Evening star., 1939-03-19
State Staff Officers Duties
To Be Enlarged in Guard
Group at Headquarters to Be Used to
Assist Commanding General

Indications that members Of the
State sta1 Of the District National
Guard will have their duties and ac-
tivittes broadened in the near fu-
ture was indicated by the fact that
a new order is being prepared which
will outline the responsibilities Of
these aides to the commanding gen.
eral. It was explained at the head
quarters that the new order will be
made of a number OF orders govern
Ing this branch of the service which
have been issued from time to time,
but which may not be generally
known to those who were not In
this branch Of the service at the
time they were issued.
The first step in this expanded
duty is now under way, with the
officers being required to attend in
spections Of the various units by the
Regular Army officers and to make
reports to the commanding general
OF the results Of these inspections.
These are expected to be received
prior to those to be made by the
Regular Army officers.
Those assigned to this duty are
Maj. Sidney Morgan to inspect the
Medical Department Detachment
and Regimental Headquarters of the
121st Engineers; Headquarters Com
pany and Company B, lO4th Quar-
termaster Regiment: Battery E,
26Oth Coast Artillery; Headquarters
Detachment and Headquarters Com
pany, 10Th Division. Maj. Just C.
Jensen to Company B, l21st Engi-
neers; Headquarters and Headquar-
tiers 1st Battalion, 104th Quarterl
master Regiment; Battery F, 26Oth
Coast Artillery.
Maj. Walter s. Welsh to Company
A, Headquarters 1st Battalion;
Headquarters and Service Company
and Band, 121st Engineers, Battery
A, 26Oth Coast Artillery. Capt.
Hugh Everett, jr., to Companies c
and D and the Headquarters I'd
Battalion, 121st Engineers, and
Headquarters Detachment. I'd Bat
talon. and Battery C, 26Oth Coast
Artillery. First 1t. Robert A. Erwin
to Company E, l21st Engineers;
headquarters Detachment and
Combat Train. 260th Coast Artillery,
29th Division Military Police Com
pany and Company A, 372d Infan-
try. Second 1t. Wendell S. Holmes
to Regimental Headquarters, Medi-
cal Department Detachment, Head
quarters 1st Battalion and Battery
B, 26oth Coast Artillery; Company
F, 121st Engineers and the Medical
Department Detachment, Special
Troops, 29th Division.
All of these officers will be re-
quired to attend the inspections of
the Headquarters, 29th Division:
Headquarters, Special Troops, and
Headquarters Detachment Special
Troops, 29th Division.
Everything is in readiness for the
formal muster of three new units
which are to be added to the local
Guard on April /. These are the
Headquarters Company and the
Medical Department Detachment,
104th Quartermaster Regiment, and
the l04th Quartermaster Company
of the Special Troops. 29th Division.
These men have been recruited in
the minimum of time, and are
standing by for the formal date of
muster which has been set by the
War Department. Were it not for
this it was said the units could be
mustered Immediately.
An invitation has been received
by the local Guard to participate in
the parade in celebration of Army
Day on April 6. All of the units will
be ordered to participate.
The following have been trans
ferred to the inactive lists of their
respective units because of business
interference: Pvt. Walter Fox,
Headquarters Detachment and
Combat Train, 260th Coast Artil-
lery; Corpl. Joseph K. Myers,