Evening star., 1936-02-09

order just promulgated, the property
Of each unit will be inspected in the
morning Of the date selected and the
personnel in the evening.
In order to thoroughly prepare for
these annual tests, which will be con-
Quoted by officers Of the regular estab-
lishment sent here from other juris-
dictions, the unit commanders have
been directed to use last years inspec-
tion report and check sheets hereto
fore furnished them as a guide and
assure themselves that all matters
covered by the report are in a salts
factory condition for the inspection
and that deficiencies noted at the last
Federal inspection have been corrected.
The officers are expected to guard
against having their reports for the
current year show the same defects
noted by the inspectors at the last
inspection.
Unit commanders have been direct
ed to detail two officers and three
enlisted men to report in uniform at
10 o'clock on the morning Of the date
Of the inspection Of their unit for duty
in connection with the inspection of
property.
Of11cers and men are expected to
make good use of the time between now
and the dates for the inspection to
go over their equipment and not only
ascertain that they have all for which
they are charged, but that it is in
good serviceable condition for field
use.,
The dates for the various units have
been announced as follows:
March 3-State staff and Detach-
ment, Headquarters. 29th Division and
Headquarters, Special Troops.
March +Headquarters Detachment,
29th Division, Special Troops, and
Headquarters Detachment, 29th Di-
vision.
March 5-2sth Division, Military
Police Company.
March COMPANY A, 372d Infantry
and Medical Department Detachment
March 9-Headquarters and Medical
Department, Detachment. Headquar-
ters, 1st Battalion and Headquarters
I'd Battalion, 121st Engineers.
March l0-Headquarters and Serv-
ice Company, 121st Engineers.
March 1l-Company D, 121st Engi-
neers.
March 12-Company E, 121st Engi-
neers.
March accompany F, 12lst Engi-
neers.
March 15-Band, 12lst Engineers.
March accompany A, 121st Engi-
neers.
March 17-Company B, 121st Engi-
neers.
March accompany C, 12lst Engi-
neers.
March 10. Headquarters. lst Bat
TALON and Medical Department De-
tachment, 26oth Coast Artillery.
March 20-Headquarters Battery an6
Combat Train, 260th Coast Artillery
March 23-Battery A, 260th Coast
Artillery.
March 24-Battery B, 260th Coast
Artillery.
March 25-Battery C, 26oth Coast
Artillery.
March 26, Battery E, 26oth Coast
Artillery.
It is expected that hearings will be
held this week by the House Subcom-
mittee on appropriations on the Ma
tional Guard estimates for the next
fiscal year. Col. John w. Oehmanr
commander Of the guard, and Lieut.
Col. Peyton G. Nevitt, assistant ad-
jutant general, are expected to appear
to justify the estimates.
The 121st Regiment of Engineers
celebrated its 18th anniversary at the
armory last week with a band concert
and a series of boxing bouts The
officers celebrated the event with q
dance at the armory last night. The
outfit was organized on February )
1924.
A number of transfers in the 260th
Coast Artillery, it was announced al
headquarters. have been ordered, owing
to the change Of the status Of the
organization from battalion to regi-
mental basis.
The change in the organization, II
was said. will result In the promotion
Of a number of officers in the organi-
zation, and also will call for the pro-
motion Of four enlisted men to the
commissioned ranks. Steps already
have been taken to have them COM
missioned by the time the new battery
is organized. They have completed
their examinations and are awaiting
the commissions. The transfer Of two
officers of this organization to the in
active list also has created two more
vacancies, it was pointed out.
From information received from the
War Department, it appears that
large number of officers and men viii
have to abandon the practice Of taking
their private cars to the annual en-
carapment this Summer. For a num-
ber of. years a certain number OF OH
GERS and men have been allowed to &c
to camp in their private cars and
have been allowed mileage for their
use. They did not have to 60 with
the main body Of troops.
It was pointed out that the new
order is a result Of lack Of sufficient
funds. The practice has been opposed
by some guard officers because OF the
belief that the encampment, being Q
training medium, the men should DC
required to 60 with the organization
by train or truck. as they would IN
time Of q national emergency when
they are called into the field service
It was pointed out that they DO moi
get this training when allowed to pro-
ceed alone. It also was asserted tha'
in case Of emergency they would moi
be allowed to have their private trans
portation.
On the other hand, some guard ON
GERS favor the practice because it al
lowed the men to have transportation
at camp. Usually recreational facili-
ties are located some distance from
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