Evening star., 1925-07-05
District National Guard

reassigned to command Company f,
121st Engineers, relieving First Lieut..
John w. Johns, who will remain with
this command. Capt. Lane was re-
lieved of his command while he was
at Fort Humphreys, Va, for three
months attending the course at the
engineers school.
Pvt. Bernard A. Buscher, Medical
Detachment, 12lst Engineers, has been
recommended by Maj. George J. Allen
for promotion to staff sergeant in this
unit.
The automatic rifle school will hold
a session at the rife range at Con-
gress Heights, ID. c., July 21, accord
ing to Capt. Sidney Morgan, in
structor. The students will fire on
the range with the light Browning
automatics at landscape targets at
a range of 1000 inches. This is a
miniature musketry problem where
the men fire at painted landscape
with sights set at 1900 yards and
the shots are Immediately recorded in
an apparatus above the scenery
Owing to the fact that number of
men will be out of the city during the
present holiday, Col. John w. Och
mann, commanding the 121st Engi-
of the band rehearsal scheduled for
today at the Armory.
Company A, 121st Engineers, heads
the list in attendance at drill for last
week, according to the percentages
made up at guard headquarters. 1t
had at drill an attendance percentage
Of 1855, and the other units in order
with percentages of standing follow:
Company f, 121st Engineers. 69.8l:
Company &, 121st Engineers, 6363
Company f, 121st Engineers, 62.O6:
Company A, 1st Separate Battalion.
Infantry, $3.50; Headquarters and
Service Company, 121st Engineers.
59.25; Medical Detachment, 12lst En-.
gineers, $685. 29th Military Police
Company, 59.09: Company B, 12lst
Engineers, $500; Company D, 12lst
Engineers, 52.72; Band, l21st Engi-
neers, 51.61; Battery A, 26Oth Coast
Artillery, so, and Battery s, 26Oth
Coast Artillery. 4S.07.
Capt. Louis M Gosorn will be in
command of the 260th Coast Artillery
during the defense test, in the absence
from the city of Maj Walter w.
Burns.
Maj. Burns. commanding the Coast
Artillery unit, has announced that his
unit will leave for camp on August Is.
proceeding by motor truck and auto
mobile over the road to Fort Monroe,
Va, where the encanmpment will be
held. The camp barracks, he says, in
notice TO the command, will be with.
in 100 feet of the Chesapeake Bay and
one mile from Buckroe Beach, Sum.
mer resort. There will be swimming
twice a day, and it is planned to con.
clude all drills by pm, except on
target practice days.
In order TO carry out the Summer
camp program so that every one will
have an enjoyable time with not too
much work. he says, 1T will be
necessary TO have several trips to
Fort Washington, Md, for training on
the 1O-inch guns. Our program calls
Tor a two-day maneuver in nearby
Virginia, July and 3. In view of the
TACT that many are to be away for this
time, 1t has been decided to call this
on. 1t Is expected, however, that full
cooperation will be given in securing
the best results from the Fort Wash
ington trips. The first trip will be
made on July Il and IL, leaving Satur.
day night at o'clock If boat accom-
modations can be secured. If not, we
viii go by trucks. Barracks will be
provided about five minutes walk
from the battery. The following week
another trip will be made. There will
be a Sunday boat on the 18th, and all
men are asked to invite their friends
TO come down and make 1t an outing.
There will be no drills on Wednesday
following the Sunday drills
A non commissioned officers school
will be held at Fort Washington for
the Coast Artillerymen on July %.