Evening star., 1926-01-17
District National Guard

Company c Association. composed
of members and former members of {
Company. 1@1st Engineers. are plan
ming an entertainment and dance a
the City club, March "a. the night
following their annual armory inspec
ton. Lieut.. Col. Harry l.. Gladman
executive officer of the regiment. i:
director of the affair. The command
VIII Fave as its guests. in addition tC
the officers of the regiment official.
of the Militia Bureau of the War De
partment, and officers from Fort Hum
phreyS, Va, where it is planned thai
the Guard will hold it's next annua
encampment.
Col. Gladman now is working on the
general committee list. and expects tt
announce the personnel within a short
time. in addition to the entire pro
gram for the affair, which is TO be
distinctly a military bail The music
Will be furnished by the b. nd OF the
l21st Regiment OF Engineers, of which
Meyer \. Goldman Is leader.
Plans have been perfected by Capt
William f. Jorgensen, comma ndinE
Company c, for building up this unit
into one of the largest in the local
engineer regiment. He has perfected
an organization and divided the re
sponsibilities so that each officer and
man will be required to perform a
specific duty. The company. he says
Will be divided into two permanent
platoons and permanent squads, with.
out regard TO a mans attenda nee
The officers and noncommiSSoned Off
GERS of each unit Will be required to
keep their outfits to at least a so per
cent standard. Platoon commanders
will have direct charge of the attend.
ance and recruiting in their respective
units. Section and squad leaders will
be responsible for attendance and re-
cruiting in their units.
He announced also that continual
absences will not be tolerated and
that absences of men from drills will
be closely checked and appropriate
court-martiai action will be taken if
necessary. Credits for promotion will
be given men first for length of serv-
ice. attendance, department during
drill, promptuess and recruiting. in
the order named.
The Eff Club. composed Of members
OF Company +. l%Is. Engineers. held
its annual dance last night at the
knights OF Columbus auditorium.
There is general opposition being
shown in the regiment to the recon-
Humphreys again THIS year Tor it's
annual field training, in the lace OF
suggestion tndL theI go ~ Ihe
vicinity of Philadelphia. Pa, at the
time of the Sesqulcentennlal ceiebra-
ton there, ii was learned. Most OF the
men, and a number oil the officers. are
anxious for an encampmenC near
Philadelphia. and do not relish much
going to "a camp So near the base.
II pi,s. g.l,... fs
so strong that a number OF the men
have approached the company com
mander with the suggestion that the
former are willing TO pay the differ
ence between the fare which ordi-
narily would be allowed by the Gov
ernment and the fare to Philadelphia
in order TO make this trip possible
If It is a matter of transportation
expense, il was pointed ouI. II would
probably be found on examination
that practically all of the men would
be willing to pay the difference in
fare.
Although the recommendation of
Col. John W. Oehmann. commanding
the regiment, that IL go to Fort Hum
phreys has been forwarded To the Sd
Corps area headquarters at Baltimore.
Nd, no report has been received of
any action taken. 1t should he stated
in fairness, however, that the purpose
in recommending that the regiment
be sent TO Humphreys again this year
Is that IL is an engineer camp where
engineering training may be had to
best advantage, and there IS a large
area for operations such as bridge
building and demolition work. on the
other hand. it was pointed out, the
men look forward TO the annual period
of training TO have n place for some
recreation after a hard day in the
field. and the festivities planned at
Philadelphia have appealed to them
in view OF the invitation that has been
received.
The Coast Artillery for the first
tilne in many months heads the list
in drill attendance, according to the
report made public at headquarters
Both batteries are at the top of the
list, BATTERY +, 260th Coast Artillery.
IrSt with a percentage of 6U.93, and
SatterE a, second. with u percentage
ut 56.23. The band of the 12lst En-
SineerS. which held the list head con
sIstently for about three months, has
heen releeated to fourth place with
a percentage Of 54.2S. while third
place Is held by Company G, I21st En-
SlneerS, with n percentage OF 64S3
The other organizations, in the order
named, beginning with fifth place
which Is held by the Medical Detach-
ment, l2lst Engineers, with 5000 fol
low: 29th Military Police COMPANY.
a0.0G Company -. l21st Engineers.
f9.2u; Headquarters and Service Com
pany. 46.l5; Company A, 372d Infan-
try, 44.44: Company T.. 12lst F,ngi-
neerS, AS.93; Company +, l21st Engi-
neers, 1898; Company A. I21st Engi-
neerS, 43.54. and Company b. loIst
Engineers, 34.ST.
Company T, l2lst Engineers. had
four candidates FOR second lieutenant
take the physical examination last
Tuesday night. They were: Sergt.
John ID. Powers, who, during the war,
was a lieutenant in the 10th Field
Artillery; First Sergt. Hobart T, Wal.
ker, Staff Sergt. William o. Burbage
and Corp. Thomas A McGaffin.
Sergt. John J.. Bradford. Battery 4
26Oth Coast Artillery. has been ordered
10 report before the Coast Artillery
examining board for examination for
promotion to first lieutenant uf Coast
Artillery.
Second Lieut.. Daniel Il. Lloyd, 18th
Military Police Company has been
appointed summary court to try cases
brought against members OF this unit
SerEt- IuN j. Bolton has been or
dered reduced to private in the 2eth
Military Police Company, on recon-
mendation Of Lieut.. Raymond NJ.
peak, company commander. Promo
nons made in the same command have
been ordered as follows: Corp Robert
j.. White to be first sergeant: Corp.
John W. Adams to be sergeant and
Prtvs. Samuel A. DelvecChio and
Harry A. Nelligan to be corporals.
Capt. Goodwin Pierce Dunn has been