Evening star., 1934-05-20
examination period for pro-
motions In the National Guard
OF the District Of Columbia
i has been inaugurated, several

of the District Of Columbia
i has been inaugurated, several
officers having already ap-
peared before boards to determine
their qualifications for promotion and
enlisted men notified of coming ex-
animation to determine their qualif1-
cations to be officers as vacancies in
the organization occur from time to
time.
The headquarters announced that
an examination to determine the edu-
cational qualifications Of candidates
for an eligible list for appointment as
second lieutenants in all branches OF
the service will be held, beginning on
or about May 20 and continuing at
such times as may be required by the
examining board. This examination
will be open to all enlisted men of
the local militia whose application has
been approved by headquarters and
who are between the ages Of 81 and
80 on June l, next
Applications to take this examtna-
tion must be in the hands OF the
adjutant general Of the Guard by May
25. The examinations will be con-
Quoted by the following board Maj.
Sidney Morgan. Inspector Generals
Department; Capt. LIE Roy S. Mann,
26Oth Coast Artillery. and First Lieut..
George F. Harbin, 121st Engineers.
Sergt. Hamilton Colt, Headquarters
Detachment, 2eth Division: Sergt.
Olaf w. Christopherson, Company A,
121st Engineers, and Corpl. James c.
Sorenson, Company E, 12lst Engineers,
appeared last Tuesday night before
an examination board, of which Maj.
Lindsay Med. Sylvester Is president,
for examination as to their qualiflca-
| tions for appointment as second lieu
tenants of Infantry.
Second Lieut.. Leighton B. Hastings,
Headquarters Detachment, Special
Troops, goth Division. appeared be-
| fore a board last Tuesday night for
examination for promotion to the
grade Of first lieutenant Of Infantry.
The War Department has estab-
lished the National Guard OF the
United States as a Reserve component
Of the Army, and. according to the
orders issued in connection with this
move. provides for officers to execute
new oaths in this unit. these to be in
| lieu of the commissions they hold i'll
the Reserve Corps.
The order says that all federally
| recognized officers were appointed in
the National Guard of the United
States in their federally recognized
grades as Of April 4. last. They will
be required to accept such appoint
ment by executing an oath before a
notary public not later than June 30,
next. Warrant officers also are to
execute new oaths.
Transfer of officers to the inactive
National Guard is permitted only
when there is a vacancy in an active
or inactive allotted unit, to which the
officer may be assigned. Each appll-
cation by an officer for transfer to the
inactive National Guard will include
therein q statement that in the event
Of disapproval, such application will
be considered as his request for the
acceptance Of his resignation at the
convenience Of the President.
Federally recognized enlisted men
now members of the National Guard
will be enlisted in the National Guard
Of the United States for the unex-
pired period Of their present enlist
ment in the National Guard OF the
District of Columbia in the same
grade. rating and branch Of service
as that in which they are now serving.
Hereafter enlistments in the National
Guard of the District of Columbia and
the National Guard Of the United
States will be simultaneous.
Warrant officers and enlisted men
Of the National Guard now holding
appointment in the Officers Reserve
Corps were rendered appointments in
the National Guard of the United
States in the same grade and branch
of service without further examination
if physically qualified and provided
there is an allotted unit to which each
may be assigned to bring such unit to
war strength.
The following policy with reference
to the question of appointment in the
officers Reserve Corps of warrant Of
ficers and enlisted men Of the Ma
tional Guard was announced in
letter from the adjutant general:
THAT it is the expressed policy of
the War Department that all appoint
ments of enlisted men and warrant
officers of the National Guard to COM
missions in the Army of the United
States be in the National Guard OF
the United States and that no such
applicants be commissioned in the
Officers Reserve Corps"
Officers of the National Guard Re-
serve. now designated as the inactive
National Guard, have been instructed
to apply to National Guard headquar-
ters for assignment to war vacancy
in an active or inactive unit.
Summary court officers of the Dis
trict of Columbia National Guard, 1t
was announced. are the only ones
qualified to administer oatss of en-
listment to enlisted men, therefore
recruiting officers must be appointed
summary court officers.
Mai. Gen. George E. Leach, chief
of the National Guard Bureau of the
War Department, in reviewing the
minimum requirements for the proper
training this year of the l9 National
Guard aviation squadrons, stated that
the essentials Immediately reeded are:
mot less than rs Of the most ad-
vanced type of observation sirplanes.
equipped with two-way radio and
modern navigation instruments"
Gen. Leach revealed that a large
portion of his present allotment Of
observation planes are now on loan
to the Regular Army and are being
used in carrying the mails. and that
several of these ships have been
washed out" which further reduces
the present-day aviation equipment
of the National Guard.
In his review Of the aviation situa-
ton of the National Guard Gen Leach
said:
1.-The National Guard has 10 air
squadrons. The authorized allotment
of airplanes for each Is eight service
type airplanes. This is the minimum
number required to maintain proper
training.
"At present there are "a O-38 type
and 26 OH and BIT type observa-
ton planes In use with the National
Guard. The O-2H8s and BIS are
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