Evening star., 1932-04-03

Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, command
ing the District Of Columbia Nationa
Guard, announces, with regret, tn
transfer to the National Guard Reserv
g of Maj. Edward H. Grove, commandir;
officer, Special Troops, 29th Division
ION his own application. The transfe
took effect last Thursday.
81" Major Grove is water registrar To-
the District of Columbia, and the GuarC
announcement says that it is due t
pressure of his duties with the Distrio
Government that he finds insuffcien
time to devote to his National Guarc
activities.
a Mai. Grove has been connected Wit
the local militia for many years, frs
.,enlisting in Company d, First Bat
talon, in April 1893 At the call of the
President he enlisted in the Third U
s. Volunteer Engineers in July, 1898
and served in the United States anc
Cuba with that organization during the
Spanish American War, until mustered
out in May. 1899.
He was promoted to second lieutenant
Of infantry in October. 1899, to first
lieutenant in August, 1900 and tc
captain in July, 1903. After having re-
signed from the National Guard In
1905, Mai. Grove became associated
in the organization of the District OF
Columbia National Guard during and
following the World War; having re-en-
listed in November, 1917, and commits
stoned captain. Quartermaster Corps,
August %, 1918. In March, 1924, he
was transferred to the Engineer
Corps in the same grade and served for
some time with the 121st Engineer
Regiment. In January, 1925, he was
commissioned a major in the infantry
Branch and assigned to command the
headquarters, Special Troops, 29th
Division.
- Six units of the local National Guard
again mustered sufficient men last
week to be placed in the classification
of superior in attendance, it was an
anounced by brigade headquarters. OF
The six units, the Medical Department
Detachment, 260th Coast Artillery
headed the list with 100 per cent of its
personnel present. The other units II
this classification, with their percent
ages, follow in their relative order:
- 29th Division Military Police Com
Medical Department Detachment, 121st
Engineers, 9473; Headquarters Detach-
nent, 29th Division, 93.18; Company c
121st Engineers, 9000
- The other units, in their respective
classifcations, follow
Headquarters Detachment and Com-
bat Train, 260th Coast Artillery, 87.87;
Headquarters Detachment, Special
Troops, 29th Division, 85.71; Company
E. 121st Engineers, 1887; Company A
121st Engineers, 1898; Battery 2
26Oth Coast Artillery, 1888
Very satisfactory: Company B, 121st
Engineers, 1888; Headquarters and
Service Company, 12lst Engineers
77.18; Battery E, 260th Coast Artillery
77o4; Company A, s72d Infantry
$500
Satisfactory: Company D, 1915
Engineers. 67.74; Battery A, 260tl
Coast Artillery, 65.57; Company F, 12lst
Engineers, 64.51.
Warrant officers and enlisted men oi
the local Guard who have received
Certificates of capacity" for promotion
in the officers Reserve Corps, have
been directed to apply for such pro-
motions, and to have their applications
In the brigade headquarters by May
/, next. Applications received after thot
date, it was said, will not be approved
Orders have been issued by the bri-
gade headquarters making the com
manding officer, 121st Engineers, re-
sponsible for the operation of the mess
at Camp Simms each Sunday during
the period April 10 to June 19, next
Breakfast is to be furnished all troops
of the Guard who arrive at the camp
during the preceding evening, and
lunch will be furnished all troops, in
cluding the rifle team competitors Of
fha T-17orI yyefy1n he do
Commanding officers of other units of
the Guard authorized to use the range
facilities on Sundays during the above
period have been directed to advise
the commanding officer, 121st En-
g1neers. at least 10 days in advance.
Corporal CASTOR Casaer, Quarter
master Department, StatLDetachment
and Private Albert A. Miller, 29th Di-
vision Military Police Company have
been ordered transferred from the ac-
tive to the reserve lists cf their re-
spective organizations on account OF
temporary removal from the District.
Private Thomas w. Belland Company
E, l21st Engineers, has been ordered
honorably discharged from the Dis
trlct Of Columbia Guard upon his owr
application.
Orders were issued during the weei
from brigade headquarters for the par.
ncipation of the local units of the Ma
tonal Guard in the parade to be held
here on Wednesday in connection with
the celebration of Army day. The local
Militia brigade will be in the second
division, with the organized Reserve
forces, and this section will be com
nanded by Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan
who also is commander Of the local
Guard
Under the policy requiring a certain
percentage of new men on each Ma
tional match rife team annually. the
Militia Bureau reports, the teams com
peting in the matches were grouped ir
1our classes, following the completion
Of the National rifle team match as fol-
lows: Glasses A, B, c and uncIassifed
For the purpose Of this classification
It was explained, the service teams arr