Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-01
District National Guard

Guard OF the DlSCrlcU OF COluIIlDld OuI
of the way. officers and men now are
making preparations for the Winter
armory training. At the same time the
higher officials are looking over the
needs for the command with view to
telling the Budget Bureau and Con-
gress just what is desired in the way
of funds to maintain the efficiency of
the local units during the next fiscal
year.
The estimates now are being prepared
under the direction Of Lieut.. Col Pey-
ton G. hewitt of the Adjutaat Cen
Gals Department, in conjunction with
sIai James F. Lusby, United States
Groprrty and disbursing officer for the
local Militia. just that the local
Guard officials will ask for IN the way
of money for the local units has not
been finally decided, but there is al
most a certainty that they will again
seek an appropriation for at least the
beginning of permanent home for
the local troops. Whatever is asked
for by the citizen soldier officials, how
ever, must be passed upon by the Dis
trict of Columbia Commissioners and
the Bureau Of the Budget before it gets
to Congress.
But the troops must have some place
in which they may assemble for their
weekly training, even If they do not
have any space in which recreation can
be INDUCED in. The time when they
must give up their unsatisfactory
quarters in one Of the old Government
dormitories on the Union Station Plaza
is fast approaching. The hotel build
ingS nearest the Capitol grounds al
ready have been RACED to make room
for the development of the parkway be-
tween the Capitol grounds and the IN
ion Station Plaza. The Guard former
ly had two of the buildings near the
station, but it has been unceremonious-
, ly pushed out of one of these, and now
the troops are literally and f1gura-
lively huddled into one small building.
In this structure there is not one place
where company can be assembled for
drill purposes. Housed in it are regi-
ment and number of units of the 18th
; National Guard Division.
While the troops are making the best
: Of what has been given them, never
theless every Regular Army inspector
who has visited the local Militiamen
during the annual check-up has COM
mented on the fact that the local citi-
>zen soldiers have most unsatisfactory
condition facing them for training
While the Federal Government, as
represented in this case by the War
Department, expects the States to pro-
vide satisfactory armory facilities,
nevertheless this Federal Militia has
been given during the past 20 or more
years virtually no support from the
Federal authorities in the direction of
providing satisfactory home for them.
Year after year the requests for home
have fallen on deaf ears, and not even
the means are provided for obtaining
satisfactory rented quarters. However,
there is a strong probability that very
decided steps will be taken to have the
new Congress at its first regular ses-
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men. and the fact that they are facing
a dispossess notice will be strongly
presented.
1t is possible, too, that the officials
of the National Guard Association of
the United States will take some part
In attempting to get an armory for the
local troops. Its officers were directed
at the last annual convention of the
organization to assist in this work.
While something was done toward the
close of the last regular session, there
was no result.
Orders have been issued for the con-
version of the 260th Coast Artillery,
harbor defense, into the 260th Coast
Artillery, anti-aircraft, the various units
being changed as follows:
Headquarters, 1st Battalion, 260th
Coast Artillery harbor defense, to Head
quarters, LIST Battalion gum, 260th
Coast Artillery, anti-aircraft. To be
reorganized in conformity with Ma
tional Guard table of organization No.
127.
Medical Department Detachment,
260th Coast Artillery, harbor defense,
to Medical Department Detachment
less machine gun battalion), Medical
Department Detachment, anti-aircraft.
Headquarters Detachment, 1st Bat
TALON, harbor defense, to Headquarters
Detachment and Combat Train, 1st
Battalion (gun), anti-a1rcraft.
Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery, har-
Dor defense, to Battery A, 260th Coast
Artillery, anti-aircraft. The same
changes are ordered for Batteries E
and c.
The orders specify that all of the
units must attain the new maintenance
strength provided in the tables of Or
ganization within six months from Au-
gust last.
Pvt William Nicholson, goth Division
Military Police Company, has been Or
dered transferred to Company B, 12lst
Engineers.
Pvt. Richard H. Pfohl, Headquarters
Detachment, Goth Division, has been
ordered honorably discharged on &C
count of removal from the District Of
Columbia.
Corpl. Frank Kimmel has been or
dered transferred from the active 70
the reserve list of the Headquarters De-
tachment, 260th Coast Artillery.
The following have been ordered
transferred from the reserve to the
active list of their respective units: |
Pvt. (First Class Frederick G. Ken |
Sarick, Quartermaster Corps Detach-
ment, State staff; Pvt. Daniel P. K. |
McGregor, Company c, 121st Engineers.
Pvt. Randolph H. Brown, Company
A, 121St Engineers has been honorably
discharged on account of physical dis
ability incurred while not on active
duty.
The brigade headquarters has revoked
an order of July Is last directing the
dropping of Pvt. Ira Phelps, Company
A, 121st Engineers, as a deserter. The
new order says that he Is being re-
turned to active duty and assigned to
that command.
Pvt. John w. Reynolds has been or
dered transferred from the reserve list
of the Headquarters and Service COM
pany, 121St Engineers, to the active list
of Company A, same regiment.
The following promotions in the
Quartermaster Corps Detachment, State
Staff, have been ordered: To be tech
nical sergeant, Sergt. Charles r. DreX-
illus; to be sergeant, Pvt. (F'trst Glass;
Willard P. Divine.