Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
District National Guard

Ohicers and men of the National
Guard of the District of Columbia have
been informed in a general order issued
| by Mai. Gen. Anton Stephan, COM
manding the organization, that they
| must report for drills promptly, and for
those who are tardy there will not be
any pay for the evening spent at the
armory.
order says, individuals arriving late at
regularly scheduled weekly armory drills
and instruction cannot be given their
armory pay for that assembly. This
provision has been necessary in the In
| terest of discipline and in order that
the spirit of instructions from the War
Department may be fully met, and in
addition in order that the certificate on
pay rolls may be signed in good faith
by those responsible officers whose sig
natures are required.
THE commanding general realizes
fully that the foregoing works a hard
ship in those relatively rare instances
where an individual, through no fault
| of his own, is unable to arrive and at
| tend the assembly in proper uniform at
the prescribed time. However, after
careful consideration OF all the factors
| involved, he has decided that the pres
ent procedure, while occasionally prov
ing a hardship to deserving individual,
is for the best interests Of the COM
mand as a whole and should not be
modified He trusts that individuals
who have been so affected in the past,
| and who may be so affected in the fu-
| ture, will continue to put forth their
best efforts, in the knowledge that they
are doing so for the paramount interest,
which Is that of the command as
whole
For the first time since the issuance
of memorandum on fire regulations in
| the Sixth street armory of the local
| Guard, Mai. Gen. Stephan ordered a
fire drill last Tuesday evening. The
orders for the drill were confidential ex-
| cept to those who had definite part
to play in its execution, and was un-
known to the troops or their command
ers. Within a period of three or four
minutes, it was said, the armory was
emptied.
The fire alarm in the armory build
| ing was set off soon after the units
had returned to their quarters from
drill, and the appearance of the men
| leaving the building, partially dressed
In civilian clothes and uniform, carry
| ing In many instances other articles OF
clothing, thoroughly indicated that all
were not advised that it was drill.
Gen. Stephan expressed himself as
well pleased with the conduct of the
organizations during the drill and with
the rapidity with which they took up
their various stations or left the build
ing, all being done in formation by the
respective companies. The adjutant
| general, Col. j. S. Upham, informed the
general that the troops had conducted
themselves in most orderly and silent
manner.
Apparently the lack Of alarm among
officials at headquarters and the abb
Sence Of the sound coming from sirens
on fire apparatus indicated to the
organizations soon after the beginning
of the alarm that the fire hazard was
not great, because only a small group
brought extinguishers to the place
within the arnory from which the
alarm was sounded. However, reports
of those placed throughout the building
to observe the action and conduct of
troops, indicated that all extinguishers
and other fre-hghting equipment was
manned and that the men were merely
awaiting instructions before proceeding
to the point Of alarm.
First sergt. Alfred D. McCurley Bat
terry E, 260th Coast Artillery, will be
honorably discharged on account of
REMOVAL 1TOLH the Guy.
Private Lorenzo D. Snyder has been
ordered transferred from the reserve to
the active list Of Battery E, 260th Coast
Artillery.
Private Louis B. Mckenzie has been
ordered transferred from the active to
, the reserve list Of the 29th Division
Military Police Company on account Of
business interference with the per-
Torrance Of military duty.
The local guard officials have IN
formed the National Board for the
Promotion Of Rife Practice that the
District of Columbia desires to send
civilian rife team to the national
matches this year.
The team is to consist Of one team
captain, 10 principals and two alter
mates, total of Is. The matches will
be held at Camp Perry, Ohio, from
August % to September Is.
Sergt. George P. Chandler has been
ordered reduced to the grade of private
in Company F, 121st Engineers, upon
recommendation Of the company COM
nlander.
The following promotions have been
ordered in Company F, 121st Engineers:
Corp. Bolivar B. Bulla to be sergeant
and Private FIRST class Ernest N. Hat
field to be corporal.
Only two organizations Of the local
militia mustered sufficient men at drill
last week to obtain the classification of
superior in attendance. They were the
29th Division Military Police Company,
with a percentage Of 96.77, and the
| Headquarters Detachment and Combat
Train, 260th Coast Artillery, with per-
centage of 90.32.
The other organizations, in their re-
spective classihcations, with percent
ages, follow:
Excellent Battery z. 26Oth Coast
Artillery. $500; State Detachment.
| $3.50; Headquarters Detachment, 29th
Division, S297; Headquarters and Serv-
ice Company, 121st Engineers, S1.81.
Very atisfactory-Medical Detach-
ment, 121st Engineers, 1894; Band Sec
ton, 12lst Engineers, tai; Battery B,
| 260th Coast Artillery, 73.43: Company
c, 121st Engineers, 7l87; Headquarters
Detachment, Special Troops, 29th Divi-
sion, 7l.42; Company A, 12lst Engi-
neers, 7o14.
sfactory-Company B. 121st En-
| gineers, 67.74: Battery G, 260th Coast
Artillery GLIB; Company A, 372d In
fantry, 66l9: Medical Department De-
tachment 260th Coast Artillery, CATO;
Company F, l21st Engineers, 64.40;
Company D, 121st Engineers, 6229;
| Unsatisfactory-Co z, 12lst
Engineers, 57.81.
Capt. Sidney Morgan, Engineer Corps,
attached to the 29th Division Staff as
aide TO Maj Gen. Stephan, and Capt.