Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
District National Guard

Organizations composing the National
Guard OF the District of Columbia
henceforth will have to further cramp
themselves into the unsatisfactory quar-
tiers which they have been using for
several years. 1t was announced at the
brigade headquarters of the Guard last
week that all appeals for a reversal Of
the decision Of the United States Hous-
ing Corporation directing the Guard to
vacate T-U Building on the Union Sta
ton Plaza have been turned down, and
the organizations now in the building
must vacate by July /.
Oh1cials Of the GuardSf1ave been seek
ing for some place In which to put the
large amount Of Federal equipment
stored In the building, as they have de-
cided that the troops now housed there
will have to find training quarters in
the Wv Building, where the Head
quarters and the 121st Regiment of
Engineers are housed. 1t was pointed
out that If satisfactory storage build
ing can be found for the great mass of
equipment, then the troops will have
TO train under the cramped conditions.
The order to move Is a severe blow
TO some Of the units. Many Of them,
at their own expense and labor, have
renodelled rooms in the T-U Building
and fitted them UP for recreation quar-
ters where the men could lounge and
enjoy themselves not only after the
drills on their regular attendance
nights, but also on of nights, when
was the first time In many years that
any Of the troops had any such place
to attract the men, and the effect of
such provision was shown by the at
tendance which resulted in those units
which provided these quarters.
In an effort to find storage space
without any great expense, the Guard
officials have appealed to Lieut.. Col u.
8. Grant. Sd, director Of the ONCE Of
Public Buildings and Public Parks of
the National Capital. The officers of the
Guard expressed the hope that he
would have some space in q Govern
ment building which could be used for
the storage OF the valuable field equip
ment.
The officers said that no effort had
been made to find building for the
troops now housed in the T-U struc-
ture. Although these units were formed
Guard of the Wv Building, neverthe-
less it was pointed out that it would be
better to keep all the troops as close
together as possible, rather than to find
them unsuitable quarters in some other
part of the city. In providing for these
troops, it was said, 1t also will be nee
esSary to transfer much equipment now
stored In the Wv Building to the new
Storehouse, wherever it may be.
This sudden crowding of the units of
the Guard, it is hoped, will give impetus
IN Congress to proposed legislation de-
signed to provide q permanent home
for the organization and thus end a
fight which has been going on for near
ly q quarter OF q century. 1t Is the
plan now, 1t is understood, TO get an
enabling act through Congress and thus
pave the way for the passage Of an APP
preparation. The District of Columbia
authorities, through whom the Guard
estimates have to pass on the way to
Congress, have recently taken the stand
that no estimate should be included for
an armory for the District troops, be-
cause Of the fact that there is no au-
thority for It, and the estimate would
be subject to point of order If IL ever
: reached the floor Of the House Of Rep
4xesentatives.
However, IT b believed that the hous-