Evening star., 1925-11-29

E. Lee Trinkle of Virginia and Adjt
| Gen. w. w. Sale, also Of Virginia.
In the evening the divisional officers
were the guests of the Virginia mem
bers of the staff at a dinner at the
| Country Club, at which Col. Cutchins
| was toaStmaSter Those who went
| from Washington were Col. Stephan
! commanding the division: Capt sid.
| ney Morgan, commanding the head
| quarters and service company of the
l21st Engineers, but who is to be
| relieved from that command to be-
come an aidede-camp for Gen.
Stephan; and Capt. P. G. hewitt, as
sistant to the adjutant of the Ma
tional Guard of the District of
Columbia.
The band of the 121st Engineers,
Warrant officer Meyer n. Goldman,
commanding, still heads the list of
units composing the local Guard in
weekly drill attendance, being this
week many points ahead of it's nearest
competitor. The band had an attend
ance of so per cent, with Company G.,
l2lSt Engineers, second, with $500.
The other organizations with percent
ages and in the order of their stand
ing, follow: Battery A, 260th Coast
Artillery, $3.50; Battery b, 260th Goa st
al liliti oU-bU. "A, ISL
Sineers, 47.05; Headquarters and
Service Company, 1851; Company b,
l2lst Engineers, 41.27; Company +.
l2lSt Engineers, 40.54; Company A
lst Separate Battalion, Infantry,
1854; Company ID, 121st Engineers,
3S.71. Military Police Company. 1880;
Medical Detachment, 121st Engineers,
27.27. and Company +, 121st Engi-
peers, 25.72.
Upon recommendation of the COM
pany commander, Col. Oehmann has
issued orders directing the demotion
of Corps. Compton Essig and Isadoro
Frank TO be priVateS in Company B,
l2lst Engineers. Private Edward A.
Mcmahon has been ordered promoted
to corporal in the same command.
Sergt. Neil NJ. Goen has been pro
NOTED to first sergeant of Company
ID, 121st Engineers.
Lieut. J. c. Jensen, Company d,
captain of the Guard rifle team, has
been designated ito assume charge of
the indoor rife practice and matches
of the local guard. He is TO stir up
interest among the members of the
regiment in the indoor matSles which
will be fired at the indoor range at
the armory. to encourage gallery
shooting, and to organize and prepare
teams TO enter the National Rifle ASSo-
citation matches. 1t was announced
that If three teams are organized from
the membership of the regiment, that
a regimental competition will be held
and that the National Rifle Associa-
ton would supply the medals for the
winning team.
With view 10 placing the local En-
gineer Regiment on the highest plane
of efficiency, Col. Oehmann is about
to issue an order for a training OBJ
jective TO be attained by his command
during the current drill period. The
matter has been discussed with him
by Capt. Clay Anderson, United States
Army Engineer Corps, detailed TO the
local Guard as instructor. and the lat
ter has laid down a tentative plan.
which now is being embodied by Col.
Oehmann in an official order which
probably will be sent to the command
this week.
If the spirit and letter of the pro-
posed order are followed closely by the
officers and men of the command, the
local Engineer Regiment will be at the
top in efficiency by the time 1t goes to
the annual encampment. The tenta-
tive draft of the order follows:
Il. Desired that each officer and
non-Commissioned officer understand
thoroughly his personal military du-