Evening star., 1937-10-31

Burns, IN Order 10 keep tnem IN train-
ing and give them more than they
can obtain within the armory, has
decided to take them on the road.
The caravan will leave early in the
morning and head for Brunswick,
Md, where a short stop will be made
for lunch and then will come back to
the armory.
Much of the organization and oper-
alton of the Halloween parade fell on
the shoulders of members of the
Guard, who we're mustered into this
service because Of their training in this
regard. The 12lst Engineers had 5
officers and 125 enlisted men assigned
to the procession; the 26oth Coast
Artillery, officers and 125 men: 29th
Division Special Troops, officers and
IS enlisted men, and the 104th Quar-
termaster Regiment, officer and rs
enlisted men.
As result Of the action Of Col.
John w. Oehmann, commanding the
local Guard, to keep only active per-
sonnel in the various units under his
command there has been a noticeable
improvement in the attendance rec
ords, as evidenced by the September
drill attendance report. Two organi-
cations had 100 per cent attendance
during the month. They were the
Headquarters Company, 104th Quar-
termaster Regiment, and the Head
quarters Detachment, I'd Battalion.
260th Coast Artillery.
The other units in their relative
order, with percentages. follows: Medi-
cal Department Detachment, Special
Troops. 29th Division. 97.01; Head
quarters Detachment, Special Troops,
29th Division, 96.87; 29th Division
Military Police Company. 9211; Head
quarters Detachment, 29th Division,
$3.50: Headquarters Company, 29th
Division, 83.41; Company A, 104th
Quartermaster Regiment, 82.16: Head
quarters and Service Company, 121st
Engineers, 8164; Company B. 121st
Engineers, 1918; State Detachment,
77.77; Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery,
1907; Battery B. 260th Coast Artillery,
1866; Battery F. 26Oth Coast Artillery.
1000; Company B. 104th Quarter
master Regiment. 69ze; Headquar-
ters Battery, 260th Coast ARTILLERY.
6953; Battery c, 260th Coast Artillery,
69.47; Band, 121st Engineers. 68.75;
Medical Department Detachment.
260th Coast Artillery, $500: Com
pany A. 12lSt Engineers, So SO; Medi-
cal Department Detachment. 121st
Engineers, $3.50: Company F, 121st
Engineers, 62.43; Company c, l21st
Engineers. 5000; Battery E. 260th
Coast Artillery, 5000; Headquarters
Detachment and Combat Train. 26oth
Coast Artillery, $3.50; Company E,
12lst Engineers. 55.41; Company D,
12lst Engineers, 55.40.
The Special Troops. 29th Division.
stood at the top of the list in the larger
units with a score of 1854. the others
being Company A, 372d Infantry.
$3.50: 260th Coast Artillery, 6e.45; 1st
Battalion, 104th Quartermaster Regi-
ment, 69.16; 121st Engineers, 64.49.
Pvt. Herbert Groomes, Battery F,
260th Coast Artillery. has been hon
orably discharged because Of removal
from the city.
The following have been placed on
the inactive lists because Of business or
educational interference with the per-
formance of military duty: Battery B.
| 260th Coast Artillery: Pvts. Herbert T.
Gardner, William G. Howard. Robert
C. Hays, Richard T. Meyer. Raymond
L. Robey. Frank A. Ochsenreiter. Jay
w. Jeffries and Edward E. Proudfoot.
Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery:
Pvts. Robert E. Arnold, Richard L.
King and George w. Coffey.
Headquarters Detachment, ID Bat
talon, 260th Coast Artillery: Pvt.
Owen ". Hef1in.
Battery F. 260th Coast Artillery: Pvt.
Charles P. Schuettler.
Personnel changes in Company D,
12lst Engineers, are as follows: Sergts.
Edward A. Bates and Richard P. Gra-
ham and Corpl. Howard e. Whitsell to
be privates: Corpls. Frank r. Coleman
and Taylor A. Marsh to be sergeants
and Pvts. William T. Allen, Martin D.
Buxbaum and Ted w. Maloney to be
corporals.
The practice of some members Of the
Guard who are Government employees
of taking more than is days of field
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tied by the War Department, except
on certain conditions. and this add.
tional time can only be taken with
the approval from the War Depart
ment and the head Of the Govern
ment department or independent bu-
reau In which the soldier is employed
Because of this practice, some o1
the departments and bureaus have
complained to the War Department
pointing out that it takes men away
from their civilian employment fol
long periods of time, and many time!
disrupts the vacation schedules oi
other employees in the offices con-
cerned.
If the Guard finds that member
of its command in the Government
employ Is needed In the field longer
than the allotted period. before it re.
quests approval from the department
it must first obtain from the heac
of the Office concerned statement
approving the plan. The plan, ac'
cording to the War Department, viii
apply equally to temporary, as well a.
permanent, employee of the Govern
ment.