Evening star., 1926-09-12

Lieut.. Samuel w. -
Marsh. who came
up from the ranks,
was among those X$s sSM
who received COM
missions. He has I,.rt- w. Marsh.
been assigned to
Company D. The others were Sec
ond Lieut. Joseph Francis Fitzgerald
assigned to Company c; First Lieut..
Thaddeus Ambrose Riley, who goes
to Company E; Capt. Claude Bur
lingame, VINO assumes command OF
the 29th Military Police Company,
29th Division Special Troops; Capt.
George Wesley Johns, who becomes
commanding officer Of Company r,
and Capt William Elmer Buechler,
| who goes to command Company A.
Orders have been issued by Guard
headquarters outlining the oates for
wearing the woolen and cotton uni.
forms. 1t Is prescribed that the
woolen uniform shall be worn between
October 1 and May Is and the cotton
uniform between May 16 and Septen1-
Der 30. Preparations now are being
made to recall the cotton uniforms
which were worn by the troops during
their encampment. and these will be
stored in the general storehouse after
they 30 through the cleaning process,
and the WOODEN uniforms are being
prepared for issue.
Officers at brigade headquarters
have indicated their pleasure at the
fine report received by the 260th Coast
Artillery, Maj Walter w. Burns COM
manding. on the work and duty per
formed at the recent training camp
at Fort Monroe. Va. The report
made by Maj. Roger B. Cotton, L. S.
Army. particularly commends the in
dividuals and the regiment for the fol-
lowing: Suitability Of training sched-
ule. execution Of training, execution
Of target practice, military bearing
and department. morale. police, rec.
ords and reports, medical require
ments, range section battery drill and
service practice.
He gave a general rating Of very
satisfactory" to both Batteries A and
B. which compose the local regiment.
but adds specifically that the gun sec
tions had not been sufficiently drilled.
and says that there was some delay
in training at the beginning of the
camp. He adds, however. that this
could Be obv1ated by sending larger
advance party for longer period
ahead Of the main body Of troops.
These could make preparations so
that the entire unit would not be de
layed in any way when they arrive.
He says that they did obtain the train
ing objective which they established.
The Importance of sending dele
gate to represent the local Guard at
i the annual meeting of the Associa.
ton Of Military Surgeons Of the
United States, to be held in Philadel-
phia October IA, Is and is, has been
called to the attention of the local
orga MIA ton in a letter from Maj. Gen.
Greed c. Hammond, chief OF the Mi
litia Bureau of the War Department.
Aside from it's Importance to the
service medical personnel, Gen. Ham
mond points out that this years pro-
gram will be particularly attractive,
since the meeting is at Philadelphia,
where the Sesquicentennfal Exposition
Is in progress, and one session will be
held in the "Sesqui" grounds and at
the League Island Navy Yard. He
expresses the earnest hope that the
local Guard will be represented
Capt. s. NJ. Grayson. medical officer
of the 2s0th Coast Artillery. now Is
taking a service course at the Army
Medical School at Carlisle Barracks,
Pa, which will be concluded in time
for him to so to Philadelphia. Guard
officials announced that they proposed
to have Capt. Grayson proceed to
Philadelphia for the convention, and
had written to Capt. Grayson to as
certain whether it would be possible
for him to attend.
Officers assigned to the administra.
tive staff Of the local Guard will be
required this year to put In drill time
by taking the military correspondence
courses prescribed for their respective
branches Of the service. according to
orders just issued at brigade head
quarters. These officers have been in
structed to confer with Maj. Louis C.
Brinton. jr.. the senior instructor. for
the purpose of selecting the courses
which they will take. These officers
will be given credit for armory drill
attendance at the rate one drill for
one and one.half hours Of work com
pleted.
Guard officers point out that these
courses are most valuable to STAFF Of
fcers by keeping them up with the
military practice. and permits then,
to perform their duty at their Offices
; or homes. Otherwise they would be
required to put in an appearance at
the armory each drill night and put
in time on duty less valuable than
that performed by taking the study
courses and working out the problems
| DfeSCFlDeu III LISH1
Several Of the units Of the Guard
appear to be having some difficulty In
keeping their units up to the strength
required by the War Department, both
for pay purposes during the armory
drill period and for the purposes OF
allowing unit to take part in the
annual encampment. Before the last
encampment there was considerable
Juggling of names Of enlisted men or
paper so that all the units could &c
to camp, and now there Is more of il
to permit the units to function in ac
cordance with War Department regu
lations. The latest move is to trans
fer men from the active Guard to the
Reserve and vice versa.
Officers of the Guard explain that
there are many men who cannot at
tend armory drills during the year
but who want to 60 to camp. These
are kept in the Reserve during the
wear so as not to count as absentees
against the unit and when time comes
for the camp they are transferred to
the active list. On the other hand
there are men who can attend ar.
mory drills but cannot 90 to camp
These latter then are transferred pre-.
vious TO the encampment to the Re-
serve. so that the required strengths
will show on paper. Companies OF
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