Evening star., 1933-12-31
P[ACESF0R GUARD
CAMPS SANNOUNCED
260th Coast Artillery to Have
Road March to Fort
Story.

While the dates for the annual en-
campments Of the various units COM
posing the National Guard Of the Dis
trict of Columbia have been selected,
and the sites have been chosen, the
time for the annual training periods
are being withheld by the local brigade
headquarters pending approval by the
National Guard Bureau Of the War
Department, it was said at brigade
headquarters here this week.
The training camps for most Of the
organizations. 1t was indicated, will be
the same this year The only change
proposed is that the training Of the
260th Coast Artillery, which is COM
manded by Maj. Walter w. Burns will
| take the form of road march to and
| from Fort Story at Virginia Beach,
| Va. In the past his organization,
which IS an anti-aircraft unit, has
! taken its practice at Fort Monroe. be-
cause Of the special facilities there for
| training.
The 29th Division headquarters and
| the headquarters troops, the 29th Di-
vision Military Police Company. the
| 12lst Regiment Of Engineers and Com
pany A, 372d Infantry are scheduled
| to take their annual period OF fleld
| training next Summer at Camp Albert
! c. Ritchie at Cascade, Md. the camp
OF the Maryland National Guard. OF
| course the dates selected by the local
Guard officials for their units will have
/ to be set SO as not to conflict with the
| encampments of the Maryland regi-
ments.
| The estimates Of the cost Of the en-
campments have been submitted to the
! National Guard Bureau, and 1t was
said that there Is very little change
! in them from the previous year. OF
| course, the annual encampments for
all National Guard organizations de-
pends on the recommendations to be
made by the President when Congress
convenes, and to the subsequent action
of the Congress on the appropriations
However. it is probable that any move
to forego the annual encampments this
! year as an economy move will find
! the National Guard Association Of the
United States at the front fighting foI
the money for this training work.
Assignments are being received at
local brigade headquarters which place
the Guard but eligible enlisted men in
tentative positions they would be ex-
pected to occupy in the event Of an
emergency 1t was explained that this
is merely preparedness program, SO
that in the event the organization was
called into the service the personnel
would know just where they would be
| placed
The local Guard has on its list GER
| examinations for promotion by COM
mission, and they are awaiting vacan-
! cies in the Guard In the mobilization
plan. which would involve an expan-
/ sion, these men are given assignments
and they would be promoted in the
event of an emergency.
BY order of the Secretary Of War,
| the 260th Coast Artillery has been
! specially authorized to wear the appro-
pirate shoulder insignia for units COM
posing the General Headquarters Re-
! serve.
The order. issued by Mai. Burns, also
| says that the insignia of the lst Army
will be considered a part of the uni
! form Of members Of the coast artillery
| regiment.
Second Lieut.. Leighton B. Hastings,
Headquarters Detachment Special
| Troops, 29th Division, is hereby relieved
from duty as summary court officer for
the 29th Division. Special Troops.
The same order designates Second
| itary Police Company, to fill the va
! cancy.
Pvt. William H. Darr. Battery c.
| 260th Coast Artillery. has been ordered
honorably discharged to permit him to
enlist in the United States Army.
The order issued october last, re-
lating to the discharge of Pvt. First
Class Richard T. White. Company F,
121st Engineers. to permit him to en-
! list in the Regular Army, has been Or
dered revoked
Regulations governing the qualiflca-
! tions for enlisted men OF the Guard
| intending to seek appointment to the
| United States Military Academy
| through the Militia have been amended
by the brigade headquarters. One
change provides that a percentage OF
two will be allowed for each armory
drill attended by the candidate for one
year Immediately preceding the date OF
| examination or date Of enlistment, if
! that be later, but not to exceed so
| drills
Recruits, that is, enlisted men with
out previous military training, in order
| to be eligible for the preliminary ex-
animation, which is held annually about
| November |. must have enlisted in an
organization of the local Guard at least
| 80 days prior to the first day scheduled
for that Summers training camp OF
his organization for the year in which
! the examination is held.
| Twenty points will be deducted from
the net competitive standing OF all
candidates who have enlisted in the
National Guard subsequent to July !
of the then current year.
Pvt. GUY T. Bolton, National Guard
Reserve. assigned to Battery A, 260th
Coast Artillery, has been ordered hon
orably discharged at his own request.
sergt. Colbert S. Wild, Company A,
| 121st Engineers. has been ordered re-
duced to the grade of private in that
unit on the recommendation Of the
At the same time Pvt. James D.
Tanner was ordered promoted to fill
the vacancy.
| AS a result of an accident due to
firing a German shell in a United
States Army rife, a warning has been
issued by the Sd Corps Area Head
quarters The warning says that 'it
is strongly urged that every precau-
| ton be taken to prevent the possibility
of the use of 8mm. German cartridges
in caliber 80 rifle, for, without excep-
ton, if an 8mm. German cartridge is
| fired in our service rifle, the rifle will
| be badly damaged and there is strong
possibility of serious injury to the
| firer."
The report states that on July Is,
| last, rifle was damaged while being
! fired by member Of the 108th In
fantry, New York National Guard. The
rifle, which was completely shattered,
was shipped to Spring Armory for ex-
animation, and the opinion OF the
armory as to the cause of the accident
is quoted, as follows: