Evening star., 1928-06-03


done by organizations of the National
Guard Of the District of Columbia in
building up the strength Of the COM
mands has been demonstrated by the
Headquarters Detachment, 29th Division,
commanded by Capt. Hobart T. Walker.
This organization three months ago set
out to get 30 recruits, and had for its
slogan and goal Thirty Recruits by
May 30.' They not only reached the
goal, but passed it three men, a total
Of SO at drill on last Tuesday night, 1t
was announced at brigade headquar-
ters.
The work Of this organization Is
being held up as an example for other
organizations of the Guard to follow
The competitive spirit was invoked and
prizes were offered for the men bringing
in the greatest number of recruits. The
prizes will be awarded next Tuesday
night, but owing to the intricate mark
in; system which was worked out for
the campaign. the figures have not yet
been completed.
The enlistment Of 80 men brings the
organization, 1t was said, up to full
strength. Recruiting has not been very
brisk in the other organizations Of the
local militia, but there is hope that
some Of them will undertake to inaugu-
rate a system similar to that of the
Headquarters Detachment.
Recruiting will be stopped within a
short time, under orders issued some
| time ago that men could not be enlisted
shortly before the period when the
troops are scheduled to go into camp.
There are two reasons for this. One is
that the presence Of many recruits in
| the camp retards the training Of the
| troops with longer service. and the other
| is that the men who enlist just prior to
| the encampment usually do 1t for the
| purpose of going TO camp and have no
| intention Of attending drills during the
season when the armory drills are re-
suned.
One Of the most active men in the
| recruiting campaign Of the division
| headquarters outfit, 1t was announced,
was Master Sergt. Paul A. Chalupsky,
the senior non-commissioned officer Of
the organization.
Mai. Gen. Anton Stephan, command
| ing the local militia. has approved the
| findings of the general court-martial
/ which recently tried Pvt. Henry j.
Krumm, jr., 29th Military Police Com
pany on a charge of disobedience OF
| orders. However, he reduced the fine
| imposed by the court from S25 to $40,
and the papers have been sent to the
| of Columbia for execution. Krumm's s
| enlistment in the Guard has expired.
| The charges grew out Of an alleged
| failure Of Krumm to take third in
lection Of the anti-typhoid prophylactic,
and his refusal was predicated on the
| reputed fact that his arm had been Sc
| riously incapacitated by the second in
| lection. There also was the testimony
of the medical officers that in their
opinion the man was sufficiently i'm
munized from the disease TO carry him
to the end Of his enlistment.
The Marine Corps has been granted
permission TO use the rife range at
Camp Simms, Congress Heights, D. c.,
for target practice of the Marine de-
tachment at the barracks here or June
I and ).
Master Sergt. Joseph c. Sutton, de-
tached enlisted mems list, United
ment, having completed 80 years Of ac-
tive service in the Army. Upon grant,
ing Of the request Sergt. Sutton plans
to leave for Indianapolis, Ind, where ne
viii reside.
He has been on duty with the local
National Guard for several years as an
instructor. during which time he has
not only become very popular with the
officers. but with the enlisted men, hun
dreds of whom he has trained in the
camps and at the armories in the rudi-
ments and advanced stages of military
knowledge. During the Wcrld War he
was advanced to the rank Of captain
AMI still holds commission in the Re-
serve.
Information has been received from
the Militia Bureau that an examination
has been made Of the records of the
newly organized Medical Detachment Of
the 260th Coast Artillery, recently mus
tered for Federal recognition, and that
they have been approved, the organi-
zation being on the Federal list from
May IT.
The drill night Of the Military Police
Company has been changed to Tuesday
night, so that organization will be at
the armory when the other units are on
duty. The recommendation was made
by Capt. Claude Burlingame, COM
nnanding the outfit, who informed head
quarters that drilling with only a few
men tends to prevent prospective re-
cruits from joining the organization,
and adding that the only inducement
that the National Guard has in gaining
recruits is by having considerable
number of men at drill in the vicinity
Of the armory.
Explaining his difficulties, Capt. Bur-
lingame reports that his company lis
offering prizes to those who can induce
certain number OF men to join the
company. Many prospective recruits
have appeared on Wednesday nights,
accompanied by members Of this COM
pany, and promised that they could
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but never again put in their appear
ance. / believe that these prospectives
do not return because they see only 20
or 80 men present. On the other hand,
II these prospectives could see 800 or
400 men drilling about the armory 1t
would contribute to encourage enlist
ments in this company"
In recommending the approval, Mai
Edward Fl. Grove said that he was con-
vinced that the condition of the or
ganiZation would be materially improV-
ed If the change was made. Contact
with other troops, he continued, will
doubtless strengthen the morale and es-
tablish an esprit de corps which the or
ganization now lacks. Recruits will be
more readily obtained and held, as this
contact will show that they are a part
Of the entire National Guard and not
an isolated unit.
The 260th Battalion of Guard Coast
Artillery has been granted permission
by the War Department TO send one
officer TO the battery officers course at
the Coast Artillery School at Fort
Monroe. Va. from September II to No
vemner . next, and one enlisted man
to the enlisted specialists course at the
same school for the same period
The authorization has been sent 10
Mai Walter w Burns. commanding the |
2G0th Coast Artillery, for the selected |
men TO proceed to the Virginia artillery |