Evening star., 1927-07-24
District National Guard

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Can't. J. c. Jensen, Ordnance De-
nartment of the National Guard of the
| Di trict of Columbia, in charge of
] rife practice in the local organization,
reported the standing of the various
members OF the rifle squad, from
which will be selected the team which
will represent the local militi.. at the
national rifle matches to be held IT
Camp Perry, Ohio. next mohth. Capt.
Jensen will he captain OF the team.
The men. their relative standing, with
scores, follow: Sergt. II. Il. Riley,
Companv E. 12lst Engineers, 46.31H;
Pvt.. first class, J. 3. Blount, Battery
A. 260th Coast Artillery, 45.9SS; Tech
nical Sergt. +. Il. keye, Headquarters
anc Service Company, 121st Engt'
neers. 1881; First Lieut.. 7. A. Riley,
Company E. 121st Engineers. 1870;
First Lieut.. Hugh Everett. Company
A / st Engineers, 1874; Sergt. G..
NJ. "otava. Company +, l2lst Engi'
neel 45.T6S; Capt. J. c. Jensen, 1885;
First Lieut. T.. A. Mcmahon, Heal
quarters and Service Company, 45.49l;
| Second Lieut.. II. c. Espey. Company
f, 121st Engineers, 1927; Sergt. w.
II,
ENGINEERS, 45.25; First Sergt. j. a.
Schricker. Company c. 12lst Ensi'
neers. 44.521: Sergt. B. Smith. Com
panv f. 12lst Engineers. 44.S9; Corpl,
| /. Haves, Battery A. 2G0th Coast Artil-
lerv. 44.0a: Second Lieut.. j. Votav1,
Headquarters Battery, 2G0th Coast
Artillery, 1895: Pvt. Lane, Company
r. l21st Engineers, 1906. and Pvt. =.
c. Garaci, Battery A. 260th Coast Ar
;illery.
Serrt. James NJ. Votava, Battery a.
260th Coast Artillery, has been or
dered honorably discharged from his
present enlistment TO permit him 10
accept promotion by commission to
the rank of second lieutenant of Ar
tillery.
Because of their removal from the
District of Columbia, the following
members of the Medical Detachment.
1o1st Engineers, were hororahly dis.
charged: Pvts. William f. Chinaulty.
John T. Crihbin. Isaac T. Craddock
and Cl>y D. Perkins, jr.
Increased use Of the rife range 1T
Camp Simms. Congress Heights, ID. G.,
las month over the previous month
is noted in the report of Capt. j. Z.
Jensen. The report shows that Any
members of the Regular Army, 207
Nati, nal Guardsnen and 16S civilians
made use of the range during the
month. SiXty-two units participated
in the firing, which covered % days OF
tn , month OF the grand total OF S6S
men who actually fired, however. only
Al completed the authorized practice
firing and just seven the authorized
record firing.
Privates G. Balls kinslow and John
T. Patterson. members of the Head
quarters Detachment, goth Division.
have been transferred to the reserve
list. and assigned to the same organ
ization. This action was taken, be-
cause of business interference.
Second Lieut. Joseph w. Crockett,
Battery a, o60th Coast Artillery. has
been transferred to the Natonal
Guard Reserve on his own application.
The constitutional status of the Ma
tional Guard in its relation to the
Federal Government has been made
the subject of a survey to be made by
a committee of five officers in accord
ance with a resolution adopted by the
National Guard Association at its an
nual convention last November. The
committee of officers to study the
problem is scheduled to meet here IN
October, when the results of their
findings will be discussed and placed
in the form of report to the Secre-
tary of War.
1t is the belief of the proponents OF
the resolution, il was said, that by
studying the matter from all angles
the present theory or policy underly-
;,au hn Iof nf
Guard with the Federal Government
as set forth in the national defense
act might be modified SO as to i'm
prove the Federal status of the Ma
tional Guard when not in the service
of the United States.
The position of the Militia Bureau
and the War Department, which is
said to be concurred in by the execu-
tive council of the National Guard
Association, is that it would do no
harm to study these questions, and
that such a study will result in the
dissemination of considerable informa-
ton relative to the status of the Ma.
tional Guard under the Constitution
of the United States and existing
laws. With this understanding the
War Department has met the views
of the executive council of the Ma
tional Guard Association and has pro.
vided a means for the study of the
resolution without committing itself
to any action thereon. The members
of the committee selected from the
National Guard include officers who
have made a special study of this
matter and who have displayed inter-
est in it from time to time. The Off
GERS are:
Brig. Gen. Charles H. Mcpherson,
Oklahoma National Guard; Col. Lytle
Brown, assistant con1mandant of the
Army War College; Col. Charles w.
Harris, National Guard of Arizona;
Lieut.. Col. Clark c. Wren, Texas Ma
tional Guard, and Mai Fred w. Lew
ellyn, Judge Advocate Generals De-
partment, on duty at the War Depart.
ment.
Orders have been sent to unit COM
manders calling attention to a change
in the National Guard regulations
which provides that when a unit be-
comes reduced in strength so as to
reduce its allotment of non.cCmnis-
stoned officers, such on-commissioned
officers will not be reduced or denoted
Whe discharged at expiration of term
Of enlistment solely because of such
reduction in strength, provided the
or-comnissioned officer concerned re-
enlists in the unit on tl day follow
ing the date Of expiration of term CT
enlistment.
The following enlisted in the Guard
during the past week: Carl w. Rogers,
II ety. ry,~y