Evening star., 1925-07-05

young man. When | $f3
in his boyhood he - =
entered the British
army in 1910 and srRcT mn SPEARS
served throughout
the war and until
1919, having reached the rank of lieu
tenant. With this army he served in
both India and France. From 1919
to 1921 he served in the 42d United
States Infantry and from 1921 to 1924
served with the United States Marine
Corps. After leaving the Marine
Corps he entered the service of the
National Guard of the District of Co
lumbia.
Two companies of the 121st Regi-
ment of Engineers, A and f, during
the past three months fell below the
required strength of 90 men, and it
was found necessary to give them
an additional inspection, with full
equipment, in order to ascertain
whether they could retain the Federal
recognition. At the inspection last
Tuesday night by Maj. W. E. r.
Covell, Assistant Engineer Commits
sioner of the District of Columbia and
also inspector instructor of the local
guard, Company E presented 62 men,
but Company A had only ~.
Every effort will be made to recruit
this command up to the strength re-
quired by the War Department so
that the full number of companies
may be taken to the Virginia Beach
camp. The men of this command will
be urged to bring in enough recruits.
However, there is a probability that
even if the recruiting fails that sew
eral of the company commanders
whose organizations are above
strength may transfer men, so that
all of the companies may go to camp
this Summer. Otherwise, il IT be-
comes necessary to disband the com
pany on account of Federal recogni-
tion, the members will be distributed
TO the other units of the regiment.
Estimates to cover the cost of send
ing the National Guard of the Dis
trict of Columbia to a training camp
next Summer must be in the hands
of the militia bureau before July Is.
While it has not been determined
where the encampment for next year
will be held, according to officials at
guard headquarters there is a prob
ability that the estimates will be pre-
pared with the idea in mind of send
ing it to Virginia Beach. Va, again
next year. The dispatch of the troops
to such a camp as this, instead of to
the engineer camp al Fort Humphreys,
so near the home, it is believed raises
the morale of the men and increases
their interest in the military work.
DR. Charlton r. King, 300S South
Dakota avenue northwest has been Sc
lected to fill one of the two vacancies in
the Medical Detachment of the 121st
Regiment of Engineers. He is a grad
uate of George Washington University
Medical School, and has served in the
Public Health Service. His appoint
ment has been recommended by Mai
George j. Allen, commanding the Med
ical Detachment, and il is probab BILE
that his commission as a first lieu
tenant will be given him before the
troops embark for the encampment
in August.
Edwin J. Morris, 1904 33d street
northwest, has enlisted as a private
in the 29th Military Police Company
Other enlistments in this command
are: Albert Frederic Bicker. $3.50
Adams Mill road; John Addison Giese-
king. 1922 Biltmore street. Leonard
l.. Gross, 2609 p street northwest:
Charles r. Staples, 1929 33d street:
Joseph Burch Tennyson, 1898 Bilt-
more street, and Henry j. TriIling,
jr., 1917 47th street northwest
The following named enlisted men
of Company A, 121st Engineers, have
been ordered honorably discharged for
the purpose of entering the United
States Military Academy: Sergt Her
bert A. Milwit and Pvt. John s.
Shaw.
Robert B. Lothrop. 59l5 Blair road.
son of Capt. Lothrop, United States
Army Medical Corps. who is stationed
at Walter Reed Hospital. has en-
listed in the Headquarters and Service
Company of the 121st Engineers.
Capt. Sidney Morgan, commanding
this unit, said that Pvt. Lothrop will
be a candidate for West Point as a
representative of the National Guard
of the District of Columbia at the
competition next year.
Another quarter for armory drill
pay was ended June 80. but under a
new ruling of the War Department
no unit of the National Guard here
may be paid until the rolls for all
units are in the hands of the finance
officer. The first to get in its rolls
was the Headquarters and Service
Company of the 121st Engineers, but
its pay day will depend on the speed
with which the other organization
commands prepare and submit their
rolls. Heretofore units have been paid
as their rolls were completed.
More than 5000 in back pay was
distributed to the officers of the local
guard at drill last Tuesday. The pay
covers a period of three years and
was for longevity and Communication
of quarters and was made possible
by the passage last Summer of an
act authorizing this for National
Guard officers The checks ranged
from 81 to $3.50.
Capt. Jorgensen, commanding Com
pany c, 121st Engineers, announced
that his organization will have a Sum-
mer camp at Camp Simms, Congress
Heights, d. c., from August to IA,
when it will break so that this or
ganiZation may join the rest of the
command on the annual encampment
at Virginia Beach, Va. A number of
the men will be at the camp all day,
but most of them will only spend
the night there, spending the early
and late daylight hours in rifle prac-
tice. For this they receive no pay
and must subsist themselves, owing
to the shortage of funds for rifle prac-
tice and camp purposes at the dis
posal of the National Guard of the
District of Columbia.
Sergt. John A. Schricker, Company
A, 121st Engineers, has been awaded
distinguished marksman medal. He
just re-enlisted last Tuesday.
For the purpose of stirring up
little competition, Capt. Jorgensen has
announced that he has divided his
command into two platoons. Lieut..
Walter S. Welsh has been placed in
charge of the first platoon and Lieut..
George r. Harbin, recently commits
Il NInn IN r,I
of the second platoon. Sergt. Schrick-
er will be senior sergeant of the first