Evening star., 1927-04-17
District National Guard

man and jeremiah Van Landingham.
The following named enlisted men of
Company T.. 121st Engineers. have
been ordered dropped as deserters
from the dates following their names,
they having failed to report for drill
since those dates, all efforts to locate
them having failed: Pvts. Harry r,
Elmore and John T. Lightfoot. October
26, 1926, and Archie Il. Lightfoot,
October 16, 1926.
All units of the Guard win go into
field training during the same period,
although at different places, this year.
The entire Guard win be out of the
city from August ID to zS.'
There will go to Cascade, Md, the
new camp site of the Maryland Ma
tional Guard, located near the Mary
land -Pennsylvani line. the 29th Divi-
sion Staff, the Headquarters and Head
quarters Detachment, Special Troops,
29th Divisions the goth Military Police
Company and Company A, 382d In.
fantry. The l2fst Engineers Regiment
and the District staff Corps and
Departments viii 80 to Fort Hum
phreys. va. and the 260th Coast Ar
tillely Battalion viii go to Fort Mon
roe. Va,
No enlisted member Of the Guard
win be taken into camp if his term
OF service is due TO expire during the
first week of any encampment. No
unit viii be allowed to go into the
field for it's annual training unless it
has the minimum number of men
required by the Militia Bureau of the
War Department.
An examination will be conducted
at the National Guard Armory on
April 26 for enlisted men of the
Guard for the purpose Of obtaining
an eligible list from which second
lieutenants of infantry will be select
ed as vacancies occur. il was an
nounced al brigade headquarters. Ap-
plications should be sent TO the com
mandir@ officer, Headquarters De
tachment, Goth Division, Special
Troops,
Tha Air Squadron Of the 10Th Divi.
sion has been ordered to Martinsburg.
". va. during the period that the
Goth Division general staff will be In
camD there. il was announced at
brigade Headquarters. Gen. stephan
has written to Brig. Gen. Milton A.
Recl,ogd. commanding the Maryland
National Guard, expressing his pleas
u?e on this matter, pointing out that
a number. OF problems are being pre-
parsd for the staff there. and II VIII
be very desirable to use the Air serv-
ice SQUADRON i'm working them out.
The Air squadron has been instruct
cd 10 es+a{5lish contact with the divi-
.lon headquarters and perform any
dutv at Cascade which may be re-
CURED Of them during the war games
cant. George w. Johns. command
ing Company F. 121st Engineers. and
the non-c0mmiSsloned officers Of that
organization VIII entertain at din
ner and smoker on April u the squad
Of that unit which had the best at
tendance during the first quarter or
the year The squad selected is that
i'm charge Of Corpl William T..
CoomDs.
Pvt John NJ. Crandall, Quartermas-
ter Corps. on duty with the State
Staff Corps and Departments, has
been ordcred promoted to the grade OF
private first class.
/ Pvt. James A Raymond, Company
/ A, l2lat Engineers, has been ordered
/ honorably discharged from the local
/ Guard on account Of removal from
the District Of Columbia.
Tha President of the United States
! has accepted the resignation Of Second
/ Lieut.. William c. Rose, Infantry at
tached to the 29th Military Police
/ Company, Lieut.. Rose Was commits
| stoned only six weeks ago. He still
holds a commission in the Organized
/ Reserves