Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-26
District National Guard

officers and men: Capt. j. c. Jensen
Ordnance Department, team captain
| Capt. Clarence S. Shields, command
| ing Company f. 121st Engineers
First Lieut.. Thaddeus A. Riley, Com
| pany E, 121st Engineers; First Lieut.
E. A. Mcmahon, 121st Engineers
Staff Sergt. A. J. Thill, Ordnance De
partment; Technical Sergt. Frank 3
| Kaye, Headquarters and Service Com
pany, 121st Engineers; Sergt. j. w
Crockett, 260th Coast Artillery: Corp
J. r. Barry. Company f. 121st En-
| gineers: Corp G. E. Votava, Company
, z, 121st Engineers. and Pvt. w. r.
| Stokes, Medical Detachment, 121st
| Engineers.
The team will return TO washing
| ton tomorrow morning. when 1t VIII
make preparations for participation
in the local matches in November.
The question of whether a non-com-
missioned officer appointed when
unit was at It's proper strength can
be. reappointed when the strength OF
the command has fallen below require
ment has been raised with the Militia
Bureau of the War Department by
Mai. Gen. Anton Stephan, command
ing the local Guard, in a letter.
He calls attention to the new regu-
lation. which reads: SHOULD the COM
pany become reduced in strength nom
commissioned officers. privates, hrst-
class and rated specialists will not be
reduced solely because of such reduc.
ton. but no appointment or assign
ment will be made in any grade or
rating except to fill vacancies among
the non.commissioned officers and
rated specialists authorized for the
actual strength of the organization at
the time the appointment or assign
ment is to be made" And then he
cites the following situation which has
presented itself to the local Guard:
Recently cases have arisen where
the term of service of a non'comm1s'
stoned officer expired while the COM
pany was at a. reduced strength. such
as would not entitle them to the APP
pointment of a non-coWmissioned or
ficer of that grade: however. the war
rant of the non-commissioned officer
in question was continued upon re-
enlistment. which Immediately fol-
lowed discharge.
Information is requested as to
whether or not the commanding officer
is authorized to continue in force the
warrant of the non commissioned Of
ficer concerned and whether or not a
non commissioned officer whose ap-
pointment is continued under such
warrant is entitled to the pay of his
grade where otherwise authorized.
Another question of pay which has
, been submitted to the Militia Bureau
by Gen. Stephan is whether or not the
officers and men of the rifle team of
the local Guard which went to Sea-
girt for the rife matches may be
counted as present at drills and as
semblies of their respective units dur
ing the period of the matches, so as to
entitle them to armory drill pay for
this period. If this question is an
swered in the negative. Gen. Stephan
asks if they may be counted as pres
ent in figuring the percentage re-
quired for pay for company officers.
The War Department is informed that
had these matches been held as ma
tional matches that the presence of
the men would have been counted for
| the purposes of pay Of company Of
ficers.
The rules for the competition for
appointment to the United States
Military Academy from the local Ma.
tional Guard have been published. The
notice states that the local Guard has
been Sauthorized to designate one cam
didate to take the entrance examina-
ton for appointment. appointments
to the Military Academy available on
July l, 1927, will be awarded to the
qualified candidates in the order of
merit established at this examination.
which is competitive among all Ma
Honal Guard candidates.
The candidate to be designated to
take this entrance examination will be
selected in a preliminary examination
to be conducted under the auspices
of the United States Civil Service
Commission at Eighteenth and d
streets, this city. beginning at 9
o'clock on the morning of October 90,
1925. The scope of this examination
will be as outlined in the circular of
the United States Civil Service Com
mission sent to unit commanders Of
the Guard.
Enlisted men desiring to take this
examination will make a formal writ
ten application to the adjutant gen.
eral, National Guard of the District Of
Columbia. Such applications must be
received at the headquarters, it was
announced, not later than Saturday,
October 9, 1925. Pamphlets describing
the scope of the written entrance ex-
animation are on hand and will be
supplied to candidates upon request to
headquarters.
To be eligible for appointment from
the National Guard. it. is further an
nounced.. an applicant must be an
enlisted man of a unit recognized by
the Federal Government. He must,
on the date of admission. July l. 1927,
have served as an enlisted man not
less than one year. must be between
the ages Of 10 and e years. and must
be not less than five feet four inches
In height. The age and service re.
uuirements are statutory and cannot
be waived or modified. but it is not