Evening star., 1938-03-06
GUARD PERSONNEL
BEING HANDP|CKED
Only Regular DriI|.Attenders
to Remain in
Units.

10 ncTIldiIl III
Units.
There is a general cleaning out OF
apathetic personnel going on in the
ranks of the units composing the Dis
trict National Guard, according to re-
ports received at headquarters, follow
ing instructions that units must MAIN
tain a strength of not less than the
prescribed minimum. This has been
taken to mean, 1t was indicated, an
active strength, and not merely paper
strength, the purpose being to keep
the units up to high state Of drill
efficiency.
Practically all of the individual
units have their drill attendance
troubles made up of men who usually
join the organization for the purpose
of attending the annual encampments
and then failing to put in the full
amount of time each week on the night
drills. These absences, when in great
number in any one unit. it was ex-
planned, cause considerable lag in the
armory training program, with the
consequent result that when the units
go to camp, filled up by those who have
failed to attend to their guard duties
between camps. the neglect shows up
in the camp training. because they
have not had the requisite background.
The order directing the maintenance
authorized units to keep up strength
of S per cent above the minimum.
However, there is incentive for the
units to make themselves larger.
Authorization has been given that
any unit which carries on its rolls at
the end OF any month only personnel
who attended at least one drill during
that month and which maintains its
average monthly attendance at drills
at 90 per cent, or better, may in
crease its strength to not greater than
Is per cent in excess of the minimum.
It may continue this increase as long
as it maintains this standard.
Heavy demands are being made by
outside units for assignment of dates
to use the rifle range at Camp Simms,
Congress Heights, D. c. The requests
have come from the regular services
in and around Washington, including
the Army, Navy. Marine Corps and
Coast Guard Applications also have
been received from the various police
departments, including the Metro
politan, Park, Capitol, building guards
and others.
The ordnance department of the
militia, headed by Maj. Just c. Jensen,
is attempting to give the applicants
the dates they have requested, with
out conflict with each other and with
out interfering with the Guard units.
The anti-aircraft 260th Coast Ar
tillery has returned to the use OF rifles
as its secondary arm. This organiza-
ton was equipped with rifles up to
1929, when a change was made to
pistols. These have remained as the
regular equipment until the recent
order changing back to rifles.
The following qualifications with
rifle and pistol in the Special Troops,
29th Division, have been announced:
Military Police Company-Pistol ex-
pert, Sergt. Julius Morris, Corpls. Hor-
ace G. Skinner, Joseph E. Royston and
Morris Violin, Pvts. Stanley F. Glenn
ents, James L. Lands, Irving E. Holo-
ber, Dewey T. Cook, John v. White
and Morton Felker.
Pistol sharpshooter, Pvts. Paul B.
DAILY, George E. Hunter, Joseph Lesser,
Roger L. Dyess. Benjamin C. Abel,
Michael W. Broda, Leo F. Cline. Fred
D. Barbour, Fred E. Parker and Philip
F. Garofolo.
Pistol markesmen, Corpls Harry
Bennett, Albert B. Brown and Rus
sell McMahon; Pvts. Clifford NJ Ring
uette, Norman M. Reichelt, James A.
Dyson, Paul R. Jeffrey, James c:
Campbell, James A. Poole, Robert H.
j. Holt, Fred j. Maletz, John M.
Bunker, Robert A. Sadler, Augustine
F. Feudale, Gilbert Nielsen, Marvin
A. Lauderdale. Walter G. Ufer, jr.;
Morris o. Weeks and Earl w. Thomas.
Headquarters Company, 29th Divi-
sion-Rif1e expert Pvt. First Glass;
Russell P. Larson.
Rifle sharpshooter, Second 1t.
Charles L. Rust, Pvts. Charles p. Wat
son and Edmund T. Barclay
Rifle markesmen, Second 1t. NAL
colin T. Powell, Sergts. Walter c.
Hand, Stephen Lang and John F..
Oertel; Pvts. Joseph d. Cooper, Ches-
ter Sipkin and Theodore r. Bortel.
Headquarters Detachment - Rifle
marksman, Pvt. Philip M. Gelbman.
1t. Col. Walter w. Burns, COM
manding the 260th Coast Artillery,
announced those who have success
fully passed examinations for Sec
ond-class gunners and the grades
they attained as result of the tests:
Battery A-Master Sergt j. P.
King, 94.9; Staff Sergt. M. A. Setzke
92.2; Sergts. c. M. Howell, 872; F. T.
King, 81.8; M. G. King, 84.1; A. j.
La Valley, 87.9; c. ]. Taylor. 871,
and w. P. Wilson, 87.1; Corpls. r.
Fleharty. 92.6; T. c. McEwan, 86.3;
E. G. Staymates, 1928, and w. E.
Staymates, 84.9, and Pvts. (First
Glass; R. o. Mathorne, 100, and w.
Fiscus, 849
Battery B-Sergts. L. A. Peele, 88.5;
G. Scordos, 1872; A. Sokol, $40, and
j. A. Walker, 1872.
Battery C-Corpls ]. E. Boyd, S5.9,
and H. M. Devonshire, 87.6, and Pvts.
F. L. Brown, 1913, and H. c. Buck,
75.6.
Battery D-Sergts. S. F. Giarratano,
S6.4; r. l.. Hartman, jr., 1856; D. c.
Hibbard, 82.7; j. B. Richards, 852,
and Corpls. r. D. Gates, $40, and v.
E. Kruger, 1876.
Headquarters Detachment and
Combat Train, 1st Battalion-First
sergt. H. o. McQuary. Ola; Sergt.
II. M. Gerke, s6s, and Corpls. J. M.
Allen, $50, and j. D. Pierce, ola.