Evening star., 1935-10-06

highly commendable.
While members of rife teams at
tending the national rifle matches are
not entitled to drill pay for the period
they we're there, circular of the
War Department says that they may
be counted as present with their or
ganizations, so that they may be
figured In the attendance records for
the purposes of drill pay for the
members who stayed at home.
The War Department has announced
that course for National Guard and
Reserve officers will be held each year
at the Command and General Staff
School, Fort Leavenworth, Kans. 1t
is for three months duration. COM
mencing the middle of March of each
year. Regardless of the number of
vacancies at the school, the number
Of National Guard officers that the
National Guard Bureau will be able
to send each year will depend upon
the funds available for this purpose.
No specific allotment of vacancies will
be made to States for this course.
The War Department points out
that applications from personnel of
the National Guard to attend the
Command and General Staff School
at their own expense will not be
approved by the National Guard
Bureau.
No officer of the National Guard
drawing pension. disability allow
ance, disability compensation or re-
tired pay from the Government may
attend the school On account of
the mental, mounted and field work
required during the course, all ap-
plicants must be physically qualified
in all respects in order to receive
favorable consideration.
The War Department says that
every effort should be made to recon-
mend only those officers who unques-
tionably meet the requisite profess
sional and physical qualifications. Only
those officers will be sent to the
course whose records and qualif1ca-
suited for training for high COM
mand and general staff and eventual
duty in such positions. Waivers
cannot be granted for the entrance
examination for the course, it was
announced.
The selection in the National Guard
Bureau will be based on the following
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cants:
Division Headquarters, less special
staff officers; brigade commanders,
brigade executives. regimental COM
manders, all other field officers, all
others.
Applicants must have the indorse-
ment Of the Regular Army inspector
instructor assigned to their respective
units In order to obtain favorable con-
sideration for selection to attend the
course.
Millard C. Jensen, private in the
Headquarters Detachment, 29th Divi-
sion, Is among those whose applicants
have been approved to take the exam
nation to determine the selection OF
a candidate from the ranks of the
local militia to attend the United
States Military Academy at West
Point.
Young Jensen is a son of Capt. Just
c. Jensen, q veteran of the Guard of
many years. His father is in the Ord
nance Department and is in charge
Of all rife practice Of the local units,
and was captain Of the National
Guard rifle team which represented
the local contingent at the national
matches at Camp Perry, Ohio.
Pvt. James S. Afford first class.
Battery E, 260th Coast Artillery. and
Pvt John j. McCue, 121st Engineers,
also have been authorized to take the
competitive examination which will
be conducted for the local militia on
October 26 by the United States Civil
Service Commission.
Pvt. Louis c. Brubaker has been
ordered promoted to corporal in Co. E,
12lst Engineers, upon recommendation
of the company commander.
The following have been ordered
promoted to corporals in Co. D, 121st
Engineers:
Pvt. Stephen Barney (frst class
and Pvt. Donald H. Miller.
Forty-seven National Guard and Re-
serve officers have been ordered to
duty at the Field Artillery School for
the Fall course of instruction. The
scope of the course covers the tech
nique and tactics of field artillery, to
include the battery in the battalion,
and the total of 50212 hours of in
struction will end November 80.
The major portion of the time, 231
hours, is allotted to work under the
Of Gunnery, while the
Of Material and the De-
partment of Tactics are given 1913
hours and "a hours. respectively. The
course will reach its elimination with
two field exercises.
The following have been ordered
from the active to the Re-
serve lists of their respective units, on
account of business interference with
the performance of military duty:
Pvts. William A. Morris and Clar-
ence w. Rub, jr., 29th Division Mill
tary Police Company; Sergt. Percy E.
Poole. Headquarters Detachment, 29th
Division; Pvts. Francis J. Laignel,
Robert C. St. James, Alexander S.
Slant and John E. Topper, all of Bat
terry A, 260th Coast Artillery.
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