Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11

74.76; band, l2ist Engineers, I'LL;
Company D, 12lst Engineers, 1895;
| Company c, 121st Engineers, 1859.
Satisfactory-Company F, 12lst Engi-
neers, 61.66.
neutrality-suspicious. A, 121st
Engineers, 5967; Company e, 121st
Engineers, 5o.42; Battery G, 26oth Coast
Artillery, 57.ss; Company B, 121st
Very atisfactory-Medical Depart
ment Detachment, 12lst Engineers
During the period covered by the re-
port, the Headquarters Detachment
29th Division, and the Headquarters
Detachment, 29th Division Special
Troops, did not have an assembly. the
report states.
Pvt. Clarence NARROW has been order
| ed transferred from the reserve to the
| active list of Company A, 121st Engi-
neers.
Pvt. Edward A. Dove has been order
| ed transferred from the active to the
reserve list of the Medical Department
Detachment, 121st Engineers.
Pvt. (First Glass; George j. White has
been ordered promoted to the grade of
corporal In Company c, 121st Engineers
upon recommendation of the company
commander.
civic organizations throughout the city,
not one voice was raised in opposition
to an armory for the National Guard
of the District Of Columbia at q public
hearing held in the District Building
last week before special committee of
city employees headed by Mai. Dawson,
Assistant Engineer Commissioner. On
the other hand, all of them voiced
strong sentiment in favor not only OF
constructing Immediately an adequate
armory for the Guard, but one that
would be a model for the States and q
| credit to the Federal and District gov
ernments
There was present also at the hear
ing Mai. Gen. EverSon, chief Of the
Militia Bureau, who told the committee
Of the excellent progress that was being
made in the States in housing the
citizen troops ana providing adequate
facilities for them to obtain the train
ing necessary to 1T them for service in
the field in time of national emer-
gency. He told the committee that he
had recently completed tour Of the
States, during which he inspected
armories for the National Guard. He
also left with the committee figures
showing the amount of money spent by
the various States on the National
Guard, and added that they would show
that the National Guard Of the District
Of Columbia had lower per capita
He said that the Federal Government
contributed so cents per capita for the
support Of the District troops, while
the District Of Columbias contribution
was II cents, q total Of 81 cents. For
| the company as whole the Federal
contribution was So cents per capita,
and the State average as cents, q total
Of SO cents.
The consensus Of opinion expressed
that the Government should take steps
promptly to provide immediately for
such q building as is needed by the
Guard, and for which its officers have
been working for more than quarter
| of q century. Several Of them mem
| toned the Pension Once Building,
which was declared to be ideally suited
for an armory because of the fact that
its first floor, where there Is large
court, could be used as drill hall for
the troops, facility which they have
system they are required to take their
drills on a parade ground set aside for
them in the Mall, but this is only avail
able in good weather during the Spring,
Summer and Autumn. Practically all
of the training taken during the VIM
| ter months Ia class room instructions.
Gen. Stephan presented communica-
tions from the Board Of Trade, Cham
Der Of Commerce and the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association, the
National Guard committees Of which he
4 d. be ,ekv ~ ~,
| armory for the Guard. The general
also told the committee that, while 1t
had been previously believed that the
Pension Once Building would be avail
able for the Guard, 1t has been found
| that 1t is almost impossible to get 1t, and
there was no assurance that 1t would
ever be turned over to the Guard. For
that reason he did not believe that 1t
would solve the armory matter by max
ing further efforts to obtain that
e. 6. Ruebsam, representing the
Civitan Club, in urging that the Guard
be provided with adequate armory facil-
tiles, said that when the buildings for
| the st. Louis exposition were being
| designed one Of them was so construct
ed that 1t could be moved here and
used as an armory for the Guard. How
ever, he pointed out that nothing was
done about 1t for this purpose, but that
one Of the large railroad companies
purchased the structure, and it is now
| serving as one Of the finest railroad sta
tions in the West.
The citizens pointed out that the
| local troops should have q building
which should stand out as q model, but
none OF the speakers undertook to say
what kind Of building should be pro-
vided. The location and construction
should be left entirely to the authorities
| concerned In the matter, they urged,
but they pointed out that the District
citizenry was intellectually behind