t is a part may likewise be efficient.
Each officer and non-commissioned
officer must realize that by his promo
ton to the commissioned or non-com-
missioned grade additional RESPONSE
bilities are placed on him, and that