Evening star., 1925-06-28

Elaborate preparations are being
made by the members Co. r, 121s,
Regiment of Engineers, for their pre-
camp smoker. There are so many de
tails being arranged for the big night
that 1T was necessary to postpone the
date to July Z. according to Capt
Thomas A. Lane, commanding. The
affair is to be held In the gymnasium
at the armory, 472 l. street northwest
Lieut.. Hamilton. chairman of the
committee, has made arrangements
for an exhibition bout between Johnny
Conroy and Sergt. Herman Lavenroth
of Co. r. Music will be furnished by
the Mount Rainier Orchestra. and
Mess Sergt. Green promises plenty OF
chow and smokes.
The following re-enlistments in Co.
F, 1elst Engineers, have been an
uouneed: Sergt. Herman LaVenroth,
Clifton McCullar and Francis Manion.
The latter was formerly a sergeant of
Co. F, but for the last six months has
been chasing rum runners off the Jer-
sey, coast. He plans to tell of his ex-
perienceS at several addresses which
he will deliver during the annual en-
campment at Virginia Beach, Va, the
latter part of August.
Staff Sergt William o. Burbage. Co.
+, has been appointed acting first
sergeant of that company.
In order to take advantage of the
annual encampment 1t Is likely that
men will have to have at least one
months service, according to Capt.
Lane. He has established in Co. f
an intensive training course for re-
.cruits, and the school is in charge of
Sergt. w. d. Steuler. Before going to
camp the recruits will have instruc-
ton in school of the soldier, squad
and company.
A special class for noncommissioned
officers of the 260th Coast Artillery
will be held at Fort Washington, Md,
today. according to Nal Walter w.
Burns, commanding. The men will go
to the Potomac River fort early today
by motor truck.
A number of members of the 260th
Coast Artillery took the examination
for promotion to non commissioned
officers which was held at the armory,
Water and o streets southwest. last
week. The results of the examination
have not been compiled as yet, but 1t
is expected that the outfit will go to
camp with several new non-coms.
National Guard headquarters has
prepared and distributed the blanks
on which members of the command
will report themselves as available
for duty in connection with the de-
tense test on July 4. Those who will
be out of the city must report that
TACT. The blanks called for signature
rank, residence address and telephone
and business address and telephone
The blanks are returnable on July 4
before 8 pm.
There has also been distributed to
the various unit commanders
strength report to be filled in and re-
turned to headquarters not later than
the day following the first regular
drill subsequent to the defense test.
These reports will show the actual
strength of the National Guard of the
District of Columbia on Defense Test
day, July 4.
Company c, 12lst Engineers. jump
ed from eighth place to first place and
Company A dropped from first to
eighth place in the attendance compe-
tition in the local National Guard for
last week. The percentages of attend.
ance and the relative standing, in or
der. follow:
Company c, 121st Engineers, 65.45:
Company B, 121st Engineers, 64.0O:
Headquarters and Service Company.
60.1l; Company E, 121st Engineers
60.34; Medical Detachment, 121st En-
gneers, 5714: band, 121st Engineers.
oo.l7: 10Th Military Police Company.
infantry, $500; Company A. l2lst
engineers. 54.544: Company D, 12lst
Engineers, 54.543; Battery B. 260th
Coast Artillery, 47.36; Company F.
lSIst Engineers, AIS: Battery A
Zooth Coast Artillery. so, and Com.
pany A, 1st Separate Battalion. In.
fantry, 41.66.
Inc Following men of Battery r.
zoVth Coast Artillery. have been
ordered honorably discharged for the
reasons given: business interference
rrNates William A. Bramhall. ir.
victor M. Eisenbeiss, Carmyn. H.
Longest and j. Watson Morse: edu.
cational interference, Private Merwin
H. Brown. -
orders issued by direction of Mai
Zen. Anton Stephan. commanding the
District of Columbia Militia. direct
that the following named enlisted
men OF Company A, 1st Separate Rat
talon, be dropped as deserters as of
the oates following their names, they
naVlng tailed to report for drill since
the dates given and all effort to locate
them having failed: Privates Jesse L.
Dean, March 80, 1925; Reginald Good.
win. March 9, 1925: John H. Jackson
october 13, 1924; Jacob E. Johnson
october 20. 1924; Silas Johnson. Feb
ruary 9, 1925; Leggett B. Lyles. Sen.
tember IL. 1924; Ennis H Smith
March 3, 1925; Israel J. Twitty, July
2S. 1924. and Oscar A. Wilde, october
q, 1924.
The 26oth Coast Artillery, Mai. W.
W. Burns, commanding has been or.
dered to proceed to Fort Washington
Nd, on July IL. July IS and July %.
Tor the purpose of instruction in
coastal Notifications, preliminary to
the annual encampment at Fort Mon.
roe, Va. The necessary transporta-
ton and subsistence will be furnished
by the quartermaster of the National
Guard. If the transport Gen Rucker
is not available for this duty, 1t is
probable that the local command will
be dispatched overland to the river
post by motor truck
hurry call for the estimates of
funds needed for maintaining the
National Guard of the District of
Columbia has been received from the
District authorities. Heretofore these
estimates have had to be on file be-
fore August Is of each year, but the
new order requires them to be in by
July 1. There is considerable speed
ing up at National Guard headquar.