Evening star., 1932-09-04
District National Guard

The District of Columbia National
Guard has been authorized to designate
one candidate to take the entrance ex-
animation for appointment to the
United States Military Academy at
West Point. Appointments to the Mill
tary Academy, available on July l.
1893, will be awarded to qualified can
didates in the order of merit established
at the regular entrance examination
which Is competitive among all Ma
tional Guard candidates.
The candidates to be designated by
this entrance examination will be Sc
lected in a preliminary examination to
be held at time and place to be an
to take this preliminary examination
have been notified to make formal writ
ten application to the adjutant general
Of the local militia. Such applications,
ID was explained, must be In the office
of the adjutant general not later than
the close of business on October Is
next. II was announced also that PAM
phlets describing the scope of the writ
ten entrance examination to be held
beginning March l. 1888, are available
and will be supplied on request.
To be eligible for appointment from
the National Guard. an applicant must
be an enlisted man of unit recognized
by the Federal Government. He must
ON the date of admission, July /, 1888,
have served as an enlisted man not
less than one year, must be between
the ages Of 10 and % years and must
be not less than feet 4 inches in
height. 1t was explained that the age
and service requirements are statutory
and cannot be waived or modified, but
10 ttnl hat t,<
continuous, 50 that former service In
the Guard will be counted in determin-
ing an applicants eligibility Similarly,
1t was added, service with National
Guard organization prior to its recogni-
ton by the Federal Government may
be considered. the date Of enlistment Of
the soldier governing and not that Of
the recognition Of the unit.
Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, command
ing the local militia brigade. has issued
orders to all units to prepare to par
ticipate in a parade to be held here on
the afternoon of September IT next in
connection with the celebration of the
laying of the corner stone Of the Capt.
tol by the President of the United
tember Is, 1913. The parade Is sched-
uled to begin at 2 o'clock In the
afternoon.
Pvt. Irving p. Burton has been or
dered transferred from the reserve to
the active list Of Battery Z, 260th Coast
Artillery.
The following members of the Head
quarters and Service Company, l21st
Engineers, have been ordered trans
ferred from the reserve to the active
list: Pvts. John G. BARRIERS, Arch r..
Lyle and Robert r. McCann.
The following have been ordered
transferred from the active to the re-
serve lists of their respective organiza-
tions for the reasons given.
Temporary absence from the District
Of Columbia: Pvts. Lester L. Bumford,
Robert @. Neu and Joseph w. Rixey, all
Of Company B, 12lst Engineers.
Business interference with the per-
Torrance Of military duty: Pvts, George
H. Maisoh, Harlie B. Morse and Albert
B. Smith. all Of the Headquarters and
Service Company. l2lst Engineers.
Master sergt John waldron. detached
enlisted mems list was retired after
30 years of service In the United States
Army ON August 81 last He has been
assigned today with the National Guard
Of the District of Columbia for the past
seven years.
All of the discharges which Sergt.
Wsldron has received during his career
In the Army are Excellent" and he
has received commendatory letters from
all the commanding oficers under
whom he has served.
S.rgt. Waldron visited the 26oth Coast
Artillery at Fort Monroe during the