Evening star., 1926-01-17

day night. The pay rolls for the
! Headquarters and Service Company
! have been sent to the area headquar-
| iers In Baltimore. and IT Is hoped to
nay this unit next Tuesday night.
The basket ball team of Company
d. 121st Engineers, commanded by
Capt. William Turner, played the
| ROamer team Friday night. The team
from Company G now is engaged In
| playing strenuous schedule. Friday
night 1t played the Anacostia Eagles
and next Friday Will pay the cham
/ pionship team of F. +. Meeks. com
posed of a membership drawn from
the basket experts Of the Church
! League. To date this team has won
! I'VE and lost only two games. Lieut..
George Harbin. coach and athletic Off
Ger, has the following in his squad:
. Forwards. Segt. Instructor CoanShocl
. Pvt. Howard. Pvt. Shullenbergsr and
Pvt Andrae: centerS, Lieut.. William
l. Mushake and PVT. Steinmetz;
guards, Pyts. Johnson. Redmond and
! Waters and Capt. William r. Jor-
| gensen.
The rifle team of George Washing
ton University defeated the National
! Guard team headed by Capt. j. G. Jen-
sen. Ordnance Department, BY l point
| in a match at the university gallery
Saturday night. Another engagement
| is being planned
The bowling team Of the 12lst Engi-
neers has gotten under way. Follow
Ing drill last Tuesday night Companies
A and contested. as did Company
{ against i. Company
In q further effort to get support
for the move to have portion Of the
Pension Office Building assigned to
the local Guard for armory purposes,
Gen. Stephan has written the follow
ing letter to Senator Claude \. Swan
son of Virginia, Representative Fritz
G.. Lanham, David Lynn, architect OF
the Capitol; James-A Wetmore super
vising architect OF the Treasury. and
Maj. Ulysses 5. Grant, Sd. director
of the office of public buildings and
public parks of the National Capital,
all members of the Public Buildings
Commission:
Recently ! made application to the
chairman OF the Public Buildings Com
mission for assignment Of portion
Of the Pension Office Building to the
National Guard of the District of Co
lumbia for armory purposes, and il is
understood that this request viii be
considered by the Public Buildings
Commission at an early date. In this
connection, your consideration Dt the
following facts is requested: The Ma
tional Guard of the District of Colum-
bia is organized under Congressional
act of 1889, with the President of the
United States designated as com.
mander-in-chief. Since its organiza-
ton in 1889 X has been housed in
rented quarters. 1t has been neces-
sary from time to time to change
locations as rents We're increased or
other changes took place, and we are
now under notice to yaCate our pres
ent armOry. at 472 l. street northwest,
Oh June 80 next
Suitable quarters, or. as a matter
of fact. quarters of any character
have not been located which can be
secured to house the organization
One by one, buildings which have been
suitable have been converted to other
uses, and We now find ourselves with
out suitable drill accommodations
The Pension Office Building, with the
large rotunda, surrounded by indi-
vidual rooms, will be ideal for our
purposes. the rotunda being used as a
drill floor and the surrounding rooms
for assembly. locker and store pur-
poses.
The assignment of a portion of the
Pension Office Building to the National
Guard of the District of Columbia will
obyiate the necessity of congressional
appropriation for the erection of
armory facilities for the District of Co
lumbia National Guard, and at the