Evening star., 1925-07-12

won seventh place.
Close behind him, though, was Sergt.
j. w. Crockett, of the 260th Coast
Artillery. local National Guard. In
the event that any other member of
the team is unable to go, Sergt.
guard will have two representatives.
Out of a possible 2,20O. at the compe-
tition recently held for candidates for
the team at the Marine Corps rife
range. Fisher of the United States
Marine Corps shot 1888: 1oerger,
United States Infantry, ], ,922: Dodson,
National Guard of Pennsylvania,
1,916; Coulter, United States Marine
Corps. 1891; Phillips, United States
Engineers, 1880; Needs, District Ma
tional Guard. 1877, and Crockett, Dis
trict National Guard, 1859.
The following enlisted men of the
Medical Detachment, 121st Engineers,
have been honorably discharged on
account of removal from the District
of Columbia: Pvts. Maurice K.
Keller, Thomas Pettis and ]. Calvert
King.
A large detachment of the Guard
representing all units, went to the
automobile ra&es at Laurel yesterday,
under command of Maj. Joe r.
Mickey, commanding the 1st Bat
talon Of the 121st Engineers, to per-
form police duty in handling traffic.
officers and men of the local guard
are somewhat elated over the con-
gratulations received from Brig. Gen.
s. D. Rockenbach, commanding the
District of Washington, on the fine
showing made by the local Guard in
the Defense day test on July 4. Gen.
Rockenbach said that the local
suardsmen turned out in fine shape.
in response to the Governments call.
The figures compiled at headquar
ters showed that no officers were abb
sent on the day of the test; that there
were SAT enlisted men present and 112
absent. There also We're recorded 2,8l2
one-day civilian volunteers.
The reports showed the following
present: 29th Division staff, officers;
State staff, officers: 121st Engineers
headquarters, 10 officers; medical de-
tachment, 121st Engineers, 2 officers
and II men; headquarters and service
company, 121St Engineers, 3 officers
and SO men; Company A. 12lst Engi-
neers. 2 officers and II men; Company
=. 121st Engineers. 3 officers and 47
men: Company c, 121st Engineers,
officers and 55 men; Company D, 12fst
Engineers. . officers and SIS men: Com
pany E, 121st Engineers, 2 officers and
62 men; Company r. 121st Engineers,
officers and so men; 29th Military
Police Company, Infantry. 2 officers
and 80 men: 260th Coast Artillery
Headquarters, officers; Company ..
260th Coast Artillery. 3 officers and II
men: Company 3, l21st Engineers, 3
officers and % men, and Company A,
18th Separate Battalion, 4 officers and
IA men.
The first of the annual encampments
of the units of the Guard will be
started next Sunday morning, when
Company A. 1st Separate Battalion,
Infantry, cOlored troops. will leave for
it's two weeks of camp training in the
field. 1t will go to Saunders Range,
the Maryland National Guard rifle
range, near Glenburnie, Md. The or
ganization is commanded by Capt. Ar
thur C. Newman.
Capt. H. H. Pohl, inspector Of in
struction of the local Guard, has been
ordered to this camp as instructor
during the period the local troops are
there. Maj. Harry c. Ruhl, Maryland
National Guard. will be in command
of the camp. which will have also col
ored units of the Maryland National
Guard.
The Guard headquarters has asked
the War Department for a waiver of
the height requirement for officers
in the case of SerGt. Alfred L. Jorgen-
sen, Company b, 12lst Engineers.
Jorgensen has passed all the eXamina-
tions for promotion to second lieuten-
ant, but is one-half inch shorter than
the 64-inch height requirement for
officers. He enlisted in the local Ma
tfonal Guard December 10. 1918. at
which time the height requirement
was 63 inches. He is a brother of
Capt Jorgensen, commanding Com
pany c, 121st Regiment of Engineers.
Several changes have been made in
the drill schedule for the 260th Coast
Artillery during the period of their
annual encampment at Fort Monroe,
Va August 16 to 80, next. They were
made on the recommendation of Col.
Edward Carpenter, U. S. Army, Coast
Artillery, commanding the Virginia
fortress. AS amended the hours
which will be put in on various parts
of the training are: Physical exer-
cises, pa hours; care of camp, 2
hours: infantry drill, ~ hours; artil-
lery drill, IA hours; subcaliber target
practice, IL hours; service target prac-
LlCe, D nOuTS, Slildll StI SeI pldC-
tice, 2512 hours; care of arms, u
hour, and gas mask instruction, 7
hours-a total of 6712 hours.
Commanding officers of guard units
are responding we'll to the require
ment for all pay rolls for drill attend
ance be submitted promptly. All of
the pay rolls have been turned in and
have been forwarded to the finance
officer of the Third Corps Area for
approval and payment. Under the
new regulations, no pay rolls will be
approved until all units have sub
mitted them.
Company C, 121st Engineers, is
back at the top of the list in drill at
tendance for the week just closed, the
report from headquarters showing it
with a percentage of 74.54. The 9TH
ers in the order, follow: Company
A 121st Engineers, 1872; Company f,
121St Engineers, 67.74; band, 121st
Engineers, 63.636; medical detach-
ment, 121st Engineers, 63.635; Com
pany B, 121st Engineers, 6274; Head
quarters and Service Company, 121st
Engineers, 61.53; Company d, 121st
Engineers, 5S17; Company A, 1st
Separate Battalion, Infantry, 58.10;
Company F, 121st Engineers, $40;
29th Military Police Company, 56.s1;
Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery,
$3.50, and Battery A, 260th Coast
Artillery, 1850.
Local guard headquarters expects