Evening star., 1925-10-18
Thursdays from 2 to $50 o'clock

Thursdays from to $50 o'clock in
the afternoon.
The program for the grand band
concert to be given by the l21st Engl-
| neers' Band at the Washington Audi
| torium on November is being worked
out under the direction of Meyer N.
Goldman. leader, by a special commit
tee of the organization. The concert,
| the first of the season, is being given
for the purpose Of raising funds with
| which to purchase a distinctive uni
| form for the members of this unit
when it appears in public on other
| than field service occasions.
n ister Sergt J. c. Sutton. L. S. A..
instructor of the National Guard of
the District of Columbia, entered upon
| his last enlistment of the service last
week. In little over two years he
will have completed 80 years of serv-
| ice in the Army and expects to retire
| with the rank of warrant officer.
Sergt. Sutton has been very popular
with the members of the local COM
| mand since he has been here.
sergt. Joseph 4. Crockett. Battery
| A, 260th Coast Artillery, has been ad
vised in a letter received from the
War Department that he has been
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| account Of winning places on the Ma
| tional Guard team which partici-
pated in the national rifle matches of
1922 and 1928. He is designated
distinguished marksman, 1923. He
| has been awarded the bronze medal
| for the National Guard rifle team Of
| 1922, the bronze Army team badge
| as n principal on the National Guard
| team of 1922, the bronze medal for
| the Nationa Guard team of 1928 and
| the bronze Army team badge for hav
| ing been a principal on the team OF
1928
| A post exchange has been estab
| lished at the Coast Artillery armory
| Water and o streets southwest. 1t
| is in charge of Sergt. Cecil w. Burden
| and is under the direction Of Capt.
Stuart M. Grayson.
The installation of a new fire con-
troll for Battery B, 260th Coast Artil-
lery, has been undertaken at the
armory. at Water and Q streets south
west. 1t consists of a new plotting
board and all the necessary new and
| intricate instruments and machinery
| for assuring accurate fire on the part
of the artillerymen.
Candidates for the course at the
| Chemical Warfare School are to be
selected from the National Guard to
take the course from February % to
April 80, 1926. The selection will be
i made by a process of elimination.
From the list submitted to corps area
headquarters at Baltimore three will
be selected from which the War De
partment will select one for the
course.
The letter announcing the course
and its availability for guard off,
GERS says that the officers should be
of field grade and SO placed in the
division that they may be used as
divisional gas officers. They will
study the basic principles of chemis-
try in its use in chemical warfare,
study the principal chemical weapons
and tactical problems and demonstra-
tions illustrating the possible uses of
gas. They also will be taught the use
of the gas mask and the care of the
same.
The Guard has been asked to per-
form police duty at the air races next
Saturday at Laurel. Md. These troops
did this duty at the last races and
were highly commended for their
| work. The duty Is purely voluntary
on the part Of the men, and they are
doing the duty exclusively for the
race track officials and in no connec-
tion with the Guard, it was an
nounced.
Capt. Clay Anderson, L. s. Army
Engineer Corps, Instructor of the local
Guard, has mapped out new plan of
drills for the men of the local engi-
neer regiment. In the new schedule