Evening star., 1935-12-15


cations come, for permission to con-
duct the necessary examinations.
This will cause the promotion of
major to lieutenant colonel and a
first lieutenant to captain 1t is ex-
pected that Maj. Burns will be ap-
pointed lieutenant colonel of the regi~
ment. The board Of examination
will be named by ths Sd Corps Head
quarters, and the various officers all
along the lire will be called upon to
take the military tests, while the sec
ond lieutenancies will be filed frcrc
the eligible list. The eligible list ex-
aminations are ony to determine the
educational qualifications for promo
ton by commission. When the Sc
lection is made tc take the examina-
ton for promotion from the ranks,
! then the selected individuals take the
! professional military tests for the arm
| Of the service TO which they are seek
ing appointment by commission.
The conference of staff officers of
| the 29th National Guard Division,
composed of officers of the militia of
/ portion Of Pennsylvania, which was
to have been held the middle of this
month. has been postponed until some
+ time in January, it was announced at
/ the divisional headquarters here.
| 1t was announced that Maj. Gen.
Milton A. Reckord, commanding the
] division, was unable to attend on the
/ date set because of other military mat
/ ters requiring his attention here. 1t
was necessary for him to be present,
/ as it is understood that the matter
/ of the coming Summer training en-
campments were to be considered, and
/ particularly the tentative plans for
mobilizng the entire division, as was
/ planned last Summer, but which was
/ prevented by the infantile paralysis
/ epidemic.
/ 1t is known that Gen Reckord has
plans for a mobilization, which will
be the first in the history of the
division, and proposed, at the con-
ference, to work up program to be
submitted to the Sd Army Corps
Headquarters and to the War De-
partment to ascertain whether it
would meet with their approval and
whether funds would be available for
a gigantic movement of troops by
motor and by rail.
1t is tentatively proposed to make
as much of the movement, if approved,
by motor transportation to test the
ability of the militia to handle such
a large movement in accordance with
plans.
Work is expected to be started soon
in the Pennsylvania avenue armory
of the Guard on the preparation of
a history of the local militia Works
Progress funds have been allotted for
such a project. and as soon as the
money is provided steps will be taken
to organize a large corps Of clerks and
searchers in the local aTmory to pre-
pare the data for writing. The work.
ers will be taken from the relief lists
and no Guardsmen will be selected,
unless their names happen to be on
the lists furnished for making the Sc
lections.
1t was said at the armory that it
is proposed to compile complete his
tory of the unit from its inception, as
early as 1902.
The Headquarters Detachment, 29th
National Guard Division, commanded
= by Mai William T Roy. will hold its
annual Christmas party in the armory
on December TO- Sergt. Paul H.
ChalupSky is in charge of the ar
rangements and Technical Sergt
Harry A. Nelligan is in charge Of the
guest list.
Three Of the largest units Of the
local militia have been ordered out for
parade next Thursday night to par
ticipate in the celebration in connec-
tion with the formal dedication of the
new Calvert Street Bridge.
The units ordered to appear in the
parade are the 121st Engineers. the
260th Coast Artillery and the 29th Di-
vision Military Police Company.
Col. John w. Oehmann, command
ing the local militia, will be grand
marshal for the parade, At was an
nounced at headquarters.
Col. Oehmann has received appli-
cations for appointment to the Medi-
cal Corps from the Guard from Capt.
Robert H. Bolton and DR.. F. J. Tar
taglino. both now members of the
Medical Reserve Corps.
!, The selection will be made to fill
the vacancy created by the voluntary
. retirement of Lieut.. Col. George Joseph
Allen. for years senior medical officer
Of the Guard.
Col. Allen asked for retirement be-
cause of i'll health, and while he was
! a major while actively serving with
!, the Guard he was retired with the
advanced rank of lieutenant colonel.
= In forwarding Col. Aliens commits
sion to him, Col. Oehmann congratu-
. lated him on his promotion and ex-
pressed much regret that his health
forced him to retire. He wrote, in
: the letter, of Col. Aliens long and
faithful service with the Guard, re-
calling that he participated in the
E mobilization of troops for the Mexican
: border disturbances in 1916. He also
e added that his services as senior sur.
geon had been most helpful to the
= Guard and all its members.
: Training classes for the National
? Guard boxing team, the Olympic
Club team and any unattached anna
teur boxers are now being conducted
, under the supervision of Matt
Twoomey, coach, every week night at
1880 O'Clock. All candidates for the
! team have been requested to report to
the coach.
A series of tournaments have been
announced as follows:
: Elimination bouts for the National
/ Guard championship medals. These
bouts will be held in January and
February.
, All-star amateur show on December
. 81, featuring boxers from the Guard,
> the Olympic Club, the goth Marine