Evening star., 1927-04-24

patriotic movement in favor Of prompt
provision of adequate armory facili
ties for the National Guard of the
District of Columbia. Maj. Gen. Anton
Stephan, commanding the local militia
has written a letter to Mrs. Alfred j.
Brosseau, president general of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton, asking the support of that
orga anization In the efforts to obtain
for the use of the local Guard the
Pension Office Building, in Judiciary
Square.
After explaining the Federal status
of the local Guard. Gen. Stephan
wrote that the Guard had been Shift,
ed from time to time to rented build
dngs in various parts of the city and
finally to one of the Government
hotel buildings on the Union Station
plaza, which really provides only
shelter as the rooms are small and
no drill hall or other training facilities
are available.
Congress" Gen. Stephan's letter
continued, will very likely direct that
the Government hotel buildings be
removed during the year 1928, in con-
nection with the development of the
plaza between the Capitol and the
Union Station, and in the absence Of
increased rental facilities / believe the
National Guard of the District Of
Columbia is going to have difficulty
in securing adequate armory facili-
ties.
AT the next session of Congress it
is proposed to ask for legislation
which will authorize the National
Guard Of the District of Columbia to
occupy the Pension Bureau Building
for armory purposes whom that build.
ing is vacated by the General Ac-
counting Office This course has been
approved by the Fine Arts Commits
sion, which recommended such action
to the Public Buildings Commission.
This legislation will be secured in
order that changes in the commissions
and committees concerned will not
reverse the present thought. as it is
believed from FIVE to eight years will
elapse before it is possible for the
General Accounting Office to Vacate
the building. 1t is, therefore, request
ed that the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution take such action as
they deem proper to assist in securing
this congressional action. which will
provide Government-owned facilities
for the National Guard of the District
OF Columbia.
Your assistance and cooperation
an this matter will be very helpful to
ID and will be deeply appreciated"
The adverse condition under which
the members of the local guard are
obtaining their military training be-
came apparent last week, during the
warm days, when the air in the small
rooms became sitting, but the officers
and men kept to their tasks. Very
little company or battalion drill has
been obtained by the organizations
during the Winter because of the
fact that there is no drill hall for the
arrnory. However, with the arrival
OF Spring, there is hope that this drill.
ing will be made up by having forma-
tions at night on the Fairgrounds on
the Plaza.
Twenty-seven top-notch shooters
have been ordered TO report to Capr.
J. e. Jensen, Ordnance Department,
for instructions for further training
on the rife range TO fit them for
membership on the team which will
represent the local Guard at rife
matches in various parts of the coun.
try during the ensuing target season.
These men were picked from the
J. large group which recently partici.
pated in rife practice on the Congress
Heights range. They are: Sergt
e. II. Espey and Sergt H. f.
Riley, both OF Company +,
z21st Engineers: First Lieut.. E. A.
Mcmahon, Headquarters and Service
Company, 121st Engineers: Pvt. ]. p.
Blount and Corp. l.. Hayes, both of
Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery; Pvt.
c. b. Campbell and First Sergt j. A
Schricker of Company c, 121st En-
gineers; Capt. ]. Eggleston. Battery
B, 260th Coast Artillery; Sergt. w. r.
Stokes, Medical Department. I21st
ENv~rv tn I -
EFT, Company A, 121st Engineers;
Sergt. G. Votava, Company E, 121st
Engineers Corp. James Votava, Bat
. terry A, 260th Coast Artillery; Sergt
W. T. Roy, Company F, 121st En-
gineers; Technical Sergt. F. B. Kaye,
Headquarters and Service Company,
121st Engineers; Sergt. r. P. Multi
gan, Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery
First Lieut.. T. A. Riley, Company E,
12lst Engineers; Sergt. Baxter Smith,
Company. Z, 121st Engineers; Pvt.
e. A. Ross, Company c, 121st Engi-
neers; Pvt. W. Royston, Battery A,
S50th Coast Artillery; Pvt. p. G. Ga
raci, Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery;
Pvt. E. L. Borlik, Company E, 121st
Engineers; Sergt. D. B. Hall. Com
pany ., 121st Engineers; Sergt. +. s.
Mcdonald, Company ID, 121st Engi.
neers; Corp. c. Dunn, Company c,
121st Engineers; Second Lieut. L. s.
Jones, Company z, 121st Engineers;
First Lieut.. William l. MushaKe,
Headquarters and Service Company,
12lst Enkineers. and Second Lieut.
Joseph W. Crockett, Battery A, 260th
Coast Artillery.
The members of the local Guard
have been selected by the National
2oard for 4ha pyoy,1offou of Rif7e
Practice of the War Department TO
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