Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

tachment and Combat Train. October
| 10; Battery A, October II: Battery b,
October "a, and Battery c, october 81.
The inspections will cover adnlinistra-
ton. property, general appearance OF
field desks, ONCE desks and appearance
of the supply room.
The Winter service uniforms have been
ordered out for the Coast Artillery, and
in addition the company officers have
been instructed to requisition mounted
leggins for their personnel. 1nstruc-
lions also have been issued that regt-
mental insignia will be worn on the
shoulder straps Of officers uniforms and
on the collars Of the blouses OF en-
listed men. All men entitled to serv-
ice bars, re-enlistment stripes overseas
and wound stripes and special insignia
| for excellency in Coast Artillery target
practice will wear the same In the
proper place on their uniforms, says in
! structions just issued by Capt. Gosorn.
First Lieut.. Joseph j. Greenlaw,
Medical Department Detachment. has
been promoted to captain. He viii as
unit, OF which he has been acting In
command for some months, since the
resignation Of Capt. e. G. Morse.
The Guard has been invited to place
an exhibit at the Fifth Annual In
dustrial Exposition of the washington
Chamber of Commerce to be held at
the Washington Auditorium, beginning
October 81 Notices have been sent to
Capt. Louis M. GoSorn, acting COM
mander of the 260th Coast Artillery;
Mai. E. H. Grove, commanding the 29th
Division Special Troops, and Col. John
| w. Oehmann, commanding the eng1-
neer regiment, telling them that the
brigade headquarters is open to recep-
ton Of ideas from them for the exhibit
Under the terms of an order issued
! earlier in the year, examinations for
candidates for the eligible lists for sec.
Ond lieutenants In the various arms OF
the local Guard will be held during
| the first two weeks in November. These
examinations, which are open to all
| enlisted men who have completed six
months service Immediately preceding
the dates of the examinations, are for
the purpose of providing a list from
which will be selected men for promo
ton by commission as vacancies occur
during the ensuing year. Each eligible
| list is good for year.
The applications to take the exami-
nations must be in the brigade head
quarters by october is. The examina-
lions are conducted by boards ap-
pointed by the commander of the Sd
Corps Area, with headquarters in Bal
| timoFe, Md.
Demand for attendance of National
Guard personnel at Army service
schools remains far in excess of the
possibility of supply, according to re-
port on National Guard training is
sued by the War Department. 1t was
said that the record of officers sent to
schools during the past year shows a
slight improvement over that of 1927.
There was very slight reduction In
the percentage of those failing to COM
plete the courses. But 1t was said that
the decrease in failures still remains
too large.
Failure to complete a course, ac-
cording to the Militia Bureau, reflects
discredit on the organization from
which personnel was sent, does not
justify the expenditure of funds in
volved and deprives the National Guard
as whole from taking full advantage