Evening star., 1929-04-21

/ nue., Al; Fourteenth street, 70: Georgia
avenue. 68: Southwest, 20: Anacostia,
az. Southeast. 70; Northeast, l19;
Woodbridge, so; Maryland, 53, ana vlr-
If there has ever been any doubt
as to the Federal character OF the local
militia it has been dispelled by the
opinion of the Attorney General in an
swer to a question propounded TO MN
by Senator Smoot. The latter asked:
lis the District Of Columbia militia an
activity of the National Government
such that the act approved March /,
1919, creating the Public Buildings
Commission gives this commission Ju-
risdiction over the space used by it?"
| The question was answered in the
affirmative after study by attorneys
in the department and following rem
dition of an opinion of an Assistant
Attorney General.
The present inspections have served
to indicate the great need OF an armory.
During these annual tests before the
eyes of Regular Army officers sent to
| determine the fitness of the various
units for field service they are required
to drill, but there is no drill hall, and
during the torrential rains of the past
week it was impossible to take the men
into the open spaces between the build
ings.
Mai. Edward H. Grove, commanding
the 29th Division Headquarters Troops.
commended the officers and men for
their attendance, appearance and con-
duct during the annual inspection last
week.
It was announced that 43 members OF
| the headquarters detachment attended
the opening class of the Non-commis-
stoned Officers School last week. AL
though primarily intended for the nom
CONS, it was announced that IS of
those present were privates. man OF
whom will in the near future hold
grades now held by less capable men.
Capt. Walker delivered a lecture on
'sThe Military Policy of the United
| States and Sergt. Ackerman talked on
THE Organization of the Land Forces
of the United States"
The subjects for the next class will
be THE War Department Mobilization
Plan" by Lieut. Hammer, and This Ma
tional Guard" by Sergt. Chalupsky.
The adjutants general of the several
States and the local National Guard
are scheduled to assemble for confer
ence in the Militia Bureau of the War
the discussion of matters affecting the
National Guard, it was announced. It
was said that Lieut.. Col. Smith, adju-
| tant general of the local militia and
Lieut.. Col. hewitt, his assistant, will
represent the local troops at the con-
| ference.
Brig. Gen. Frank D. Beary, Pennsyl-
vania National Guard, and president Of
the Adjutants General Association, will
open the conference with an address.
Addresses tomorrow also are scheduled
by Maj. Gen. Greed c. Hammond. chief
| of the Militia Bureau; Secretary of War
James w. Good, Col John w. Gulock,
executive officer of the Militia Bureau.
and Assistant Secretary of War Patrick
J. Hurley. The addresses will be inter-
spersed with business of the aSSocia-
ton.
Gen. Charles P. Summerall, chief OF
staff of the Army, will address the Of
f1cers on Tuesday. There also will be
luncheon at the Army and Navy Club.
| 1t was stated that officers OF the
Militia Bureau will not prepare papers
to be read before the association, but
will be prepared to take up with the
members of the association any subjects
which they may desire to discuss, or
upon which the members of the aSso-
citation may want more definite in
formation.
Among the subjects which will be
taken up are: Promotion of chaplainS
in the National Guard as compared
with chaplains in the Officers Reserve
Corps; full-time pay for caretakers, with
provisions for substitutes during illness;
consolidation of allotment funds to
cover two or more camp periods which
follow each other on the same camp
ground; increase of paper for United
States property and disbursing officers
and methods of property accountability
President E. A. Walsh of the National
Guard Association of the United States,
at st. Paul, Mimi, has announced in
a communication received here that
the next annual meeting of the Or
ganization will be held at Los Angeles,
Calf. October II. IS and 49, He said
that this early date was picked so that
delegates may take advantage Of the
Summer tourist rates.
1t was stated at local Guard head
quarters that the local delegates for
the annual convention have not yet
been selected.
That the annual inspections of the
local Guard are going on is indicated
by the fact that seven organizations had
enough men in attendance at drill last
week to get into the classification OF
superior. This is the largest number
of organizations in this group, it was
said, since the Inauguration of the prac-
tice of grouping the organizations ac-
cording to their weekly drill attendance.
Three of the units In this group had