Evening star., 1937-02-14
GUARD PREPARING
FOR ANNUAL TESTS
Less than a Week of Drill
Time Left to Make
Ready.

drill time, the units Of the National
Guard of the District of Columbia are
making strenuous preparations for
the visit OF regular Army ofilcers who
will make regular inspections Of per-
sonnel and equipment.
Inspection reports Of last year are
being examined with the purpose Of
studying the reports on faults found
at that time and put especial emphasis
on them so that the inspectors will
not find the same flaws at the COM
ing inspection. In addition to check
ing over the equipment the troops are
being put through drills which the
inspectors are expected to call on
them to carry out.
With the approach of the field
training season, the War Department
has called attention that complaints
have been received from Federal de-
partments concerning the amount Of
time which some civilian employees OF
these departments are taking to per-
form service with the militia.
In some instances, it was said, re-
quests are received for second ex-
tended period Of military leave within
a year, and the War Department has
been asked whether, under law and
regulations, such second requests must
be granted. In each instance, it was
added, it has been necessary for the
National Guard Bureau to reply to
the inquiry stating that under the
existing law and regulations. per-
manent civil employees Of the Govern
ment, who are members of the Ma
tional Guard, are entitled to leave OF
absence from their respective duties
without loss of pay, time or efficiency
rating on all days during which they
shall be engaged in field or coast de-
fense training duly authorized under
the provisions Of the statutes.
Examination of the bureaus rec
ords on the subject disclosed that
in numerous instances members OF
Guard organizations who are Fed
eral employees have made requests for
and been granted two or more extend
ed periods of military leave during
one calendar year for the purpose Of
attending authorized field encamp-
ments with their own and other Or
ganizations. The additional field
training is generally requested for Of
ficers and enlisted personnel engaged
in administration or supply of train
ing camps. The result, 1t was eX-
planned, is that, in some instances,
such employees received go or more
days of leave with pay from their
civil duties during the year, irrespec-
tive of whether such leave at the time
is inconvenient to the Federal civil
authorities or whether it works an
unWarranted expense to the Govern
ment by reason of the necessity of
supplying substitutes for the absent
employees during such periods.
The National Guard Bureau has
requested that hereafter the Guard
authorities of the States and the Dis
trict of Columbia limit field training
of those members who are employees
of the Federal Government to one
period. preferably not exceeding Is
days, during each calendar year. Only
in very exceptional cases hereafter
will the bureau issue training au-
thorities for such personnel to attend
more than one l5-day period of field
training.
The following have been transferred
from the active to the inactive lists
because of business or educational in
terference with military duty or tenn
porary removal from the city:
Pvts. Granvel D. Armel and Maurice
c. Clerman of the Medical Department
Detachment. Special Troops, 29th Di-
vision; Pvt. Harold Spilka, Headquar-
ters Company, 29th Division; Corpl.
Alfred w. Hanson and Pvts. Joseph A.
Saiat and Frank A. Russo of Com
pany A, 104th Quartermaster Regi-
ment: Pvts. Guy c. Brewer and Rob-
ert NJ Matthias, Medical Department
Detachment, l21st Engineers: Pvt.
Joseph Wolfe. Headquarters and Serv-
ice Company, l2lst Engineers; Pvts.
William T. Langford and George E.
Chapman. Company B. 12lst Engi-
neers.
Pvt. Earl W. Shaw has been trans
ferred from the inactive to the active
list of the Headquarters Company,
29th Division.
Pvt. G. Frederick Nahas, inactive
list, Headquarters and Service Com
pany, 12lst Engineers, has been honor
ably discharged to enable him to ac-
cept q commission in the Organized
Reserve Corps.
Because Of removal from the city,
Pvt. Elmer T. Perry has been honor
ably discharged as a member Of Bat
terry B, 260th Coast Artillery.
Pvt Cecil M. Deaver has been trans
ferred from the inactive to the active
list Of Company A, 12lst Engineers.
Pvt. Walter B. Ledoux, Company A,
121St Engineers, has been honorably
discharged because Of removal from
the city.
Pvt. Samuel Millstein, Company B,
121st Engineers, has been honorably
discharged on his own request, he hav-
ing completed one year Of a three
year re-enlistment.
Because of business interference with
the performance of military duty, Pvt,
first class, Arthur T. McBrice and Pvt.
Barney v. Moose have been trans
ferred to the inactive list Of Company
A, 104th Quartermaster Regiment.
Pvt. Lloyd S. Poole, 29th Division
Military Police Company, and Pvt.
Joseph C. Tass. Company B. 121st