Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11

tary duty: Privates Frank j. ni Fran.
cesco and Joseph r. Sesso.
The following have been ordered
transferred from the reserve 10 the &C
tive list of Battery B, 26Oth Coast Ar
tillery: Privates Martin L. Bray. ir.:
Joseph Furr and Lester G. McCleary.
Col. Isaac C. jerks, U. s. Infantry
up until q short time ago on duty at the
Sd Corps Area headquarters in Balti-
more, where he had charge Of Militia
affairs in this area, died in Pittsburgh
last week. At the time he was on leave
OF absence awaiting retirement on Feb
ruary 8, next, when he would have
reached the statutory age Of "a years. He
had been in the Army more than As
years.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at
ST. Margaret'S Episcopal Church here,
and burial was in Arlington. Brig Gen.
Frank D. Beary, adIutant general Of the
pennsylvania National Guard, and Brig.
Gen: Milton A. Record, adjutant general
OF the Maryland National Guard, were
among the honorary pallbearers.
Col. jerks had been on duty ut Bal
timore as chief of stan from August Is,
1925, until September rs, 1928, when he
took charge of National Guard affairs,
until he went on leave last month. Col
jerks was born in Franklin, Mass, Feb
ruary 3, 1857. He entered the Military
Academy as cadet in 1887 and grad
uated in 1891. He graduated from the
held officers course, the Infantry
school, Fort Benning, Ga; from the
School of the Line, and from the Gen.
eral Staff School at Fort Leavenworth,
kans, and from the Army War Col
lege, Washington, D. C.
Col .TAnkS Sau ooffua aoYx,;na -, T.,
dian scouting duty from 1892 to 1895.
In 1898 he saw active service in the
PulaJane campaign on the Island Of
Leyte, one of the Philippine Islands.
During the World War he saw active
service with the 92d and with the Sd
Divisions and was In France from June.
1918, to August, 1919.
A special board of officers has been
appointed to audit the disbanded unit
fund OF the local guard. 1t is composed
OF Capt. Walter S. Welsh, 121St Engi-
neers; Capt. William T. Roy, 29th Di-
vision Military Police Company, and
Capt. Leroy 3. Mann, 260th Coast Ar
tillery. The board has been directed to
meet at call of the President and to
submit written report.
The diSbanded unit fund is made I'D
of money which was left In organizat ton
4uAAeaS Va uAkAOo dAooAHuCQ at the COuCIu~
sion of the World War, and was distrib-
uted by the War Department to post
war units which were declared the sue
cessorS OF the wartime organizations.
The new training program to carry
the instruction of the 121st Regiment of
Engineers to April /, as prepared by
First Lieut.. T. A. Riley, regimental
plans and training of1icer, has been APP
proved and put in effect. The training
objective, in general, it is stated, is the
maintenance Of every unit in condition
to function effectively at existing
strength and without further training,
when employed in minor emergencies
by Federal authorities and the provision
Of sufaciently trained force, capable
Of rapid expansion q. war strength,
when, with the minimum delay, can be
employed in time Of war a. an effective
component Of the Army Of the United
St&fes.
n particular, the objective IS, says
tfas program. the attaching Of ~ honest
FUNDAMENTAL proncisncy u q .hs--