Evening star., 1934-08-19

OF COluInDla. 0cSe troops, ITeSn
from two weeks of heavy field train
ing in the and-Pennsylvania
mountains, basing on the Maryland
State camp at Cascade, Md, will re-
turn to Washington today, and, after
being paid OF for their two weeks Of
duty, will be dismissed from active
service.
However. there viii be no let-up in
the training work, as o comprehen-
sive drill schedule for the armory and
the nearby parade ground was mapped
out by the officers under the direc-
ton Of Col. John w. Oehmann. act
ing commander Of the Guard.
Aside from the training year that
they face, the troops are looking for
ward to the announcement of the
new commander of the local militia
to take the place made vacant by the
death Of Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan.
So far neither the White House nor
the War Department has given any
indication who might be assigned or
promoted to the post. Under the law,
it was explained, it is not necessary
general to command the local militia
to come from within the organization.
One outside Of the Guard may be
appointed.
So far as could be learned there
are three candidates: Col John w.
Oehmann, commanding the 121st
Regiment of Engineers, the largest
unit In the local militia; Col. Leroy
w. Heron, Organized Reserves. and
a former ofiicer in the National
Guard prior to the World War and
veteran OF that conflict, and Maj.
Walter w. Burns, commander Of the
260th Coast Artillery, an anti-aircraft
organization, and second largest unit
in the militia.
While 1t Is understood that the rec
concentrations for the appointment
have gone through the channels OF
the National Guard Bureau of the
War Department and the chief OF
staff, no information has been forth
coming as who might be the success
full candidate.
Under the present conditions the
commanding oficer of the Engineer
troops, Col. Oehmann, has to per-
form the duties Of commander of the
whole militia, by virtue of his being
the senior officer in point Of service
In the Guard. With an intensive
armory training period facing the
troops, this will devolve double duty
on the local militia commander, and
there is probability that the ap-
pointment may be made within q
short time.
Should the appointment come from
within the Guard, it will mean pro-
motions all along the line Of what
ever organization the commander ia
picked from. On the other hand. II
the appointment is from the outside
it will not be necessary to make any
promotions for this cause within
the Guard.
Should either the commanding cfi-
Ger of the Engineer regiment or thu
Coast Artillery battalion be selected
then, of course, there would be promo
tions. It would provide either a col
onelcy or q majority, depending on
which was selected. There is keen in
terest In Guard circles concerning the
appointment.
Corpl. Henry F. Rohrkemper has
been ordered transferred from the in
active to the active list Of Battery B
26oth Coast Artillery.
Corpls. John W. white and Thomas
z. Grimes have been ordered trans
ferred from the active to the inactive
list Of Battery 3, 26oth Coast Artillery,
because Of business interference with
the performance OF military duty.
The following promotions in the
Medical Department Detachment
260th Coast Artillery, have been or
dered:
Pvt. John r. Curtin, to be STAFF SER
geant, and Pvt. First Glass; Robert F.
Hall, to be sergeant.
Pvt. Edward L. Sabatini, Medical
Department Detachment, 12lst Engi-
neers, has been ordered transferred
from the active to the inactive list Of
that unit on account of business inter-
ference with the performance Of mill
tary duty.
On account of business interference
with the performance Of military duty,
the following have been ordered trans
ferred from the active to the inactive
list of their respective units:
Staff Sergt. Donald M. easier, Med
ical Department Detachment, 260th
Coast Artillery; Pvt. Stanley w. Hall,
same detachment, and Pvts. Arthur G.
Fisher and Edwin M. Tansill, Head
quarters and Service Company, l21st
Engineers.
The following promotions in the
Quartermaster Detachment, State
Stan, have been ordered:
Pvt. Robert L. Sweringen to be
sergeant, and Pvts. George Harper
and Gerald Weinberg to be corporas.
Pvts. George w. whaler and Edwin
r. Black, both of Company F, 121st
Engineers, have been ordered trans
ferred from the active to the inactive
list of that unit on account Of busi-
ness interference with the perform
aICc O4 uuutdAy 0uCy'
Pvt. Clyde D. Bradshaw, Head
quarters Detachment, 29th Division,
has been ordered placed on the in
active list because Of business inter-
ference with the performance Of mill
tary duty. For the same reason Pvt.
CFirst Glass; Ruel A. Compton and
Pvt. Morris G. Webster have been
ordered transferred to the inactive
list.
Five enlisted men have been or
dered transferred from the inactive
to the active list Of Company A, 12lst
Engineers. They are Pvts. Edwin M.
Hannah, Kelly C. Owens, Richard
L. Parker, william s. Rowe and James
H. Smallwood.
The return movement Of the militia
now In camp Is scheduled to begin
at S:45 o'clock this morning at Camp
Ritchie, the troops boarding trains
on the camp siding The train is
due at the Union Station at 1:50
o'clock pm, and the regiment and
separate troops will march from the
station to the armory at Sixth street
and Pennsylvania avenue.