Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12

tended invitations to Brig. Gen. Mil
ton A. Reckord, commanding the 5Sth
Infantry Brigade, of the Maryland
National Guard, one of the units OF
the 10Th Division, to participate with
him in the 24-hour maneuver to be
held by the 10Th Division Staff at
Cascade. Md, in August. Gen.
ReCkord has accepted the idvitation,
adding that ne will have with him
several members of his staff. A SINH
lar invitation has been sent to Brig.
Gen. Samuel G.. Waller, commanding
the 91st Infantry Brigade of the Vir-
ginia National Guard, but as yet no
acceptance has been received.
A detachment of the 260th Coast
Artillery will leave Washington this
week by motor transport to go to the
Raritan Arsenal, n. j., for the pur-
pose of bringing back to Washington
as many of the German war trophies
as can be loaded into the motor
vehicles which will be taken along.
This matter of distribution of the war
trophies allotted to the District of
Columbia has been under considera-
ton for some time, and as the time
for claiming them has nearly expired,
Mai Gen. Stephan decided to send for
the Districts quota. Their diStribu-
eran and patriotic organizations has
been assigned to Gen. Stephan.
1t is not known at this time how
many trophies will be brought back
or what kind. The matter of selec-
ton will be left to the discretion of
Maj. Walter w. Burns. commanding
the Coast Artillery battalion, who has
been selected to command the con-
tingent which will go to New Jersey.
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practice trip for the motor transport
section of the Coast Artillery.
En- route to the Raritan Arsenal, the
local contingent will stop at Camp
Holabird, the Army motor depot, and
pick up three trailers to be attached
10 the trucks so that as much carry
ing capacity will be available for tro-
phies as possible.
The vacancy on the Goth Division |
staff made by the retirement of Lieut.. |
Col. John de p. DOW, finance de- |
partment, it was announced at divi- |
sion headquarters here, has been allo- |
Gated to the Maryland National Guard. |
No appointment has as yet been made. |
Four applications from enlisted |
personnel for the eligible list from |
which appointments are made as |
second lieutenants of Infantry have |
been received at brigade headquar-
tiers. They are Private John T. Car
roll, Medical Detachment, 121st Engi-
neers; Sergt. John J. Mcdonald, Head |
quarters and Service Company. 121st
Engineers; Sergt. Carroll G. Yoakum.
Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery, and |
First Sergt. John B. Darcy. Battery
A. 260th Coast Artillery. The exam
ination will be held on the night of
June IA.
Charles K. Muir. Irving II. Silver
berg and Charles E. Welsh. who en-
listed as bandsmen in the 260th Coast
Artillery, have been ordered released
from their enlistments in the Guard,
1t was said at brigade headquarters,
because Of the fact that the head
quarters unit of the Artillery has not
been organized.
This organization, it was said, was
to have been mustered into the Fed
eral service several weeks ago, but,
owing to the fact that sufficient men
had not been recruited at the time,
this detail was deferred. The organi-
zation, it was explained, needs about
II more men before Federal recogni-
ton can be extended to the unit.
The Coast Artillery now has a full
battalion, and is entitled to a head
quarters unit, and it is expected that
the organization will be perfected be-
fore the outfit proceeds to its annual
encampment at Fort Monroe, Va.
Brigade headquarters has ordered
for the use of a rife team a tele-
scopic sight. The purpose of this
sight is to determine the difficulties
when the members Of the rife team
are not hitting the bulls-eye, and at
tempt to correct it before the team
goes to Camp Perry, Ohio, for the
national matches this Summer.
Simultaneous with the resumption
OF the command of the Medical De- !!
t2chment Of the 121st Engineers by
Maj. George ]. Allen. who has been /
acting as regimental sanitary officer
for the past year, recruits began to
flock to the organiza ton. The outfit |
has been running below the required |
maintenance strength for many
months. but It is certain now that it |
will have more than enough men to |
go to camp. Six men enlisted last |
Tuesday night. and IL was said that |
10 applications for enlistment are still |
pending.
The local National Guard officials |
have been informed by the War De- |
partment that sufficient copies for
every officer and non-commissioned
officer of the Manual of Basic Train |
ing and Standards Of Proficiency for
the National Guard" will soon be sent
for distribution. This manual is the
first volume OF a series, and is APP
plicable to all arms and branches.
Subsequent volumes will pertain to a
particular arm or branch. One vol
ume for the rife company of In
fantry and another volume for the
75-mm. Battery Of Field Artillery
have been completed, but have not yet
been approved by the Army general
staff. 1t is expected that they will
be ready for distribution in about
The volume for other branches, it
was said, will he expedited as much
as possible, with a view to having
them within a year. Another volume
for the Infantry. dealing with the
rifle, the automatic rife and pistol
and workmanship with these weapons
are about ready to submit for gen
eral staff approval. In rearranged
form. to apply to particular weapons
OF the branch, this volume will be
issued for Cavalry, Coast Artillery
Corps and Engineers, probably this
FAN.
Mai. Gen. Greed C. Hammond chief
OF the Militia Bureau of the War De-
partment, expresses the hope that this
arrangement of training text will
facilitate the training of National
Guard, inasmuch as it presents it in
a more compact, convenient form.
eliminating all matter not pertinent
to the particular unit to which the
manual applies.
The following enlistments in the
Guard during the week were an
nounced at brigade headquarters:
James II. Smallwood, 2l03 Third
street, northeast. Company T., 12iat
Engineers: Leo c. Streitberger, 1906
Naylor road. southeast, Company T.,
21st Engineers: Merrill y. Relch. LIE