Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28

An drills scheduled for the units Of
the 121st Regiment OF Engineers for
Tuesday night have been ordered sus-
pended by Col. John w. Oehmann,
commanding the regiment. This step
was taken, according to the order. so
that the authorized number OF assem-
blies during the fourth quarter of the
Ascal year 1891 will not be exceeded.
Battery c, 26oth Coast Artillery. was
ordered to report at the armory at
Water and o streets southwest last
night for the purpose of going into
the field for an overnight maneuver.
Brigade headquarters orders direct
that the organization proceed to the
Stmmg Congress Heights, d. 9. The
Eaaneuver is to end tonight.
Board of officers which will conduct
the field inspections of the units OF
the local guard while they are taking
their annual periods of field training
at the various camps have been APP
pointed by the Sd Corps Area Head
quarters at Baltimore, Md.
The Headquarters and Headquarters
Detachment, 29th Division, State Stan
and State Detachment, Headquarters
and Headquarters Detachment, 29th
Division Special Troops, and 18th Di-
vision Military Police Company, and
Company A, 372d Infantry, will be in
spected by a board composed Of the
following officers: Lieut.. Col. Charles
B. Elliott. Infantry; Maj. Frank G.:
scofeld, Coast Artillery Corps, and
The 260th Coast Artillery. also at
Cascade, will be inspected by Maj.
Charles B. Meyer, Maj. Otto g. PITT
and Mai. Frank c. Scofeld, all OF the
Coast Artillery branch.
First Lieut.. John c. Wade, Engineer
Corps, who Is serving as Inspector
instructor of the 12lSt Engineers here,
will be . member of the board to in
spect that regiment.
Under a plan announced by the war
Department these boards will inspect
the combat operations of the various
units at the camps to which they have
been assigned The inspections are for
the purpose of determining the readl-
ness Of the organizations to take the
field In case Of emergency, and the
tests will go much further than those
pYactieed in the past of just watching
the organization during their ordinary
drills. A certain period has been set
apart In each camp during which the
troops will engage in combat operations
for the purposes OF the inspection.
The attention of all unit command
ers and other officers in the guard re-
sponsible for property has been called
to the provisions of militia bureau cir
culars authorizing the dropping OF GER
tain articles Of uniform clotnlng Wnen
lost through unavoidable causes, when
not exceeding certain amounts author-
ICED in those circulars. The attention
of all officers was particularly directed
to the fact that this is an annual al
lowance and that certificates covering
such must be submitted so as to reach
the adjutant general prior to June 80,
next All officers who have lost any
articles of property. the circular states
should take advantage OF the authority
granted so as to bring their property
accounts up to date.
The following have been ordered
transferred from the active to the re-
serve list of the 29th Division Military
Police Company:
Pvts First Glass; Lawrence r. Bea-
mer and George j. O'San.
The appointment of First Lieut.. Rex
p. Mulligan, Headquarters, LIST Bsttal-
ion. 26tth Coast Artillery, as a captain
of Coast Artillery, and his reassignment
to that unit was announced In brigade
orders.
The retention of Lemuel o. Fletcher
in the employment of the District of
Columbia Militia, for a period not ex-
ceeding two years from August s, next,
has been authorized by the Civil Serv-
ice Commission. In addition to being
employed at the armory, Fletcher also
is a veteran member of the guard.
Two units of the local guard mustered
sufficient men at their drills last week
to be classed as superior in attendance.
OF the two. the 29th Division Military
Police Company heads the list, with
percentage OF 96 92 The other unit is
the Headquarters Detachment, 29th Di-
vision, which had 9l.66 per cent of its
personnel present.
The other units, in their respective
elassifications, follow, in their relative
order, with percentages:
Excellent-State Detachment, 8947;
Battery e, 26Oth Coast Artillery, 1852;
Medical Department Detachment, 121st
Engineers, $685.; Band, 121st Engineers,
&C. Sc; Medical Department Detachment,
260th Coast Artillery Corps, SSH; Head
quarters Detachment and Combat
Train, 260th Coast Artillery.
Very satisfactory = Battery B, 260th
Coast Artillery, 1877; Headquarters