Evening star., 1926-03-07
District National Guard

neers, 1856: Company F, 121st Engi-
neers. 47.06: Company A, 372nd In
fantry, 44.29; Company d, l21st En-
| gineers 1920 and 29th Military Po-
| lice Company, 1855.
Brig. Gen. j. Clifford r. Foster. Ma
tional Guard Of Florida. president of
the National Guard Associa ton of the
United States. together with several
members of the executive council of
the association. have been spending
considerable time with the Militia Bu-
reau here taking the initial steps in
irving to make effective the various
recommendations Of the association as
expressed in the resolutions adopted
at st. Augustine. during the recent
annual convention.
AS result of the conferences which
the chief of the Militia Bureau. Gen.
Foster reports to local Guard head,
quarters. the head of the bureau has
agreed to have prepared in the bureau
drafts of amendments of existing law
so as to put into effect the following
recommendations of the association:
Provision for the commissioning OF
one caretaker for each Air Squadron.
To authorize attendance OF band
leaders at Army Music Schools.
These proposals. he says, will he
submitted LOT leSlSIdI i've 3ttltH ny lIle
War Department. but will. Of course,
be followed up by the association.
The chief of the Militia Bureau. he
also reports. further agreed to initiate
changes in existing National Guard
regulations dealing with the following
matters:
Hospital treatment for officers. war
rant officers and enlisted men; reCula-
tions to he amended to authorize the
transfer of injured officers or soldiers
from one civilian hospital to another.
This is to permit the transfer of in
iured to hospitals at or near their
home stations as soon as they are able
to travel. However. it is to he pro-
vided that expenses of injured cannot
or should not be paid unless they re-
main under military or medical SUI
pervisinn. Militia Bureau will Issue
a circular with more detailed infOrma-
tion and instructions.
Extension Of application of provi-
sion of Section 1853 National Guard
Regulations: The National Guard reg
ulations to he 50 amended as to extend
the provision of section 163 to include
staffS of regiments where the CompO-
nent units are divided between two or
more States.
The resolutions bearing upon the
following matters were left with the
Militia Bureau for further considera
ton. and those matters will be taken
Up again al an early date: dropping al
lowance: regulations governing con
tracing officers and promotion to the
grades Of general officers.
The dropping allowance is Of COnsid
erable importance to officers or the
Guard charged with the custody of
property Every organization almost
4i1o, ND bi-
is to he a set allowance for each unit
covering the amount Of property
which may he dropped. for which the
officer charged with its custody will
not have to pay. 1t was pointed out
that the uniforms and equipment are
loaned 10 the men. and there are occa-
SONS for instance. when mon leave
the Jurisdiction on other employment
or for other reasons. and neglect to
turn in all their property. There is
no way. except at great expense, by
which the officers could follow up the
matter and obtain the property. But
row they have to make good the
losses. This is declared to he unfair to
the Guard officers. because even with
the exercise Of due diligence property
losses occur in such instances. 1he
individual losses are quite small. but
in the aggregate they may he large,
and the purpose of the dropping allow
ance provision is to set a limit to be
allowed the custodian for losses under
such circumstances.
The following action has been taken
in the case of other resolutions
| adopted hysthe association:
The resolutions commentators of
the services of Coils. Williams and
Scherer have been presented TO the
Secretary of War.
Rental allowance: Upon investiga-
ton it is found that no legislation has
as vet been proposed that will deny
payment of rental allowance to
National Guard officers. The reso-
luton has. however, been brought to
the attention of the War Department.
Extending period for which National