Evening star., 1924-06-22

then to the lst
Company of the old Goth Coast Ar
| tilIery, District National Guard. He
was a member of the District Guard
brigade rife team in 1914, 1915 and
1915.
! camp a Fort Myer. he was commis-
| stoned second lieutenant in the Quan-
termaster Corps in August, 1917. and
in August. 1918. was promoted TO
in August, 1918. He enlisted in the
! 121st Engineers in June, 1871. ana
was commissioned first lieutenant
| in September and advanced TO the
| grade OF captain April THIS year.
| He has been commanding Company
| e 121St Engineers, since last Octo-
| ber. and under his direction his com
pany has produced some OF tne pes
| rife shots of the regiment His com
pany won the company prize in the
! regimental matches at camp SInhS
last fall and was member or the
| battalion winning the battalion Hal1h
! for the regiment
| Private NJ c. Richards of CompanN
| r won The Evening Star medal TO-
! the highest individual score IN the
| same matches, and several otheE
members of the same company won
prizes Capt Shields has been q
| member of the District Nat1ondl
! Guard rife teams at Camp PERI.
| Ohio. each year since 1921, and nope
| 70 20 again this year. George j.
=. Second Lieut.. j r ousde o.
the same company is an expert rife-
! man, as we'll as Sergt- Roy Ions
anecker, an ex-marine, and Sergt
Edward D. Andrus. all having shot
in the national rife matches. Ihe
company was on the range at Camp
Simms all last week.
The last drill this month and the
last drill for the second quarter Tor
pay will occur Tuesday. II will be
devoted to instruction in making
packs for field marching. Reference:
Training Regulation $3.50. Also
company inspection. Reference: In
fantry Drill Regulation 597 Each
company will be closely inspected :.
the respective company commando
Pay rolls are being prepared and Will
be submitted 10 the finance officer
I'd Corps Area, Baltimore. for pay
ment PriVates are paid 81 per drill
night with a corresponding increas"
through the higher grades. Ther" y
always keen competition netWef1
companies as TO which company viii
be paid first and practically all ps
rolls are expected to be finished b
the end Of the week.
The enlistment Of Sergt Henry r.
Cockrell. Company B, expired last
week He immediately re-cnlistcd in
Headquarters and Service COMPANY.
and has been appointed technical ser
geant and assigned to headquarters
section as ele "a ician and engineer
specialist. SerET. Cockrell has been
a member of the guard for number
Of years. and has attended all train
ing camps. He was in charge of in
Stalling the lighting and water Sys
TENS in the barracks assigned to tn"
District Euardsmen at Camp
Humphreys. Va. in 1921; had charge
Of ali electrical work al Camp Simms
the last two annual encampmenis.
and has recently fitted out the new
photographic and reproduction room
of the photograph division of Head
quarters CoInpany-
\ fund of approximately 500 was
raised among guardsmen at TIC
armory last Tuesday night and cah.ed
TO Private Marcus ". Dinwiddic and
senting the District National Guard
AT the Olympic matches An addi-
tional amount is being raised, to be sent
them next week.
The following promotions have b.<r
announced in Company ID. comm2ASh
ed by Capt. Samuel r. Turner: To be
staff sergeants, Sergt. Arthur T..
Millmore and Private Frank f.
Lewis: to be corporal. Private tfirst
classD Louis 4. D'Aiutolo. and to be
sergeant (mess), Charles L. Riley
Edward Wall 1900 Kenyon street
enlisted in Company f, 121st En-
gineers, commanded by Capt. Thomas
A. Lane. last Tuesday night. George
a. Mackay. 1910 y street, formerly
in the 9th United States Cavalry dur
ing the war. enlisted in the same
company. He was a member Of the
Tennessee National Guard last year
and has made application 10 attend
the white course, cavalry, a the,
c. NJ. I. {. training camps at CaTsLa
Meade this summe..
Company {, 12lst Engineers. has
challenged the other companies Of
the regiment 10 compete in an ath-
letic meet to be held at the annual
encampment at Camp Humphreys in
August. Capt. William +. JorgenS.n
is in command of Company C.
Companies f and +, and the 1913
Military Police Company returned
from Camp Simms yesterday, where
they encamped the past week. Some
high scores were made on the rife
range. but all qualifications have not
yet been announced
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