] When questions arose about Mr. Bush's Guard service, the
] White House asked a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel,
] Albert C. Lloyd Jr., to review his record. In a
] memorandum released by the White House in February, Mr.
] Lloyd wrote that from May 1973 through May 1974, Mr. Bush
] accumulated 35 training points and 15 points for being a
] Guard member "for a total of 56 points.'' It is not clear
] how Mr. Lloyd came up with 56, instead of 50. Another
] military document released by the White House indicates
] that Mr. Bush had earned only 38 points from May 1973
] until his discharge that October.
]
] A retired Army colonel, Gerald A. Lechliter, who has
] prepared an extensive analysis of Mr. Bush's National
] Guard record, described Mr. Lloyd's memorandum as
] "seemingly an attempt to whitewash Bush's record." Mr.
] Lloyd declined comment last week.
]
] Mr. Lechliter, who describes himself as a political
] independent, also said that Mr. Bush was not entitled to
] 20 credits he received from Nov. 13, 1972, until July 19,
] 1973, because the service was being made up improperly.

Military Service: Portrait of George Bush in '72: Unanchored in Turbulent Time