Evening star., 1924-09-21

The F. Company Club, composed o1
members of Company f, I'd Battalion
121st Engineers, met in the National
Guard Armory clubroom Tuesday
night after drill and elected officers
for the ensuing year as follows
Private Adam G. Mouton. president;
Corpl. Charles G. Shoree, vice presi-
dent; Sergt. Leo G. Keopfle. score
tary; Staff Sergt. William o. Burbage
treasurer, and William NJ. Gates. ser
geant-at arms. The club is planning a
series of social affairs and entertain :
ments during the coming Winter. 1t is
composed of practically the entire
| membership of Company F.. Capt
Thomas A. Lane is commander of
the new company. which is the
youngest company in the 121 Engi-
| neers.
| Company F was well represented
in the Defense day parade last Fri
| day, having about 500 volunteer en-
listments for the day in addition to
| the regular enlisted personnel of
| the company, Several hundred OF
those parading with this company
were from the Government Printing
| Office and were under the comma nd
of Lieut.. George w. Johns. Full
platoons were recruited from each
of the following divisions of the
printing office: Press work division,
platemaking. printing. bookbinding
and detachment from other divi-
| lions. The public printer donated
the banners which were carried by
the guardsmen in the parade.
The Company club he'd a
smoker at the City Club Saturday
night. Capt. Ralph S. Childs is com
mander of the company and First
| Sergt. Alfred l.. Jorgenson. Lieut..
Nelson T. Rebtrt and Sergt. Kenneth
J. Zollers had charge of arrangement S
| Tor the affair. which was held to ceIe-
| brate the company winning, the reg
! imental prize for the most etticient
company at the last annual encamp-
ment.
Company c is to begin the pubIlca-
tion of magazine for District
Suardsmen soon. Sergt X. Il. Gar
rison has charge of the pub icatio
1t will also be supported by the G
Company Association. Capt. William
F.. Jorgenson is commander OF Com
pany and Lieut. Harry + Gladman
is pr resident of the & Company AS
sociation.
Technical Sergt. Henry 3. Cockrell.
Pvt. NJ. A. Weschler. Pvt. Alfred +.
Trione, Sergt. William Il. Green,
Sergt. w. ]. Dunn and Sergt. Crispole
q. Denato have been commended by
Col. Oehmann for efficiency demon
strated during the annual encamp-
tnent. Sergt. Hunt had charge of
demolitions, Sergt. Cockrel, cleo
trical work for the camp; Sergt
Dunn, the 1st Battalion mess, and
Serst. Green, the I'd Battalion mess.
The following officers of the I2Ist
Engineers have volunteered to act as
marShals in the Holy Name parade
today: Col John W. Oehmann, COM
manding; 1st Battalion, Lieuts. Will
liam A. Gormely, Walter A. Knight,
Walter s. Welsh and James K. Ma
gruder; I'd Battalion. Lieut.. Charles
E. Smithson, Capt. Thomas A. Lane,
Lieut.. George w. Johns and Lieut.
William 3. Shanahan. Capt. Douglas
A White will represent the Medical
Corps.
The following District guardsmen
have returned from the annual con-
vention of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars at Atlantic City. n. j.: Maj.
Gen. Anton Stephan. Gen. Lloyd NJ.
Brett, adjutant general; Capt. Doug
las A. White and Sergt. Frank
Beckert, Medical Corps. Those at
tending the convention participated
in the Defense day parade there,
with the exception of Gems. Stephan
and Brett, who returned for the
parade here. Gen. Brett is the retir-
ing national commander OF the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars
The following enlistments were
made in the 121st Engineers last
week: Company A, commanded by
Capt. Roy w. Keesee-Herbert A.
Ross, 1 Eighteenth street southeast;
Walter L. Shipley, 1852 High street
southeast, and Earle D. Cooper, 506
South Clifton terrace, from April
1917, to July. 1919, a member Of Com