Evening star., 1926-12-05
District National Guard

Determined to fins some place In
| which tA~ local National Guard might
| keep ue ies rifle aAoUting record as
| made during the pask yeAr, in spite OF
the vnA11lsfaetosy asmoSy conditions
the ofy9uro have ak hast found a way
for the establishment Of an indoor
rifle 0a1lsey.
Ohossv. went down under the pres
ent aSsn0sy building. which is one of
the 0ovssnanent hotsls on the Union
Station Plaza. ana found a space
which V9eh . little excavation and i'm.
provemsat viii do for firing purposes.
The 1Vsk % making the alterations
alreo0v has he6un. and Il will be com
pletea ~ tAs fsaen a the engineer reg.
imen&, swing them ooYne real training
in tseu1A 0i1stng. throwing up earth.
wosiss And 6uiidias back stops and
Other ea0ipaasnt -. prevent stray
shots fS0sn going outside the target
space.
Tfyo eSAcSSeA oupDestang wall will be
used ~ part Of the hAckstop. and the
firing potn& win be . deep trench, SO
that tAe men will fiPo directly along
the pSaaeAa earth floor. The overhead
space unosr the buildings Is not very
great. AGeassstak1a0 the construction
Of . trench IN which the men may
stand. Besides. tho heat and other
servtc0 YlpsD And wires are under the
first na0r. The f!sst floor occupants
will 10 oFstectsd from stray shots by
the oo0aerUction Of metal DETECTING
plates - heep the bWliets from pass
Ing tAsvsUh the flooring. and every
precausjeW wili b taken. 1t was said
by oe,eAA fAe osnsesuction of the
range ,SSil be done under the general
charge % Capt. ]. c. Jensen, Ord
nance Department. end in charge of
the rite Sgactico q the members of
tho 1eeAl 0ssasd.
An hsNer roll for those officers and
enlisted sasn who maintain a certain
standard IN the military correspond
ence oesso0l courses has been estab.
lisheG ~ CAet. Clay Anderson. Regu-
lar Aytay tnstsveter, Ia charge of
them IN - enset - spur all of the
high SeAA6Ar6. The 1Sst list pub.
lishsd eunsalns the names Of six off.
Gers AAA ofo enliseeA man, as follows
Second asssut. Hssgh Everett, Second
Lieut.. Rosner ID. MIl)ar0, First Lieut..
George l. Evans. MAJ. Julian S.
Olin. FSrst Lieut.. Walter Welsh, First
Lieut.. WAitsr A. XnlGht and Sergt
Albert Offver. In e1der to obtain a
place On the heasr Ysil. Capt Ander-
son aGyAeoncs1 thai these entering on
tho oo4s9As mvak complete at least
two lseDnS a msntA.
The honor roll shows that Lieut..
EveretS, who heads the list, has COM
pleted % iesDnA two examinations
and completed tvo subceurses, while
Lieut.. Nillard hAs completed IA les
courses. Tho others on the honor
roll completed only from two to five
Recently Col. John w. Oehmann.
commanding the 13lst Regiment Of
En9ineeTo., isSued an order that Off
GERS of his regiment must complete at
least 0s,e lessen Q month, and Capt.
AndoHS0n oNnounoee that six officers
have qualified under this order. They
are Capt. Ralph 3. Childs, Capt. VIII.
liam y. J0rgsnsen. Capt. William E.
Beuchlss. Capt. ClAfsnce s. Shields,
Capt. Charles e. Smithson and Second
Lieut.. Aherd l.. Jorsensen.
The Norton Cadsts. one of the mill
tia drill teams famous during the
early s0s. ana one Of the orga MIA
tions out of which tho present District
National 0uarA we born, is planning
a reunien Of fts members. to be held
within the next two weeks. OF the 46
living sa0mherS Of this former corps
80 already hAve Indicated an intention
to attonA. Ono Of tho features will be
a competitive drill between the Nor
ton CaAota ana drill teams from Texas
and Wellington State. similar to those
held when theeo famous organizations
were st eAsir height.
ExaEalalng bsn6ds viii meet at the
the fitness OF ofhcore for promotion
and the commissioning of enlisted
men. The examinations are for the
purpose q filing vacancies as a major
Of Engineers. a captain Of Engineers,
a first lieutenant Of Engineers, one
captain Of Infantry, one first and
one second lieutenant of Infantry.
1t was announced that applicants
to take the examination for appoint
ment n the Infantry branch will be
received from enlisted men up until
the time of the beginning Of examina-
tions Tuesday night.
Tho examination for the Infantry
will Do open 70 enlisted men of other
branches OF the GuAxd, but in order
to qualify they must apply for trans.
vacancies IN ,the tniantry branch are
in the HeAdqvAreesv Detachment. goth
Division. And In the seth Military Po-
lice Company.
The only applications from enlisted
mon resolved to date are those of
Master Ssrgt. William G. Rose and
Technical Sergt. Hobart T. Walker,
both now serving In the Headquarters
Detachment. 2Sth Division
The vacancy in the grade Of major
Of Engineers was created by the re.
cent transfer to the National Guard
Reserve on his own application on &C
count Of removal from the District of
Columbia. Of Maj. JoN r. Mickey.
Tho hand Of the islst Regiment of
Engineers heads tho list in percentage
of drill attendance last week, accord
ing to = report issued BY headquarters,
but with . scero q but 7l4a. Com
pany c. le1st Enqlnesre. still retains
second D,Ase. with Q percentage of
67.1s. hy~ Scente higher than last
week. ne other organizations, in
their reAAtvo order and their percen-
tages fsliow: Company r. 12lst Engi-
neers. et.eA: Headquarters and Serv-
ice ComeasU. i1lst Engineers. $3.50
Company A. a7Sd infantry. 43.55: Bat
terry n. 3Soth Coast Artillery. 40.30
Headquarters Detachment. 29th Divi-
sion. 80; Company d. l2lst Engineers,
37.71: ReadQuarters Detachment, Spe-
cial rroops. 18th Division. 81 so: Com
pany e. l3tst Engineers. 1862; Medi-
cal Detachment. l3lst Engineers. 80:
Company b. 1alst Engineers. 1924;
2sth Military Police Company. %. and
Company A. l2lst Engineers. 21.54.
By hattaiionA the standing is as
followes HrSa Battalion. Seoth Coast
Artillery. to.3o: lot Battalion, 12lst
Enginsess. Ss.Ao: 2nd battalion. 12lst
Engiaeesv. eS.s6. and Special Troops
29th Dtvisien, Si.tS.
The SonoWing PROMOTIONS in the Med
zeal Detachment have been ordered