Evening star., 1925-03-08
District National Guard

The non-commissioned officers of
the 260th Coast Artillery have ar
ranged to give the first of a series
OF dances Tuesday, March H. at the
Coast Artillery Armory. 1t is intended
to make It one of the smartest MILL
tary balls of the year in Washington.
Sergt. Everette Miller is chairman
of the dance committee, Technical
Sergt. Cecil Burden is in charge
of decorations and Staff Sergt. Hey
wood Saunders of illuminations. In
vitations have been sent to Maj.
Gen. Anton Stephan, Adjt. Gen. Lloyd
M. Brett and Col Louis c. Brinton
special guard detail will be posted
and delegation of commissioned
officers assigned as aids to the com
manding general and his staff The
hall will be decorated in green and
red, the green emblamatic of St Pat
| rick's day, the date of the dance, and
red being the Coast Artillery color.
Irish and American flags will be
draped around the room. The non
CONS" promise that this dance shall
be a huge success, and they have
agreed to turn all profits over to the
treasury of the 260th Coast Artillery
Club.
Capt. Louis NJ. Gosorn, First Lieut..
John z. Shepherd and Second Lieuts
Lloyd B. Gosorn and William ]. Heale
260th Coast Artillery, were detailed
Inauguration day as military aids to
governors and lieutenant governors
AS follows: Capt. Gosorn, with Gov.
Silzer of New Jersey; Lieut.. Shepherd
with Gov. Mcmillan of Nebraska
Lieut.. Gosorn, with Lieut.. Gov Smith
of Rhode Island; Lieut.. Heale, with
Gov. Fuller of Massachusetts.
Pay checks for members of the 26Oth
Coast Artillery for the third quarter of
1924 were delivered last week. Checks
Tor the last quarter will be distributed
after a drill Wednesday night. 1t is a
novel experience for guardsmen to re-
ceive six months pay in the same month,
but the growth and development of the
regiment has been so rapid since organi-
zatlon that it has been an impossibility
FOR the company clerks and others in
charge of preparation of pay rolls TO
perform the increased amount of work
made necessary by the addition of so
| many new men to the rolls in time to
keep abreast of the growth.
Furthermore, there was a question as
TO whether the War Department would
extend Federal recognition to all the
new units formed; also the rigid exam
made 1t necessary that Maj. Burns have
an opportunity to personally examine
the qualifications of each man. all of
which tended to delay the completion of
non-commissioned rosters and the pay
rolls.
However, not the slightest dissatis-
faction was exhibited by members of the
regiment over the delay in receiving
thelr pay. Many of the men are donating
their cnecks to the Regimental Club to
aid in furthering the social side of the
| organization. Maj. Burns has expressed
hlmself as being elated over the spirit
or loyalty shown by the regiment as q
whole. While the regimental organiza-
ton has now been completed, and all
members of the command will receive
pay Immediately after the close of each
quarter, Maj. Burns feels that it is a re-
harkable record Of personal interest in
an organization to have practically all
the members thereof SO enthused with
thelr training as to not show any con-
Germ Whatever is to whether or not they
would receive armory drill pay. The ar
tlllerymen will receive pay for the nres
ent quarter early in April
large number of guardsmen at
tended the annual stag" party of
company {, l21st Engineers. at the
City Club last Friday. The affair this
year was given as reward for men,
bers of Company c for having dis
posed of more tickets for the regi-
mental ball than any other company
IN the regiment. Capt William +
Jorgenson is in command of COMPANY
Z. He is president of the c COMPANY
Club, which had charge of arrange
ments. Lieut.. Col. Harry E. Gladman.
nrst president of the club and for
mo n
was the principal speaker.
veterans of Battery c. 10th. Field
Artillery, formerly members of the
District National Guard, held a meet
ing al the City Club Friday night.
ID. l.. Riordan was in charge of ar
rangements. Efforts will be made to
form permanent veterans organi-
zatton of former members of this body
1t is expected that several candi-
dates will take the examination for
commission as second lieutenant, l2lst
Engineers, to be held on April IA. All
of those taking the last examination
failed to pass, but classes are being
formed in several of the companies,
and the Regular Army officers as
signed to the District National Guard
are fnstructing the candidates who
desire special coaching.
The 26Oth Coast Artillery basket
ball team defeated the Palace Ath-
letic Club, Is to II, last week Week
ly games have been played the past
season at the 260th Coast Artillery
Armory, Sixth and Water streets
southwest, on Monday nights, and at
the Engineer Armory, 472 l. street,
on Thursday nights, by the C Com
pany team.
Gen. Lloyd NJ. Brett, adjutant gen.
eral of the District National Guard,
and Capt. Peyton G. hewitt, assistant
adjutant, have been attending the
SUMMER CAMPS.