Evening star., 1939-12-24
Guard Officers May Attend
Special Command School
Instruction Course for Field Officers
To Be Held at Fort George 6. Meade

L. Heath and William E. Brady and
Pvt. Henry NJ Noyes, to be cor
porals.
Corpl. George E. Hunter has been
promoted to sergeant in the Head
quarter Detachment, Special Troops,
18th Division.
The inspection dates for three units
of the local Guard have been an
nounced by brigade headquarters.
They will be made by officers of
the regular Army to determine the
state of training of the units con-
cerned and the property on hand
and its condition. 1t is expected
that announcements of dates for
inspections of the other units will
be announced shortly after the be-
ginning Of the new year.
Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery,
is to receive its inspection on March
%; Company A, 121st Engineers
on April 8. and the Headquarters
Company, 140th Quartermaster
Regiment, on May Z.
With only a part Of the increase
authorized by the War Department
in the enlisted strength of the local
guard enlisted it is expected that
renewed efforts will be made when
the troops return from their Christ
mas holiday respite to get these ad-
ditional men. However, the local
militia is not the only unit finding
it difficult to get all the men it
needs in it's units, for the regular
establishments are having similar
difficulties and have gone extensive
ly into newspaper advertising and
radio announcements in order to
stir up the youth to the desirability
of enlisting in the military services.
1t may be we'll toward camp time
before the increased personnel is
obtained, as all units usually find
it difficult to get recruits during the
winter months. The best recruiting
periods are usually during the weeks
just preceding encampment, when
young men enter the service for the
purpose of participating in the field
training. However, renewed efforts
are to be made after the first of
the year to encourage the present
members of the guard to try to in
terest their friends in the service
and thus have the local unit the
first to fill its quota.
However, the local militiamen,
with their present armory condi-
tions. have little to offer to pro-
spective recruits. But this matter
will be settled in a couple of years
when the new armory is completed,
when it is expected that clubhouse
facilities will be available to the
members of the militia when they
are of duty
While drills and exercises will be
officially of during the holiday
period it is expected that number
of men will be in their quarters dur
ing this period preparing their store
rooms for the approaching inven-
tories of property, which will begin
on January and continue until all
units have completed this task.
The following schedule for taking
stock OF property has been an
nounced-121st Engineers: Head
quarters and Service Company, jan
uary 3; Medical Department Detach-
ment. January S; Company A, Janu-
arv 8; Company B. January 10;
Company C. January IL; Company
D. January Is; Company E. January
II, and Company F, January 10.
26Oth Coast Artillery: Headquarters
Battery, January 3; Service Battery
and Band, January S; Medical De-
partment Detachment, January 8;
Headquarters Detachment, I'd Bat
talon, January 8; Headquarters De-
tachment and Combat Train. 1st
Battalion. January 10; Battery A,
January II; Battery B. January IS;
Battery c. January II; Battery D,
January 10; Battery E, January %:
Battery F. January a. Battery G,
January rs, and Battery H, Janu-
ary 20.
Special Troops: Headquarters Com
pany, 29th Division, including Head
quarters Detachment Troops and
29th Division Troops, January 3;
29th Division Military Folice Com
pany, January 5; 104th Ordnance
Company, January 8; Medical
Department Detachment, Special
Troops, 29th Division.
First Battalion. 104th Quarter
master Regiment: Headquarters
Company. January IL; Company A.
January Is: Company B, January
II, and Medical Department De-
tachment, January 10. Company A,
372d Infantry, January %, and State
Detachment. January "a.