Evening star., 1939-04-30

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tillery, has been ordered transferred
to assume command Of the new
quartermaster medical unit.
Second 1t. Donald S. Funk, for
merly first sergeant in Company A,
104th Quartermaster Regiment, also
has been ordered to the Headquar-
tiers Company for duty.
Sergt. George F. Allen, Company
B, 104th Quartermaster Regiment,
has been ordered to appear before
an examining board to take tests
for promotion to second lieu
tenancy.
Brig. Gen. Cox has fixed the eve
ming of May 16 as the date when
the citizens associations and civic
bodies of the National Capital will
be honored by rendering them a
review of the local militia. The
parade and review is scheduled to
be held on the Mall, between Fourth
and Six streets, but, in the event
of bad weather, it will have to par
take of another from, for there now
Is no indoor drill hall large enough
to accommodate the brigade OF
troops here.
The Headquarters and Service
Company, 121st Engineers, and the
Medical Department Detachment OF
the same regiment completed last
month with 100 per cent attendance
at drill. The other units and their
relative standing in drill attendance
together with the percentages, fol-
low:
Headquarters Company, 10Th Divi-
sion, 1856; Headquarters Company
lO4th Quartermaster Regiment, $500;
Medical Department Detachment
Special Troops, 10Th Division, 97.64;
Headquarters Detachment, 10Th Di-
vision, 97.31; 10Th Division Military
Police Company, 97.05; Service Bat
terry, 26Oth Coast Artillery, 94.87;
Company A, 1O4th Quartermaste1
Regiment, 1886; Company B, 104th
Quartermaster Regiment, 9221;
Company A, 121st Engineers, 90.61
Headquarters Detachment, Special
Troops, 29th Division, 90.38; State
Detachment, 5000; band, 260th
Coast Artillery, 5000: band, 12lst
Engineers, 5000; Company F, 121st
Engineers, $3.50; Company A, 372d
Infantry, 8537; Headquarters De-
tachment and Combat Train. 1st
Battalion, 26Oth Coast Artillery
1888; Company D, 121st Engineers,
81 .48; Company B, 121st Engineers,
81 80; Company c, 121st Engineers,
80.33; Medical Department Detach-
ment, 26Oth Coast Artillery, 1859;
Company E, 121st Engineers, 1898;
Company A, 260th Coast Artillery,
1903; Headquarters Detachment,
I'd Battalion, 26Oth Coast Artillery,
rs. 80; Battery D, 260th Coast Artil-
lery, 70.58; Battery B, 260th Coast
Artillery, 69.42; Headquarters Bat
terry, 260th Coast Artillery, 68.63;
Battery F, 26Oth Coast Artillery,
66.75; Battery c, 2e0th Coast Artil-
lery, 61.51; Battery G, 260th Coast
Artillery, 59.75; Battery E, 260th
Coast Artillery, 1886, and Battery
H, 260th Coast Artillery, 1887.
Among the larger units the Spe-
cial Troops, 29th Division, led the
list with a percentage of 9672, the
others being as follows, with their
percentages: 1st Battalion, 104th
Quartermaster Regiment, 93.45;
Company A, 372d Infantry, 8400;
121st Engineers, 8276, and 260th
Coast Artillery, 68.84.
Brig. Gen. Cox has informed the
commanders that men who served
in one or the other Of the opposing
sides in the civil war with Spain are
not considered desirable for enlist
ment in the local Guard, in ac-
cordance with a policy established
in the Regular Army. The War De-
partment has ruled that since such
service was undertaken in violation
of the policy Of the United States
as announced by the State Depart
ment, the War Department does
not favorably consider the enroll
ment in the Regular Army, the civil
ian components, or the advanced