Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-31
District National Guard

not the services of the enlisted man
concerned are desired for assignment
to war strength vacancy OF the unit
concerned.
The first platoon of Company 3,
I21st Engineers, will drill at the rine
range. Congress Heights, D. C., on June
% and july %, while the second
platoon will be present at the range on
June IA and July IL, it was announced.
Lieut.. George F. Hardin delivered
lecture on muslzetry to the members OF
Company B, 121st Engineers, last Tues.
day evening. Lieut.. Rhodes discussed
combat principles before the same
command.
Medals won by the second platoon OF
Company B, 121st Engineers, In the
interpolation contest will be awarded
on June 16. The following were an
nounced as eligible for the awards:
Sergts. Won Aim, Waits and Tierney;
Corpls. Vechery and Dixon, Pvts. Nor
wig Bumford, Davis, Eckersley, Tydings,
Nolan, CAN'T, Howard, Knorr, Lovielle,
Ryan, Millstein and Humphrey.
With the approach of the training
| camp period the question looms up
again of the allowance for men who
go to camp in privately owned auto
mobiles, instead of by train and boat
along with the entire contingent. The
practice has grown in the past few
years of officers and men taking their
private automobiles to- camp, because
usually the camp sites are located some
distance from resorts and other places
of amusement visited by the soldiers
when off duty.
The War Department authorizes q
limited number of officers and men to
take advantage of this provision and
to receive cents mile for the travel.
| The department has Just issued cir
cular pointing out to Guard officials
that whether or not reimbursement at
cents a mile is involved, such travel
should be authorized only on the APP
prevail of the State adjutant general,
expressed in written orders. However,
it was added, after the United States
property and diSbursing of1cer has
given the order for the estimated num-
Der. of railroad cars or other public
eonveyances required, such authorize
! tions should be granted only under ex-
ceptional circumstances and only where
the number of Guardsmen to travel by
minimum required for the service Or
| dered.
Rules and regulations for the ma
tional shooting matches, to be held at
Camp Perry, Ohio, have just been re-
ceived by brigade headquarters. They
| provide that the matches and the
Small Arms Firing School be held
! for period of % days. beginning Au
gust % next and ending September Is,
both dates inclusive
The Small Arms Firing School win
be held from August 20 to August 90,
both dates inclusive. This period. it is
! provided, will be devoted exclusively to
| the school. There is provision, how
ever. that If, in the opinion of the
executive officer, targets are available
practice may be held on August "a,
| 25, 26 and 81.
! The matches, for which medals and
trophies will be provided by the Ma
tional Rifle Association. will be held
! from August 90 to September Z.
The national rifle and pistol matches,
! for which are awarded the national
trophies, medals and other badges. will
be held from September 8 to Septem-
| Der 10.
The national matches for this year
will consist of the following and will
be conducted in the order named:
! National Rife Association matches. ma
tional individual pistol match, national
| pistol team match, national individual
| rifle match and national rife team
| match