Evening star., 1915-04-11

F, 1st Infantry: Serst. William NJ
Hatch. Company 2. I'd Infantry: sergt-
Charles Lomack, Company c, 1st Sep
arate Battalion: Sergt. James f. San
ford. Hospital Corps. Private Jere r.
Johnston. Company A. 1st Separate
Battalion: Private John Lewis. Com
pany i 1st Separate Battalion: Pri-
vate Houston Warren, company A, 1st
Separate Battalion.
Mine year bars-Capt John c. Rooney,
I'd Infantry: First Lieut.. John +. Smith,
lst Separate Battalion: Second Lieut..
West 4. Hamilton, 1st Separate Battal
ion: First Sergt. James a. Wade, Com
pany E. 1st Separate Battalion: SerSt.
| Henry \. Brown. Company b. 1st Sep
arate Battalion: Private Henry c.
weeden. Company b, LIST Separate Bat
TALON.
"Six-year medaIs-Capt. William A.
Pennoyer. 1st Infantry: First Lieut..
| Joseph l.. Eldridge. I'd Infantry: First
| Ensign William f. Hoefer, Naval Bat
TALON: Second Lieut.. Henry +. Rees.
1st Infantry: Drum Maj. John w. Kim
merling. 1st Infantry Band: Firs,
Sergt. Milton J. Landvoigt, Company
+. ID Infantry; First Sergt G. ". Nc
ouartermaster a: sl' sergt. Gail T. Judd.
Company L. lst Infantry: Sergt. L. p.
Berry. Company I. 1st Infantry: Serst.
william E. Hardy. Company \: 1st
Separate Battalion: Sergt. Frank r.
Heise. Company L, 1st Infantry: SerGt.
Ellis Il. King. Company D, 1st 1nfan-
| try: Sergt. James B. Leonard. Company
C. 1st Separate Battalion: Sergt. John
Sergt Frank G.. Washington, Com
pany B. 1st Separate Battalion: Sergt.
Lewis NJ. Whip, Company +, I'd IN
! fantry: Corp. Irving Fantroy. Com
pany a. 1st Separate Battalion: corp.
George H. Jones, Company c, 1st Sep
;rate Battalion; Corp. Alfred Lawson,
Company A. 1st Separate Battalion !:
Corp. Levi Scott. Company B. lst
Separate Battalion: Private First Class
Herbert {. George. Hospital Corps;
list Separate Battalion; Private James
H. johnson, Company B. 1st Separate
Battalion; Private John c. koenng.
Company L. st Infantry; Private sam
arate Battalion: Private William r.
Porter. Company G. 1st Separate Bat
talion Private Edward Turner, Com
pany Z. 1st Separate Battalion.
"Sergt. John W. Payne. Company "
I'd Infantry. is announced rs .dis-
tinguished markSman.
"Officers and enlisted men to whom
the ten-year medal (class Al is award
ed by this order will, when receiving
this medal. turn in their decoration o.
class B. Present holders of decora-
ton of class a. who also have dec
oration of class B. will turn in the lat
ter to these headquarters without de-
lay.
Government employees receiving in
sigma for qualification i'll SINAI! arms
practice, prizes. service medals ana
bars: those officers designated to re-
ceive service ribbons for their COM
rnands, and officers and enlisted men
who are placed on duty in compliance
with this order February 25. 1914, Will
he furnished certificate of service from
!, O'Clock pm until midnight that
date.
Mai Joseph c. Castner, I. 5. A.. VINO:
next June is to take up the duties OF
adjutant general of the District OF
Columbia militia. has had quite a
career in the United States Army. as IS
evidenced by the following, taken
from a paper III New Jersey. MAI 1ist-
ner is az native of that state. 1t says:
.New Jersey has some men IN the
regular army who have served with
great credit. and some OF the onlcers
who are in the service have olspiaSed
exceptional abilitX in different INES,
A recent instance of 4 Jerseyman bein9
advanced to more important work IS
that of Maj. Joseph c. Castner. "hose
home is in New Brunswick GRADUATED
from Rutgers College in 1871. Castner
was appointed as second lieutenant.
war broke out Castner was in Alaska,
where he had many interesting ana
perilous adventures. His party was
saved from starvation at one time by
eating mule meat. and that II nhaiiy
got back to civilization was largely
due to the pluck of the young Jersey
officer
As soon as he returned to the states
Castner was sent to the philippines.
where he did some splendid work with
the scouts In 1913 he was co1nmls-
stoned !, major. having already served
as a captain under Gen. Lawton. and
now he has been assigned as adJutant
general in charge of the National
Guard of the District of Columbia, an
important assignment. yet tribute
to his ability since it is considered a
difficult job to handle. The father OF
Mai castner served in the civil war
with distinction, and as long as he
lived he was proud of Joe, as he is
known among friends Of his boyhood
days.
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To increase the efficiency of the local
National Guard schedule of drills has
been mapped out by Maj G. Fred
Cook, adjutant general, which the com
manders of the various companies will
be required to follow in instructing the