Evening star., 1921-05-01


has prevented rife practice of mem
bers of the District Of Columbia Ma
tional Guard who are trying out for
the rifle team which is to represent
the guard in their match at the Naval
Academy on May !. final selection OF
the team has not beer made. lrac-
tice was held yesterday afternoon and
will be held today. the range at camp
Simms, Congress Heights, being kept
open for this special practice for tn"
match next Saturday Selection OF
the team will be made this week.
Brig. Gen. stephan. commanding the
District Guard, presented commissions
to the following officers Tuesday
evening: Capt. George L. Evans. en-
Eineers: Capt. George j. Allen. Medical
Corps: First Lieut.. Sidney Morgan
! engineers: First Lieut.. Ralph =.
Childs, engineers. and Secoad Lieut..
William +. Jorgensen. engineers. Jor-
EenSen is Il former non commissioned
| officer in the guard who is said by the
officers to have done good work in
both drills at the armory and at the
cncampment last August.
In an informal address to the OH
I GERS Gen. Stephan emphasized the
/ new duties and responsibilities which
they have assumed in their new
! grades.
/ The officers We're assigned as fol
. lows:
capt. Allen. to the administrative
staff; Capt. Evans, to command head
quarters and servic" company. Engi-
neer Regiment: First Lieut.. Morgan.
I to headquarters and service company,
Engineer Regiment; First Lieut.
I ChiidS. to Company \. Engineer Regi
ment; Second Lieut.. Jorgcnsen, to
Company c. Engineer Regiment.
Motion pictures. showing various
phases of the work of Army en-
of Companies y and c. Engineer
Regiment. at the armory Tuesday
and Thursday evenings of this week.
Capt. II. p. Richards, Engineer Corps.
L. S. A. will give a short talk on
the pictures and will point out in
tereSting features as they are shown.
Instruction at the armory the past
week consisted of demolition work.
including the use Of high explosives
and fired. Each period of instruc-
tion closed with demonstration of
the use OF the various styles of caps
used in exploding. The caps We're
exploded in large box of sand.
The following promotions have
been made. in Company a: Warren
A. Slee and Oswald f. Camp to be
staff sergeants; Roy a. keesee and
Chester a. Rowies. to be corporals;
Sergt. John r. Burns and Corp. John
r. Kramer. to first sergeant and
sergeant, respectively.
Arthur c. Taylor. Sharp A. Hayden
and William r. Kidd have been
transferred from the headquarters
Engineer Regiment. and John T.
Crowder. Company 4. and William
NJ. Wales, jr.; Daniel H. Cave and
Carl J. Steger of Company c have
been transferred to the headduar-
ters and service company. Engineer
Regiment.
The National Guard Club. COM
posed entirely of members of the
guard. is now in full operation. Club
looms have been opened on the third
floor f the armory. Stories and pic
lures bearing on the world war have
been installed in the reading room
and rooms for writing or study are
available.
In the event of an emergency re-
Quiring drafting into the federal
service of the National Guard. such
draft necessarily discharges the Of
ficers from their National Guard COM
missions, and before they can serve
in commissioned capacity. after
such discharge, it will be necessary
that they be appointed in the Of
ficers' Reserve Corps. under the ma
tional defense act of June, 1920. the
War Department has announced
If the guard is drafted into fed
eral service the officers properly
qualified will continue for the time
being in the guard assignments held
at the time of the draft, and will
serve under reserve commissions
either previously held or granted as
soon after the time of draft as prac-
ticable.
In the event of such a draft be-
fore a policy can be made effective
of having all National Guard officers
appointed in time of peace in a sim
liar grade and branch of the Officers
Reserve Corps, there will be three
classes of drafted National Guard
officers. as follows: Those who hold
commissions in the Officers Reserve