Evening star., 1932-05-01
District National Guard

! the reserve list of Battery A, 26Oth
Coast Artillery on account Of business
interference with the performance Of
military duty.
Pvt. First Glass; Paul Z. Sanders,
Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery. has
been ordered honoTably discharged due
TO the fact that he now is a member
OF the District Of Columbia Fire
Department
Sergt. Harry M Crandall, Battery A.
260th Coast Artillery, has been granted
| leave Of absence.
Pvt Carl S. Preston has been ordered
transfers. NviA Battery E, 260th Coast
Artillery, TO the Medical Department
Detachment of that unit.
sergt. Robert c. Frink, Headquarters
| Detachment and Combat Train, 260th
Coast Artillery, has been granted leave.
The Medical Department Detachment
commander, 26Oth Coast Artillery, has
been ordered TO communicate with the
authorities of st. Elizabeth's Hospital
TO make arrangements for the use OF
| facilities there in case of emergency,
during the period that local National
Guardsmen are engaged in target prae-
tice on the rifle range at Camp Simms,
| Congress Heights, D. c. He also has
been instructed to detail an enlisted
man ON the range every Sunday, from
7;So am, until firing ceases.
Elimination of the payment of salary
and expenses to National Guardsmen
who attend the national rifle matches
at Camp Perry, Ohio, and the proposal
that they pay their transportation TO
and from the matches. as proposed in
the economy plan of the Federal Cow
eminent II was pointed out, would be
serious blow to local militiamen who
have participated in these matches
every year.
| Local National Guardsmen state that
should such a suggestion be adopted. it
will mean that no National Guard teams
will attend the matches. It was pointed
out. that the members of the militia
| probably give a greater amount of in
! structlon TO organized groups, upon their
return from the national matches, than
any other groups in attendance
The local militia has always sent a
team there, but If the plan is carried
| out doubt Is expressed whether it would
be represented this year. Further, while
some of the States might be able 70 paw
|
the cut, made in the Guards appro-
priations in the District bill would make
1t practically certain that there would
not be any District of Columbia money
available TO send them IL the Federal
Government found it impossible 20
meet the expense.
Both officers and men are paid the
salaries of their respective grades while
on this duty and their transportation
expenses also are paid, 1t was pointed
out that those in the local Guard would
not be able to meet this expense, and
therefore team could not be sent, If
the proposal Is carried out
Praise for the air units of the Ma
tional Guard Is contained in a state
ment issued by Mai Gen. Leach. chief
Of the Militia Bureau Of the War De-
partment, He said that the ls squad
rohs OF the National Guard can stand
on their own feet and carry on sue
cessfully. This has been demonstrated
time and again. he said, and added that
this was especially true in the air
maneuverS Of 1881, where for the first
time the general public was made to
realize that 1t had a genuine National
Guard Air Corps, active and efficient,
and an important factor In our scheme
OF national defense.
During the past two years" he said,
''the policy Of the Militia Bureau has
been to use these 10 National Guard
Air Squadrons in connection with all
cooperative missions with the other
arms in the National Guard Fhis
policy did not meet with instantaneous
success, but since its inception has
evidence marked improvement and can
now be considered very satisfactory The
commanders Of ground troops of the
National Guard are highly pleased with
| this training development Of the air
units and are constantly inviting the
| attention of the Militia Bureau to the
splendid cooperation the National
Guard Air Forces are giving the other
arms of the service
The Federal Government maintains
and replaces equipment as it becomes
necessary. Each squadron is furnished
seven full-time caretakers and further
more the Government pays all person.
mel for armory drill and field training
periods, Fuel purchases, the overhaul
ing of atrplanes and motors, hospital
ization in case of accidents, and the
Regular Army instructors are all pro-
vtded from Federal funds.
THE local relief value of the National
Guard Air Squadrons has been de-
monstrated repeatedly in the past few
years. In emergencies the National
Guard planes have been used to carry
the mails, ferry the sick and assist In
quelling prison disorders.
Several States have as yet been un-
able to make available the most ade-
quate facilities for their air corps units
rated airport modern heated and
hreproot hangers, administration build
ings, Photographic laboratories. radio
stations. In reality, comprise the Ma
tiohal Guard armory of an observation
squadron"