Evening star., 1926-11-07

pany and the Headquarters and Serv.
ice Company. the latter of the
Engineer Regiment. have been COM
pleted by Capt. Clay Anderson. the
instructor. Capt. Anderson stated
tories under the new system, which
will give the War Department, when
completed. a cross-section view Of
Just what the National Guard has,
without the tedious duty Of taking
all the individual reports and re-
capitulating them.
Under the new system, each regi-
ment will make its own summary, the
brigade will make the general sum-
mary for all units of which 1t is
composed, the Corps Area will make
a summary for all States within its
area. and these will be recapitulated
when they reach the War Depart
ment. Heretofore, when only the in
dividual reports were sent out, 1t re-
Quired a large clerical force to do the
work. with the result that when 1t
was completed 1t was almost time
for a new inventory. Besides, the
lack Of clerical help in the department
has put the work several years be-
hind, but 1t Is hoped that this will be
corrected by the new system.
Mai. Louis c. Brinton, jr., Regular
Army instructor assigned to the 260th
Coast Artillery of the local Guard,
and chief instructor of the 29th Ma
granted six weeks leave of absence.
First Lieut.. Daniel B. Lloyd, for
v,on nd nf tho HAa adn,1o vic
Special troops of the 29th Division.
with headquarters here. has been
ordered transferred to the National
Guard Reserve. He has accepted a
position as assistant instructor in
the College of Engineering at the
University of Illinois. He did not
want to. sever his connection with
the local Guard by resigning, he
explained, as he expects to be back
in Washington during the Summer
months. when he desires to resume
his military activities. But in view
of the fact that he was in command
Of a unit, he did not think it desir
able to retain an active status. The
brigade headquarters has approved
this.
I'm passing from active duty In the
District National Guard" Lieut..
Lloyd wrote to Gen. Stephan, Il
cannot refrain from expressing un-
reservedly the regret with which I
sever and the high esteem in which
I hold my associations and acquain-
tances there; and l can say with all
sincerity that the passage Of over
will ever live in my memory
as both a valuable experience and
A pleasure"
The oldest living veteran of the
local Guard, so far as at present
known, has apparently been located
by Lieut.. Col. Peyton G. hewitt, adju-
tant of the 29th National Guard Divi
sion, with headquarters here. He is
Capt. F. w. Langley of Norfolk, Va,
who informed Col. hewitt that he en-
listed in the local National Guard in
1858 for five years service.
Col Nevitt met him by chance on
steamer on recent trip from Nor
folk. where he had gone on 29th Divi-
sion business. and he is now seek
ing him for aid in compiling a history
of the local Guard.
We are endeavoring to prepare a
history of the National Guard of the
District of Columbia from the time of
its orga nization, in 1902" Col. hewitt
informed Capt. Langley IN letter,
but find that records prior to 1889
are very meager.
Il will deeply appreciate it if, at
your convenience. you could draft a
history of the organization as you
know it. with names of organizations,
of officers, names of command
ing generals, etc, during your service
in the National Guard prior to and
during the Civil War"
First Lieut.. Walter A. knight has
been ordered to appear before an
examining board, of which Col. John
w. Oehnlann is president. on Decem-
Der to determine his qualifications
for promotion to the grade of captain
of Engineers
The examination to be held for the
Of an eligible list for
in the Infantry branch
has been opened to all enlisted per-
sonnel in the Infantry branch of the
local Guard, which includes the Head
quarters 29th Division Detachment
and the 18th Military Police Com
pany, 1t was announced at brigade
headquarters. Applicants must have
served six months as enlisted men
prior to the date of examination. eN
cept that personnel extended recogni-
ton with the Headquarters Detach-
ment, 18th Division, on July q, 1926,
Is eligible, regardless Of length OF
1t was pointed out that enlisted
personnel in other branches of the To-
cal Guard who desire to try for a
in the Infantry branches
may transfer prior to the date of
and their length OF serV-
Ice in the other units will be counted.
A general Improvement in the drill
last week is indicated in
the recapitulated report OF at
tendance issued by brigrade head
quarters. Battery A, 26Oth Coast Artii-
ery, heads the list with a percentage
# attendance of 1855, while the other
in their relative ordei
and percentages follows: Company c,
l21st Engineers, 1886; Battery B,
960th Coast Artillery, 63.25; Head