Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-17


States Military Academy, according to
communication received at the brigad
headquarters here from Maj. Gen. c
H. Bridges, adjutant general OF tn
Army.
He is to fill one of the aIiotments lef
vacant by the failure of some State Ma
tional Guard to take advantage Of tn
opportunity. The local Guard som
time ago was allotted one of the va
cancieS at the academy, and it wa
filed as result of competitive exami
petitorS. AS has been the practice o.
the War Department, it has given thos'
Guard organizations which have mor'
than their quota of qualified enlisted
men vacancies at the school that were
not used by the States to which they
were originally allotted. coleman Il
appointed subject to his taking the reg
ular West Point entrance examination
next Summer.
The following second lieutenants oil
Infantry have been directed to appear
before an examining board, headed by
Lieut.. Col. Charles B. Elliott, for the
purpose of being examined to determine
their qualification for promotion to the
rank of first lieutenantS of Infantry;
Second Lieut.. Willard L. Hammer
bCIo <Sbkl La
vision Special Troops, and Second Lieut.
William T. Roy, 29th Military Police
Company.
Roy is at present the senior officer in
the military police company, which has
been without a captain since Capt
Claude Burlingame was transferred to
the State staff. Roy it is understood
eventually is to get command of the
organization, and this examination prob
ably will be followed closely by another
one for his promotion to captain.
The following have been ordered
transferred from the active to the re-
serve lists of their respective commands
on account of business interference with
their military duties: PvtS. George F.
Poole, Medical Department Detachment
12lst Engineers. and Ollie E. Kidwell,
Headquarters and Service Company,
12lst Engineers.
Pvt. Robert L. Hickey has been or
dered transferred from the reserve to
the active list of the Headquarters and
Service Company, 121st Engineers.
First Sergt. Richard M. Hart, Com
pany E, 121st Engineers, has been or
dered reduced to the rank Of private at
his own request
Pvt. David w. Milne has been or
dered promoted to the rank of first
, sergeant, Company E, 121st Engineers.
Second Lieut.. Pearson c. Conlyn has
been ordered relieved as assistant to the
recruiting officer, 121St Engineers, and
First Lieut.. Walter A. Knight, adjutant
of the 1st Battalion, in addition to his
other duties, has been directed to as
sumo the duty of recruiting officer for
all units OF the Engineer regiment.
Pvt. Alfredo Nazareno, 18th Military
Police Company, has been ordered hon.
orably discharged on account of his re-
moval from the District of Columbia.
Pvt. Gateno Patrizi has been ordered
transferred from the active to the re-
serve list of the 29th Division Military
Police Company on account of business
interference with his military duty.
The Headquarters Detachment, 2eth
Division Special Troops, topped the list
OF units of the local Guard in the mat
ter OF attendance last week, according
TO the reports made public by brigade
headquarters. This unit reached 100
per cent in attendance and was classed
as superior. The other organizations.
in their respective classifications, with
attendance percentages, follow:
Excellent-Medical Department De-
tachment, 260th Coast Artillery, 1888;
band, 121st Engineers, 1857; Headquar-
tiers Detachment. 260th Coast Artillery,
SO.95.
very satisfactory-Headquarters and
Service Company, 12lst Engineers, 49, 9;
Headquarters Detachment, 29th Divi-
sion, 1885.
Satisfactory Division Military
Police Company, 69.38; Quartermaster
Corps Detachment, $3.50; Company B,
12lst Engineers, 66.16; Company G.,
12lSt Engineers, 66.13; Company A,
l2lst Engineers, $500; Battery B, 260th
Coast Artillery.
Unsatisfactory - Battery G, 26Oth
Coast Artillery, 58.49; Company D, 121st
Engineers, 58.46; Company F, 12lst En-
gineers, STA; Medical Department De-
tachment, l2lst Engineers, 52.38; Com
pany A, 372d Infantry, SOTO.
Very unsatisfactory: Battery A, 260th
Coast Artillery, 45.09; Company e, 12lst
Engineers, $3.50.
In order to extend to a greater num-
Der Of National Guard and Reserve Of
ficerS the opportunity to serve on the
War Department general staff, 1t was
announced at the War Department, a
change in the present policy and prac-
tice for tour of duty of this character
has been made. The present policy on
this subject Is that the normal length
of such tour is six months, but that
this may be extended by one year when
such extension is manifestly In the in
terest of the United States.
In actual practice, 1t is said that
under this policy most of the officers
have been retained on active duty for
the full Is months period. The new
policy provides that Reserve and Ma
tional Guard officers in the future will
be detailed as additional members of
the War Department general staff for a
period of six months, and that only
under exceptional circumstances win
this tour of duty be extended to include
o second six months period.
National Guard and Reserve officers
are detailed to duty with the general
staff in order that they may become in
formed regarding War Department or
ganization, its missions and methods of
tunctioning and that they may be avail
able for duty as members of certain
general staff committees prescribed by
the national defense act. This act pro-
Wdes that all policies and regulations
affecting the organization, distribution
and training of the National Guard and
Organized Reserves and all policies and
regulations affecting the appointment
assignment, promotion and discharge OF
Reserve officers shall be prepared by
committees of appropriate branches or
divisions Of the War Department gen.
eral staff, to which shall be added an
equal number Of Reserver officers, In
Guiding Reserve officers who hold OF
who have held commissions in the Ma
tional Guard.
At the present time 10 Reserve and
National Guard officers are detailed as
additional members of the general star
The new policy will not be applied t.
any of these officers now serving Their
first or second period of six months
They may be recommended for an add.
tional period of six months.
Orders have been issued to the chic!
Of the militia division of the War De.
partment by the Secretary Of War K
take the necessary steps toward the