Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-01

The National Guard Of the District
of Columbia will have q representative
at the next class of the Infantry School,
Fort Benning, Ca, 1t was announced
last week. Sergt. Jack Ward, Head
quarters Detachment, 29th Division, has
been ordered to proceed on February
next to the school, reporting to the
commandant there on the following
day. The course is to commence on
February 10. Upon completion of the
course on June he is directed to re-
turn to his home station here.
Organization of boards of officers in
this city and in Maryland have been
directed by the commanding general
of the Sd Corps Area, at Baltimore,
for the purpose of determining, with
the approval of the War Department,
what units of the organized Reserves
should be located in the two jurisdic-
tons. The boards are to meet at the
call Of their respective presidents.
The detail for the local board fol-
lows: Col. Melville s. Jarvis, U. s.
Army; Col. Leroy w. Heron, Field
Artillery Reserve; Lieut.. Col. Peyton q.
hewitt, acting adjutant general of the
local Guard: Lieut.. Col. James j. Jones,
Infantry Reserve; Maj. John M. Nc
Dowell, u. S. Field Artillery, recorder,
and Capt. Chester M. Reich, Infantry
Reserve
The Maryland detail follows: Col.
washington Bowie, Maryland National
Guard; Col. Herbert A. Smith, Infantry
Reserve; Lieut.. Col. Albert Gilmor. U. S,
Coast Artillery; Lieut.. Col. Herbert L.
Grymes, Maryland National Guard:
Maj. George r. Harrison, u. S. In
fantry, recorder; Maj. Thomas G. Nc
Nicholas, Maryland National Guard,
and Maj Harry c. Ruhl, Maryland Ma
tional Guard.
1t was indicated that the appoint
ment of these boards is merely to COM
ply with the requirements of the law,
which state that the units must be To-
Gated in accordance with recommended
lions of such boards, and that they
must be composed of officers who are
either now commissioned in the Ma
tional Guard or have held commissions
In the militia. However, the presidents
and recorders are Regular Army Of
f1cers.
Brig. Gen. Dudley j. Hard, command
er of the Saith Cavalry Brigade of the
Ohio National Guard and president of
the National Guard Association Of the
United States, called on Mai. Gen.
and the two held q conference on Ma
tional Guard matters, including pend
ing legislation affecting the militia. It
Is understood that the Ohio militia
ofacer came here in the interest of
the legislation.
The annual inspections of the units
composing the local Guard will be held
during the month of May, it was an
nounced at brigade headquarters. Dur
ing this period all of the units must
pass before the rigid scrutiny of q de-
tail of Regular Army officers sent here
from other parts of the country, to de-
termine their fitness for field duty and
the condition and quantity of their
equipment.
Training from now on will be largely
for the purpose of preparing for these
inspections, so that all units may
receive a high percentage mark in eff
cheney. The inspections of the store
rooms and equipment are to be made
during the day and the personnel at
night. Unit commanders have been
authorized to detail not to exceed two
officers and three enlisted men to re-
port in uniform during the day each
unit Is to be inspected for the purpose
Of making the property and records
dVdnduAc W the Inspecting Objects.
The order for the inspections says
that all unit commanders will use last
years inspection report as a guide and
assure themselves that all matters COW
cred by that report are in a highly
satisfactory condition for the inspec-
ton and that all deficiencies noted have
been corrected"
The dates for the various inspections
have been designated as follows:
May company A, 372d Infantry,
and the Medical Department Detach-
ment of that unit.
May State STAFF, Headquarters,
29th Division; Headquarters, Special
Troops, goth Division; Headquarters,
121st Regiment Of Engineers: Head
quarters, 1st Battalion, 12lst Engi-
neers; Headquarters, I'd Battalion, 121st
Engineers; Headquarters, LIST Battalion,
260th Coast Artillery, and the Medical
Department Detachment.
May 6-Headquarters Detachment,
29th Division; Headquarters Detach-
ment, Special Troops, goth Division;
Company A, 121st Engineers; Battery
B, 260th Coast Artillery.