Evening star., 1925-02-22

appointed Dy capt. ROY w. hecScc,
commanding. The company has
adopted the distinctive name, and will
be known in the future as the Cor
coran Cadets.
First Lieut., Just C. Jensen, Com
pany d, 121st Engineers, has been
authorized to organize rifle teams in
the District National Guard for the
purpose of beginning practice for the
Summer rife matches at which vari-
Gus military organizations compete
for national honors each year. After
the Spring and early Summer practice
team Will be picked to represent
the District National Guard at the
national matches. Regular practice
will be kept up until the matches are
held. The practice will begin imme-
diately after the organization of the
trial teams. All men in the District
National Guard interested in rifle
shooting should apply for a place on
the trial teams. Lieut.. Jensen will
see applicants at the National Guard
Armory. after drill on Tuesday night
next week.
Corpl. Daniel B. Lloyd, 2sth Military
Police Company, has been placed on
the eligibility list for commission in
the military police company. He will
appear before the Corps Area Board
Of Examiners at an early date to be
finally examined for the purpose of
filling the existing vacancy of second
lieutenant in the company. Corpl.
Lloyd rated highest of all applicants
taking the examination held recently.
Contrary to custom, the District
National Guard will not participate
in the forthcoming inaugural parade
e.. Il q
sire that the parade be short, the
officials in charge of the ceremonies
were forced to eliminate the guards
men along with many others who
were desirous of the honor of a place
in the procession. However, many of
the men who have marched in other
inaugural parades will no doubt be
content to. view the spectacle from
the shelter of stands and windows
The resignation of Capt. II. H
Leizear has left a vacancy in the
ranks of the District National Guard
rtflemen that will be hard to I'LL. His
years of service as member, captain
and coach of the guard teams were
crowned with success. He built up
an interest in rife shooting among
the guardsmen that will not soon dis
appear. Himself an excellent rife
shot, having won the Presidents
match and many other trophies with
both the large and small bore rifles.
his great experience made him most
valuable as a coach and captain. I'm
der his direction the District Ma
ttonal Guard team won places in the
first division at the national rifle
matches the last two years. Lieut..
j. c. Jensen has temporarily taken
charge of rife practice. Lieut.. Jen-
sen is an experienced rifieman, hav-
ing been a member of the national
match teams for many years and n
member of the international small
bore team.
Company ( and Headquarters and
Service Company are shooting the
second stage of the National Rife
Association company team match.
STAFF Sergt. Lloyd T. Needs is captain
of the Company team and Technical
Sergt. Frank B. Kaye is captain OF
the Headquarters and Service Com
pany team.
The regimental rife team match
will commence February % and ex-
tend to March 81. The National Rife
Association regulations require that
Is members compose the team, the 10
high scores to count. All branches
of the regular service, the National
Guard of the various States and the
Organized Reserves will be repre-
sented in the match.
The Company c basket ball team
won from the Knights OF Columbus
team by the narrow margin of two
goals Thursday night. The guard
team broke away from q 1916 tie in
an extra period of play. Pvt.
Schallenberger, new member, scored
two field goals for the guards in the
extra half. The final score was 20-16.
Goetz, Coanshock. Andrea and Schal-
lenberger alternated as forwards,
Mushake played center, Conlyn and
Jonshon played guards.
Capt William H. Crosson, Corps Of
Engineers. Philadelphia, Pa, has
been ordered to washington. D. c.,
to inspect the National Guard units
here. The dates for the inspection
are as follows:
Headquarters. 121st Engineers,
neers, March 25; Company B, 121st
Engineers, March Is; Company C,
121st Engineers, March 27; Headquar-
ters and Service Company, 121st En-
gineers, March %; Company A, 1st
Separate Battalion, Infantry, March
30; State Staff Corps and Depart
ments, March 81: officers of 29th Di-
vision staff, March 81; Company D,
121st Engineers. March 81; 29th Mill
tary Police, April /; Company E, 121st
Engineers, April 2: Medical Detach-
ment, 121st Engineers, April 8, and
Company F, 121st Engineers, April 3.
Corpl. John w. Jackson, Company
F, 121st Engineers, D. c. N. c., has
been promoted to the rank of SER
geant. The promotion was made
upon recommendation of Capt.
Thomas F. Lane.
The following promotions were re-
Gently made in Company B, 121st
Engineers: Pvt. Qst CLASSY War
rem A. Slee- and Pvt Isadore
Frank, to be corporals. Capt. Ralph
S. Childs commands Company B.
Company C, 121st Engineers, Capt.
William F. Jorgensen, commanding,
will be given stag party at the
City Club the evening of February
%. The entertainment is to be a
reward for having disposed Of more
tickets to the recent anniversary
regimental dance than any other
company of the organization.
Sergt. John Scricker has been Sc
lected as coach for the rifle team of
Company C, 121st Engineers.
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