Evening star., 1938-10-09
Reuiual of annual Shooting
Competitions in Guard Urged
autumn Matches May Be Resumed
Here-Militia Bands to Play at
MeadO,vbrOOk ShOU.

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the rife team. These were won by the
team which represented the local mill
tia at the national matches held in
September at Camp Perry. Ohio, and
local brigade headquarters has asked
the director Of civilian craftsmanship
to furnish them in time for the cere-
mony.
Opportunity for q number Of en-
listed men to attain commissions in
the local militia will be offered In the
near future. Brigade headquarters is
preparing orders for the annual exam
nations. Applicants must file their
papers by November /. Examinations
will be held before Christmas
The Headquarters Company, 29th
Division, Is the only company In
the local militia that within the past
two years has had member enter
the United States Military Academy.
The tests for the selection Of candi-
date from the Guard have just been
conducted by the United States Civil
Service Commission.
Company F, 12lst Engineers. will
hold dance in the armory on Novem-
Der 26. Battery A, 260th Coast Artil-
lery has scheduled a dance in the
armory for next Saturday.
Pvt. William r. Allen of Battery c,
260th Coast Artillery, has been unan-
imously selected by that units nom
commissioned officers as the most out
standing private during the last en-
campment. He has been awarded
ring with the insignia Of the 260th
Coast Artillery on it.
The Medical Department Detach-
ment, 29th Division Special Troops,
has organized an infirmary for treat
ment and examination Of the officers
and men of the Special Troops and
Company A, 1o4th Quartermaster Regi-
ment. 1t will be open every Tuesday
evening and at such other times as
there are troops on duty in the armory
Maj. William T. Roy, commanding
the Special Troops, 29th Division, has
sent letter of commendation to the
Military Police Company, on its attain
ment of a big attendance record
during the past year.
The Headquarters Detachment, 29th
Division, which is composed of enlisted
men attached to the General Staff of
the 29th National Guard Division, is
in need of six stenographers for duty
with the detachment. It was pointed
out that there is probably more room
for individual promotion and advance
ment. up to the grade of master
sergeant, in this unit than in any
other unit of the local guard. 1t Is
one of the units which, because of its
highly specialized duty, has more nom
commissioned officers than it has
privates.
Some idea of the serious armory
conditions facing the local units may
be determined from the fact that the
Headquarters Office of the 260th Coast
Artillery must move from within the
brick building which serves as an
armory at Maine avenue and o streets,
S.W., to a frame building on the dock
jutting out into Washington channel
form the armory. This became known
when the headquarters applied for
gas stove with which to heat the
building, which originally was erected
for the Naval Reserve for the storage
of equipment. The move into the dock
building was made necessary by the
crowded conditions in the armory.
A number Of officers of the guard
have evinced interest in the opportun-
ity being offered to attend the Com
mand and General Staff School to be
held at Fort George G. Meade, Md.
As certain army correspondence courses
must be completed by officers proposed
to attend the school, many of them
have written to ascertain what these
courses are and whether they will
have time to complete them before
the school begins.
Maj. Sideny Morgan, Inspector
Generals Department.; Maj Walter S.
Welsh, Judge Advocate Generals De-
partment, and Capt. Hugh Everett,
jr, of the local Guard and 1t. Col w.
D. Upton, of the Maryland Aviation
Corps, are among those who sent in
quiries to Brigade and Division Head
quarters here.