Evening star., 1939-08-06

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Is in charge Of
rifle practice of s,.....ss29sa9 IN
the local militia, M
and veteran ....af an4.1
compet tion
shooter. First
1t. Henry Bou-
dinot, Company Mai Jensen.
B, 104th Quartermaster Regiment,
has been designated the team coach,
and the team will consist of the
following members: Capt. Edward
A. Mcmahon, Headquarters and
Service Company, 12lst Engineers;
First 1t. James D. Tanner, Head
quarters, I'd Battalion, 121st En-
gineers; First 1t. William D. Put
nam, Headquarters, 1st Battalion,
l04th Quartermaster Regiment;
Staff Sergt Alex j. Thill, Ordnance
Detachment, State staff; Sergt.
Sterling E. Chambers, Headquarters
and Service Company, 121st En-
gineers: Sergt. Horace G. Skinner,
Headquarters Detachment and Com
bat Train, 260th Coast Artillery;
Sergt. Hubert l.. Cooke, Company A,
l04th Quartermaster Regiment;
Sergt Warren C. Snyder, Ordnance
Detachment, State Staff; Corp. Gray
K. Ethridge, Company E, 121st En-
gineers; Corpl. Robert E. Black,
Company B. 104th Quartermaster
Regiment; Pvt. John C. Oehmann,
Headquarters and Service Company,
l2lst Engineers; Pvt. Arthur H.
Ross. Headquarters and Service
Company, 121st Engineers.
Because of the serious business of
participating in the war games
during the next two weeks, the team
will have little if any opportunity
to continue its target practice. And
they will get no respite from the
field training to the shooting at
Camp Perry, as the camp will not
end until August l9, and orders
issued by brigade headquarters re-
quire them to report at Camp Perry
on August 90 1t is expected, how
ever, that they will be excused
from the camp routine at the end
of the field exercises in time for
them to depart before the main
body of troops. and perhaps avoid
ing the necessity of returning to
Washington in order to collect the
two weeks pay which will be re-
ceived for the period that they are
now in the field.
c,,orI ho hnoy, CT, ,l1r;,
a proposed revision of the sections
of the Army regulations dealing with
the induction of the National Guard
into the Federal service in time of
national emergency. 1t was said
that the present regulations are
substantially those that were used
when the Guard was mustered into
the service of the Regular estab-
lishment at the outbreak of the
Mexican troubles just prior to the
entrance of the United States into
the World War. and it was believed
that some minor changes were
needed. These had been prepared
by the War Department and have
been sent to militia units throughout
the country for the purpose of get
ting the militia reaction to them.
For the most part they deal with
/ the procedure incidental to the in
duction. such as inventorying prop
erty. taking shortages in property
and the issuance of necessary prop
erty to fit out the organizations for
| the field or other duty that might be
expected of them in the service for
which they are at the time being
called.
! Before going into the field, the
260th Coast Artillery, under Col
Walter w. Burns. commander, gave
their new searchlights thorough
test to ascertain their effectiveness
in searching out craft out of the
night heavens and keeping them
in the beam for the gunners. The
lights were sent to various parts
of the city and engaged in long
nightly displays, after which the Of
ficers and men expressed themselves
as quite satisfied that they will be
able to perform any of the duties
in this connection which might be
assigned them during the night ma
neuvers in which they are to par
ticipate.
The local organization has for
years been using obsolete equipment
in its drills here, but the new lights
arrived only a few days before the
troops were scheduled to depart
for the service area in the vicinity
of Manassas, Va, but they gave over
one entire drill night to familiarize
the personnel with them, so that
they will be able to 60 to work as
soon as they go into the field. The
! new lights also were accompanied
by more powerful generators for
turning up the necessary current
needed to keep them operating.
The local militia has issued the
first copy of a new magazine, a
service organ, to be confined to the
activities of the local outfit. Of
ficers expressed the hope that the
militiamen will be able to make 1t
a permanent fixture. There have
been several efforts in the past to
carry out such project, but they
have been stopped for one reason
and another. Many of the State
militias get out very attractive mag
azineS and the local militiamen are
determined to make this perma-
nent fixture of their activities.
Pvt. John M. Fisher, Battery B,
26Oth Coast Artillery, has been add
ed to the eligible list of those await
ing appointment as second lieuten-
ants in the National Guard. The
placing Of his name on this list in
dicates that he has passed the edu-
cational examination, and will not
be required to take the branch ex-
animation until a vacancy occurs.
On the eligible list he may take the
examination for any branch of the
service allocated here which he de-