Evening star., 1924-09-21
District National Guard

| pany A. 22d Infantry, and from No
| vember, 1920, to November 1921. in
office of chief of Cavalry. Company B.
commanded by Capt. Ralph s. Childs-
Harry L. Bartz 472 l. street north
west, and George w. Britt, $40 d
street southwest. Company F, COM
manded by Capt. Thomas A. Lane
Paul Workman, 928 10th street north
west; William F. Blue, 1870 C street
northwest: Charles A. Potter, 472 L
street northwest, who was a sergeant
with the Sd District of Columbia In
fantry on the Mexican border and
later in the 41st Division. A. f. F.,
and Thomas A. McGaffin, 80 street
northwest.
The following men re-enlisted In
Company c. commanded by Capt. Will
liam F. Jorgenson: Vidal Q. De
Jesus. 5513 3sth street northwest,
with the 174th Brigade Headquarters
Detachment, Troop 81, from Decem-
ber. 1918. to February, 1919, and with
Company c, 121st Engineers, from
September, 1921, to date of re-enlist-
ment; Charles Dunn, 1105 South Caro-
lima avenue southeast, enlisting in
Company c last year and being dis
charged as sergeant.
The following drill schedule has
peeH announced ny MAJ. Louis L.
rinton National Guard instructor
for the District, to be followed by
the 121st Engineers, Tuesday night:
S:15 to 9:45 pm, close order drill.
reference training regulations 420-50,
section 3, and from S:45 to 9:15. close
order drill, training regulations 420-
so. sections l TO 4; 9:15 to 9:45, in
struction in rigging and knot max
ing, Engineer Field Manual, pages
ia to 1872.
Maj George j. Allen has announced
that there are four vacancies in the
Medical Corps. Applicants for en-
li.:tment Will report at room 304, Ma
tional Guard Armory. Tuesday night.
Men with medical experience are pre-
ferred and promotion is rapid in the
Guard Medical Corps.
The following promotions have
been recently announced Company
A, to be staff sergeant, Morgan S. Gass
man; to be Sergeants, Corpls. Joseph
W. Crockett and John E. Far
ren; to be corporal. Pvt FIRST class)
Marcus w. Dinwiddie. Twenty-ninth
Military Police Company, to be SER
geant, Pvt. Ralph F. Battley: to
be corporals, Pvts., John F. Colbert,
Bladen j. Darneille, Earl F.. Fischer
Daniel 3. Lloyd and Newton Read !;
Company f, to be staff sergeant,
Pvt. (first-clas Thaddeus A. Riley;
to be sergeants, Pvts. (first class)
William A. Alfred and Lloyd T.
Needs; Company d, to be corporals
Maurice l.. Crater, Ralph NJ. Claggett
and Irving c. Taylor: Company B.
Pvt. Ruel II. Fugett. Headquarters
and Service Company, to be staff
sergeant, band section, Corpl. Lusci-
Gus A. Shackleford; to be corporals,
band section, Pvt. (firSt-class). AL
fred r. GroSsk kurth and Pvt. Harry II.
MeinerS; to be corporal, mounted
platoon, Pvt. Marvin r. Jameson: to
be sergeant transport platoon, Pvt.
John ]. Carooll. The attendance rec
ords of all men promoted in Headquar-
ters and Service Company arc good.
The following transfers from the
band section to the transport platoon
of Headquarters Company have been
made: Pvt. tfirst-class) Charles B.
Mcpherson; Pvts., William T. Davis,
Charles s. Marcus, Charles Purcell,
Walter c. SeitZ and John d. H.
Tester.
Pvt (first-cIass) Samuel D. Hunter
and Pvt. Harry H. Hall have been
honorably discharged from the 2sth
Military Police Company on account
of removal from the District Of CO.
lumbia.
Considerable interest was exhibit I'D
by local officers in the detachment OF
Connecticut guardsmen that passed
through Washington last week. The
1920 Field Artillery of the Connecti-
cut National Guard had been encamp-
ed at Fort Austis, Va, for the past
two weeks, and were on their return
to home stations. About 500 men
composed the contingent.
The Regimental Association OF for
mer members of the old Sd District
of Columbia Infantry, District Ma
tional Guard, volunteers of 1851