Evening star., 1924-01-27
ID. e.. National Guard

| Brig Gen. Lloyd NJ. Brett, adjutant
general of the District of Columbia
militia. returned Friday from Kansas
City, Mo. where he went to attend Il
council meeting of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, Of which he is COM
mander- in chief.
| There Is strong hope among guards
| men of the District that Congress at
| the present session will pass the pllls
| introduced in the Senate and the House
! providing for the erection OF National
| Guard and Memorial armory. The necu
| has been fully set forth heretofore.
| The formal reception to celebrate the
| organization of the CAPITAL Cadet corps
has been POSTPONED, due to preparations
being made by the orGanizat tion.to stage
| the play, Looking for Mary Jane, at
| Gonzaga College Hall next wednesday
| and Thursday nights. The rs iast ,aet se
| Thursday night. Lieut.. Roy W. heesee'
| under whose direction the Dramatic AS
| sociation of Company A, whlcn - Pr
| ducing the play. was orgahiseu, naa
been assured that practicaIiy .ne NJ" IF
I commissioned and enlisted personhel oL
the lo1st Engineers, with many ol tneaa !
| friends will attend. The performance
! viii be open to the public as well.
Private l.. NJ. Price ~ tne 1aues e'.s
Corps has returned to duty after Leave
| Of absence. Private II. VI. Woitz mas
been granted sick leave .,.,,,. !,
Sanf Julian : Cliff has commenced
the reorganization OF Company II, which
| will make available several promotlohs'
| Lieut.. Samuel X. turner 10 ii0
| tenant OF the company: ,.,,,,,,,,,.
HEADQUARTERS and Service C9mpanS'
| commanded by Capt. sidney MOI saii sii
| carried more than 81 900 on its pay roh'
! maid last week to members of that com
nand for the quarter ending DeCeIIpei
! al The company strength Is loo liieii
but not all qualified for pay Ihai iiiaue t.le
the average pay per man very 'Hs''
an armory drill period. ~,
a careful check Is being mace oi al
musical instruments in use by t.St,o tRe ID
| tioual Guard Band and all i ueleti,ir ",
ones will be exchanged or DISPOSE ,s"1,, in
ond new ones furnished. Some no" III
use are wartime instruments, s n!aiis "
yvhicb are defective. The auuit,ol ".
new ones will show a consIae cIrt.a ,la.'i han,
! provement in ths ban1: rfT1aot rne ant as On
of the best in the United states. MaI
rant officer Meyer Goldman, promiheh'
m music circles, is band leader. a.,
Reports have not beeh ,e,,,,ou sr
| Ear II appears that Company A lis
Eneineers won the indoor small por'
liz match this winter. me pre-
snribad conrses are fired and certllie
10 the National Rife Association ~.
rating. This is quite dlstilic .loii ~
National Guard team ~ .'t Baserv,
nstition with Regular Army. hesei W
Gorns and civilian teams Ihe team
fS coTnposed OF Sergts. Frank B haEe
Fletcher T. Bernsdorn. NUNS
Iiphtfoot, Henry H. Meares ana Iapt-
sidney Morgan, all of whom have sho,
a. District team at the nationa!
rifle matches at Camp Perry IN recent
years. ,:..a5 7ur;,c
the past week in the 12lst Englneers
John p. Sniegoski 1ls MaryIana ave
nue northeast, Headquarters ana SerV-
ics rompany: william c. Dabroko
oa11 G street northwest. Company
wilmer poyle, 1925 q street south
east, and William G. Levedahi: $40 +.
street northwest. Company +: "a
ward a. Bates, 800 CEDAR street d
IEomo park. D. c., Frank j. Bastable
1915 10th street northwest, and Don
aid W. Allen. Wardman Park Hotel
Wilitarv Police Company; John
Kidwell . 9Th street northeast and
Alfred l.. Jorgenson, 43l New jersey
avenue southeast, Company Is. lnt
following enlisted in Battery B, 341tE
Coast Artillery Corps: Lyman T. Nor
ris. 2601 Hall place northeast: Ferry
10 Huff, 235 Willow avenue, Iakom:
park. D. c.; Norman ID. Duffy, Al
street northwest; Halford II. Sha"e
61 K street northeast; Leroy D Mann
Crescent place, Takoma Park, D. =.
Karl III. Axline, 4127 9Th street north.
west and Lloyd B. Gosorn. IL Beacl
avenue. Takoma Park, d. G. n sig
nificant fact to be noted is that out
Of the sixteen recruits obtained TINS
which indicates the interest being
shown in the guard by veterans
the world war.
A smoker was given to the enlisted
men OF Company F Tuesday night b:
Lieut.. Thomas A. Lane. commanding
The F Company basket bail team
played the Corinthians wednesday
Joseph c. Krumm is captain of tn,
! + Company team.
The 3 Company Club met Thursday
night at the armory. Lieut.. Ralpl
| S. Childs is commander and hopes tt
in the social club. He is soon to o'
advanced to grade of captain.
Oficers' school classes were re
sumed Friday night. Capt. Joseph g..
Sutton is Regular Army Instructor IN
An order has been issued by. the
adjutant general directing that all
officers who were not phys1caiiy eS-
amined during the last year 70 a-
termine their physical fitness to re-
tain their commissions report to Maj.
George ]. Allen, Medical Corps, as
soon as possible for examination.
The biggest bill' Of the season at
the armory so far this season aso pr,as Was
cess A. c. girls team defeated the
Marjorie School, with 81 to 26, and
the G Company team downed the
Lexington A. c.. 10 to. 10. A large
,attendance was present, the regi-
mental staff and entire enlisted per-
sonnel having been invited by Capt:
Harry E. Gladman, commander or
Company C. Dancing followed the
games. Music was furnished by the
Rational Guard Band. Another game
will be played THURSDAY night.
Music and dancing follow all games.
Much interest is being shown by
! the art students of Washington in the
forthcoming poster contest IN "hicn hast
! poster to be used in recruiting
drive. Capt. Sidney Morgan has
| charge of the contest.