Evening star., 1921-03-20

sur-Tille. Is-sur-Tille and st. Afghan.
From St. Afghan he conveyed troops
| to the Verdun front, Argonne wood
and Chateau Thierry. During most of
| his service overseas Sergt Moore was
| in charge of the sanitary squad at the
various stations.
He was member Of the staff of the
picked United States force which at
tended the celebration incident to the
! opening of the Wilson bridge at Lyon
France, July II, 1918. He was trans
ferred to the 164th Infantry, 41st Di-
vision, for return to the United States
after the armistice, arriving in this
country on February &c, 1919. Sergt.
Moore was discharged from the Unit ed
States Army on March IL. 1919. and
re-enlisted in the District Guard the
FLOWING day.
Sergt. Moore's military record Is a
canstant repetition of enlistments and
honorable discharges since his origi-
nal enlistment in the District Guard
on January 2S, 1890. His longest
service out of units of the guard.
which during his service he saw mus
tered into federal service twice, was
one month. During his nineteen years
of service he has seen every develop
men of the guard and went with the
guard to the Mexican border and to
France.
I.
Moore, sent by direction of Brig Gen.
Anton Stephan, commanding the local
guard says. "Your forty-three years
of military service in the District of
Columb bia National Guard, state mill
tia and United States Army has been
a credit to you and to the organiZa-
tions in which you served. Especially
worthy of mention is your voluntary
service in France during the world
war, when you were more than sixty
years of age.
while the law requires that you be
discharged as a national guardsman,
it is hoped that you will in good
health and happiness remain an ap-
preciated employe of the District of
Columbia National Guard for many
years to come"
Sergt. Moore has a son in the Engi-
neer Regiment. District Guard.
Members of the District Guard have
expressed satisfaction over the ap-
pointment of Capt. James F. oyster,
former member of the District
Guard, as Commissioner of the Dis
trict of Columbia. Capt. oyster or
ganized Company B of the I'd Bat
talon, better known as the National
Rifles. and was mustered into Ma
tional Guard service as captain of
that company on June 10. 1895, by
the late Brig. Gen. Albert Ordway,
the first commanding general of the
District Guard. Capt. Oyster has al
ways maintained an interest in the
guard. and during the war assisted
the late Brig. Gen. Richard D. Smms
in obtaining legislation authorizing
reorganization of the present District
National Guard.
Members of the local guard enjoyed
an informal supper and dance last
Approximately $4,000 was disbursed
to members of Company A. engineers.
at pay night last Thursday. The
money was paid for the armory drills
attended by the men. AS one of the
sergeants expressed it, IT'S good pay
for time you would otherwise have
wasted"
Arrangements have been completed
for the sending OF a rifle team rep
resenting the District Of Columbia
National Guard to Annapolis early in
Nav for a match with the midship-
men at the Naval Academy. The
match will be shot under the same
conditions as the national match,
which is shot at Camp Perry, Ohio.
The guard team is working hard in
its indoor gallery at the armory pre-
paratory to final practice at the tar
get range at Camp Simms.
Sergt. Martin c. Frinke, jr., Com
pany A, Engineers, discharged March
II, at the end of three years service,
re-enlisted the same day. Herman l..
Schmulevitz enlisted in Company A
during the past week.