Evening star., 1939-02-19
Guard Officers to Conduct
Armory Inspections This Year
MiIitiumen to Observe Tests During
Annual Examinations by Regulars

make examinations next month, In
accordance with a new system es-
tablished by Brig. Gen. Albert L.
Cox, commanding the Guard. The
officers of the State stan, directly
attached to the brigade headquar-
ters, will conduct the tests. Special
reports in each instance will be
made to Gen. Cox, who is expected
to consider them In connection with
the reports of the officers of the
Regular establishment, who will be
sent here for this purpose.
The officers Of the State staff who
have been assigned to conduct these
inspections have been informed that
their inspections will be entirely
separate from those of the Regular
Army, and while conducted at the
same time are in no way to inter-
fere with the Federal tests.
Those assigned to make the in
spections and the units assigned
them, together with the dates of
the inspections are:
Maj. Sidney Morgan, Inspector
Generals Observation-Disclosures De-
partment Detachment and Regi-
mental Headquarters, both in the
121st Engineers, on March 13: Head
quarters Company and Company B,
104th Quartermaster Regiment, on
March "a; Battery E. 260th Coast
Artillery, on March 90; Headquar-
ters Detachment and Headquarters
Company, 29th Division, on April 4.
Maj. Just c. Jensen, Ordnance
Department-Company B, 121st En-
gineers, March 8; Headquarters
Headquarters, 1st Battalion, and
Company A, all in the 104th Quar-
termaster Regiment, on March 90;
Battery F, 260th Coast Artillery
March 30.
Maj. Walter S. Welsh, Judge Ad-
vOcate Generals Department-Com
pany A and Headquarters, lst Bat
talon, 121st Engineers, on March 10;
Headquarters and Service Company
and band, 121st Engineers, March IA;
Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery,
March %.
Capt. Hugh Everett. accompany
c. March 8; Company D and Head
quarters, I'd Battalion, March IT,
all in the 12lst Engineers; Head
quarters Detachment. I'd Battalion
March %; Battery C. March 27;
both in the 260th Coast Artillery.
First 1t. Robert A. Erwin-Com-
pany F, 12lst Engineers. March l6;
Headquarters Detachment and Com
bat Train, 1st Battalion. 260th Coast
Artillery, March 81; 10Th Division
Military Police Company, April S
and Company A, 372d Infantry
March 81.
Second 1t. Wendell S. Holmes
Company F, l2lst Engineers, March
Is; Battery F, 26Oth Coast Artillery
March "a; Medical Department De-
tachment. 260th Coast Artillery
April 6.
All of the officers of the State
staff have been instructed to attend
the inspections of the following
units, to be held on March %: State
Staff and State Detachment
Headquarters, 29th Division; Head.
quarters, Special Troops. 29th
Division, and the Headquarters
Detachment. Special Troops, 29th
Division.
The members of the Board of Ex.
aminers. together with the scope Of
the examinations to be held to obtair
a list of eligibles for promotion te
the commissioned ranks of the loca
Guard. has just been made public a,
brigade headquarters. The examina
tions, it was explained, are to test
whether the applicants are possessed
of satisfactory high school educa-
| tion or its equivalent, the questions
being taken from those prepared by
| the United States Civil Service
Commission for similar purpose.
The subjects to be covered are
| high school algebra, American his
tory. plane geometry, general history
and English grammar, literature anc
composition. In addition there will
be a psychological test of 83 ques.
tions which the candidate will be ex.
pected to complete in l hour and Il
minutes This examination is to tes,
the mental quickness and sharpness
| the penetrative and analytical menta
abilities of candidates and is not g
test of advanced knowledge, it wa:
explained. The questions in thi.
examination are to deal with the
meanings of words, the actual mean.
ing of familiar sayings, arithmetica
problems involving logical thinking
and the application of fairly simple
arithmetical formulas.
The board is to be composed oi
Maj. Sidney Morgan, Inspector
Generals Department.; Capt. Hugh
Everett, jr.. State staff; Capt. George
F.. Harbin, 121st Engineers. and Capt
Robert j. Martin, 260th Coast Artil.
lery.
A number of medals, trophies anc
awards are available to units, officers
and other individuals and the condi-
tions for their award have been out
lined in a statement by brigade
headquarters. Most of them are
medals or trophies. but there is one
the Gen. William E. Horton Presen.
tation Fund, wherein the winning
officer receives the interest from 8
trust fund of $500 set up by Gen
Horton, who was a captain in the
local militia in 1890, is given the
officer.
The three-year service medal Il
available to officers who have COM
pleted three years service and to en-
listed men upon re-enlisting after
completion of three years service
There is another medal for 10 years
of service and then a bar to go or
the ribbon of the medal for each
additional five years of service up tc
Is. when a gold medal is awarded
Then more bars until As years when
another medal is available.
The Meritorious Service Medal Is
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