Evening star., 1940-03-10
National Guurdsmen in Midst
Of Annual Armory Inspections
Entire Month Given to Tests
By Officers Of Regular Army

Units Of the District National
Guard now are in the midst of their
annual inspections, which will take
up their attention for the remainder
Of the month. The personnel in
spections are being held In the eve
nings because of the availability
Of more men, while the property
inspections are being conducted dur
ing the day, when certain officers
and enlisted men are on duty to
assist the Regular Army officer in
making his check.
The inspections were started this
week, when the following units were
inspected: State Staff and State
Detachment; Headquarters 29th
Division; Headquarters Special
Troops, 10Th Division; Headquar-
ters Detachment, 29th Division;
Headquarters Company, 29th Di-
vision; Medical Department De-
tachment, Special Troops, 29th Di-
vision; 104th Ordnance Company
and the Medical Department De-
tachment, Company A, 372d In
fantry. The other units and the
dates fixed for their inspections are
121st Observation-Disclosures and
Service Company, March ID; Com
pany F, March Is; Band, March II;
Headquarters, I'd Battalion and Com
pany E, March 18; Company D,
March 10; Regimental Headquarters
and Medical Department Detach-
ment, March 20; Company c, March
2l: Headquarters, 1st Battalion and
Company B, March %.
One Hundred and Fourth Quarter
master Regiment - Headquarters,
Headquarters 1st Battalion and
Medical Department Detachment,
March II; Company A, March II,
and Company B, March 13.
Two Hundred and Sixtieth Coast
Artillery-Band and Medical De-
partment Detachment, March 81;
Battery B, March, %; Headquarters,
Headquarters of the 1st and I'd
Battalion and Headquarters Battery,
March 25; Headquarters Detachment
and Combat Train, 1st Battalion
and Headquarters, I'd Battalion,
March 26 Battery C, March 27;
Battery D, March 28; Battery E,
March %; Battery F, April /; Bat
terry G, April 2; Battery H, April 8,
and Service Battery April q.
Maj. Gordon C. Day, Corps of
U. S. A., now attached
to the Headquarters, Sd Corps Area
at Baltimore, Md, has been ordered
here to make the inspections of the
l2lst Engineer Regiment.
Corpl Joseph D. Cooper, assigned
to the Adjutant Generals Detach-
ment, has been promoted to sergeant
in that command.
Because OF business or educational
the following have been
ordered placed on the inactive lists:
Pvt. Franklin r. Clayton, Medical
Detachment, l2lst
Pvts. Henry Loveless, Roy
B. Snapp and Ira c. Starnes, Bat
terry B, 260th Coast Artillery; Sergt
Francis H. Saunders and Pvt.
Richard C. Carter, Headquarters
Company. 29th Division, and Pvt.
Richard H. Haywood, band, 26Oth
Coast Artillery.
Members of the Guard will soon
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the exercises which will eliminate
in the annual period of field duty.
While they point out that they are
this year to take their
training in base camps, there is
some discussion of sending the
militia again on gigantic field
where they will have an
to operate with larger
bodies of troops, as they would under
actual war conditions.
Most of them are hoping that the
War Department will have sufficient
funds with which to order large
bodies of troops to one center, where
they can participate in war games.
They recall the recommendation of
1t. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, former
chief of staff of the first army OF the
A. E. F.. and at the present time
general of the 1st Army
Corps Area-that frequent general
are needed by both the
Regular Army and the National
Guard in order to keep the officers
and men up to date and constantly
testing war material
Although recommendations have
been made for base camps for the
local units, officers at headquarters
say that they have not yet been
by the War Department.
There was said to be a possibility
that the department is holding up
the approval until it is determined
whether there will be funds with
which to have large maneuvers this
year.
Rifle qualifications won by men,
bers of the 121st Regiment of En-
gineers during the year were an
as follows: Headquarters
and Service Company-Expert rifle
man, Pvt. Charles C. Geduldig;
sharpshooter, Pvt. (First Glass;
Charles E. Ireland, Pvts. H. B. Davis,
Joseph P. Keegin, Leroy A. Nc
Mullen and Francis C. Strizzi;
marksnan, Pvts. Beverly j. Ander-
son, Alex Arany, Charles E. Brown,
j. F. Burrows, James S. Caples,
George w. Crum, Luther w. Dooley,
Roger w. Grapes, Max Green,
Eugene E. Hansch, Royce E. Phil
lips, Chevers H. Sithens, LIE Roy
Small and James P. Stewart.
Company A-EXpert rif1eman,