Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-12

mer will mean, it was indicated, that
some of the units of the National Guard
of the District of Columbia will not go
was said that the exercise will be held
at Fort Meade, Md. one of the largest
! Army posts in this section of the coun-
| try, where there is plenty of land for
! the maneuvers incident to the instruc-
! ton proposed.
Local Guard headquarters has not yet
received any indication as to what off,
| GERS or units will be used In the exer-
else, as the first instructions received
from the headquarters of the Sd Corps
Area at Baltimore, Md, said that details
| would be forthcoming as soon as it was
| ascertained what amount of funds are
available for the maneuvers. 1t is pos
sible, 1t was said, that it would take
the battalion echelons. AS the 121st
Regiment of Engineers of the local
Guard is the 10Th Division Engineer
| officers will be sent to Meade, and
later will go to Camp Richie when
| the troops of the organization take their
annual period of field training. It was
| said to be probable, however that very
few, If any, of the enlisted personnel OF
the regiment would go to Meade.
Some information as to what enlisted
PERSONNEL will be required for the exer-
! else Is expected to be forthcoming soon,
however, as the original circular on the
matter suggested that prompt steps be
| taken to train this personnel so that IL
would function well when the maneu-
vers are started.
Enlisted personnel of the local Guard
are expected to appear in few months
! In the new style Pershing cap, which
| has been adopted as the standard mead
gear of the Army. acquisitions nave
| been submitted covering the quantity
necessary to equip the present personnel,
| in accordance with instructions Just re-
| ceiyed. The War Department said tnat
upon the receipt of acquisitions from
| all of the States, or as many as desire
the new caps, decision will be made as
to the number that can be procured
this year and steps will be taken 10
have them manufactured and issued.
| The further use of the old style caps
has been ordered discontinued by the
Secretary of War.
Members of the Guard, it was said,
! will be given preference over graduates
! of recognized colleges and universities,
r, o. r. G. units, Reserve officers and
members of the enlisted Reserve Corps
| in the appointment as flying cadets for
air service training In the Army.
Candidates, however, must agree
prior to appointment, to serve three
| years. one as a flying cadet and two as
a second lieutenant of the Air Corps
Reserve on active duty. or as COM
| missioned officer in the Regular Army,
unless sooner relieved.
In compliance with a request from
| Col. j. Miller Kenyon, in charge OF ar
| ranging a meeting to celebrate the an
niversary of the birth of Abraham Lin
| coin to be held at the Presbyterian
Church, John Marshall place and G
street, on the night of February 8, Gen.
! Stephan has designated Col. John w.
| Oehmann, Mai E. H. Grove and Mai.
Walter w. Burns to represent the local
| Guard.
First Lieut. william F. Bulls. Battery
| B, 260th Coast Artillery, has accepted q
commission In the Army Reserve Corps
Four units Of the local Natinal Guard
mustered sufficient men at the first drill
| of the new year to attain the claSsif1-
cation of superior in attendance. The
| 29th Division Military Police Company
heads the list with 100 per cent of its
personnel present, while the other three,
| with their percentages, were: The Med
ical Department Detachment, 260th
Coast Artillery, 100; Headquarters De-
tachment and Combat Train, 260th
Coast Artillery. 93.75. and the Head
quarters Detachment, goth Division,
93.47.
The other units, in their respective
classifications, with percentages. follow:
! Excellent Headquarters Detachment,
| goth Division Special Troops, 87.5l.
Very satisfactory, Quartermaster Corps
Detachment, rs; Battery B, 260th Coast
Artillery, 73.46.
Satisfactory, Company C, 12lst Engi-
neers, $3.50: Battery A, 260th Coast
Artillery, 62.26; Company A, 121st En-
| gineers, 6l29.
Unsatisfactory, Company F, 121st En-
| gineers, 57.57; Company B, 12lst Engi-
neers, 55.25; Headquarters and Service
| Company, 121st Engineers, SALT; Com
| pany D, 121St Engineers, So 80: Medical
| Department Detachment, 12lst Engi-
neers, so; Company A, 372d Infantry, so.
Very unsatisfactory: Battery C, 260th
Coast Artillery, 47,27; Company E,
/ 12lst Engineers, 40.62.
Brig. Gen. Milton A. Reckord, COM
handing the Maryland National Guard,
has informed the 29th Division head
| quarters here of the transfer of First
Lieut.. Arthur A. Callahan from duty
with Company M, 1st Maryland Infan-
! try, to division postal officer of the 29th
National Guard Division, to fill an
existing vacancy. Lieut.. Callahan, a
former resident of Annapolis, Md, now
/ resides in this city, where he is en-
ployed by the Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co. and is a student at the
George Washington University.
| In an effort to encourage the re-en-
listment of personnel, instructions have
been issued by the local brigade head
quarters to unit commanders to present
! to personnel of their companies or de-
= tachments all medals authorized for
! issue upon re-enlistment following the
| completion of three-year enlistment
| 1t is felt a general order says, that
these medals will be more appreciated
and of more value to the individual and
| the organization If issued Immediately
upon re-enlistment and unit command
| ers have been instructed also to make
! the presentation of medals at the first
assembly of the entire company follow
ing the re-enlistment Of the individual
| concerned.
| The order requires commanders to
make a~report to brigade headquarters
Immediately following the presentation
and must give the name, rank and or
ganization of the individual. Com
manders must, in the future, make
ceremony Of the presentation OF such
medals.
1t has been the practice heretofore to
withhold the presentation of medals
until some assembly of the entire regi-
ment or other unit, usually at the an
nual encampments, and in some in
| stances these occurred some months
after they were earned by the indi-
vidual.
! All cooks and mess sergeants of the
Guard have been detailed to attend the
school for cooks to be held weekly at
the Coast Artillery Armory at Water
and o streets southwest, the first as
sembly of which was held last week.
The schools will be in lieu of all other