Evening star., 1927-11-27

/ supply uetachments their maintenance
over several periods during the SAM
camp represents a burden upon avail
able Militia Bureau funds, While the
maintenance of an administrative
! overhead places a burden upon the
States and organizations concerned
because no Federal funds are avail
able for this purpose. a reduction IN
the time such personnel is needed, by
the concentration of the trools of p
division or State within the same
camp and period. would operate TO the
mutual benefit Of all concerned.
1T was pointed out. however. that
in planning for the concentration VI
troops Of division OF State due TO
gard should be given the item of cost
of transportation and in every case
! the cost of training the same units
during previous years.
In addition to the advantages oh
| tanned by reducing the continuing
overhead it was added, the concen-
j tration plan makes available the in
! stru"tors Of one State or tactical or
-anization for use in another with
! less hardship.
Company r, 121st Engineers, last
week succeeded in ousting from first
place in the attendance record of the
/ QuartermaSter Corps Detachment,
which has tenaciously held that honor
/ for a number of weeks. Furthermore,
r Company holds the superior sta
/ ton alone. with a percentage OF ?D.63.
! The other organizations. under their
official ratings. with percentages, fol
/ low:
| Excellent nt-Quartermaster Corps De-
| tachment. SS.S4.
! Very satisfactory. Headquarters De
tachment, Special Troops. 29th Di-
vision, IS, this organization now
being below Federal maintenance
strength: Headquarters Detachment,
29th Division, 72.9S; band, 121st En-
gineers, 71.43, and Company G, 12lst
Engineers, 70.15.
| Satisfactory-Headq Detach-
ment, 260th Coast Artillery, 63.64;
121st Engineers, 63.24; Battery G.,
o6oth Coast Artillery, 6154.
| sfactory-Company ID, 12lst
Engineers. $3.50; Company a. 12lst
Engineers, 57.S2; Company E, 12lst
| Engineers. 51.95: Battery +, 260th
| Coast Artillery, so.
Very isfactory-Medical De-
partment Detachment. 12lst EnSi-
neers, 46.16; Battery A, 260th Coast
Artillery, 1906; Company r, 121st En-.
gineers. 41.Se. and Goth Military Po'
| lice Company. 40, the latter organl-
zation also being below the strength
required by the War Department TO
retain Federal maintenance and sup
port
Privates Harry ]. Portch, Company
| E. 12lst Engineers, and Charles >.
! Parnell. Headquarters and Service
Company, 12lst Engineers, have been
| transferred from the active TO the
reserve list of those organizations.
ORGANIZATION commanders of the To-
cal Guard are being polled as to their
respective opinions as to the deslra-
bility of holding benefit night at
| local theater on January 30 next.
| The organizations will be allowed 40
per cent of the price of the tickets
which they sell, to be added to their
unit funds for recrea ton and other
| purposes.
Sergt Herman j. Trum. jr, has
been honorably discharged from Bat.
terv B, 26Oth Coast Artillery. because
of his removal from the District.
Private James II. Eakle has been
| transferred from the active to the
reserve list of Battery A, 260th Coast
| Artillery.
! President Coolidge has accepted the
resignation of the commission of
| Chaplain Arthur L. Smith. He has
moved from the District. This leaves
vacancy for the appointment Of a
chaplain for the regiment, with the
| rank of captain.
Sergt. Herbert E. Becke, Battery
c, 260th Coast Artillery, has been
ordered transferred from the active to
| the reserve list
Private Henry J. krumm. jr.. has