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

! ing troubles of the Guard during the
past several months has served to drive
home to legislators the detrimental con-
| ditions under which the local citizen
| soldiers must get their training, and
that the legislation will receive more
consideration at the coming session of
Congress than at any previous time. 1t
is not considered likely that any armory
legislation will be considered at the spe-
cial session of Congress. But It is quite
certain that the Guard officers win be
early In the next Congress in order that
proposed legislation may be adopted as
early as possible, to the end that the
present conditions may be alleviated as
soon as possible.
Harold r. Stephan. son OF Gen. An
ton Stephan, who graduated this year
in engineering from the Virginia Poly
technic Institute, 1t was announced, has
| passed examinations and qualified, and
| has received his commission as a second
lieutenant in the Of1cers' Reserve Corps.
He has been assigned to the 80th Dr.
vision, with headquarters in Richmond,
Va.
Approval has been given by the bri-
gade headquarters to a request of Mai.
| Walter w. Burns, commanding the
260th Coast Artillery. for Batteries A
and G OF that organization to engage
IN field maneuvers in Arlington and
Fairfax Counties on June % and 49,
1t also was requested that the brigade
headquarters obtain from the Governor
| OF Virginia permission for this armed
force to engage in maneuvers in the
Dominion State.
1t was indicated that this maneuver
is the beginning of a series which are
to be held on subsequent Saturdays and
Sundays, as part Of the training Incl
dent to preparing the troops for their
annual encampment and field training
| at Fort Monroe. Va. The maneuvers
are to be held also on July 6 and Z and
July Is and IA. During these two-day
| instruction periods the troops will re-
main in the field over night.
One OF the batteries which IL Is pro-
posed to take into the field is a gun and
+. the other a searchlight battery. The
problem will be under the direction of
| Maj. Scofleld, instructor of the unit.
Maj. Burns informed the headquarters.
Battery A, 26Oth Coast Artillery.
which was to have used its searchliQhts
in showing an Army blimp last week
| during the flag ceremonies, was not
called upon for this duty, because the
haze in the skies made it impossible for
those in charge Of the ceremonies To
4
out. However, the militiamen took the
evening at the armory In getting in
some practical drill instruction.
Capt. Hiram G. Fry, United States
Infantry, stationed at Baltimore. Nd.
| viii go to camp with the District troops
from August IL to rs as instructor Of
the 372d Infantry, the goth Military
Police Company and the Headquarters
Troop OF the District Guard and the
LIST Separate Company of Maryland
National Guard Infantry.
! Capt. Calvert H. Arnold, United
States Army Signal Corps, and Sergt
Fred Kent, United States Signal Corps,
the former now stationed at Richmond
and the latter at Norfolk, Va, have been
ordered to Cascade, Nd, while the Dis
j trict troops are there, in connection
with the instruction Of the 29th Division
Signal Company.
] Capt. cleg Anderson, Corps Of En-