Evening star., 1934-10-07

| mOry IdCllLleS mere, Dut pointed out
that nothing had yet been done, and
support was asked in efforts to get
some action on this request. Comdr.
| Golden was informed that the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission has picked a site for the
building and construction could be-
gin as soon as money was made avail.
able for the plans and the building.
The campaign Of the local militia
oficials to obtain the armory prob
ably will be pushed with as much
vigor as possible, and every oppor-
tunity will be seized to get the matter
before as many national organizations
as possible. How effective this will be
remains to be seen. The National
Guard Association of the United States
has repeatedly urged the Government
to provide model facilities here, and
the national officers have been in
structed to take steps to bring about
some definite result, but so far moth
ing definite has been forthcoming.
Orders have been issued by head
quarters directing that an inventory
be taken on or about November Is,
each year, for the purpose Of deter
mining that 100 per cent Of all prop
erty for which each unit commander
Is responsible is serviceable and physic.
ally present within the unit con-
cerned. The lists are to be prepared
for the use Of the inspection oficer.
The drills Of various units of the
Guard scheduled for October Is have
been ordered suspended in orders Is
sued by Col. Oehmann. 1t was ex-
planned that the suspension is for a
two-fold purpose. The units are
within the allotment of paid drills
and Col. Oehmann will be en- route
to the National Guard convention.
The convention, it was announced,
is to be held at Nashville, Tenn, Oc-
tober l8 to 20. Those who will attend
from the local militia include: Col.
Oehmann, Lieut.. Col. Peyton G..
hewitt, adjutant, and Mai. Walter w.
Burns, commanding the 260th Coast
Artillery.
The following members Of the 260th
Coast Artillery have been ordered
transferred from the active to the in
active lists Of their respective units
for the reasons given:
Business interference with the per.
formance Of military duty: Pvts.
Joseph Huppmann and Charles j.
Flynn, both of Battery B; Pvts. Alex
ander s. Slant, Bruce B. Douglas,
Thomas F. Malta, Lawrence Persons,
Stanley I. Posner, William T. Slant
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z, and Pvt. Daniel D. Wright, Med
ical Department Detachment.
Educational interference with the
performance Of military duty: Sergt.
Earl s. Duffell, Headquarters Detaeh.
ment and Combat Train.
Pvt. William z. Weed has been or.
dered transferred from the inactive
to the active list Of Battery B, 2eoth
Coast Artillery.
| Pvts. Alex D. Goodkowitz and Regal
z. Murray have been ordered trans.
ferred from the active to the inactive
list Of Company E, 121st Engineers,
on account of educational interference
with the performance Of military duty.
1
G. Askins and Robert W. Keil have
been ordered transferred from the ac-
tive to the inactive list on account
of busines interference with the per-
formance Of military duty.
Pvt. first-class, William p. Jordan
has been ordered promoted to the
grade Of corporal in Company r, l2lst
Engineers, upon the recommendation
Of the company commander.
Corpl. Max Z. Kaplan has been or.
dered transferred from the Head.
quarters Detachment, 29th Division,
to the Headquarters Detachment, spe.
cial Troops, 29th Division.
Sergt. Olaf W. Christopherson, Com
pany A, 121st Engineers, has been or
dered honorably discharged, upon his
own request, he having completed two
years Of three year re-enlistment.
Sergt. Antony Beigel, Headquarters
Detachment, Special Troops, 29th d.
vision. has been ordered transferred In
the grade Of private to the Head
quarters and Service Company, 121st
Engineers.
Corpl. Warren Hughes, Quartermas-
ter Corps, State Detachment, has been
ordered reduced to the grade Of prt-
vate.
The Officers School Of the 29th
Division, Special Troops, was inaug-
urated last Friday night with Q talk
by Lieut.. Leighton B. Hastings, adju-
tant, on the organization of the in.
fantry. This school will be held each
Friday night throughout the Winter
and all officers will be assigned various
subjects. It was announced that the
commanding officer will question all
the officers on the subjects assigned.
Technical Sergt. Wayne c. Track
Ter, General STAFF Section, Divisional
Headquarters Detachment, has been
promoted to the grade of master SER
geant. Sergt. Trackler, 1t was an
nounced, was highly commended for
his work as chief of CA section during
the past field training period and
the Camp Dix command post exercise,
which he was selected to attend as an
aide to the General Staff officers.
Maj. Ralph 8. Childs has been
designated president Of a board to
meet prior to October 10 for the pur-
pose Of making detailed study Of the
methods used by the various units In
the 121st Regiment Of Engineers 10
care for the woolen uniforms and to
make recommendations they deem sp-
propriate for notifications and i'm.
provements in the care Of this cloth
ing. Final report must be made to
National Guard headquarters prior to
November IS.
The other members Of the board are
Maj. G. S. Shields, Maj. J. ]. Greenlaw
and Capt. Walter S. Welsh, the latter
named recorder.
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