Evening star., 1925-11-01

| ing, ana 1uTTlSnSu the pOSSipiIlly llkd1
through ordinary separations, which
was believed also to include men
who might want to re-enlist. that
many good men would be lost to the
| Guard simply because the strength
must be cut down and re-enlistments
might be stopped. The new order
provides that men who are discharged
! by expiration of enlistment may be
re-enlisted within thirty days from
date of discharge, regardless of the
| strength of the unit.
The order fixes the total strength
| of all units of the Guard at one war
rant officer and 720 enlisted men, and
! the limits of strength on the indivi-
| dual units as follows: Headquarters
and Service Company. l2lst Engi-
neers, " men; Medical Detachment,
| 121st Engineers, % men, lettered com
panies of the l2lst Engineers, 65 men
each: Goth Military Police Company
] 90 men; lettered batteries of Coast Ar.
/ tillery, Co men each. and lettered com
panies of Infantry. 65 men each.
Preparations are being made by the
Guard To send a rifle team against
teams of the Sd Corps Area. includ-
/ ing the Regular Army, National Guard
Reserve officers and Reserve Officers
| Training Corps, at Camp Meade, Md,
! October 81 and November !. The con
/ test will be for cup donated by the
Baltimore News, which was won in
1929 and 1925 by the Regular Army.
with the local National Guard team
/ as second.
| First Lieut.. j. c. Jensen, l2lst En-.
gineers, has been designated as cap
| tain of the team, and he has been
| designated in orders to select 10
| shooting members and > alternates.
| The duty viii be without pay. but
| Government employees will be furnish
| ed certificates OF service. The match
| will be fired at 200 yards slow fire,
and 200. 500 and 600 yards rapid fire.
In addition to Lieut.. Jensen. the
| team will be composed as follows:
Capt. c. S. Shields, Company L, 121st
Engineers; Master Sergt. +. F. Berns-
| dorff. Headquarters and Service Com
pany, 12lst Engineers; Technical Sergt.
| II. A. Robertson. Ordnance Depart
| ment; Technical Sergt. F. 3. Kaye,
| Headquarters and Service Company,
| 12lst Engineers; staff Sergt. l.. T.
Needs. Company f, 121st Engineers;
Staff Sergt. T. A. Riley. Company +,
| 121st Engineers: Serst. +. d. Andrus,
| Company L, 121st Engineers: Sergt.
| Fl. +. Riley, Company l.. l21st En-
gineers: Sergt. George T.. Notava,
| 260th Coast Artillery: Sergt e. B.
Martin. Company +. 12lst Engineers;
| Sergt. w. NJ. Slavik, Company l.,
| 12lst Engineers: Sergt. II. II. Green,
| Company ID. 12lst Engineers, and Pvt.
| f. A. Mcmahon. Company b, l2lst
| Engineers. All except McMahon and
| Robertson were members of the team
which participated In the national
! matches at Camp Perry, Ohio.
Orders have been issued for the
| organization Of a board of officers
which will conduct examinations for
| the purpose OF developing a list of
| eligibles for promotion to the grade of
| second lieutenant of Engineers. from
| which selections will be made from
| time to time 10 fill vacancies in the reg
| on the list of eligibles. Those seeking
| commissions in the Engineers must he
serving at the time as enlisted men
| in the organization.
| Col. John w. Oehmann. command
| ing the 12lst Engineers. has been
| designated as senior member of the
board. the other members of which
are Maj. George ]. Allen, command
| ing the Medical Detachment, and Capt.
| Clay Anderson. U. s. Army Engineer
| Corps, instructor Of the local Engineer
troops, who was placed on the board
with his consent, and also because
| Of the fact that the regulations pro
| vide that there must be a regular
| officer on the board to examine off.
GERS for units which are federally
| recognized.
Second Lieut.. Daniel b. Lloyd at
| present second in command of the 29th
Military Police Company, has applied
! for transfer to the 121st ENGINEERS
| His transfer has been approved BY
! Lieut.. Raymond c. Peak, commanding
| the military police unit, and 1t now
| awaits only the approval of Col. John
| w. Oehmann, commanding the Engi-
neers. Lieut.. Lloyd is a graduate
engineer. and is peculiarly fitted for
engineer duty.
Corp1. Lincoln S. Jones, Company
&c. 121st Engineers, has been trans
| ferred TO the National Guard Reserve
and assigned to the reserve of that
unit. The reason for the removal
| from the active list, il was said at
| headquarters, is because CorpI Jones
| is a second lieutenant in the En-
gineer Officers Reserve Corps, and
the War Department would not as
sign him to active training duty in
that rank as long as he was on active
duty with the local National Guard.
| Unit commanders of the Guard are
| arranging their property for the an
| nual inspections which began last
| week and Will continue until Decem-
! ber 81, in accordance with general
| order issued at headquarters.
Maj. James r. Lusby is the United
States property and disbursing officer
of the National Guard OF the District
of Columbia.
! Organizations of the local Guard are
| experiencing their annual post-camp
reductions, which is bringing several
OF the organizations down below
| strength and will soon permit of re
| Cruiting. While number of the
men are seeking separation because
| of removal from the District of Co.
| lumbia. the great majority of applica-
| tions are on the basis of educational
/ interference. Service with the Guard
with its weekly drill, is said to inter.
! fere with some of the men in the
night studies. However, these cases
! this year are being closely scrutfn.
lied. in view of the fact that most
| night schools have classes on three
| nights week, and the Guard drill
night Is on an off-school night AL.
ready a number of applications for
discharge on this account have been
| turned down because investigation by
the officers have shown they were not
| true. 1t is just an attempt on the
part of some of the men to get out
| under this guise. Not only will they
not be allowed TO quit, but they will
not be allowed to remain away from,
drills. Those who consistently refuse
| to attend drills with a good and valid
| reason will be court-martialed Sen.
| tences of Guard court martials are en-,
forced by the United States marshal
f.. for the District of Columbia
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