Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-02
District National Guard

! into. Instructions have been issued BY
the Sd Corps Area Headquarters that
two or three days of the second week
Of the encampment be set aside for
this purpose. The inspections are not
to be made by Army oficers on regular
detail with the units in the field.
The Militia Bureau took the step
when it found that it was not receiving
from the present inspection reports, the
data and information required. AS q
result of the proposed inspections, il
was pointed out that the Departmental
Bureau should obtain a clear-cut pic
| ture of the combat efficiency of all
organizations, and added that this can
be accomplished only by actual par
ticipation of the organizations in COM
bat and tactical exercises during these
camps. The proficiency OF the troops
and efficiency Of command in such ex-
ercises, together with their performance
in camp routine, strength present and
Suff1ciency and condition of arms and
equipment. should be the principal
bases upon which ratings are assigned
| In arriving at conclusion as to the
final rating to be assigned by an in
spection board, the following factors,
the department says, should be care
fully considered by the boards as q
whole before finally rating the special
units and organizations:
The strength present in camp is a
factor which is considered important in
as much as only with an approach to
| 100 per cent can an accurate eStimat e
of the real efficiency of an organiza-
| ton be determined. In the determine
ton of rating to be assigned tactical
and interior administration, conSidera-
ton is to be given to the ability Of
commanders to formulate orders and
cause them to be executed throughout
the chain of command; to the function
ing Of training of interior guards; to
the operation and supervision Of messeS !;
to the provision for and operation Of
camp supply, and, In general, to the
efficiency of all commanders in the
supervision of camp routine.
Combat efficiency Is to be determined
by the participation of all troops In
combat exercises. If suitable exercises
have been prepared by unit COM
manders as part of the routine field
training, such exercises will be observed
by the inspection board and ratings as
signed based on the performance Of the
troops participating. On the other
hand. II suitable exercises have not
been prepared they should be and their
execution observed. Problems should
be so designed, the Militia Bureau says,
as to At the available terrain and be
applicable to the type Of unit under
inspection. In view Of the policy of
limiting the training of the Guard to
sound basic training, 1t Is considered
by the Militia Bureau that, for the year
1880, these tests should be made by
platoons, war strength, unless in the
judgment of the area commander the
training has reached a state Of pro-
flciency to justify the employment Of
other units.
Proficiency and efficiency Of COM
manders is to be determined by OBJ
servation Of the qualities of command
and leadership displayed by the various
commanders during the progress Of the
tactical exercises. Members of the in
spection boards during the progress Of
the camp are to observe such condi-
tons as will determine the rating to be
assigned to discipline and morale, such
as military courtesy, promptness and
orderliness In formations, quietness in
camp after taps, spirit in which as
signed tasks are performed and other
similar evidences should be carefully
observed. Careful estimate also is to
be obtained Of the completeness and
condition of uniforms, arms and equip
ment. This will require an inspection
in full field equipment, including the
pitching of shelter tents and display
Of equipment.
Second Lieut.. Pearson c. Conlyn,
Company A, l2lst Engineers, has been
ordered to report to q board of officers
for examination for promotion to the
grade of first lieutenant in the Engi-
neer Corps.
Capt. J. C. Jensen, Ordnance De-
partment, has been designated as cap
tain Of all rife teams to be designated
later in the year and which will repre-
sent the Guard In competitions during
the calendar year 1880. In this capac-
quarters recommendations for the Sc
lection and training of q rife team for
participation in the national matches.
Four organizations Of the Guard
again last week mustered sufficient men
to reach the classification Of superior
in drill attendance. Two of them, the
Medical Department Detachment, 260th
Coast Artillery, and the Quartermaster
Corps Detachment, had 100 per cent
Of their personnel present. The other
two were the 29th Division Military Po-
lice Company, with 1888 per cent, and
the Headquarters Detachment 29th Dr.
vision, with 95.74 per cent. The other
organizations In their respective CLASH
fications, with percentages follow:
Observation-Disclosures Detachment,
goth Division Special Troops, $751; j;
Band, 12lst Engineers, S2.35.
Very satisfactory-Head and
Service Company, 121st Engineers,
77.55; Headquarters Detachment and
Combat Train, 260th Coast Artillery,
771S; Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery,
74.ls; Company D, l2lst Engineers
1921.
Satisfactory-Battery A, 26oth Coast
Artillery, 69.4o: Company C, 12lst En-
gineers, 69.44; Company A, 372d Infan-
tillery, 6470; Company B, 121st Engi-
neers, 1888; Company A, 121st Engi-
neers, 1888; Company e, 12lSt Engi-
neerS, 0.65.
atisfactory-Medical Department
Detachment, l2lSt Engineers, IS.
Gen. Stephan has recommended that
vacancies on the 29th Division stan
caused by the change In the tables of
organization and authorizing the ap-
pointment of one lieutenant colonel
Chemical Warfare Service, and one
major, general staff section, be allo-
Gated to Maryland and Virginia, the
former to get the Chemical Warfare
off1cer and the latter the general staff
| oInSSi' Inc Experimentation was sent
to the commanding general Of the Sd
Corps Area at Baltimore and letters
sent to two States, asking concurrence
in the recommendation. The change
will involve the transfer of one lieu
tenant colonel in the division machine
gun and Howitzer assignment and a
major in the adjutant generals depart
ment, which two positions have been
abolished.
Brig. Gen. w. w. Sale, adjutant gen.
eral of Virginia, has been asked to as
sign Maj William Mckee Dunn Of the
adjutants section to the general stafi