Evening star., 1934-06-24
COAST ARTILLERY
MAPS ROAD MARCH
National Guard Detail Makes
Trip Over Training
Area.

Real preparations for the annual
field training began last week, when
eight officers and men of the 260th
Coast Artillery, National Guard Of
the District of Columbia, headed by
Maj. Walter w. Burns. commander Of
the organization, made a four-day
reconnaissance of the territory through
which his unit will operate this Sum-
mer.
Orders for the scouting movement
were issued by Col John w. Och
mann, acting commander of the local
militia, on request of Maj. Burns,
whose organization is to take its train
ing next month in the form of a
road march from this city to Fort
Story, Va, near Cape Henry, and a
return via the Shenandoah Valley.
The purpose Of the advance trip was
to make arrangements for camp sites
each night, and to plan for the neces-
sary water supply and stores. All Of
these details will be worked out by
the organization commander and his
staff before the full organization
starts.
In addition to Mai. Burns, those
in the scouting party were Mai.
Stewart M Grayson, Medical Corps.
head of the medical unit of the Coast
Artillery; Second Lieut.. A. B. c.
Graves. Battery A, 260th Coast Artil-
lery; Second Lieut.. Carl Santilli.
Headquarters Detachment and Combat
Train; Corpl Earl S. Buffell, Head
quarters Detachment and Combat
Train; Pvt. Wilbur T. O'Brien. Bat
terry B; Pvt. Arnold Sokol. Battery
B, and Pvt. Robert L. Bodell Bat
terry A.
The following named members Of
the District of Columbia National
Guard have been designated as a rifle
team to represent the District militia
in the Eastern small-bore tournament,
to be held at Cascade, Md, June 80
to July 4:
Maj. Charles S. Shields. l2lst En-
gineers; Capt. Just c. Jenson. Ord
nance Department. State Staff; Staff
Sergt. H. B. Parson. Company E. l2lst
Engineers; Staff Sergt. Alex J. Thill,
Ordnance Department, State Detach-
ment: Sergt. T. L. Harrell, Ordnance
Department. State Detachment.
While this duty will be without
pay, the militia will pay the entry
fees for the matches and SO day for
subsistence.
The results of the chief of the Ma
tional Guard Bureaus indoor company
War Department, with Company 1,
1l6th Infantry. Virginia National
Guard, finishing first with a score of
1852. Other scores announced were
Company B, ls6th Infantry. Oregon,
score 1921; Company E, l45th In
fantry. Ohio, score 2,8l4; Company E
12lst Engineers, District Of Columbia,
score 2.702. and Company A, l2lst
Engineers, District of Columbia. score
1854
To the winner goes the title of The
Chief OF the National Guard Bureau s
Champion Company Indoor Rife
Team, 1884" the National Rife AS
socia ton certificate of victory, a
tTOpIly anu SeNcn SIeIlllS SllNtl
medals awarded by the chief of the
National Guard Bureau. The trophy
will remain in the custody of the
winning unit for one year. or until
called for by the National Guard
Bureau. In addition, seven bronze
medals are to be awarded by the chief
of the National Guard Bureau to the
high team. exclusive of the winning
team. in each State.
Orders which will have the effect OF
separating warrant officers and en-
listed men of the National Guard
from their commissions in the Reserve
Corps have been issued by the War
Department. Under the present ar
rangements a number of enlisted men
in the militia hold commissions in the
Reserve Corps, which means that in
the event of hostilities they would
leave the Guard and be assigned to
Reserve units in commissioned grades.
Warrant officers and enlisted men
Of the National Guard" says the War
Department order. holding commits
sions in the OfhcerS' Reserve Corps
for whom no vacancies now exist in
the National Guard of the United
States, will be discharged from their
Oflcers' Reserve Corps commissions.
except such persons may retain their
Officers Reserve Corps commissions in
cases where they now hold assign
ments to organized Reserve units,
provided they are discharged from
their National Guard status"
To this is added in the local Guard
orders the following:
In connection with the above at
tention is directed to paragraph 9. G.
0. 20, this headquarters, dated May
8. 1884. Enlisted men who hold COM
missions in the Officers' Reserve Corps
will comply with the provisions of the
orders above referred to so as to have
their applications reach this head
quarters not later than July 20, 1884
Enlisted personnel which holds
commission in the officers Reserve
Corps in branch in which the Dis
trict Of Columbia has no vacancy will
apply to this headquarters for dis
charge from the National Guard of
the District of Columbia if they de-
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Officers Reserve Corps, or will trans
NIT their resignation from the officers
Reserve Corps through this headquar-
ters not later than July 20, 1884, such
requests for discharge or resignation
to become effective subsequent to field
training encampments of the current
year"
The following members of the Head
quarters and Service Company, 12lst
Engineers. have been ordered trans
ferred from the inactive to the active
list of that command: Sergt. Thomas
j. Dawson, Pvts. Cecil D. Cooper
Owen M. Drummond Wade H. Nairn,
Richard J. King, Rudolph J. Lynch
Peter j. LOTUS, Albert B. Smith.
The following have been ordered
honorably discharged because of re-
moval from the District:
Pvts. Richard ]. King and Rudolph
]. Lynch, both of the Headquarters
and Service Company, 12lst Engi-
neers; Pvt. Lewis D. Berger, Medical
Department Detachment, 121st Engi-