Evening star., 1926-05-16
District.NatiOnal Guard

mans score vas 23i, two points less
than that of Capt. Shields.
Capt. Jensen has issued a challenge
! to a competition on the rifle range
with teams representing the Quantlco
Marines and the Engineers at fort
| Humphreys, Va. Efforts are pelns
made to have these matches held III
a short time. and although they were
beaten by the midshiWnen the local
shots are confident that they can mex
the other service teints IN TINS
vicinity.
, COL John w. Oehmann. commands
| ing the 12lst Regiment of i.nsineers'
delivered an addres last week to the
| DeMolay Club, during wEich ne
| pointed out the advantages OF an en-
| liStment in the local National Guaro.
| Among the opportunities he iald DE-
| fore these young men were the phy-
sical benefit, promotion to the COM
missioned grades. availability for com
mission and rapid promotion IN ume
Of war. together with the posslblhty
of obtaining an appointment 10 the
| United States Military Academy.
| The meeting was arranged Tor thlS
DurpoSe by Col Sterling Kerr. com
! mander of the Military Service Legion
composed of former members or the
! local National Guard.
Efforts are to be made by the local
| National Guard to recruit the DIVISION
! headquarters and headquarters de-
| tachment of the 29th Division, which
| has been allotted to this city. How
ever. new tables of organization have
been received which reduce the num-
| ber of men in this outfit from oil TO
| SO. The unit will be commanded by
an officer to he designated by the di-
| vision comma nder. the tables not
/ providing for any officer personnel.
There are to be eight enlisted men
in the general staff section, one of
whom Will be q sergeant: tWo men IN
the signal section. one to he stau
| sci seant: six men in the ad1utant
section, two TO he staff SerSealtS-
| one man in the inspections: five men
| in the quartermaster section. two To
be technical SerGeantS and three TO
be sergeantS: one technical sergeant
| in the ordnance department: three
men in the judge advocates section,
one a staff sergeant; four men in the
! finance section, one to be q master
sergeant: two men in the chaplain
section: three men in the postal sec
ton. one to be corporal.
1t was announced at headquarters
tDdL men peculiarly llltcO AoA lIcSS
Jobs are needed. although the posi-
tions will he for the most part
/ clerical.
The band of the 121st Engineers
heads the list in attendance at drill.
according to the compilations for last
| week, made public at headquarters,
having n percentage of 5000 The
other organizations. in their relative
| 4 Il.
quarters and Service Company, 12lst
Engineers. 69.70; Battery b, 260th
Coast Artillery. $500; Battery A.
| 260th Coast Artillery. 61.02; 29th Mill
tary Police Company, 5000; Company
f, 121st Engineers, 1858: HeadQuar
ters Detachment. Special Troops, 29th
Division, 55.56; Company F, 121st En-
gineers. 55.0S; Company A, 12lst En-
gineers, 53.45; Company c, 12lst En-
gineers, 5000; Company B. 121st En-
gineers. 49.16; Medical Detachment,
121st Engineers, 44.45; Company d,
121st Engineers, 44.27. and Company
a, 372d Infantry, Ais.
The base ball team of the 121st
Engineers. it was announced. is com
pleting it's organization and having
practice games every Sunday morn
| ing on the west diamond OF the
! EllipSe. 1t is making preparation to
participate in games with the Sd
| Corps Area teams, with a view to
capturing the championship Of this
area. The order of games has been
announced for the area teams.
The championship team Of, the
Maryland National Guard will be
determined On July II by games he.
tween the 1st Infantry and LIST Med
ical Regiment at Baltimore and be-
tween the 5th Infantry and the 10th
Field Artillery at Pikesville. Md, fol.
lowed by a game on July "a between
the winning teams of the July II
event.
The 121st Engineers team Of the
local Guard will meet the winning
Maryland team in a series of three
games to be played July %, July 81
and August at points to be agreed
upon between the contestants, the
National Guard championship Of the
Northern division, Sd Corps Area, be-
ing thus determined. The winning
team will play three games, August
Z, l and Is, against the winning team
of the Regular Army in the North
ern division. In the meantime the
Southern division, comprising the
State of Virginia. will develop it's
championship and the Corps Area
championship will be settled by
series of games between the division
leaders on August 18, 81 and 25.
Communications coming from the
National Guard of Pennsylvania are