Evening star., 1926-06-27
District National Guard

he SAYS, is expected to bring in one
friend for enlistment. 1t Is important,
he said. that a waiting list be estab-
lished for good soldier material, In Or
der that vacancies may be filled with
out delay.
Col Lloyd NJ. Brett, adjutant gen
eral of the local Guard, has written to
the Y. NJ. c. A. School officials asking
them to bring to the attention OF stu
dents there the possibilities and value
Of enlisting In the local National
Guard. He points out that at the
present time the headquarters detach-
ment Of the goth Division STAFF Is In
course of organization, and the men
being selected for this unit are OF the
highest type obtainable. These men
will be specialists in every sense and
will act as office assistants for the
heads of the various staff branches
represented on the division staff-that
is, adjutant general, quartermaster.
signal, etc. 1t Is desirable that most
Of these men have a knowledge OF
office procedure and some experience
in stenography or typewrtting.
Corpl. Percy II. Skinner, Company
f, 121St Engineers, has been ordered
promoted to sergeant in orders issued
by Col. John w. Oehmann, command.
ing the engineer regiment. Pvt. F'irst
Glass; Malcolm F. Bailey has been or
dered promoted to corporal In the
same command.
Upon the recommendation of Maj.
George J. Allen, commanding the Med
ical Department, 121st Engineers, Pvt.
Philip F. Biggins has been ordered by
Col. Oehmann to be promoted to staff
sergeant.
The original dates set for the four
day camp Of instruction for the Off.
GERS of the 121st Regiment Of Engf-
neers at Fort Humphreys. Va, has
been ordered changed to July IA to
II, inclusive. 1t was at first planned
to send them to camp from June % to
July /, but word came from the Militia
Bureau of the War Department that
this would not be possible, because Of
the lack Of funds, and it was found
necessary to wait until the new ap-
propriations become available.
The officers will take an intensive
period of field training and acquaint
themselves with the camp and the lay
of the land, so that they may settle
down quickly to the field training
schedule when the entire regiment
goes there.
Second Lieut.. Leroy S. Mann has
been designated as publicity officer Of
the 260th Coast Artillery.
The Headquarters Detachment. Spe.
cial Troops. 29th Division, which has
held the top of the list in the matter
of attendance at drill during the past
several weeks. still clings to the high
mark. but last week increased its own
percentage to 100, according to figures
compiled at headquarters. The other
organizations, in their relative order
and their percentages, follow: Band,
121st Engineers, 71.43: Battery A.
260th Coast Artillery. $3.50: Battery
B, 260th Coast Artillery, 66.04; Com
pany F, 121st Engineers. 65.73; Com
pany ID, 121st Engineers. 54.10: Head
quarters and Service Company. 121st
Engineers. 54.06; Company Z, 121st
Engineers, 53.74; Company B, 121st
Engineers. so; Company c, 121st En-
gineers. 5O$29th Military Police Com
pany. Special Troops, 46: Medical De-
Company A, 121st Engineers, rs.
Company A, 372d Infantry. was not
reported this week.
The list shows five commands now
under strength, notably the Head
quarters and Service Company, 121st
Engineers; Company B, 121st Engi-
neers: Company c, 121st Engineers:
29th Military Police Company and the
Medical Detachment, 121st Engineers.
Richard F. Norton enlisted in Com.
pany A, 121st Engineers, last week.
A copy of Washington's headquar.
ters flag was presented by the city of
Philadelphia to the Corcoran Cadet
Corps, now Company A, 121st Engi-
neers. when that command went to
Valley Forge on June Is, it was an.
nounced. The flag is now on display
in the company quarters at the ar
mory. The command went to Phila-
delphia and Valley Forge and partici-
pated in exercises with other com.
mands. wearing the distinctive uni.
forms of the old corps.
This corps rifle team won second
place at the Sesquicentennial annual
rife competition. making a total of