Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-14

Two changes of commissioned per-
sonnet one directly and the other in
directly affecting the National Guard
of the District of Columbia, became
known last week.
Maj Gen. Anton Stephan, command
ing the local militia brigade, an
nounced that Lieut.. Col. Frederick H.
Smith, U. S. A., adjutant general Of
the local organization, will be relieved
about January next by request of the
chief of Coast Artillery for duty with
troops. The announcement conveyed
the further information that Col.
Smith will be placed in command of a
regiment of Coast Artillery.
Col. Smiths successor has not been
made known. The law provides for
the assignment here as adjutant gen.
eral of an officer of the Regular Army
who is commissioned also in the militia
during the time that he is on the
detail. Prior to his assignment here
Col. Smith was military attache at
Constantinople.
The other change was in the head
quarters of the Third Corps Area at
Baltimore, which controls the militias
not only in the District of Columbia,
but in Maryland, Virginia and Penn
sylvania. Col. Fred r. Brown, Infan-
try, until recently the commander of
the 30th Infantry, Sd Division, at the
Preside of San Francisco, is the new
oficer in charge of National Guard
affairs In this Army area He sue
ceeds Col. Isaac c. jerks, Infantry,
who is taking advantage of leave of
absence prior to retirement from active
service at the statutory age of "a years.
Col. Brown has just returned to Balti-
more after taking a one-month re-
freSher course at the Infantry School,
Fort Benning. Ga. Col Brown will
have charge of National Guard activi-
ties in the District of Columbia, Penn
sylvania. Virginia and Maryland.
Col. Brown graduated from West
Point in February, 1899, and four
months later he was recommended for
brevet by Maj. Gen. Lawton for gall
lantry in action at Guadeloupe Ridge
and Ford near Las Pinas in the Philip
pine Islands. He was later appointed
provost marshal at Tarlac, Luzon, in
the Philippine Islands, and organized
and conducted the civil government
After this detail he was aide de camp
to Gen. Liscum. He later saw action
In China as member of the China
Relief Expedition.
Col. Brown served in the continental
United States with the 18th United
States Infantry and the 9Th United
States Infantry and was at one time
adjutant of Fort Niagara, N. Y, and
was later adjutant of Fort Sam Hous-
ton, Tex. For his work in the World
War he has a Distinguished Service
Medal. He is a graduate of the Army
School of the line, of the General Staff
School and of the Army War College
and is a member of the General Staff
Corps eligible list.
Two units Of the local Guard mus
tered enough men at their weekly drill
last week to be placed in the CLASH
1cation of superior in attendance.
They were State Detachment and the
2oth Division Military Police Company,
the former having percentage of 1888
and the latter 91.07. The other or
CARNATIONS in their respective classifi-
cations, with percentages, follow:
Excellent-Medical Department De-
tachment, 260th Coast Artillery 1888;
Band, 12lst Engineers, $3.50: Medical
Department Detachment, 121st Engi-
neers, 1886; Headquarters Detach-
ment, 29th Division, 82.47; Headquar-
ters Detachment and Combat Train,
260th Coast Artillery 8125.
Very atisfactory-Battery z, 260th