Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30

| Well pleased with their training JLlls
year. despite the rainy weather, the
troops Of the goth Division Military Po-
lice Company. 29th Division Headquar-
tiers troops and Company A, 372d In
fantry, returned to Washington last
Sunday by train, while the 260th Coast
Artillery came back over the road.
The standardized Army menu was
used in the companies this year, &C
cording to Lieut.. Col Peyton @. hewitt,
division adjutant, and he said that the
enlisted personnel reported that they
enjoyed better meals than ever before.
The troops this year also had the BEN
eft of better trained cooks and bakers
Early in the last year special school
for bakers and cooks was organized
and all of them were put through
better course of instruction.
The better meals also were prepared
under the new ration rate of As cents
per day per man, whereas the old late
was so cents a day. However, othcers
pointed out that this was offset some
what by the reduced cost Of provisions.
Mai. Gen. Anton Stephan. command
ing the 29th National Guard Division
and the local militia, together with the
29th Division Military Police Company,
attended the funeral Wednesday Of
Corp Mack Morosy Of the latter COM
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an automobile accident on the Rock
vile pike while he was returning from
his two weeks Of field training.
Federal recognition has been extend
ed by the War Department to the fol-
lowing officers: Second Lieut.. Anthony
B. c. Graves, ga Cromwell Terrace
northeast: First Lieut. Clifton W. Roy
ston, 1929 Thirty-fifth street; First
Lieut.. Louis NJ. Swingle, 923 Farragut
street. all of the 260th Coast Artillery
Of the District of Columbia Guard
Mai. Philip K Moison. 29th Division,
Baltimore, Nd; Mai Henry H. Jen-
kins, 54th Field Artillery Brigade, Gar
rison, Md; Capt. Percy c. Hamlin,
Lieut.. Benjamin D. Williams. Saith Field
4 Artillery Brigade. Baltimore; Capt.
Harry M williams, Medical Corps,
Baltimore; Second Lieut.. Stephen B.
White, 54th Field Artillery Brigade,
Towson, Md; First Lieut.. Coleman M.
Anderson, Baltimore, and Capt. Francis
L. Summers, 1l6th Infantry, Staun-
ton, Va.
Mai. Gen William c. Everson, chief
of the Militia Bureau, has notified the
adjutant general Of California that a
squad from Company B, 159th Infan-
try, California National Guard, had
been the first in the entire country to
win a place on the much coveted
"Chief of Infantry Combat Team"
The notification from the chief Of In
fantry stated: The Squad of Company
B, is announced as the l59th Infantry
Squad Of the Chief Of Infantry's Com
bat Team and is authorized to wear the
prescribed sleeve patch of the team
until the winning squad Is announced
upon the completion Of next years
competition.
THE record made by this squad. .
said the letter, is deserving of high
praise. It illustrates the results to be
expected from thorough instruction,
hard work, coordination of effort and
team play, all highly essential elements
to well trained Infantry"
It is only recently that places on the
Chief Of Infantry's Combat Team have
been opened to National Guard compe-
tition. This special training Of squad
leaders, rif1emen and automatic rife
men in the proper use OF fire orders
and in the utilization Of collective 1ire
of the squad as single unit has for
several years been a feature of the
Regular Infantry. But through the
interest of the chief Of the Militia
Bureau, the competition has been ex-
tended to the Infantry regiments Of
the National Guard.
The Militia Bureau is now making
every effort throughout Inc country TO
have a squad from each National
Guard Infantry regiment obtain a place
on the combat team Of the chief Of
Infantry.
, Funds to the amount of $1e, TOT have
been allotted by the chief of Militia
Bureau for construction Of new bath
houses at the Maryland National Guarc
camp at Cascade Nd. where the Dis
|, trict troops also take their field train
ing.
II Mai. Gen. Anton Stephan has just
made pubic the following letter from
! the adjutant general Of tie Army, out
lining the rules for admission to West
! Point Of enlisted men OF the militia
THE regulations for the selection Of
enlisted men Of the National Guard FOL
|, appointment to the United States Mill.
} tary Academy provide that the candi'
dates shall be apportioned among thu
States, territories and the District o!
Columbia according to the enlisted
strength of their respective Nationa
Guard organizations Candidates from
/ the States and territories will be Sc
lected by the respective Governors there
] OF from successful competitors in pre-
; liminary examination of scope anc
II
ton for entrance to the Military Acad-
envy. TO be instituted between Novem-
, Der ! and November Is Of each year
Under the statute authorizing these ap-
pointments, the governors are restricted
in their choice Of candidates to enlisted
men of the National Guard who con-
, form 70 the requirements mentioned.
ITO be eligible for appointment from
the National Guard, an applicant must
be an enlisted man of unit recognized
/ by the Federal Government. He must
on the date Of admission, July !, 1892
: have served as an enlisted man not less
, than one year, must be between the
ages OF 1s and % years and must be
! not less than feet inches in height
The age and service requirements are
{ statutory and cannot be waived OF
. modified, but 1t is not essential that the
r service be continuous, so that former
service In the Guard may be counted
| in determining the applicants eligibil-
Il ty. Similarly. service with q National
! Guard organization prior 10 its recog'
/ milton by the Federal Government may
be considered, the date Of enlistment Of
the soldier governing, and not that Of
the recognition Of the unit.
The candidates 80 selected Will bt
= authorized by the War Department x
report for the regular entrance exami-
nation, which is scheduled TO be held
beginning March /, 1892, and the APP
pointments available July /, 1881, vii
be awarded 10 the qualified candidate:
in the order Of merit established at that
examination, which Is competitive
among all National Guard candidates.
The letter authorizes Cen Stephan
TO select one candidate from among the
enlisted men OF the National Guard oi
the District OF Columbia and 70 desig-
nate him for the entrance examination
mentioned. These cadetShips beins
awarded as q result Of competition
alternate candidates cannot be consid-