Evening star., 1935-12-15
West Point Candidate
TOB Named This Week
D. C. Guard Headquarters Expected to Make
Announcement of Successful
Contestant

~ FFICERS and men OF the
4 National Guard of the Dis
\ trict of Columbia are await
~ ing, with much interest, the
expected announcement from head
quarters this week of the successful
candidate for appointment from the
local Guard to the United States Mil
itary Academy in the class which be-
gins next July. The United States
Civil Service Commission recently
conducted the examinations for the
Guard and has marked the papers,
which are now in the possession Of
the Guard officials
However, the final marking takes
into consideration the length of Serv-
ice the man has had in the Guard
and his length of residence within the
District of Columbia. The appoint
ment is not finally made on the marks
which the men received as result OF
the educational examinations con-
Quoted by the commission. There are
five parts Of the examination, educa-
tional, attendance at armory drills,
attendance at field training camps,
length of service in the District of
Columbia Guard and length Of resi-
dence in the District of Columbia.
The local militia has been allotted
one appointment this year, as it has
for several years past, and the man
who receives the highest mark as a
result of a capitulation of the figures
from the various phases of the exam
nation will be certified to the War
Department for appointment All OF
those who took the examination will
be marked relatively, so that in the
event some State does not take
advantage of the opportunity for an
appointment originally allotted to it,
it may be given to the District of Co
lumbia This has been done in some
of the previous years.
Among those who took the tests
before the commission are:
Willard C. Jensen. Headquarters De-
tachment, goth Division, born in the
District of Columbia: James H. Dis
melt, Company F, 121st Engineers.
born in the District of Columbia;
A. B. Solberg, Company F, l2lst En-
gineers, born in Sioux City, Iowa, and
a resident of the District for one
year and nine months; John j. Nc
Cue. band, 121st Engineers, born in
Portland, Me, and still retaining that
as his legal residence; Louis C. Burch,
Company B, 12lst Engineers, born IN
the District of Columbia Robert r.
Wetzen, Company F, 121st Engineers,
born in Homer City, Pa, and a resi-
dent of this city for one year and one
month; Franklin A. Gingell, Company
F, 12lst Engineers. born in Bluemont,
Va. and a resident of Cherrydale, Va;
Salvatore F. GiarratanO, Headquarters
Detachment and Combat Train, 260th
Coast Artillery, born in New York and
still retaining his legal residence there.
All other matters being equal, 1t
was pointed out that those who have
resided in the District will get higher
marks than those who have lived here
only short time. However, these
/ conditions were known to the candi-
dates before they took the examina-
( tions.
! Considerable more interest is being
shown this year in the examination
I shortly to be held by the local Guarc
| to establish an eligible list from which
/ candidates will be selected to I'll
vacancies as they occur during th'
/ period of a year from the date or
which the list is published.
The 260th Coast Artillery is ex
pected to provide two vacancies foI
/ second leutenantS to come up from
| the ranks in a short time, through
/ authority received from the War De
partment to establish headquarter
( for the regiment here. At the presen
time there is only a battalion head
| quarters here, and this is headed b!
/ Mai. Walter W. Burns, who has bull
the present outfit to its present higf
state of efficiency.
The order provides for staff o
| one lieutenant colonel and one regi
mental staff officer of the grade o
captain. Authority has just beer