Evening star., 1935-04-28


the latter to serve as an understudy.
to attend the school. In units not pro-
vided with specific personnel for this
purpose, personnel normally detailed
for duty as mess sergeantS and cooks
in the field will be ordered to attend
the school when such attendance will
not interfere with other duties, so
that a minimum of four enlisted men
from each company and battery will
attend. The commanding officer OF
the Guard. Col John w. Oehmann.
has announced that he desires 100
per cent attendance by every stu
dent detailed to take the course. The
school also is open to the voluntary
attendance of officers and men not
detailed to take the course.
The local militia headquarters has
received communication from the
War Department announcing a policy
of having minimum of 1888 Ma
tional Guard officers as graduates of
the special service schools.
The letter says that in order to
provide and maintain this number
approximately 295 officers will be sent
to service schools annually.
The schools and the number to
attend each year Is given as follows:
Command and General Staff School,
II; Air Corps Technical School. 4;
Cavalry School, Is: Chemical War
fare Service School, 90; Coast Ar
tillery School, 25; Engineer School.
10; Field Artillery School. 81; In
fantry School. 116: Medical Field
Service School, 10; Medical Aviation
School, one every third year; Quar-
termaster School, S: Ordnance School,
3; Signal School, 8; Tank School. 2.
The attendance record for the 29th
National Guard Division headquar-
ters units for the month of March,
just made public at the division head
quarters here, places the 29th Di-
vision Military Police Unit at the top
of the list with an attendance of
1888 per cent. This figure brought
it up from second place last month.
The other units and their respective
percentages follow:
Headquarters Detachment Special
Troops, 1888; 29th Division Signal
Company, 9l95; Headquarters De-
tachment. 29th Division, 91.40; 29th
Division Tank Company, 1898; Dis
trict of Columbia Units, 29th Di-
vision, 95.35; Virginia Units, Special
Troops, 29th Division, 90.44.
Pvt. John Mooney, Company D,
121st Engineers, has been ordered
honorably discharged because of re-
moval from the District of Columbia.
Pvt. Clyde B. Bradshaw has been
ordered promoted to sergeant in the
Headquarters Detachment. 2sth Di-
vision.
The following changes in personnel
ratings in Battery B, 260th Coast Ar
tillery, have been ordered by Maj.
Walter w. Burns, battalion COM
mander:
Corps. Charles ]. Huffman. jr.. and
Benjamin Frick to be sergeants.
Pvts. Vincent J. Antonelli. Wilbur
T. O'Brien, Edward B. Scrimger and
William F. Edmonds to be corporals.
Sergt. Oswald c. Robertson to be
private.
Under a reallotment of enlisted
strength for the Special Troops,
29th Division, the Headquarters De-
tachment, Special Troops, is given nine
men; the Headquarters Detachment.
2eth Division, 43 men and the 29th
Division Military Police Company, 58
men.
All officers and a selected number
of enlisted men reported at the rifle
range at Camp Simms, Congress
Heights, D. c., last night. to begin.
early today, a special course OF in,
struction. Col. Oehmann announced
that this assembly is for the purpose
of co-ordinating and making uniform
the method of instruction of rifle
craftsmanship throughout the regi-
ment. A number of quizes are to be
conducted in addition to firing. A
similar assembly will be held next
Sunday.
Pvt. John A. Donahue has been or.
dered transferred from the inactive to
the active list of the Headquarters De-
tachment and Combat Train, 260th
Coast Artillery.
Because of business interference
with the performance of military duty,
Pvts. Neville o. c. Dietrich and Glenn
ent L. Dechene have been ordered
transferred from the active to the in
active list of the Headquarters De-
tachment and Combat Train, 260tn
Coast Artillery.
The appointment of DR.. Emil J. G.
Hildenbrand as first lieutenant In the
Medical Corps of the local militia was
announced. He has been assigned to
the Medical Department Detachment,
12lst Engineers, for duty.
Pvt. (First Glass; Roland r. Ruehl-
man has been ordered promoted to
corporal In Company A, 121st Engi-
neers.
Pvt. George e. Vadney has been
ordered promoted to corporal in Bat
terry A, 260th Coast Artillery.
The appointment of Second Lieut..
Howard J. Burd, Company e, 12lst
Engineers as a first lieutenant Of
engineers, and his reassignment to
ments, Thirteenth and Clifton streets.