Evening star., 1927-12-18

Hope that the present Congress
would pass a measure providing for
an adequate and permanent armory
for the National Guard Of the District
of Columbia was expressed during the
week by officers, who are having their
troubles maintaining anything like an
adequate training schedule with the
most unsatisfactory conditions under
which the local Guard organizations
have to work.
REPRESENTATIVE Fred n. Zihlman Of
Maryland. chairman Of the House Dis
trict committee, has introduced bill,
sponsored by Maj. Gen. Anton stephan,
commanding the local Guard. in which
it is sought by legislation to reserve
for the use Of the organizations the
Pension Office Building, when it Is va
Gated by the general accounting office,
which occupies it, and which will con-
tinue to occupy it until the new build
ing in the avenue triangle being con-
structed for it, is completed.
A similar measure, it was said, will
he introduced in the Senate by Senator
Arthur Capper Of Kansas, chairman
of the Senate committee on District Of
Columbia affairs. By having bills
pending in both houses, it is hoped
that it's enactment will be speeded up,
and that before the present Congress
comes to an end that the efforts for
more than a score of years to provide
a permanent building for the training
of the local troops will he successful.
Although If such a bill is passed. 1t
VIII be several years before the guard
will be able to move in it, nevertheless
"a 4nE N 11n m isy1
tions will have something to look for
ward to. and will not have before them
the possibility of having to move TO
more Inadequate or unsuitable quar-
ters than they now have in the Gov
ernment hotels on the Union station
Plaza.
The commission of Second Lieut..
William f.. Bulls. Coast Artillery
Corps, has been received at brigade
headquarters from the War Depart
ment. He has been assigned to the
Headquarters Detachment, 260th Coast
Artillery.
The Headquarters Detachment, 29th
Division, will spend today on the rife
range at Camp Simms, Congress
Heights, D. c., for a day of firing
Trucks with the members, will leave
the North Capitol Street Armory at 9
oclock this morning, and will go to
the range, where lunch will be served
TO the men. First Lieut.. II. T. Walker
is in command of this detachment.
The 2G0th Coast Artillery Armory
has been made available by Mai. Gen.
stephan 10 a group of about 60 Boy
Scouts from New York City. who
Will use it as a dormitory, during a
visit TO this city December 28 and 20
| next. Cots will be furnished by the
| Coast Artillery commander. but the
| youths will bring their own blankets
and other bedding equipment.
| General falling off in attendance
among all of the units composing the
| local Guard is noted in the reports
| received at brigade headquarters, and
! for the first time since the Inaugural.
! ton of the classification of organiZa.
| tions in accordance with their attend
| ance records. the report for last week
/ shows that not one organization
/ reached the requisite 80 per cent at.
| tendance in order to get in this class
/ Officers in close touch with the at
/ tendance situation say that it is due
! to the approach of the Christmas holi.
! days when the men are thinking OF
| things other than military.
| The Quartermaster Corps Detach
ment heads the list however, in the
| excellent" attendance class. with a
| percentage of 1884, and with it is
Company t, 121st Engineers, with a
| score of 1925. The other organiza
| tons in their relative order, accord
| ing to their official classification
/ follow:
Very tisfactory-Battery C. 26Oth
! Coast Artillery, 1908; Headquarters
Detachment, 260th Coast Artillery
1918
atisfactorv-Battery A, 260th Coast
Artillery, 66.67; Headquarters Detach
ment. Special Troops, 29th Division
| 66.67; Headquarters Detachment. Goth
| Division, 65.79: Company A, 372d In
! fantry, 6120.
! factory-Company A, 121st
! Engineers, 5903; Company D, 121st
| Engineers. 57S2; Company c, 121st
! Engineers, $3.50; Battery b, 260th
Coast Artillery. 54.91; goth Military
| Police Company. $500; Headquarters
/ and Service Company, 121st En-
/ gineers. $685.; Company B, 121st En-
/ gineers, 53.04.
! Very unsatisfactory - Company T.,
/ 121st Engineers, 1924; Medical De-
partment Detachment, 121st En-
| gineers, 1000.
! The following enlisted in the Guard
! during the week. all of them in the
| 260th Coast Artillery. and were as
signed to units as follows: Milton \.
| Etchison, 1909 North Capitol street
| Battery 3; Joseph a. Malloy. 919
Ninth street northeast. Battery B;
! Calvin Is. Leek, 113 Carroll street
southeast, Battery B; Conner Fl.
Gould, 35 Q street northeast, Battery
! c. and John w. Vernon, 371 n street
southwest, Battery c.
Capt. Ralph L. Walker. judge ad.
vocate generals department, has been
! named by Gen. Stephan as summary
/ court officer for the local Guard For
! the present he will handle only the
! cases in the goth Military Police Com.
! pany, IS summary court officers have
been appointed for other units. In
| connection with this. there also was
/ issued a memorandum to the com
mand calling special attention to the
| National Guard regulations with re.
gard to court-martials, and specific
! ally pointing out the procedure to be
/ followed from the time of making
/ out the charges until they are served
! on the accused soldier.
/ All unit commando have been
! furnished with the names and ad-
! dresses of all Citizens Military Train
| ing Camp candidates in this city. 10.
| sether with letter sent to them by
/ brigade headquarters, and the sug.
| Gestion also is made in the memo.
I randum thar company comma nders
! utilize this list for recruiting pur.
! poses, circularizing the individuals
| concerned and having them visited
! by members of the command.
| 1t is believed that by this method
the s-rength Of the Guard will be