Evening star., 1934-11-18

| War Department. and this condition
has been the subject Of comment On
almost every inspection report turned
into the War Department concerning
the Guard. During the heavy rains
not long ago those on duty In the
armory had to rush about the building
putting tarpaulins over the stored
equipment to protect It from the
drainage water coming through the
building from the roof.
Ofncers Of the staff Of the 29th
National Guard Division, together
with the brigade and regimental COM
manders, have been called on by Mai.
Gen. Milton A. Reckord Of Maryland,
division commander, to attend q con-
ference to be held in the Sixth Street
Armory on December g. Col. Oehmann
has offered the armory facilities for
the use Of the conference, which win
be attended by officers from this city,
Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania,
the units which compose the National
Guard division.
The conference program will pro-
vide for discussion of plans for mo-
bilization and training of all the
troops in the division at some central
point this Summer. The proposal has
been made to the Sd Corps Area
headquarters Of the United States
Army, at Baltimore, Nd, but 80 far
it has not been approved. II the
Army officials approve the project, 1t
will be the first time since the divi-
sion was organized subsequent to the
World War that 1t will be mobiIized
as q unit, and II will give q real test
OF its preparedness. II the approval
Is given troop trains will be moving
throughout the area for several days,
transporting the various units to the
mobilization point, which tentatively
has been set in Pennsylvania. 1t win
take a very large area to Accommodate
all Of the units of the division.
1t has been the practice heretofore
to assemble the division staff at va
rious points in the area and the staff
officers have worked their problems in
the field with small division units, and
Stimulating large troop movements.
The results of the examinations re-
Gently conducted for the National
Guard by the Civil Service Commis-
sion for the selection Of q candidate
from the Guard for appointment to
the United States Military Academy
at West Point are expected to be an
nounced this week.
It was announced at the Guard
headquarters last week that the re-
ports of the professional tests have
r-s1
but they will have to be considered
IN connection with the attendance at
drills Of the men who took the exam
nation, their service In the Guard
and check-up of their residence.
Those who took the examination
we're: Pvt. Jack Pryor, Company A;
Pvt. P. l.. Schwartz, Company C:
Sergt. j. II. Dienelt, Company ?;
Corpl. Morris Wolfe, Headquarters and
Service Company, all of the 121st
Engineer Regiment, and Pvt. w. S.
Warner, Headquarters Detachment,
18th Division.
One of these viii be selected to go to
West Point next July. If any State
does not fill its allotment, 1t Is pos
sible that another appointment might
be received, but this will not be known
! for some time.
Pvts. Marshall D. Gaines, Antoine
Harl and Frank Wollner have been
ordered transferred from the inactive
to the active list of the Headquarters
Detachment and Combat Train, 260th
Coast Artillery.
Carpl. Titus B. Snoddy, r., Battery
A, 260th Coast Artillery, has been
ordered honorably discharged from
the local militia, ON his own request,
he having completed two years Of
three-year e-enhstment.