Evening star., 1922-07-18
Two Batteries Formed.

! Two Batteries Formed.
| There are two batteries of field
! artillery now organized and the War
| Department cannot recognize them
| because the District and Congress
| have utterly failed to make pro-
| vision for armory facilities to house
| the necessary equipment. To my
! belief. it is a disgrace to the Dis
| trict of Columbia and the federal gov
! eminent"
i Commissioner Rudolph. chairman of
the board. in addressing the officers
and men of the command. promised
| that the Commissioners would do
what little they could to help the
| command build itself up and get for it
| the necessary armory facilities and
equipment.
Following the presentation of the
service medals. the medals awarded
as result of the target practice
held on this range the first week of
the encampment were presented to
the men. All of the official guests
assisted in pinning the medals on
the blouses of those officers and men
| who had won them by their rifle firing
on the range.
Before distributing the medals.
Gen Richards laid great stress on the
| importance of engineers in modern
warfare, and pointed out that ac-
| curacy in rife shooting was of prime
I
| were the first along the line to build
the necessary bridges, trenchwork,
| etc.
i At the conclusion of the presenta-
| tion ceremonies. the entire command
| commanded by Mai. Oehmann, passed
/ in review and brought forth high
praise from the officers of the Regular
| Army for their snap and military
| bearing.
! The engineer troops. after leaving
| the parade ground, put up Lampert
| foot bridge across the swimming pool
in few minutes. and it was used for
passage by Gems. Bailey. Richards,
| Stephan and other officers and guests.
| They were then transported to one of
/ the distant points of the camp, where
/ ticiency in erecting trestle bridges
| across Oxen run. Following lunch the
| high abutment in the rear of the camp
was blown up with INT.
At 1880 o'clock Gen. Bailey, ac-
companied by his staff-Gen. Stephan
! mander of Camp Simms-left the res
crvation for Camp Humphreys. where
they will officially inspect Company
A. 146th Auxiliary Engineers, COM
manded by Capt. Arthur c. Newman.
Company A is the colored detach-
ment of the National Guard of the
District of Columbia, which is hold
ing it's annual encampment at. Hum
pherys.
The following officers fnd enlisted
men have been awarded the decora-
tion for long and faithful service:
Thirty -five-year bars. Brig. Gen. Anton
Stephan, commanding; twenty-year
=, bars, Private E. NJ. Tansill, headQuar-
ters and service company: fifteen-year
| bars, Warrant Officer W. NJ. Horton,
Staff Sergt. c. s. Woodin, headquar-
ters and service company: Corp. G. B.
Mcpherson. headquarters and service
company. and Private w. 1. Saunders,
headquarters and service company: ten
year bars. Master Sergt: E. F. Gass.
First Sergt. ]. C. Jensen, Company D.
and Corp. P. Schilke. headquarters and
service company; three-year medals,
headquarters and service company.
Master Sergt:. Sidney HUNT. Tech.
Sniegoski. Corp. w. F. Yates, Privates
T. A. Fallon, A. Branca. w. c. Buck
! ingham, w. T. Davis, Otto Hammer
| backer, A. Monroe. J. H. Neely. T.
| Nixon. F. H. Fletcher. w. L. Redfield
! Sergt. Andy Flores, Sergt. r. S. Beatty
and Corp. G. p. Hilton: Company b,
! First Sergt. A. L. Jorgesen, Sergt. H
/ B. Cockrell and Corp. P. J. Austen
sen: Company c. First Sergt. W. J.
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! Rhea; Company d, Private r. B. Gill
| bert; Company E, Sergt. G. A. E.
Rheingold.
The following qualifications made
at target practice during the encamp-
ment were announced today:
| Expert rifleman-First Lieut.. c. s
Shields, Company e, 327; Sergt John
A. Schricker. Company C, BIG; Private
~. W. Crockett, Company A, 312;
Sergt w. r. Whitlock, Company c.
30s; Sergt. R. Longanecker. Company
E, S03: Second Lieut.. H. H. Muir, Com
pany G, 3o2; First sergt. J. C. Jen-
sen. Company D. 3o2: Private J. c.
wheate, Company B. 29e; First Lieut.
Sidney Morgan, Headquarters Com
pany, 2s5: Sergt. John L. Voegler,
Company c. 2s5. and Capt J. s. Oliff.
Company D, 293.
Sharpshooter-Brig. Gen. Anton
Stephan. commanding, 2S2: Corp E.
H. Theile, Company D, 2SS: First
Lieut.. w. F. Jorgensen, Company e.
279: Master Sergt. F. r. Bernsdorff,
Headquarters Company. 27s; Tech.
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