Evening star., 1923-08-12
D. c. GUARD UNITS
INCREASE STRENGTH
Engineers Camp,Which Ends
Today, Has Had Most
Successful Season.

/ Inc success or the annual training
camp of the 1st Battalion, 121st En-
gineers. District National Guard
commanded by Maj. John d. Oehmann.
which closes at Camp Simms this
morning has marked new era in the
local guard. The engineers have
: been expanding gradually since the
mastering in of the first company in
! the fall of 1918, just after the close
of the world war-and all camps have
been fairly successful, but never be-
/ fore has there been SO much public
interest manifest in the National
Guard or so much work and results
accomplished as this year.
The lst Battalion. composed Of
! Companies A, and c. was completed
/, IN lS2l-the End Battalion was be-
gun April l, 1922. when ID Company
! was mustered in with Capt Julian $.
Oliff in command. Within a few
! by Capt. Frazier c. Hilder. had been
completed and now F Company is
being recruited. probably to be COM
manded by First Lieut.. Roy w. keesee
! of A Company. This completes full
regiment of engineers and in case OF
war would be part of the 29th D!-
vision as divisional engineer troops.
! The organization has grown con
siderably this summer. Five weeks
! ago Capt Oliff had nifty mine men in
| his company--today he has 81, the
maximum strength. besides. having
recruited T. Company to full strength
and with nearly enough men to com
plete the new company. ID Company
! is the nucleus around which the Znd
! Battalion is being formed, ana the
company responsible Tor the com
F., pletion of the regiment. This bat
TALON begins two weeks annual en-
campment at Camp Simms from Aug
+, ust 19 to September 2. by which time
/ the new company, Company Is eA-
pected to be filled.
Units Growing.
! The forming of this new company
and the completion OF the "a bat
TALON and full regiment IS an IN,
! dication of the growth or the locai
National Guard recently. II Is ulloer- l,
! stood that Capt. Julian S. olin, com
manding d Company, Will De al,
| yanced to rank Of major and placed
| in command of the I'd Battalion as
+, practically all of the battalion mas
| been recruited by him.
! Many other promotions Will lbe
available within the next two weeks.
| Some of the promotions VIII be a
/ colonel. lieutenant colonel, TWO ma1-
/ ors. two captains, tive first lleuten- :
! ants, consisting of adJutant, lnteiIl-
| gence and Typographical officer plans
and training officer. supply ofhcer ana
| one line officer. ten second lleuten-
! ants, two master Sergeants, constr uc-
| ton foreman and craftsman ana sur
/ veyor, five technical sergeants. con-
| sistinE of one construction foreman,
personnel, photographed and map re-
! producer. one sergeant major ana
one supply sergeant, one hrst SER
geant for the new company. four
| staff sergeants. twenty-five duty ser
geants. twenty-six Corpora!s and
sixty-six first-class privates All
! promotions will be made from the
| enlisted personnel of the l2lst En-
/ IN In =
! in the next two weeks Will be ell
gible to apply for examinations Tor
! the various grades.
| Stephan May be Promoted.
Brig. Gen. Anton Stephan. who
commands the District militia. has
| been recommended for promotion TO
major general and will command the
| 29th Division. of which the District
! National Guard is part He is a
great favorite in National Guard cir
| cles and among his men. having en-
! listed as private thirty-tive years
| ago and advanced through each nom
! commissioned and commissione
/ grade to the high rank he now holds.
| He has an enviable record in the
/ great war and is one of the most
outstanding National Guardsmen in
Mai John W. oehmann. present
commander of the I'd Battalion,
enlisted in the District Guard in De-
| Cember, 1899. and has advanced
through all the grades from private
| overseas with the artillery section.
with the 1st and 4th Corps Head
| quarters and on the STATS Of
! Gems. McGlachlin and Cruickshank.
| Upon his return to the states he re-
sumed his activities with the District
! Guard, and has been largely respon-
| sible for its recent development.
! Capt. Julian S. Oiiff. at present COM
manding D company, who viii prob
ably be major of the new battalion.
! has been in the local guard since
1897. He was in the Spanish Amer
lean war. Philippine insurrection.
! Mexican border. and was decorated
| for bravery in the world war. His
! company is the largest In the l2lst
i Engineers.
| First Lieut. Roy.W. Keesee. who it
| is understood will command the new
company, enlisted in the 1st Districz
OF Columbia Infantry in April. 1919.
and was overseas with the Sd Dis
trict of Columbia Infantry and with
the 26th Division. and has been with
A company since April. 1921.
| Many Inducements Offered.
Many inducements are offered Ma
tional Guardsmen in the District of
| Columbia especially. Governmen ut
| employees are granted military leave
| with 1ull pay IN ADDITION TO all OtnSsr
! leave they may be entitled to and
are paid Regular Army pay while in
/ camp in addition, thus they are en-
| abled to obtain good vacation each
! summer with all expenses paid and
! an increase in salary for the time
| they are in camp.
/ Recruiting offices in room $40. Ma
/ tional Guard Armory. 472 l. street
northwest, will be open from 10 am.
! to pm. tomorrow and from Ito
/ IL pm. Tuesday night for the pur-
pose of receiving enlistments Cor
Company F.
| An entertainment will be given
I by Company D Wednesday night: at
| the armory. A war movie. New
! Glory for Old" of seven reels will
. ue shown. followed by a feed, smoke s
anu refreshments. Music will be fur
! nished by the National Guard Band
! Sergt. Arthur L. Millmore. Company
D, is in charge of the picture. The
public is invited.
! The 1st Battalion received their
pay this morning and returned from
! Camp Simms, where they have been