Evening star., 1926-03-07

take this course,
d Turing which LiEII. "hLh'
much military en- ,. ;;
gineering instruction is given. 1t IS
conducted by the regular officers on
duty at Fort Humphreys, where the
local Guard will go into its annual en-
can7pn7ent the coming Summer.
Lieut. Welsh has had varied service
in the Regular Army and IN the
militia. He enlisted as private IN
Company L. 330th United states IN
fantrv. on April I. 1918. and on July
] 1a18. was promoted to corporal ana
transferred to Company {, lsth I hlleu
States Infantry. serving IN thal oulht
throughout the war and untll Septehl,
ber 25, 1919. He entered the loCai
cuard on Nav p. 1921. as staff ser
rean+ and was rapidly promoted
through the various non-Commissloned
grades until he reached the commls-
sion of second lieutenant. in May
1924. and was promoted TO hrst lleu-
tenant in June, 1928.
officers of the Guard are pleased
with the benefit night held AT hel'ti ;
Theater last Monday night ana are
manning 10 make it a regular event.
L was estimated that approAlllidleIH
5000 was earned for the various UNITS
+rihuted 10 the commands in proper
tion 10 the amount of tickets SOLD hE
each and will he applied to the com
many funds for recreation purposes
There was distributed al the perform
ance an illustrated pamphlet deSCl ~
ing the work of the local Guard, Win
nhotocraphs of camp scenes ana mus
+rations of the comma nding otflcers OF
the various units It wa prepared by
members of the Guard and printed n9
the 121st Engineers Press. ne eul-
torial staff consisted of Capt. SlnheE
Morgan. Lieut.. John ". Johns. Capt.
Douglass A. White. capt. Oiafehce o.
Shields. Capt William +. JorgenSen'
Cant Thomas A. Lane. Capt. Ralph $.
Childs. Lieut.. Daniel E. Lloyd. Capt.
Rov w. Keesee. Lieut.. John +. Tenn
ME Cant. Charles Earl Smithson'
technical Sergt Frank +. Kaye
Sergt Hobart 7. Walker, Corp. Jack
NTIrseu Corp Alva II. Strawmyer
and staff Sergt. Charles A. Potter.
Exhibits of activities of the various
urits of the local National Guard ha We
heen nlaced in the Washington Audi
torirm for the Industrial ENhlblt.
MANY interesting guns are on display,
and every feature of the work OF the
local e5llardsmen is shown. and Is the
hone that some recruits VIII he on
tained for the Guard. One OF the
rrirne purposes of the exhibit is 10
show the people of the District Just
what the Guard offers in the way or
training Of a military as We'll as OF
civilian value. Next Friday night mas
been designated as National Guard
night. and some special features VIII
be provided to focus interest on the
local citizen soldiers.
Provision of building erected by
private capital expressly for use by
the National Guard a s an armorN, to
be maid for at the annual rental al
lowed by Congress. is about TO ne
passed up A s hopeless. as result OF
an investigation just completed. Lieut.
Col. Peyton G.. hewitt, adjutant OF the
7ath National Guard Division, who
has been working on the problem. con
ferred with a number of builders and
real estate men recently and laid this
plan before them, but when they were
Informed of the amount of rent al
lowed annually by Congress to keep
the Guard in a home they Immediately
cea sed negotiations. This allowance
is S6 900 a year.
The present satisfactory armorN
now being used at 412 l. street north
west. contains SO 600 square feet of
space. and to erect building suitable
for the Guard and containing even
this amount of space it was pointed
out TO Col hewitt. would require an
annual outlay in rent of about $50 900
AS a matter of fact. Col. hewitt was
shown plans of certain buildings be
ing erected here on long lease con
tracts to cost this amount. The GuarC
cannot give a long-term lease. hui
must lease its huilings from year tc
year.
The armory situation is becoming
hopeless, and is causing no little con
Germ 10 those who must find some
place for the activities OF the Guart
when they must vacate their present
quarters. on June 30 next when the
present lease expires The Guard Off
cials have heen informed that tbs
laase would not be renewed. on al
n,o%t every hand they have beer
turned down on propositions TO have
the building erected either by District
of Columbia or Federal funds.
With the idea of having some provi
sion made for homes for the troops
after June 30. some consideration il
again being given to the proposal tc
locate the units in various buildings
around town. This is n makeshif
method. it was pointed out, and tend
inC to destroy the unit of command ir
military Organiza zion which requires
that all units be located where they
can be efficiently directed by those
charged with this duty Provision OF
instructors will also furnish prob
lem, as it will necessitate making hur
rled trips around the city on the drill
nights so that all units might be
closely watched
y survey now is being made of hall.
in various sections of the city. which
might he obtained one night a weel
for the use of the Guard. and if pro
vision is not made for an armory. ol
a suitable building is not found. this
will have to he resorted TO- This. o
course, brings up the Worrisome ques
tion of War Department recognition
of the units under these conditions
Equipment Is loaned to the Guard or
ganizations by the War Department
under requirement that proper provi
sion he made for its care and upkeep
and when scattered all about the city
where it cannot he closely watched by
custodians Of the property the prob
lem is increased.
Failure of unit commanders tc
promptly report 10 headquarters all
enllstmentS and changes in their com
mands. it was said at Guard headquar
ters. has upset the records of that
bureau, and steps will he promptly
taken to see that these officers com
ply with all the regulations so that the
records in the adiutant generals Office
may he kept up to date and complete
Company c. 12lst Engineers, still
heads the top of the list in percentage
of men attending drill. and this week
has jumped its percentage up to S.
per cent The two batteries of Coas
Artillery have taken second and thirC
places. otherwise there has beer
shown a general Improvement in at
tapdapCe since a keen friendly com ne