Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-08
COAST ARTILLERY
|S0NR0AD MARCH
Local Guard Unit to Partici.
pate in Parade at BrunS-
wick Today.

the 26Oth Coast Artillery, the anti
aircraft unit of the National Guard
of the District of Columbia, under
command Of Lieut.. Col. Walter w.
Burns. is on a road march today. The
entire regiment will proceed from this
city TO Frederick, Md: thence to
Petersville and thence to Brunswick
and return to Washington.
The members OF the regiment have
been ordered to assemble at their
armory, ct Water and o streets SOUTH
west, at o'clock this morning. and
the column will move at O'Clock.
Preceding the main column an ad-
vance party. under First Lieut.. Robert
j. Martin and consisting Of one SER
geant and one corporal from the
Headquarters Detachment and Com
bat Train and two privates from each
of the lettered batteries. went to pro-
vide route guards and guides and to
arrange for parking and messing areas
at Brunswick, Md. The organization
has a special rolling kitchen, designed
by Col. Burns. which will cook the
meals for the men while on the march
and will be ready for service as soon
as the organization comes to q halt.
The midday meal will be served at
Brunswick at l:45 am. The Or
ganization is to participate in a parade
at Brunswick.
Commanders Of the various units Of
the local National Guard have been
instructed to. make a thorough exami-
nation of their personnel records to
determine If they have any men to
recommend as eligible to receive the
meritorious service medal of the or
ganization.
1t was pointed out In memorandum
from brigade headquarters that with
the splendid records of the organiza-
ton during the past year there may
be officers and enlisted men who have
performed their duty in such manner
as to reflect credit on the local militia
as a whole and who merit the recogni-
ton which the award Of the meritori-
Gus service medal gives.
It was asserted that the medal Is
not intended as an award for recogni-
ton of wartime duty. The command
ing officers are to recommend to the
headquarters any member of their
commands whom they believe has per-
formed his duty in such a manner as
to come within the provisions Of the
order which established the medal as
q local award.
The final decision on the recommen-
dations will be made by the headquar-
tiers.
The National Guard entered float
in the Halloween parade here last
week and the committee in charge OF
its preparation was Capt. Charles E.
Smithson, chairman; First Lieut..
Robert j. Martin, 260th Coast Artil-
lery; First Lieut.. James d. Tanner,
l2lst Engineers; Second Lieut.. Henry
B. Cockrell, 1st Battalion, 104th Quar-
termaster Regiment; Second Lieut..
Charles L. Rust, Headquarters Com
pany, 29th Division.
The use of the armories Of the Ma
tional Guard of the District OF Column
bia for social affairs other than those
given by the various organizations
will not be approved by the headquar-
tiers, 1t was announced. Exception has
been made for other service units, such
as veteran organizations.
Tentative plans for the annual en-
campments of some of the units OF
the local Guard have been approved
by local Guard headquarters. 1t was
announced that at this time 1t Is
planned to have the 12lst Regiment
Of Engineers, commanded by Col. John
w. Oehmann, to take its training this
year at Camp Albert c. Ritchie, the
Maryland State Guard camp at Cas-
cade. Md. With this organization will
60 Company A, 372d Infantry, COM
manded by Capt. Arthur c. Newman.
The date has been set as August z
to 81.
It was said to be the desire Of Mai.
Gen. Milton A. Reckord, command
ing the National Guard of Maryland
and the 29th National Guard Division,
to have the divisional special troops
assembled at some point in. Virginia
for their annual field training.
Local Guard ofnciak assert that
they have no knowledge as to whether
all Of the troops Of the 29th National
Guard Division will be mobilized In
one area this year as they were in
Pennsylvania last Summer. That was
the frst and only mobilization Of the
division since its organization sub
sequent to the World War. Suisse
quent to these maneuvers Gen.
Reckord was quoted as having ex-
pressed . desire to have another
mobilization Of the division next Sum-
mer.
The matter Of mobilization of course
is one for the headquarters Of the I'd
Corps Area Of the Army TO decide,
together with the War Department. It
was added also that the matter Of