Evening star., 1925-05-24

SHOWN. 1t was ~ S#$&3$&H
awarded him for x8#M
having the best SS
all around eff Ek b
cheney rating for
men below the r. REpIOGJE
grade of corporal
However. he is not now "A member of
the organization. He is an employe
ot the Census Bureau. in the field
service, and when he was ordered into
the field some time ago he severed
MS connection with the organiZa ton
because he would be unable to attend
drills. He returned to the city last
week for a brief period and the de-
layed presentation was made.
Drills for the Coast Artillery soon
will be started at Fort Washington,
Md. AS soon as the new trucks and
rolling kitchens arrive. and are put
in the best condition. the local coast
artillerymen will truck to the Potomac
River fort each Sunday and hold their
drill so that they will he at very
high state of efficiency when they go
TO their annual training duty at
Fort Monroe in August. This pre-
l1minary work will fit them to start
target practice with the 12-inch guns
at Fort Monroe the first week of their
arrival.
Maj. Burns already has assigned the
Eussy will be manned by Battery A
of the local organization, While Battery
will man Battery Parrot. These
batteries comprise what is known as
the million-dollar battery" at Fort
Monroe.
With big gun practice out of the
way during the first week. the second
week of the training period will be
given over to small arms practice and
visits to Fort Story for instruction in
the 14-inch guns and to Fort Eustis.
where they will witness the firing of
the l55 nm. guns.
II has been decided that this branch
OF the local National Guard will go to
its camp at Fort Monroe Va. by
trucks. The artillerymen will camp
in pup tents en- route and the meals
will be served from the rolling
kitchens.
Middies at the United States Naval
Academy admit that they had a
tough scrap with the rife team of the
National Guard of the District of Co.
1umbia, when they were over there re-
Gently for the annual competition
The Log, the aCademy'S paper, had
this to say of the local rife team:
The visitors gave our nimrods the
nearest thing 70 competition they have
had thus far this season, and Is points
was Tic pisScSl dON dIlleiSC iliC poS .
could get
The local rife team is one of the
best in the history of the guard. and
they are planning to take over some
of the big matches at Camp Perry,
Ohio, this Summer.
The schedule for the use of the
rife range of the National Guard of
the District of Columbia at Camp
Simms, Congress Heights, D. G, has
been mapped out by Col. Oehmann,
commanding the 121st Regiment of
Engineers. The schedule follows, and
will continue through the Summer:
Mondays, Companies A and B: Wed
nesdays. Companies c and d; Thurs
days. Companies E and F; Fridays.
Headquarters and service company
and military police company; Satur-
days and Sundays, rife team and vol
untary practice of individuals.
officers of a number of the com
panies of the local National Guard are
not receiving pay. because they have
not the full quota of men allowed
them. and not enough of those they
already have are in attendance on
drill night Efforts are being made
to recruit these organizations up. In
order to collect pay there must be
so per cent of 60 men present and
drilling with the company on drill
night.
The Medical Detchment, 121st Engi-
neers, is still holding the top of the
list in attendance, showing 1891 per
cent, an increase even over the show
ing of last week. The standing of
the other commands in attendance
last week follows, in order: Company
B, 121st Engineers, 72.50: Company
C. 121st Engineers, 71.69: Headquar-
let
Engineers, 1856: goth Military Police
Company, 6S.57; Company d, 121st
Engineers, 67.26; Company A, 121St
Engineers. 65.78; band section, 121st
Engineers, 62.06; Battery B. 260th
Coast Artillery, 5S.17: Company E.
121st Engineers. 54.54: Company F,
121st Engineers, 53.06: Company A,
1st Separate Battalion. Infantry,
44.70, and Battery a, 260th Coast Ar
tillery, 1880
The following men reported for
examination to Col. John w. Och
man. president of the examining
board. for promotion to the grade of
second lieutenant of engineers Tues
day night: Sergt r. A. Riley, Com
pany E; Staff Sergt. ]. A. Schricker,
Company G; Sergt. c. B. Hamilton,
Company f: Staff Sergt G. P. Har:
bin, Company c. and First Sergt. A.
L. Jorgenson, Company B. At drill
last Tuesday night they and Sergt.
John f. Temple were presented with
certificates of efficiency and placed
on the eligible list for officers The
five first named. it is expected, will
receive their commissions in short
time, and it is probable that another
vacancy in the present commissioned
personnel will occur before the annual
encampment in August.
Members of the National Guard are
tubilant over the fact that sufficient
funds will be available to send its
rife team to Camp Perry, Ohio. in
August. Weekly practice is being
held for the purpose of training the
local marksmen so that they may
bring back some of the national
trophies this year. Lieut.. Just G.
Jensen is captain of the team. The
national matches will be shot on the
following dates: School for small arms
firing, August "a: National Rife
Association matches, September 3.
and national matches, September IA
10 19. The team will go to camp at
Virginia Beach, Va, with the full
regiment and the members will be
detached during the camp period and
sent direct to Camp Perry. where
they will remain until after the
matches are concluded.
Members and former members OF
the guard who also were members of
the Washington High School Cadet
Corps, have been asked to send copies
of their records to the Adjutant, the