Evening star., 1936-02-16

"elo ddilsieTEeo 10 ana from camps
In Government-owned motor vehicles.
This was also departure from routine
OF the past and furnished valuable
training"
The National Guard was termed O
school of good citizenship" in ths
report of Maj. Gen. George z. Leach,
chief of the National Guard Bureau
OF the War Department.
Gen. Leach pointed out that adverse
conditions have been successfully met
in a way that reflects credit on the
ability and loyalty of the Guard and
proves its stability; or have been
offset by new assets, such as improved
facilities and material made available
by the recovery program OF the ad-
ministration.
This progress" the report said,
mot only supplies the States and
the Nation with a dependable force
for use in crises, but likewise, because
of the educational value of the train
ing, Is a constant asset In time Of
peace.
THE citizen soldiers gain useful,
practical knowledge Of hygiene, first
aid, of technical subjects, administra-
tive methods and the like. They learn
useful habits; respect for duly con-
stituted authority, courtesy, orderli.
ness, thoroughness, precision, self con.
troll and self-respect.
I'm short, the National Guard is q
school of good citizenship which con-
tinually pours into the blood stream of
the body polite wholesome corpuscles
which help to purge it from dangerous
infections.
Because of the harmonious rela-
tionS which exist between the State
military authorities and the National
Guard Bureau and the whole hearted
and loyal support given the policies
which have helped to bring the Ma
tional Guard to its present state Of
| efficiency. these policies will be con.
tinued
Further progress may confidently
be expected. because. while the Ma.
tional Guard has legitimate pride in
its achievements, it is also aware of
its defects and is concerned with rem.
edying them"
Gen. Leach reported that there was
need for additional funds, especially
to permit Regular Army instructors to
make visits to armorieS and field train
ing camps and to conduct inspections.
Capt. Just c. Jensen, Guard vets
eran and for many years head of the
ordnance department and in charge Of
all rife practice, has been promoted
to the rank of major. Under his new
rank he keeps the same assignment.
Five members of the Headquarters
and Service Company, 121st Engineers.
have been ordered before a board Of
examination for the purpose of placing
them upon the eligible list from which
men are selected as vacancies occur
during the year in the rank Of second
| Lieutenant.
Pvt. CFirst Class Charles r. Fisher
has been ordered promoted to corporal
in the 29th Division Military Police
Company.
Pvt. First Glass; Edward A. Doss.
Company B. 121st Engineers, having
completed 40 consecutive drills since
his enlistment, has been formally pre-
sented with a gold medal by his com.
/ pany commander.
! Pvts. Everette L. Burns and William
B. Courtney, Company F, 12lst Engi-
| neers, have been ordered honorably
discharged upon expiration of their
| terms of enlistment.
A school for non-commissioned ofd-
GERS of the 121st Engineers has been
organized under the direction Of Capt.
! Charles E. Smithson, regimental ad-
| jutant. Attendance at this school is
/ voluntary. Glasses will be held every
Friday night, with selected officers Of
the regiment acting as instructors.
Men who successfully pass the
tests given after each lesson will be
given a certificate to file with their
service records.
The following members Of the 12lst
Engineers have been ordered trans.
ferred to the inactive list Of the Ma.
tional Guard because of business or
educational interference with the per.
formance of military duty or Tempo
rary removal from the city:
Pvts. John N. Bourne and John J.
Allen, both of the Medical Depart.
ment Detachment; Pvt. Eugene j. Nc.
Golrick, Headquarters and Service
Company; Pvts. Ray Aubil. Robert L.
Cregger, Lewis E. Grow and Fulton r.
briggs, all of Company A.
The following members of Company
A, 121st Engineers, have been ordered
transferred from the inactive to the
active list of that command:
PvtS. George j. Jillson, Harold N.
Knott, Herbert Mcdonald, William II.
Fowler and Labre r. Garcia.
Pvt. Lester Feirman, Battery B.
260th Coast Artillery, has been ordered
honorably discharged because Of re.
moval from the city.
Because of temporary removal from
the city Pvt. John Ray has been
ordered transferred from the active to
the inactive list of that command.
| | KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
The officers of the Supreme Lodge.