Evening star., 1924-03-02

l. nlSneQ at Fort
Washington. In addition to a gem
eral tour of inspection, the construc-
| tion of the new ten-fnch diSappea ring
guns, which are to be furnished the
regiment as soon as completed, will
be studied. The boat will return at
$50 o'clock.
Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan visited
the companies of the 121st Engineers
during the period of musketry in
struction at the armory last Tues
day evening, and expressed himself as
! being pleased with recent progress in
the way OF recruiting and develop
ment or the new organizations. Gen.
| stephan VIII probably confer this
week with officers at Sd Corps
Area headquarters, in Baltimore, con-
eernfng 1natte:s affecting the 2Sth
| DIVISION, OF which he is the command
ing officer. He has also submitted
recommendations to corps area head
quarters as to dates and places for
holding this years encampment An
nouncement will be made Of the COM
Stephan's recommendations have been
acted on by the War Department
Maj. John W. oehmann, command
| ing the l21st Engineers, has assured
Gen. Stephan that recruiting for the
! new regiment Is progressing rapidly;
! that efforts are being made by ali
company commanders to bring their
respective commands up to maximum
strength as soon as possible, and that
| the morale of the regiment is very
| hlsh on account of the promotions
| recently recommended and the energy
| with which the officers are injecting
new life into the regiment command.
! Company commanders are busily
engaged in checking property and
RECORDS, preparatory to the annual in
{ spection. which will be started March
16. The date for the inspection of the
| staff corps and departments and STAFF
| officers of the 29th Division has been
| changed to March 25 instead of March
| Is. as previously announced. The
various organizations are vying with
one another for first place ratings by
the Regular Army inspecting officers
, Considerable importance is attached
do, 10 a.tenda.ce.lo n, nee. per cent atten,,
EFFORTS will be made to have every
| man present and In uniform on the
| occasion of the inspection Of his COM
1 mand.
Second Lieut.. Thomas A. Lane has
been promoted to captain and placed
In command OF Company +. 121st En-
gineers. He has announced the fol-
be staff sergeant, Sergt. William G.
| Rose. formerly with Battery c, 10th
Field Artillery; to be sergeants, Will
| liam e. Burbage, an eX-marfne, sta
\
Arthur l.: Millmore. formerly Of the
55th United States Infantry; to be
| corporals, Herman Fl. Lavenroth. ex-
| regular of the 63d United States In
fantry, and Ellwood l. Englehart
formerly high school cadet; to be pri-
Yates, first-class. Privates Harvey f.
| Bell. Thomas Fl. Burns. Thomas F.
| O'Connor, Francis j. Pellan, Ormand
'. Rowe, William C. Levedahl, Will
| mer V. Doyle and Orin NJ Lake
| A smoker and feed" was held in
| the company rooms after drill Tues
| day night, in charge OF Mess Sergt.
| William L. Green.
| Hobart T. Walker, 116 9Th street
northeast. formerly marine sergeant
! and bayonet instructor in the Marine
| Corps from 1917 to 1921, and Leon NJ
| Smith, 2S29 26th street northeast, en-
listed in. Company + Tuesday night.
! Officers and non on-commissioned off,
| GERS schools We're held in the gymna-
SUM Friday night. Capt. Herman H.
/; Pohl and Sergt. Joseph C. Sutton,
charge of the officer and non-com
1 schools, respectively.
The tallest man in the local Guard
nue. northwest. who enlisted in Com
feet four inches high. The B Com
pany Club will hold a dance Saturday
l
northwest. Capt. Ralph S. Childs is
j commander of 3 Company and in
| charge of arrangem The nom
commissioned officers of his company
will meet at Capt. Childs' home to-
morrow night to complete arrange
ments for the affair.
George w Gardes of West Falls
Church. Va; enlisted in Company c
| A reception was held at the home
of Capt. Harry E. Gladman, eth
| street southeast. last night In honor
Of Capt. William F. Jorgenson. newly
promoted commander of Company C.
Capt. Jorgenson has been one of the
/ most active workers in the c Com
pany Association since its organiza-
tion. several years ago. He is a
| graduate of the engineer school at
Fort Humphreys last year, graduating
| with honors. He has been athletic
| officer of the 121st Engineers for the
past year, is manager of the c Com
pany basket ball team, and much Of
| the recent interest in the develop
ment of athletics among District
! guardsmen is due to his efforts. All
! members of c Company were present,
| as we'll as many former members who
| belong to the association. Refresh
[ ments were served.
Staff sergt. Wilfred E. Garlick has
been appointed chairman Of the mill
He will have supervision of the part
shat his company is to take in the
first annual regimenta1 ball, to be
held at the City Club March %.
The following promotions in Com
pany b have been announced: To be
| staff sergeant, Sergt. Vincent II. Will
liams; to be sergeant, Corp. Milton M.
| Parker; to be corporals, Privates,
frst-class. Benjamin s. Beach. Don
ally Garrettson. John w. Mellick,
James c. Wheate. sr, James P. Quig-
ley and Joseph Tolson.
| Capt Harry E. Gladman has been
| designated recruiting and personnel
officer of the 121st Engineers; in ad,
| Immediately begin an intensive re-
cruiting campaign to bring the regi.
ment up to full strength.
With the approval of Gen. Stephan.
the first large social affair to be
! sponsored by the regiment will be q
/! military ball at the City Club March
%. A meeting OF the officers OF the
and plans made to make 1t the most
pretentious social affair In the his
| tory of the local Guard. Capt. Sidney
| Morgan is chairman. Of the social
and viii have active charge of the
dance. Maj. Joe r, Mickey is secre-
tary and Capt. Ralph S. Childs treas
| urer. Among the other members Of
the committee are Capt. Roy w.
Keesee, Capt. Clarence S. Shields and
Lfeuts. Robert G. McCartee and Sam
luel r. Turner. Several entertainment
features will be provided. including
an indoor representation Of engineer
| work in time of war.
In the regimental team matches
| conducted by the National Rifle Asso-
ciation recently the 121st Engineers
| was runner-up to the 7th United