Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10
District National Guard

Coast Artillery. 1905, and Medical De-
partment Detachment. 12lst Engineers,
1000.
The following officers and men OF
the local guard were detailed to inaug-
ural headquarters for three days prior
to the Inauguration, it was announced
at headquarters: Second Lieut. Samuel
w. Marsh, Company E, 12lst Engf-
neers; Second Lieut.. Joseph F. Fit2-
gerald, Headquarters and Service Com
pany, 12lst Engineers; First Lieut.. r. P.
Mulligan, Battery A. 260th Coast Ar
tillery; staff Sergt. Albert j. King,
Headquarters and Service Company,
121st Engineers, and Corpl. Melvin H.
Walls, Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery.
brigade headquarters prohibiting the
wearing of the blue uniform by enlisted
men or a dress or full dress blue
uniform by officers of the National
Guard of the District Of Columbia. It
was explained at the headquarters that
no blue uniforms have been issued for
the enlisted personnel. and the order
was Issued to discourage men from
buying them out of their private funds,
as it is understood that some changes
are contemplated. It was said also that
some of the officers have been dis
cussing the purchase of these uniforms
for the purpose Of wearing them at
military social functions, but the order
will even prohibit their DOMINIC them
at these, it was said.
The local armory of the National
Guard, at North Capitol and D streets,
was used for the quartering Of COM
pany from the Maine National Guard,
which came to participate in the
Hoover inaugural ceremonies. The
troops occupied the main lobby for
period of three days. The
Richmond Light Infantry Blues, which
had planned to use the quarters Of the
local Guard, were quartered in the
State. War and Navy Building, because
of the fact that the local Armory was
not suited to furnish sleeping accom-
modations for such large body Of
troops.
Because Of its possible effect on the
armory facilities for the District Ma
tional Guard. oficials will begin study
this week of the measure passed by
Congress during its last hours, provid-
ing for the improvement of the area
between the Capitol grounds and the
Union Station as part OF the former.
The local Guard now occupies, one OF
the Government hotel buildings as an
armory, and while the money has not
been appropriated for the beginning Of
the work, nevertheless, it will finally
contemplate the razing of the Govern
ment hotel buildings. In that event
the Guard would have to 60 elsewhere.
Congress also failed again to take any
definite steps to make provision for the
local citizen soldiery by giving 1t suit
able place in which to take its train
ing, although the efforts of the National
Guard Association Of the United States
we're thrown behind the measure which
would have given 1t the use of the Pen
sion once Building, in judiciary Square,
now occupied by the General Account
ing Office. The latter is to be taken
care of in the so-called Avenue TRAN
gle of Federal building construction.
The present quarters were assigned to
the Guard by the Public Buildings Com
following the rendering of an
the local Guard was such Federal ac-
tivity that that commission must find
it home. While the duty has been
placed on the buildings commission,
the guard officials will do
all in their power to assist in getting
some provision made for building
From year to year 1t has been forced TO
occupy quarters entirely unsuitable for
the training of troops, and the Govern
ment hotel buildings are the worst that
have ever been furnished. But the or
ganization was practically forced to |
take this structure, because of the fact |
that q suitable private building could |
not be obtained within the rental al
owance OF Congress. The amount waszI
even so small that no private builder |
could be found who would risk an in |
vestment in a large building, under q
chance that the Government would |
keep it for this purpose over . period |
Of years.