Evening star., 1926-05-23

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officers and 67S enlisted men. accord
ing to reports received by Maj. Gen.
Anton Stephan. The figures, of course,
are subject to some change, as the
local organizations. 1t is hoped, will
be up to full maintenance strength by
camp time, although some of them are
below the minimum set by the War
Can3rtment for the maintenance or
Federal recognition.
The details as made public show
that the 121st Regiment of Engineers,
Col John W. Oehmann, commanding,
will take into camp at Fort Hum
phreys. Va. from August Is to 29. 80
officers and 476 enlisted men. The
state staff corps and departments will
have there at the same time from the
District two officers and one enlisted
man.
The o60th Coast Artillery, Maj. Wal
ter W. Burns. commanding. 1t is eStl-
mated at this time, will take to Fort
Monroe, Va, from August to %,
officers and 95 enlisted men.
The goth Military Police Company,
Capt. Raymond NJ. Peak. command
ing. will go to Virginia Beach from
August 15 to 90 with officers and AZ
men; while Company A. l21st Battai-
ion. 372d Infantry, will go to Saunders
Range, Md, near Annapolis. from July
II to 25. with officers and 50 men:
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10Th National Guard Division COM
mander, Maj. Gen. stephan, and his
staff. comprised of officers from the
local and Maryland and Virginia Ma
1ional Guards, which will be at Nir-
ginia Beach. Va. from August IS TO
%. 1t is estimated now that there
will be 40 officers in this contingent.
Several of the ganizations of the
local Guard have fallen away below
the maintenance list, and face either
being put on probation or dsbanded
unless they promptly recruit to the
required numbers, it was said at Guard
headquarters. The attendance record
of the local Guard for the past week.
made public at headquarters, shows
one of the commands. the Medical De-
tachment, l2lSt Engineers, with only
Is per cent. This is one of the organi-
zations which usually stand high on
The attendance record
The four outfits on which the Reg
ular Army instructors are to make
special reports and the organizations
kept under strict surveillance for 80
days are the Headquarters and Serv-
ice Company, 121St Engineers; othe
10Th Military Police Company: Com
pany c, 12lst Engineers, and the Med
ical Detachment.
The record last week shows the
leiS CtASiCIIIIitlibr cpCNieiA
Troops, 29th Division. the baby outfit
of the Guard, being only about three
weeks old, standing at the top of the
list with a so per cent attend
ance. The others. in their relative
order and their percentages, follow:
Band. 12lst Engineers, 1l.43; Battery
A. 260th Coast Artillery. 60 Battery f,
os0th Coast Artillery. SO; Company L.
1o1st Engineers. 5S.07: Headquarters
1O1St E>noi-
reers. 5l.36; Company A, 372d Infan-
try. 1926: Company +. 121st Engi-
neers, 46.3S: Goth Military Police Com
pany, 46: Company Is. 12lst Engineers,
1894: Company c, 12lst Engineers.
43.34: Company A, 12lst Engineers,
3a.35; Company D, l21st Engineers.
32.79. and Medical Detachment, 121st
Engineers. 10
The following named enlisted men
of the 12lst Engineers have been or
dered honorably discharged for the
reasons noted: Business interference,
Sergt. William J. Huhn. Company c;
Pvt. Joseph +. Miller. Company B,
and Pvt. Henry Tetreau!t, Company
B. Removal from District of Column
bia. Pvt. Jesse y Mills, Company Il.
Sergt Walter NJ. Slavik. Company |
E. 12lst Engineers. upon recommends /
ton of the company commander. has |
been ordered reduced to the rank OF !
private in orders issued by Capt. |
Charles l.. SmithSon, reSlmental ad- |
jutant The same order carries the |
following promotions of members OF |
company L, also on recommendation
of the company commander; Corpi. |
Hugh +. Riley to he sergeant and |
Pvt. James NJ. Barry TO be corporal. I
The local National Guard is all |
ready to vacate its present armory as |
soon as it finds q place to go. All /
preparations have been made. includ-
ing the reception OF bids for the task |
of moving the great amount of para
phernalia within Il radius or four
miles of the present quarters. which |
must be vacated June 80.
Officers of the Guard are still strlv-
ing TO find some kind OF q building in
which the Guard may at least be |
housed. even if there is no place for
drilling for the valuable equipment
must be placed somewhere for pro-
lection.
Several projects have been viewed.
hut in most instances it was found
that the rental wanted was away be-
vond what the Guard is allowed by |
Congress, and there is little likelihood
now that it will be assigned the first
floor of the Pension Bureau. although
there is resolution now pending in
Congress to allow this.
Units of the local National Guard
will fall heir to n considerable amount
of money for use in their company
funds for recreation purposes as re-
suit Of the action of the War Depart
ment in planning the distribution TO
units of the local Guard. as we'll as
o,.J r7i1 lions thrOlChO1lt
the country, of funds acquired during |
the World War and of which the
local units are successors. The local
Guard officials have certified what
local units, descendants of World
War units. have been reconstructed
here and which will be eligible to the
proratinG of the funds.
The National Guard fund will con-
sist of the funds and securities and
accumulated interest on securities
turned into other funds by National
Guard units at the close of the World
War, less claims paid on account OF
National Guard units and funds re-
turned to such units, a total at this
time of $651 ,5O951. Securities and
accrued interest thereon in this fund
will be converted into cash and cred
tied to the organizations which turned
them in. Minus balances of National
Guard units will be prorated to Ma
tional Guard units having plus bal
ances and all balances due units of
the National Guard thus converted
into zero and plus balances. Funds of
an indefinite nature. such as "eX-
change fund.- hospital fund.-" "boX-
ing fund" "theater fund" and the I
like, will be prorated to the respective
units of the battalion. regiment.
brigade or division, as the fund indi-
Gpo ho 1a thus oh. |