Evening star., 1934-09-02
NATIONAL GUARD
CADET TESTS SET
FOR OCTOBER 70
Applications Must Be in
Hands of Adjutant Gen.
eraI September 29.

tlonal Guard headquarters
has announced that the ex-
- aminations to determine the
enlisted men who will be
selected to go to West Point next
Summer from the National Guard Of
the District of Columbia will be con-
Quoted by the United States Civil
Service Commission at 8 o'clock in
the morning of October 40, 1894.
This announcement, in general or
der, followed the receipt last week
from the War Department of letter
| announcing that the local militia
would be allowed to send one cadet
to the United States Military Acad-
| emy.
The order further says that en-
listed men desiring to take this pre-
| liminary examination must make
| formal written application addressed
to the Adjutant General, National
Guard of the District of Columbia,
through military channels. The ap-
plication must be received in the ad-
| jutant generals office not later than
the close of business on Saturday,
September 20, 1884.
Although the local militia has been
| instructed that it will have only one
candidate, it was pointed out, how
| ever, that this is not final. There
are Is appointments allowed each
year from the militia units through
| out the country. However, some
| State units either do not take advan-
| tage Of the privilege, or their candi-
dates do not pass the necessary pre-
liminary examinations. When the
final reports are in, if there are any
vacancies still existing these are al
of eligible candidates. The success
full candidates will enter the academy
next July.
Second Lieut.. Henry B. Cockrell,
| Quartermaster Corps, State staff,
was ordered on temporary active
duty for period last week in con-
nection with the care and storage of
property used at the field training
encampment.
| Capt. Walter s. Welsh and Master
Sergt. Edward w. Ireland also were
ordered on active duty in connection
with the settlement Of accounts of
the field training encampment.
Figures made public by the Third
Corps Area Headquarters of the Army
show that there are SO persons en-
rolled in the correspondence courses
of the Army, and that to date they
have completed 135 sub courses dur
ing the school year. The 29th Divi-
| 20 hnl
with a courses completed; the Head
quarters Detachment. 29th Division,
two officers enrolled, with three
courses completed; Headquarters De-
tachment, Special Troops, 29th Di-
vision, two officers enrolled, no
courses completed; 29th Division Mil
itary Police Company, six officers
enrolled, ID courses completed; 121st
Engineers, six officers enrolled, IL
courses completed; 260th Coast Ar
tillery, Is officers enrolled, 81 courses
completed.
The report also shows that in the
Maryland National Guard, there were
314 enrolled and 625 courses COM
pleted; in Pennsylvania, 696 enrolled,
2,306 courses completed; Virginia, 1853
enrolled and $50 courses completed.
With the field training encampment
now history, and the property used in
the field stored for another year, the
121st Engineer troops of the local
militia have settled down to an in
tensive armory training program for
the year. The program was prepared
under the direction of Col. John w.
Oehmann, regimental commander as
well as acting commander of all the
local militia troops, by First Lieut..
Edward A. Mcmahon, operations Of
f1cer of the regiment.
The objective for the training year
was laid down as follows: To main
tain the regiment in condition to
function effectively at existing strength
| and without further training, when
employed in minor emergencies by
the District of Columbia or Federal
| authorities and to provide a suf-
f1ciently trained force, capable of
rapid expansion to war strength,
| which, with minimum Of delay, can
be employed in time of war as an
effective component of the Army of
the United States.
The program further said that the
development of military discipline,
technical proficiency, initiative, leader
ship and team work, is to be empha-
sized in the activities during the year.
The conduct of training Is to be de-
centralized, the report continues. It
says that responsibility for and con-
troll Of training are functions Of COM
mand. This program outlines the
objectives to be attained and the time
available for the purpose. The meth
DDS and details of execution will be,
so far as possible, left to subordinates,
corrective measures being applied only
when necessary. To this end, inspec-
tions are to be made frequently by
the regimental staff, battalion COM
manders, and separate unit COM
manders, to satisfy themselves that
the program is being followed and
that approved doctrines, principles
and methods are being used, and to
test proficiency.
The program points out that the
mission of the engineers in war is to
assist the operation of the field forces
by means Of engineering works. In
connection with the armory work, the
program says that the objective is to
adequately care for, store and protect
Government property; to give the
regiment thorough and well-balanced
basic and technical training; to place
special emphasis upon basic training
and upon command and staff train
ing; to increase the proficiency of the
regiment in the use of weapons and
to successfully complete the prescribed
courses in target practice together
with adequate training in musketry;
to conduct the training in such
manner as will insure smooth transi-
tion from armory to field training.
The armory training is divided into
five periods; first, ending on Septem-
ber Is, to be given over to checking,
cleaning and storing equipment; sec
ond, September 16 to November 80,
outdoor training, basic and technical;
third, December l., 1884 to March 81,
1895, indoor training, basic and