Evening star., 1938-10-02
Guard Is Offered Another
A,uard to Aid Morale
Military Order of World Var Proposes
to Provide for Promotion of
Esprit de Corps.

Another award to encourage inter-
est IN tho militia has been offered to
the District National Guard. Head
quarters has received . communication
from Harry q. Howlet, commander
Of the Military Order Of the World
War, Offering to provide An award to
be competed for annually, and similar
to the ono it has made to G. M. T. G.
camps.
Generally, It was said. it, purpose
will be to stimulate interest of the
enlisted personnel In the promotion
Of esprit de corps. However, the
militia has been asked to inform Mr..
Howlet as to the general outline of the
competition which Is to form the basis
Of the award.
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, COM
manding the local militia, has taken
tho matter under consideration and
1t Is expected he will outline the gen.
eral basis Of the competition In time
for the proposed award to be put into
effect during the current armory drill
year, which has just about gotten
under way. It = expected that the
offer for the award will be accepted,
As the ofdcers realize that the more
such awards are placed In competition
the better will be the organization, Il
they point out that nothing builds up
an organization like competition for
something worth-wh
Tho organizations are all agog over
the prospective announcement of the
winner for the past drill year Of the
Veterans OF Foreign Wars Trophy,
which Is awarded on the basis of drill
attendance. Up to the end Of August,
1t was said, the 2sth Division Military
Police Unit was leading. At brigade
headquarters, 1t was indicated, the
preliminary figures show that the con-
test will be close, as all the units had
an exceptionally good year In at
tendance.
The board Of officers issued Q call
to all organizations to send in their
figures by October IS, 30 that the re-
suit may be tabulated. It was indi-
Gated that Gen. Cox plans to make
the award on October IL.
The units Of all branches are pre-
pairing to get into their winter cloth
ing, as brigade headquarters has issued
instructions that all units must be In
wool not later than October is.
Ohlcers Of the Guard have been
apprised that headquarters, Sd Army
Corps, at Baltimore, has informed
local brigade headquarters that there
will be vacancies for officers Of the
Guard to attend the Command and
General Stan School to be held at
Fort George G. Meade, Md, from
January IS to 28. All applications
for permission to take the course
must be in the hands of headquarters
not later than December / next.
The course Is open to brigade and
divisional staff officers Of field grade
and to commanders Of units down
to and including battalions who have
been prevented from attending any
such service school in the past. The
course also u open to graduates OF
special service schools and captains
whose promotions carry promotion to
field Officers in time Of war and to
specially selected stan officers. Ap-
plicants must have completed certain
OF the extension courses in order to be
elibigle to take the course.
Those who are selected will be quar-
tered at the school. The instruction
will be largely by means Of lectures
and map exercises, Is it is not planned
to have any field activities.
The following assignments Of officers
OF the National Guard Of the United