Evening star., 1925-01-18
District National Guard

An examination of candidates for
appointment as second lieutenant
29th Military Police Company, has
been announced by Lieut.. Raymond
Peak, commanding. for Wednesday,
February 4. Further examinations to
maintain an eligible list will be held
at the cali OF the president of the ex-
amining board.
The following promotions have
been made in the 29th Military Police
Company: To be corporals, Pvt, first
class, Themistocles Plockes and Pvts.
Guy T. Bolton and Paul Fako
Col. John w. Oehmann, commanding
the 121st Engineers, has been nomi-
mated for Office as director of the
Washington Post of the Society OF
American Military Engineers. Col
Oehman Is building inspector of the
District. Mai. w. L. r. Covell, as
signed to the District National Guard
as instructor, is secretary-treasurer
of the post Maj. r. A. Wheeler is
president. A meeting was held Tues
day night in the boardroom of the
District Building, the feature being
an address by Col. John W. Stuart
The talk was illustrated by pictures,
the subject being, Personal Reml-
niscences of Voyages to South Amer
lea" A number of officers of the
District National Guard were present.
many being members of the Washing
ton Post of the Society of American
Military Engineers.
Capt Thomas A. Lane, commanding
Company F., 121st Engineers, has been
selected to attend the school for Ma
tlonal Guard officers at the Fort Hum
phreys Engineer School, commencing
February 2S and continuing for three
months Capt. Lane is the only officer
from the District National Guard who
is to attend this school. Company f
will be in command of First Lieut..
George w. Johns during his absence.
A recent order requires that all
property shortages be surveyed or &C
counted for before February Is. The
Sd Corps Area auditor has found a
number OF shortages of property that
has been charged to enlisted men, and
unless the property officers of the re-
spective companies recover or survey
the property it will be charged
against them. The former policy of
the local headquarters was to give
clearance to records of property off1-
GERS who accounted for property prop
erly charged against enlisted men,
but the new policy is that the actual
property must be produced in the
storerooms or lockers of enlisted
men.
At a recent meeting of the nom
commissioned officers of Company F,
121st Engineers, it was voted to hold
q special school of instruction each
week for commissioned officers
and other enlisted men desiring to
study engineering and. military sub
jects. The first class was held Friday
night, the subject being demolitions.
Another class Will be held Friday
night at s o'clock, in the new rooms
of Company F.. Bridge building will
be taken up. The schedule OF the
school thus far arranged includes:
Field fortifications, barbed wire en-
tanglements, etc, February s; map
sketching, February 20; fire direction
and control, March IS. and cordage,
March q. Lieut. Herman H. Pohl and
Capt. Joseph c. Sutton, Regular Army
instructors, are in charge. An extra
drill for the nights on which classes
are held has been ordered by Col. Och
mann, and enlisted men will be cred
tied for an extra days pay for each
night of the school.
Candidates for appointment to the
eligible list for consideration when
commissions are to be awarded as
second lieuIenants of Engineers, hav-
ing failed to make an average rating
of at least so per cent in each sub