Evening star., 1939-10-15

w. Burns. commanding the 260th
Coast Artillery, committee on time
and place; 1t. Col. Peyton G.. Nevitt,
assistant adjutant general of the
local militia, and adjutant Of the
18th National Guard Division, Res
olutions Committee: Maj. William T.
Roy, commanding the 10Th Division
Troops; Maj. Fletcher F. Bernsdorff, i,
commanding the 104th Quartermas-
ter Regiment: both of whom have
been assigned to the committee on
time and place.
Those familiar with the activities
OF the association are of the opinion
that much Of the time Of the con-
vention will be taken up with prob
lens facing the raising of the neces-
sary number of men to fill the au-
thorized vacancies involved in the
latest increase of the War Depart
ment. Matters of arming and
equipping not only this increase, but
the provision of the necessary and
modern equipment needed by the
troops already in units also likely
will receive considerable attention.
Although the War Department,
through the National Guard di-
vision, is filling these gaps as rapidly
as possible, it was pointed out that
there is urgent need of accelerating
this work so that the troops may
have material and training with it so
that they will be thoroughly familiar
with its use and operation should
they be called into the field in
answer to a national emergency.
With the annual rife practice sea-
son closing on October 81, many of
the units are sending groups to the
range at Camp Simms to have them
complete their work for the year.
These include men who failed to fire
at all and men who have failed to
complete the required course before
going to the annual encampment.
The following have been returned
to the active lists of their units:
Pvts. Allen Berry, William A. Brown,
Alonzo T. Campbell. Joseph L. Doug
lass, and Lacey Irving, all of Com
pany A, 372d Infantry; Pvt. Henry
F. Hiegel, Headquarters Company,
18th Division; Pvts. Samuel w. DIM
kins and Norris S. Galloway, Com
pany A, 372d Infantry.
Because of business interference
with the performance of military
duty, the following have been placed
on the inactive lists: Pvts. Hobart P.
Henson, William Kerkeris, Edgar
Saugstad and Horace R. thinner
man, all of the Medical Department,
121st Engineers; Pvt. William R.
Reid, Company A. 372d Infantry;
Pvt. Thomas r. Wallace, Medical
Department Detachment, 260th
Coast Artillery; Pvt. First Glass;
Robert j. Campbell and William L.
Weisbacker, 29th Division Military
Police Company.
Pvt. George E. Alderman, Com
pany E. 121st Engineers, has been
honorably discharged, upon his own
request. he having completed two
years of service of a three-year re-
enlistment period.
Veterans units, citizens associa-
tions as well as groups of business
men have been called upon by off,
cials of the local militia to aid it in
its goal of attempting to get $50 new
men for the ranks of its various
units.
October 81 has been set as the
limit of the campaign, and the city
has been divided up in to eight
areas much after the system used
by the draft boards during the
World War. Each of these areas
will be expected to produce 10 men.
Although efforts so far have not
shown any great results, officials ex-
planned that the recruiting CAM
paign had not been organized, and
they believe that with the demons
trations to be given and with re-
cruiting offices established and op-