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after which it viii entrain for Rens-
salaer Falls, N. Y. The local Guard
expects to 60 into the field on the
same dates.
Instructions for participation In
the maneuvers nre expected dail,'
frcm headquarters of the Sd Army
Corps at Baltimore, Md. In the
the plans are being made
on the basis Of holding separate
camps. However, 1t was said that
as long as the dates for the field
have been tentatively set,
1t will be but a small matter to
change them to include the manue-
vers, except that the troops will be
on the road for longer periods than
If they are to be sent to base camps
for separate instruction.
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox. COM
manding the local militia brigade,
last week went to Cleveland, Chi
cago, st. Louis and Indianapolis to
inspect National Guard installations
an draining facilities there. He
went by air in an Army plane.
Local brigade headquarters has
been informed of changed details
for mobilization of Guard units, in
that warrant officers and enlisted
men in the National Guard, holding
commission in the National Guard
of the United States, will immedi-
ately assume their commissioned
status upon mobilization. In the
past 1t was the practice to call the
men into he service in their en-
listed status, issuing their commits
sions some time after they were in
the mobilization areas. In the fu-
ture, they will be called into service
In their commissioned status i'm
mediately upon mobilization.
Capt Carl santilli. Battery D, and
Capt. Theodore w. Lowrie, Regi-
mental Headquarters, both in the
260th Coast Artillery Regiment, have
returned to their home stations
after completing an Officers course
at the Coast Artillery School at
Fort Monroe, Va.
Capt. Hugh Everett, jr., now taking
the course at the Command and
General Staff School of the Army
at Fort Leavenworth, Kans, is ex-
pected to complete the course and
Is to return here in a few days.
The District of Columbia Chapter
Of the Rainbow Division Veterans
Association. has offered to the local
Guard a medal to be awarded an
nually in a competition for outdoor
rifle craftsmanship with the service
rifle. The offer was made by Bent
ley Mulford, chairman of the Medal
Of Valor Committee.
Capt. John T. O'Neill, 1O4th Quar-
termaster Regiment, has been
ordered to report to Maj. Fletcher
F. Bernsdorf. president of an Ofii-
GERS Examining Board, for examina-
ton to determine his qualifications
for a certificate of eligibility as a
major, Quartermaster Corps, in the
local brigade.
Service Medals have been ordered
awarded the following members of
the District Guard for long and
faithful service:
Ten-year medals: First Sergt. Le-
roy T. Corridor and Staff Sergt.
Morgan G. King. both of Battery A,
26oth Coast Artillery.
Headed by Col. Walter w. Burns,
commanding the 2S0th Coast Artil-
lery Regiment. the following have
been ordered to Allentown, Pa, to
bring back certain new motor equip
ment issued to it by the Army: Capt.
Robert j. Martin, First 1t. Earl F.
Fischer, Technical Sergt. Robert E.
Miller, Staff Sergt Samuel G. Luci-
ano, Sergts. William r. Rodes,
Charles w. Geyer and Eugene Blan-
kenship; Master Sergt John P. King,
Pvts. (First Class, William B. Whit
temore, James F. Clayton and Harry
A. Anderson; Pvts. Mark A. Keefe
Corradino M. Scalone and Robert
L. Payne.
Sergt. William R. Rodes has been
ordered promoted to first sergeant
and Pvt. Robert Riley to sergeant
in Battery c, 260th Coast Artillery.
Pvt. Leonard w. Fell has been
promoted to corporal in the Head
quarters and Service Company, 121st
Engineers.