Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-06

f, armory and not continually bounded
with the prospect of removal from one
building to another. In addition to this
enormous rental figure. the Guard has
been required to expend more for the
upkeep, operation and renovation of
rented buildings than would have been
required to maintain properly q Gov
ernment-owned structure.
The equivalent of fourteen COM
panies. with strength of approxi-
mately 800, together with headquarters
offices, ETC., are now located In the one
Government hotel building, and these
must be provided with quarters when
the present armory buildings are RACED.
The Guard only recently has been com.
PEELED to move its StoreroomS to a
rented building some distance away 10
make room for troops housed in another
hotel building, the use Of which was re-
voked by the housing corporation.
1T was said that ~ additional COM
pany or small units with u strength OF
approximately 1900 are still to be or
ganized within the District. and provi-
sion must be made eventually for
armory facilities for them.
Early In the current year, q letter was
directed to the District of Columbia
Commissioners asking that they include
provision for an armory in the plans for
TIE HNe-yeaT municipal DullUllB pTo-
gram, and at that time 1t was pointed
out that the suggestion to seek the aid
OF the Commissioners in fathering the
legislation had come from Senator Reed
Smoot, chairman of the Public Build
ingS Commission.
1t was announced at Brigade Head
quarters that In order to comply with
the provisions of Militia Bureau cir
cular, units Of the local Guard are
authorized to maintain active enlisted
personnel to a strength not exceeding
the following figures:
State staff, IA: Headquarters Detach-
ment 29th Division Special Troops, 8;
Headquarters Detachment. goth Divi-
sion, 49; 29th Division Military Police
Co, SIS; Medical Department Detach-
ment, l2lst Engineers, 10; Headquarters
and Service Company. 12lst Engineers,
IS; Band, 12lst Engineers, IS; Company
A 121St Engineers, 70; Company b.
121st Engineers. IS: Company C, 12lst
Engineers, 63; Company D, l2lSt En-
gineerS, 20; Company E. l2lst En-
8ineers, &c: Company F, 12lst En-
9ineers. CO; Medical Department De-
tachment. 260th Coast Artillery, 10.
Headquarters Detachment, 260th Coast
Artillery 81; Battery A. 260th Coast Ar
llllCIy, %, odliCIy ID, SOOtAl SOdSl
tillery. 81; Battery c, 260th Coast Artii-
lery. So; Company A. 372d Infantry, u.
These figures give a total to the
Guard of 92l enlisted men, an increase
in the last quarter from 1856 men, or an
increment of So. The increases. it was
pointed out largely went to the 260th
Coast Artillery, due to the fact of a
change of status of that organization
from a coast defense organization to a
mobile anti-aircraft outfit. The eventual
limit of the Coast Artillery companies,
under the tables of organization. II was
said. will be 60 men for each unit, but
there is a period of six months Z, y
during which they will be expected to
work their strength up to the limit.
The figures Just announced are re-
equalization to meet the changing con-
ditions to the various units. 1t was ex-
planned that the War Department fixes