Evening star., 1934-10-14

- Lne UnlLeQ STATES ClVn service
Commission next Saturday
morning in the competition to OBJ
tain the one appointment to the
United States Military Academy which
has been allotted to the local Militia.
The enlisted man completing the
examination with the highest marks
will be selected to take the entrance
examination to West Point, and II
successful will be admitted to the
military school next July. While the
District up to this time has only been
allotted one appointment, there is a
possibility that more than one might
be selected. This will not be known,
however, until reports are in from
all over the country, and If any State
Militia has failed to take advantage
of the opportunity of filling an allot-
ment, the vacancies are distributed
among the other organizations. In
the event that the District obtains
one or more appointments as a result
OF this procedure, the names will be
selected in the order Of their final
ratings as q result Of the eXamina-
tionS.
The candidates for appointment
must have had one years service in
the Militia as an enlisted man at the
time of entrance to the academy
on July /, next.
Those who have been certified to
take the examinations as representa-
tives of the District Militia, include:
Sergt. James H. Dienelt, Company
F, 12lst Engineers; Pvt. Jack Pryor,
Comapny A, 12lst Engineers; Pvt.
William s. Warner, Headquarters De-
tachment, 29th Division; Corpl. Nor
riS Wolfe, Headquarters and Service
Company, 121st Engineers; Sergt.
James A. Sheehy, Battery B, 26oth
Coast Artillery and Pvt. Philip L.
Schwartz, Company c, 121st En-
gineers.
The examinations are conducted for
the local Militia by the Civil Service
Commission.
A special session Of the officers
school, 121St Engineers, was held last
week, and was addressed by Mai. Gen.
Mason N. Patrick, former chief of
engineers, United States Army. Gen.
Patrick spoke briefly on the duties of
engineers during the World War, and
the duties of engineers in future wars.
He gave his opinion of conditions in
the Far East, which he has recently
visited.
Gen. Patrick also conducted the
engineers on the practice of con-
ducting these officers schools. Fol-
lowing Gen. Patricks address, Col.
John W. Oehmann, acting commander
Of the local Militia, and commander
of the 12lst Regiment of Engineers
and the largest regiment in the Guard,
conducted the regular session of the
school.
Col. Oehmann announced that the
current school year for officers Of the
12lst Engineers is the second year Of
a proposed four-year course which
has been undertaken now that the
commissioned personnel of the En-
gineer regiment has become more
stabilized than was the case a few
years ago.
The four-year course, It was an
nounced, is proposed to cover the en-
tire field training manual for the
engineer and the duties Of engineers as
laid down in the various War Depart
ment training regulations. Through
out the course, numerous problems
involving engineers and their relation
to tactical problems and all phases
of combat will be solved.
Pvts. William Markise and Norman
F. Maxfield, Headquarters and Service
Company, 12lst Engineers, have been
ordered honorably discharged on ac-
count of removal from the District
of Columbia.
Pvt. James J. Walling, Headquarters
Detachment, Special Troops, 29th Di-
vision, has been ordered transferred
from the active to the inactive list
Of that command because of business
interference with the performance Of
military duty.
Pvts. Roy L. Laduc, John S. Ward
and r. L. Watts have been ordered
honorably discharged from the Head
quarters and Service Company, 121st
Engineers, on account Of removal from
the city.
On account Of business interference
with the performance of military
duty, the following have been ordered
transferred from the active to the
inactive list Of their respective units:
Sergt. Thomas j. Dawson and Corpl.
Francis M. Bowie, both Of the Head
quarters and Service Company, 121st
Engineers.
Pvt. Edwin M. Hennum, inactive
list, Company A, 121st Engineers, has
been ordered honorably discharged to
permit him to enlist in the United
States Army.
Second Lieut.. Franklin r. Brickles,
Company G, 121st Engineers, has been
ordered transferred from the active
to the inactive list Of the Guard.
Pvt. Woodrow w. Kirksey has been
ordered promoted to private, first
class, in the Headquarters Detach-
ment, Special Troops, 29th Division.
Corpl. Max E. Kaplan has been
ordered promoted to sergeant in the
Headquarters Detachment, Special
Troops, 29th Division, upon recon-
mendation Of the detachment COM
mander.
Announcement has been made that
the District of Columbia National
Guard will be called on again to con-
duct the Halloween parade on the
evening of October 81, as has been
the practice for the past several years.
1t was pointed out in a memorandum
issued at National Guard headquar-
ters that this is one OF the opportu-
mites presented the local militia to
be Of service to the community and
to form contacts which are valuable
In maintaining community interest In
the National Guard.
All officers have been requested to
indicate whether or not they viii be
available for duty in connection with
the parade on that evening.
It also was announced that Col
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