Evening star., 1926-06-13
District National Guard

NdtioIdl GudTQ OF tne DlstTlct ol
Columbia must vacate it's presen,
armory at Az L street and officials
are becoming much concerned. par
ticularly in view of the fact that
they have not received any help OF
encouragement from either the
executive or legislative branch of the
Government in getting them out OF
the difficulties which they face
Many buildings have been examined
but they have been found to be too
costly for the guard. the prices
asked for rental being many times
the amount allowed by Congress for
this purpose.
The present armory building has
been purchased by a local depart
ment store and will be used for stor-
age purposes. and the owners nave
refused an extension of leasing TO
the Guard. While it was pointed
out that the local guard has ALWAYS
been the first TO respond in large
numbers in all wars, and has shown
the value of it's training when put In
the field, vet there has not been one
could continue its training.
Aside from the mere space needed
odrill the men, the Guard has hun
dreds of thousands of dollars worth
of Federal property Issued TO it
by the War Department for training
purposes, which must be taken care
of, and yet Congress and the eXecu-
tive branches Sof the Government
absolutely have failed to aid the
local officials to find some place in
which the guardsmen can drill and
store their property.
Commendation to members OF
Company r, 121st Engineers, who
formed a firing squad for Memorial
day exercises at St. Elizabeth's Hos
pitaI, has been received by Lieut..
Johns. commanding, from Maj. Julian
S. Diff, chairman of the music and
military committee of Gen. Nelson
A. Miles Camp, No. /, Spanish war
Veterans.
First Lieut. George W. Johns is
temporarily in command of Company
F, 121st Engineers, during the leave
of absence of Capt. Thomas \. Lane.
Sergt. Rose, Company +, 121st En-
gineerS. has been recommended Tor
promotion to first sergeant OF that
command to fill the vacancy made by
the transfer of Top Sergt. Hobart I.
Walker to the Headquarters Detach-
ment, Special Troops.
Mai. Greed c. Hammond, chief of
the Militia Bureau of the War Depart
ment, was the guest of Maj. Gen. An
ton Stephan, commanding the 29tn
National Guard Division, at a lunch
con at the City Club last week, ten.
dered by the latter to the members OF
his staff, which is composed of Officers
of the National Guard of this city ana
the States of Maryland and Virginia.
The officers were here on their quar-
terly conference, at which division al
fairs are discussed and war problems
are worked out in accordance with
the division scheme of organization.
Gen. Hammond spoke briefly, telling
of some of the things he found on re-
cent visits to National Guard organl-
cations through the country, and or
the service schools where National
Guard officers are assigned for train
ing.
Gen. Stephan thanked his divisional
aides for coming to Washington for
this conference, and spoke particu-
larly of and gave thanks to Lieut.:
Col. Louis c. Brinton, jr., United
States ARM Coast Artillery Corps.
chief divisional instructor, for his ef-
forts in assisting the division to reach
its present high state OF efficiency.
1t will be impossible for the officers
of the 260th Coast Artillery to hold
four-day officers camp preliminary to
the regular camp of instruction to be
held at Fort Monroe, Va. 1t had been
planned for these officers to go to
Fort Washington, Nd, for a few days,
but the fact that the equipment there
has been to a large extent dismantled,
while other parts are being repaired,
made it necessary to abandon this
training. However, the Engineers and
Military Police officers will hold their
four-day camp at Fort Humphreys,
Va, as originally planned, it was an
nounced at headquarters.
Lieut.. Daniel Boone Lloyd, COM
manding the Headquarters Detach-
ment, Special Troops, 29tf. Division,
has received a commission as first
lieutenant in the Army Reserve Corps.
A warning has been sent out by
Brig, Gen. J. Clifford r. Foster. presi-
III
ton of the United States, that some
persons are using the name of the as
sociation in an unauthorized manner
in soliciting for a National Guard
magaz zine. Gen. Foster brands these
agents as imposters and says the Ma
tional Guard Association of the United
States has no official publication, nor
is it sponsoring the publication of any
magazine.
Efforts are being made to enlist the
interest of local guard officers in the
Tennis Association of the Army 3rd
Corps Area, with headquarters at Bal
timore, Md. 1t is the plan, If the local
members of the Guard show enough
to have them participate in
the tournament to determine the mill.
tary tennis championship of this area.
is Capt. r. G. Van Vliet, jr., Fort
Howard, Md.
The following men enlisted during
the week: Percy H. Skinner, jr., 203S
Eighteenth street, Company E, 121st
Engineers: Henry Otis Skinner, 2038
Eighteenth street, Company +, 121st
Engineers; George r. Reynolds, 314
Sixth street northwest. medical de-
tachment, 121St Engineers; George II.
Jerman, 448 Newton place. medical de-
tachment. 121st Engineers. and Pat
rick Ambrose Clifford, 2115 Pennsyl-
vania avenue, Company E, 121st En-
gineers.
The following have been ordered
honorably discharged from the local
Guard for the reasons stated: Re-
moval from the District of Columbia.
Technical Sergt. Joseph III. Robert
son, Ordnance Department.; Pvt. Allen
y. Connolly, Battery A. 260th Coast
Artillery, and Pvt. Timothy J. Brod-
erick, Battery A. o60th Coast Artil-
lery. Business interference: Pvt.
David G. Dodic, Battery A, 260th
Coast Artillery.
Acting on instructions from the
War Department. Maj. Gen. Anton
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