Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15

Martin. 80 X street northeast. Com
pany A, 121st Engineers; William S
Taylor, 2031 Nichols avenue south
east, Company D, 121st Engineers
Robert B. Shanahan, 1905 Thirteenth
street. Company d. 121st Engineers
Irving Fillmore, 945 Fifteenth stree,
southeast. Company D. 121st En-
gineers. and Maurice Lee Crater. 81:
Alabama avenue southeast. Company
! D. 121st Engineers.
| The following enlisted men of Bat
| terry A. 260th Coast Artillery, have
been ordered honOrably discharged
| from the National Guard of the Dis
trict of Columbia on account of bust
| ness Interference: Maurice j. Orler
Edwin Meredith, Haywood Saunders
| Jack Halam. Ralph l.. Walker and
, George J. Simmons.
The following men of Company r
121st Engineers, National Guard Re
serve, upon request OF Capt. George
W. Johns, commanding that unit OF
the active forces, have been ordered
restored to the active list and as
signed to duty with that command
Sergt. Richard T. Jones; Pvts. first
class James E. Clements. Britt r
Pugh and Carney c. Wilson, and
L tlS. 11oWdIu w. DOyCc, HIdnI "A
Dodson, Adam G. Mouton, Fred p
Myers. Martin T. Storey, Edward L.
Thorpe and John d. WEIGH
Col. Oehmann has ordered the fol
lowing promotions in the regiment
all on the recommendations Of the
various company commanders: Sergt
John d. Powers, to he first sergeant
of Company F. to fill the vacancy
ta1 hx.% ~
Rose; Pvt. Isadore Bryan. to be cor
poral in Company d, to All the va
cancy created by the reduction of
Bernard c. Christensen to be pri-
vate.
Medals have been ordered awarded
to a number of men and officers of
Company A, 372d Infantry, by reason
Of their having qualified in firing rifle
course d. during the period of the an
nual field training of that unit. The
medals and the scores made follow:
SharpshoOters - Sergt. Frederick
Myers, 225. and Sergt. Monroe Slaugh-
ter, 224.
Marksman-Capt. Arthur C.. New
man, commanding, 2OS; First Lieut.
Cornelius A. King, 215: Second Lieut..
Frank Coleman, 20S; First Sergt. Ira
Nj. Payne, 212; Sergt Howard NJ.
Sparrow, ZIG; Sergt. John w. Powell.
21O; Sergt. Oscar G.. Blue, 206; Sergt.
Francis J. Ennis, 200; Sergt. Sylvester
T. Blackwell. 200; Sergt. Leroy G..
Davis. 1913; Corpl. Benjamin II. Bur
rell. 2OS; Corpl. John Nj. Davis. POI;
Corpl Edward w. Young, pol; Corpl.
Merrill Tomlin, 200; Corpl. Oscar J.
Gay, 1873; Pvts. (tirst class James l..
Hoeton. 2O3; Robert NJ. Shamwel,
fS low
Richard Smallwood. zoe: Sylvester
Fent, 203: George Tinney. 1893: Alfred
f. Dabney. 1913: Robert n. Lang
ston, 1893; Clarence Washington. 1873;
James Chase, 1877. and James A.
Allen, 1876.
The headquarters detachment, spe,
cial troops, 29th Division, headed the
list in percentage at attendance at
drill last week. it was announced at
brigade headquarters following "a
compilation of returns. This unit,
Just prior to going to camp, topped
the list with 100 per cent, and was
the only unit to do it. The percent
ages of the other units of the local
Guard, in their relative order, follow:
Headquarters detachment, goth Di-
vision, SS.5S; medical deptachment,
121st Engineers, S637: Battery B..
260th Coast Artillery, 80 10; band, 121st
Engineers. 74.39; Battery A, 260th
Coast Artillery. 70; Company r,
121st Engineers, 6775; Company A,
372d Infantry. 64.63; Company A.
121st Engineers, 1911; Headquarters
and Service Company. 121st Engi-
neers, 56.76; Company 3. 121st Engi-
neers. 56.46; Company G, 121st Engi-
neers. 51.67, and Company D, 121st
Engineers, 1894.
The last two companies are below
the required maintenance strength
necessary to permit it to take part in
the encampment. However. sufficient
men are to be transferred from other