Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-11
District National Guard

Maj. Gen. Paul B. Malone, U. S. A.,
commanding the Sd Corps Area of the
United States Army. with headquar-
tiers at Baltimore, Md, Friday after
noon paid a formal visit to brigade
headquarters here and held a confer
ence on local Guard matters with Mai.
Gen. Anton Stephan, who commands
the local Militia brigade as we'll as the
citizen troops of this city and Mary
land and Virginia, which comprise the
29th National Guard Division
According to present plans Gen. Ma
lone is scheduled to visit the Sixth
Street Armory again next Tuesday
night, when he will inspect the armory
and also will inspect the troops on the
drill field in the Mall. Organization
commanders were instructed to pre-
pare their quarters and personnel for
the inspection. They were told to pre-
pare and maintain their organization
and organizations equipment in the
proper condition for such a visit Spe-
cial attention is urged in the matter
of rendering proper honors when the
corps area commander visits the quar-
tiers.
Lieut.. Col. Charles B. Elliott. who re-
Gently was relieved as senior Regular
Army instructor of the local National
Guard and sent to Fort George G.
Meade. Md, will return to the city
Wednesday night to be the guest of
honor of the officers of the local Mill
tia at a buffet supper, which will be
rendered him in the Sixth Street Arm
DRY. The committee in charge is COM
posed of Col J. w. Oehmann. COM
handing the 121st Regiment of Engi-
neers; Lieut.. Col. Peyton @. hewitt
Adjutant Generals Department, and
Maj E. H. Grove. commanding the
special troops, goth Division.
Three enlisted members of the local
Guard have been authorized by brigade
headquarters to take the competitive
examinations. to be held by the United
States Civil Service Commission on Oc-
tober 81, for the selection of one man
for appointment from the local Militia
to the West Point Military Academy.
Those who have been authorized to
date are: Richard Rothwell, TIP Thir-
teenth street southeast, attached to the
Headquarters Detachment, goth Divi-
sion; Prvt. John A. Wildrick $500 On
tario road, attached to Company D.
12lst Engineers, and Prvt. William G.
Hips, 2113 o street, also attached to
Company D.
The successful candidate at the pre-
Hmlnary examination will be required
to take the regular entrance tests for
admission to the academy. Only en-
listed men of the Guard are eligible to
take the examination.
Four organizations in the local
Guard mustered sufficient men at their
drill last week to be placed in the clas-
sification of superior in attendance
They, with their respective percent
ages follow: goth Division, Military
Police Company. 9473; State Detach-
ment, 94.73; Headquarters Detach-
ment, goth Division, 9318: Medical
Department Detachment, 121st Engi-
neers, 90.
The other units, in their respective
classiflcations, follow, with their per-
centages, in their relative order:
Excellent: Headquarters Detach-
ment, Special Troops, 29th Division.
$3.50; Medical Department Detach-
ment, 260th Coast Artillery, S4.61;
Company A, 372d Infantry, $685.
Very satisfactory: Battery E, 260th
Coast Artillery, 77.42; Headquarters
Detachment and Combat Train, 260th
Coast Artillery, 76.47; Band, 12lst En-
g1neers, 1923; Battery B, 260th Coast
Artillery, 74.13; Company E, 121st En-
gineers, 71.42 Company C, 121st En-
gineers, 71.42.
Satisfactory: Headquarters and
Service Company, 12lst Engineers,
67.s5; Battery A, 2eOth Coast Artil
Unsatisfactory: Company D. 121st
Engineers, 578l; Company B, 121st
Engineers, 57.37; Company A, 12lst
Engineers, 1922; Battery c, 26Oth
Coast Artillery, 52.46; Company F,
121st Engineers. 5000.
The following have been ordered
transferred from the active to the re-
serve lists of their respective COM
mands for the reasons given:
Educational interference with the
performance of military duty: Privates,
George p. Delaney, Medical Department
Detachment, 121st Engineers; Bernard
j. CaSsassa, Albert I. Hawn and Adam
G. Mouton. all of the Headquarters and
Service Company, 121st Engineers;
Marion w. Chinn, Eugene S. Petrenko,
Norman R. Pond, Paul A. Simpson,
John d. Battle, jr.; Augustine j. Bres-
nahan, Alex D. Goodkowitz and Robert
@. Lamasure, all of Company E, 121st
Engineers.
Business interference with the per-
Torrance of military duty: Privates,
Jordin j. Little, 29th Division, Military
Police Company; Harry E. Finley and
Lester E. Diff, both of the Headquar-
tiers and Service Company, 121st Engi-
neers.
Prvt. John @. BARRIERS has been
transferred from the reserve to the ac-
tive list of the Headquarters and Serv-
ice Company a21st Engineers.
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