Evening star., 1924-10-26
District National Guard

, of the 121st Engineers and ssth Mill
AIRY Polke Company to attend.
Pay rolls have been prepared in the
various organizations Of the District
National Guard for submission to the
| finance officer, Third Corps Area, Bal
timore, Md. to cover the three month
! period just ended.
| District National Guard rife teams
have returned from the national
matches at Camp Perry, where they
| captured several prizes In team and
Individual matches. The District rifle
men were commanded by Capt. H. H.
Leizear, with Capt. Sidney Morgan
second in command. High scores were
made by Sergt.-Maj Henry E. Meares
and STAFF Sergt. Joseph H. Robertson.
! Sergt. Meares has been a member of
the local Guard for many years, and
| Sergt. Robertson has been a firing
| member or the annual rifle team sent
to Camp Perry. and is in charge of
the rifle range at Camp Simrns, Con-
gress Heights
Maj. Burns has announced The a.
signment of the following members
or headquarters detachment to con-
stitute the newly formed medical de-
| tachment Of the 260th Artillery: Mai.
Stewart NJ Grayson, commanding de-
tachment; Pvts. Leonard r. Reed.
Irving 4. Patterson, John P. Moore,
Morton Jacob. Leroy w. Browninr
and Gustave F. Bagelman.
Sergt. Joseph W. Crockett. who re-
Gently returned from the OIympic
matches, where he was a member Of
the all-American rifle team, has been
transferred to headquarters detach-
4 ha
Crockett will maintain his same non
commissioned rating. He has been
assigned as custodian of the Coast
Artillery Armory.
Mai. Burns has announced the FOL-
lowing promotions and assignments
| TO headquarters detachment of the
Artillery regiment: To be adjutant,
Lieut.. Leroy S. Mann; to be Ger
geants. Everett E. Miller and C.. 3.
McCullar; to be corporals, Roy r.
Stahlberg and Ralph l. walker.
Pvts. Robert A Moore and George ].
simmons have been assigned to this
| detachment
Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan has COM
| mended Mai Burns for the manner
IN which he and his officers "orean-
lied the 260th Artillery to war
strength with defense test volunteers
| for the ceremonies September H."
zen. STEPHAN states that the number
paraded by the 260th Artillery was
most creditable and did much toward
| neiplng the District National Guard
| 70 parade more than $500 men. which
| was Soo more than its war strength.
The commanding general of the
!hiFo corps Area, u. s. A, Baltimore
mas, as provided by PARAGRAPH 213
National Guard Regulations, ordered
boards OF officers to meet at the cali
OF the respective presidents thereo1
at the local armories for the purno..
OF examining such candidates as NAV
pe authorized to appear before the
poaros to determine their qualifica-
IONS under Section IS, National De-
tense Act, for commission In the Dis-
trict Guard. The following off,cae,
nave been appointed members Of the
boards: Engineer Corps-Maj. Will
nam T.. r. Covell, Corps of Engineers.
y. .. A; Col. John w. Oehman. 121st
Engineers, and Maj. George J. Allen
Medical Corps, District, National
Guard. Coast Artillery Corps-Maj.
Louis c: Brinton, jr. U. S. A, senior
Na.!ona! Guard Instructor for the Dis
trict; Maj. Walter w. Burns. com
mander Of the 260th Artillery. and
Maj. Stewart M. Grayson. Medical
! Corps, District Guard. The following
| board has been detailed to examine
candidates for all branches of the
service except the Medical Corps. En-
gfneer and Coast Artillery Corps: Maj.
Louis c. Brinton, jr., Coast ArtilIerv
corps, Regular Army; Lieut.. Col. q
Fred Cook. adtutant general Of the
29th Division. and Maj. George
Allen, Medical Corps. District Guard.
Col. John w. Oehman, divisional an
gfneer Of the 29th Division, has been
detailed by Maj. Gen. Stephan, com
manding. to attend the staff school OF
! instruction at the Armory. A72 r
street, Tuesday nights, which ali
members of the 29th Division star
are attending. AA
| A meeting of the F. Company Club
was held after drill last TUESDAY
night, when congratulations were az.
tended by each member Of the COM
pany to Capt Thomas A Lane on his
marriage. Lieut.. George w. Johns
| will have command of Company r
during the absence Of Capt. Lane.
The commanding onicer of Com.
pany A. 1st Separate Battalion. d.
tailed . firing party to attend the
funeral Of the late Maj. Samuel f.,
Piper, District National Guard, re-
tired, Monday.
| Company F. 121st Engineers, has