Evening star., 1924-06-15
D. C. NATIONAL GUARD

Companies ana l.. l-iSt Eh-
gineers, and the Goth Military Police
Company will leave the armory this
morning at ? O'Clock for Camp Simms,
where they will spend a week Tor
rife practice This will be the hnal
of a series of special camps of IN
struction for specially selected Of
f1ccrs and enlisted men, arranged so
as to have only a small detachment
of men on the range at one time
in order that individual instruction
and the maximum amount of practice
be given each man attending. AS
largo a number of commissioned
officers as possible are thus qualify
ing to act as instructors at the an
nual encampment, at Fort Humphrey
in August.
Capt. Clarence $. Shields commands
Company f. and capt. Thomas a.
Lane Company +. tho Youngest com
pany of the new regiment. Lieut..
Raymond Peakc commands the mil
itary Polio" Company.
Camp Simms was not in use last
week, due to the fact that the Of
ficerS of the District National Guard
attended the school of instruction of
the 29th Division at Virginia Beach.
Company G, 121st Engineers. has
in rifle shooting than any other com
panY so far this year. Sergt. John
A SChricker was high man of this
company last week, qualifying as ex
pert rifeman with a score of 316 out
OF possible $50. and Staff Sergt.
Madison f. Smith. Company d, 121st
Engineers. was high in his company
qualifying as sharpShooter. with a
score of 29l. Others qualifying
were: Corp. John J. CaItabiano
hs- In
following as markSmen: Private
ttirst cldsSl George w. Cardes. Com
pany 6; Sergt. +. B. Gilbert. Company
Z; Sergt- Johannes +. Miller. Com
pany - Private J. \. Stewart. Com
pany y: Private tfirst class Joseph
l. Wrenn, Company G: Corp. Joseph
4. Nagel, Company &; Corp. Edwin
" Burg. Company {; SerGt. lsadore
Bryan, Company d; Private j. L.
Taylor, Company II; Sergt. Learner
j. Rhea, Company {, and Sergt
Maurice l.. Crater, Company D. Maj
julian S. Olff, I'd Battalion, made
the first score on the range at this
camp.
The following promotions have
been made in Company u. commanded
by Capt Samuel r. Turner: To be
stan sergeant. Sergt Leon o. Terry
Eeant Private Madison r. Smith, and
10 be corporal, Private (f1rst clasS)
Zachary y. Pilkerton.
Ihe schedule of instruction for the
1.'i ISth Military Police Company for ar
tillery drill next Wednesday is
as follows: SIS to pm. extended
order drill school of the squad. sec
ton and platoon. Reference, train
ing regulations 420-S5 sections l TO 4.
:? TO @:4o pm, interior guard duty,
reference, Platoon Training, part .,
chapter 1.
a test mobilization of the three
components of the Army of the
United States will he held about Sep
tember l.. The National Guard is
one of the most important COM
nonentS of the Army, and in order to
have the District National Guard at
high state of efficiency and to be
prepared for the mobilization indi-
Vldual companies are holding test
notifications from time to time.
Company q held one several weeks
ago, and Company f one last week.
All company commanders have been
reminded of the recent announ ncement
of the War Department that there
will be no waving of provisions of
Nat onal Guard regulations to permit
companies that are not up to the re-
quired strength to attend training
camps this year. 1t is not thought
that this will affect the local National
Guard, as the last company to be
mustered in is well over the minimum
required strength. An intensive re-
cruiting campaign is soon to be in
augurated to bring the regiment to
full strength.
The A Company base ball team is
be,ng reorganized. Sergt NJ. S. Gass-
man is manager Teams are being or
ganized in other companies, and 1t is e&-
pected to have d strong reglmenlal team
by the time of the annual encampment.
The recruiting station of the 260th Ar
tillery at 14th street and Park road is
proving of interest to the PUBIC
complete exhibition of artillery equip
ment. including guns, ammunition PIC
lures illustrating the big guns IN acIioh
and war relics are on exhibition. Bat
terry A has been organized and Will De
mustered in next week. battery % Is
being organized Maj. Walter w. Burns
will command the outfit. The battery is
y,,aLinsy weekly trips to Fort Washington
to study the artillery forthcatons there;
About twenty men OF the local Sudru
were caught in the storm at the 1orl
last Sunday. The detachment was IN
the concrete plotting room at the
time so were comfortable. de-
tachmeut will leave the washington
barracks dock this morning at II
o'clock and will spend the day at the
fort. Lectures will be given by Maj.
Burns and other artillery ofhcerS.
They will be entertained at Fort
Washington and will return to Wash
ington at $50 o'clock this evening.
the steamer General Rucker. Those
interested in the new organization
are invited to make the trip.
The annual encampment of the
121st Engineers will be held at Fort
Humphrey, Va, from August 10 to
"a, as will that of the goth Military
police Company. The 260th Artillery
will go TO Fort Monroe, Va, July
for a two-Week encampment.
Cant. H. II. Leizear is holding prac-
4ice shoots at the rife range Wednes-
day and Saturday afternoons \ team
TO represent the District National
Guard at Camp Perry, Ohio, in the
national matches this fall will be Sc
jected from those making the best
records at the Camp Simms range.
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