Evening star., 1924-05-25

Capt. William f. Jorgenson, Com
pany c. 121st Engineers, has an
nounced that nineteen men of his
command qualified 100 per cent on
drill attendance the last quarter. The
company as whole had a very high
average attendance, but the follow
ing have been specially commended
by Lieut.. Col. Harry f. Gladman, who
was in command of the company dur
ing the period the record was made:
First Sergt. William j. HUM. Staff
Sergts. Wilfred f. Garlick and George
F. Harbin, Sergts. Walter +. Welsh,
Charles Dunn and Learner T. Rhea;
Corporals William |. Mushake. Gre
gorio L. Fajardo. John CaItibiano and
Walter A knight, Privates, First
Glass. William H. Bacon, John P.
Burleigh. Daniel II. Cave. Vidal De
Jesus. Robert B. Garrison and Joseph
L. Wrenn.
The average attendance of SER
geants at drills was SO per cent; cor
porals. S4 per cent; privates, first
class, S5 per cent, and privates. only
33 per cent. This is an indication of
the strength of the company's nom
commissioned personnel
All promotions are based on drill
attendance and efficiency and the
highest average attendance is noted
in the higher grades.
All company commanders recently
promoted to a higher grade or trans
ferred to other positions have been
directed by Maj. Gen. Stephan to take
mediate action to transfer to their
their possession for which they are
accountable. officers taking over
property by transfer have been eau
toned to see that all property for
which they are responsible is actually
in the company storerooms or in the
possession of active enlisted men of
their companies and stored in their
respective lockers in the armory
officers who have been promoted from
positions carrying property response
bilities will take the necessary action
to close their accounts following the
transfer of property to their success
sors. In view OF the various promo
tionS and changes of assignment re-
Gently in the 121st Engineers it is
necessary that all property records
be adjusted Immediately.
Capt Samuel r. Turner, Company
D, I'd Battalion: Capt. Ralph S.
Childs, Company B; First Lieut.. Cod
win p Dunn, Headquarters and Serv-
ice Company Gin the absence of Capt.
Sidney Morgan), and several other
officers who were originally members
of Company c are cooperating with
Capt. William F. Jorgenson and
Lieut. Col. Gladman, personnel and
recruitins officer of the regiment, in
an intensive recruiting drive being
instituted under auspices of the c
Company Association, In which all
officers and men formerly of Company
c have been asked to cooperate in
bringing the regiment up to its max
imum strength AS there are men,
bers of this company in practlcaliy
all companies of the regiment, 1t is
expected that each company will soon
be brought up to the required
strength.
A regimental review is scheduled
for next Tuesday night at O'Clock.
The drill schedule for the period from
SIS to o'clock will be extended
order drill, reference, training regu-
lations 420-S5, paragraphs l to 80.
Col John w. Oehmann commands the
121st Engineers. The 29th Military
Police Company will be at, at lamp "a mp
armory drill Wednesday night. Lieut..
Raymond NJ. Peake, commanding. the
company, has been : assisting Maj.
Walter w. Burns. at the 260th Arti!-
lery recruiting headquarters. 1874 F
street northwest, the past TWO
weeks. 90
Two members Of the -121st Engi-
neers have been selected to shoot, as
members of the International rifle
team, at the clyfn OLYMPIC pn ~ meet War nsn. sn.
thorized Corporal j. W. Crockettyand
Private Marcus w. .Dinwiddie to at
tend the practice shoot at; Quantico
last week by Brig. Gen. F. H Phil
lips, jr, secretary Of the National
both had heen qualified. Corporal
Crockett and i,ss Pfivats Rnons ehays hays
rife team at the national matches at
Camp Perry and have won various
honors.
At the recent match with the Naval
Academy, at Annapolis. Md, the Dis
trict team was defeated by the Mid
shipmen by a score of 2,305 to 2,251.
The local team made a much higher
record than last year, however. Pri-
vate Marcus A Dinwiddie was high
man, with a total of 231. Other
scores were: Capt. Clarence S.
Shields, 227; Edward d. Andrus, 222: