Evening star., 1933-10-22

The proposal to construct an armory
for the National Guard of the District
with public works funds is being dill
gently pushed by officials Of the local
Militia Col John w. Oehmann. acting
commander of the local Militia in the
absence of Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan,
who is in Mount Alto Veterans Hos
pital here, plans to have conference
this week with officials Of the National
Parks Bureau and the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission and,
it is understood, will submit a plan for
early construction.
However. the Guard officials are with
out any information as to the stand
on the proposal. The latest step was
the recommendation CT the District Of
Columbia Commissioners that $50, 1000
be allotted for plans for the project. A
tentative site at the terminus Of East
Capitol street at the Anacostia River
has been under consideration.
While the officers of the National
Guard Association of the United States
at their recent convention in Chicago
were instructed, by resolution. to ac-
lively begin the District of Columbia
project so far, as the District of Colum-
bia officials have been informed nothing
However. it is the hope that some posi-
tive steps will be taken in the near
future.
1t is understood that officials of the
Militia Bureau have given their support
to the matter, and it is the hope that
with all the forces united, that the
| District Militia will be able to end a
movement instituted more than a
quarter of century ago by having the
project approved at this time.
The following qualifications as gun
! ners, first and second class, in the 26Oth
Coast Artillery for the current year
we're announced last week by Mai,
Walter w. Burns, commanding the or
ganiZation:
First Class.-Sergt. Ralph L. Bartlett.
Headquarters Detachment and Combat
Train; Sergt. Augustus C. johnson,
Battery E.
Second Glass. - Headquarters De-
tachment and Combat Train. First
Sergt. Robert Mooney Sergt. william L.
Grimes, Corpl. Earl S. Duffel, Corpl.
Walter c. Tyner. Pvts. Joseph L.
Michaels and George E. Mortimer:
Corpl. Henry L. Thornburg, Pvt. John
j. Hafferman.
Battery C.-Sergts. James H. Heizer,
Fay F. Hunter, Robert Riley and Stans-
field Smith; Pvts John r. PAYNE
Joseph W. Kelcher, David r. Bell and
Nelson W Curtis
Battery E.-First Sergt. Raymond M
BeaN, Sergts. Norval B. Smith, Ted w
Lowrie and Maurice Pentecost; Corpls.
Richard D. Gates, Edward D. Null
vanity, Louis A. Barr and Norman G
Williams; Pvts. Michael G. Farrell.
Samuel Gogol, Robert Q. Stevens. Cliff
ton G. Hyatt and Frederick j. John
ston.
A comprehensive instruction program
for staff and line officers for the current
drill season has been mapped out by
Col John w. Oehmann. commanding
the 12lst Regiment of Engineers. Two
schools have been ordered established.
each Of which will have 20 sessions.
One is for the staff officers and the
other for line officers The program
for the staff officers is divided into four
periods Of five classes each.
In the first period, under the head of
mobilization and training. the following
Will be taught: Preparation of mobil-
ization plans and orders, including
duties of adjutant, plans and training
officer and executive officer; discussion
of orders and regulations governing