Evening star., 1938-01-30
d. c. Guard Examiners Report
-Four Ready for Commissions
Board Makes First Announcement to
Headquarters-More Expected to Be
Certified for Officerships Later.

The examining board Of the local
National Guard, which has been con-
Quoting educational tests Of enlisted
men who have applied for commits
sions In the organization, has made
its first report to the headquarters,
in which 1t has recommended that
four men be placed on the eligible
list. These preliminary examinations
are given to ascertain whether the
applicant has sufficient educational
background to warrant him taking
the professional examination for the
particular arm Of the service in which
he desires to serve These tests, how
ever, are not given until q vacancy
occurs in one of the several arms
of the service included in the allo-
cations to the District Guard.
The board is composed Of Maj. Sid
ney Morgan, Inspector Generals De-
partment; Maj. William J. Heale,
260th Coast Artillery Regiment; Capt.
Hugh Everett, jr.. of the Special
Troops, goth Division, and Capt.
George F. Harbin. plans and training
officer, 121st Regiment of Engineers.
The board is expected to make
announcement of other successful
candidates in the near future
In connection with the first report,
memorandum was issued to the
troops by Col. John w. Oehmann,
commanding the local militia, in
which he reminded the enlisted men
that opportunity for commission in
the organization is open to every
one Of them.
He said educational examinations
are required to insure that q proper
standard is maintained, but once hav-
ing passed the educational examina-
ton, an enlisted man is not required
to again take that examination. Ex-
aminations for commission are then
open to those who have qualified in
the educational tests.
Every enlisted man qualified in the
branch examination for appointment
as a second lieutenant will then be
appointed in either the National
Guard here as vacancies occur or in
the National Guard of the United
States. dependent upon his competi-
tive standing on completion of the
examination. If commissioned in the
National Guard of the United States
the enlisted man continues in his
enlisted status in the local Guard.
He explained the District National
Guard is the active organization and
that the National Guard Of the
StotnC in ca Ia
sion of enlisted men therein is con-
cerned. is the organization which is
available for order into the service
of the United States in event of emer-
gency.
The annual inspection of the local
Guard by regular officers will be held
IN March. While the dates have not
been approved. officials are going
ahead on the theory that the Corps
Area headquarters will comply with
the local militia headquarters request
that all OF them be carried out in one
month. Heretofore they have ex-
tended over a longer period, but the
officers are anxious to get them over
with as quickly as possible so that
presentations can be started on the
program which will lead up to the
annual encampments.
Brigade headquarters has received
information that the Sd Corps Area
headquarters has informed them that
the second phase Of the training
problem on which the officers have
been working will be issued about
March l. This is a problem which is
a continuance of the war maneuvers
in which some Of the local officers
participated with the Regular Army
at Fort Devens, Mass, last summer.
They are to be continued over a long
period of time.
Commanders of the units will soon