Evening star., 1926-10-17
District National Guard

means to fit them for examination for
promotion. It is suggested to the in.
structors also, where sufficient interest
cannot be aroused in correspondence
courses as such, the lessons may be
found to be of considerable value as
lesson topics for armory schools.
1t Is also pointed out in the Militia
Bureaus letter that correspondence
courses are especially valuable for of.
f1cers contemplating attendance at
service schools, and their standing at
such schools will be materially in
creased by such previous preparation.
Completion OF subcourses A and B OF
Course D Is required as prerequisite
to attendance at the Command and
General Staff School at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kans.
Every possible effort is being made
in the local Guard to encourage both
officers and enlisted men to take ad-
vantage Of the opportunity for study
offered by these courses, particularly
in the case of enlisted men, to fit them
for promotion to the commissioned
ranks. Quite a ready response has
been met in all the outfits except the
121st Regiment of Engineers, but 1t
was said that applications may be re-
ceived from some OF them later. To
date. however, the great majority of
the applications to take the courses
have come from the officers and men
Of the 260th Coast Artillery.
Among the applicants to date are:
Second Lieut.. l.. S. Mann, adjutant
of the 260th Coast Artillery; Corp. d.
J. Mccarthy, Battery A. 260th Coast
Artillery: Pvt. NJ. A. Miller. Battery
A, 260th Coast Artillery; Capt. Philip
K Moisan, 29th Division Staff; Lieut..
l.. f. Morris, Battery B, 260th Coast
Artillery; Corp. r. p. Mulligan, Bat
terry B, 260th Coast Artillery; Lieut..
Col. Peyton G. Nevitt, adjutant Of the
29th National Guard Division; Capt.
Arthur c. Newman, Company A. 372d
Infantry; Private j. Palley. Headquar-
ters Detachment, 29th National Guard
Division: First Lieut.. r. w. Rogers,
29th Division Staff Pvt. Fl. l.. Schilz,
26Oth Coast Artillery; Capt. l.. l..
Shannon, goth Division Staff; Sergt. A.
Staff Sergt A. Thill, Ordance De-
partment; First Lieut.. J. f. Temple,
Company D. 121st Engineers; Pvt. r.
L. Walker, Battery A, 260th Coast
Artillery. and Sergt. G. G. YOakum,
Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery
The local National Guard has been
requested to submit to the Controller
General Of the United States the ques-
ton of whether the members of the
rifle team who attended the recent
matches at Sea Girt. n. j., may be
paid for armory drills while away. The
Militia Bureau in making the request
asked the Guard officials to have the
disbursing officer ask for an opinion
which might stand as a precedent in
handling such matters when they
come up in the future.
Discussing the matter. in reply to
the local Guards request for an
opinion, the Militia Bureau communi-
cation says:
Paragraph 931 (a) applies to Of
ficers and enlisted men who are on
detached service at encampments,
maneuvers, camps Of instruction or
service schools, under the provisions
Of sections "a, 81 and 80. respectively,
of the National Defense act. Since
the interstate rifle matches at Sea
Girt, n. j., were not held pursuant to
the sections of the National Defense
Act quoted, it is the opinion of this
bureau that the officers and enlisted
men who participated in the rifle
matches in the question may not be
counted as present, either for pay for
armory drill or in figuring the per-
centage required for qualifying the
company officers for armory drill pay.
Paragraph 442, National Guard