Evening star., 1926-05-02
District National Guard

the local Guard, Headquarters Detach-
ment, Special Troops, Goth Division,
started it's drills by jumping to the
top of the list of attendance scores
for last week. piling up percentage
of $3.50. The other ORGANIZATIONS, in
their relative order and percentages,
follow: Headquarters and Service
Company. 121st Engineers. 1858;
Medical Detachment, 121st Engineers,
$3.50; Band, l21st Engineers, 6s.5S;
Company c, 121st Engineers, 1927:
Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery, 62.07;
Company T., 121st Engineers, 1921;
Company A, 121st Engineers, 55.18;
Company D, 121st Engineers, b4.10;
Battery b, 260th Coast Artillery, $500;
Company Il, 121st Engineers, 51.67;
Company a. 372d Infa 5l.4S, and
29th Military Police Company, 51.29.
The consolidated rifle practice re-
port for the Guard covering the year
ending December 81 last has just
been made public. 1t contains some
interesting figures as to the advance
of rifle practice in the local Guard,
showing that out of 49o men on the
rolls 304 men did not complete the
firing course or did not fire at all.
1t shows that 176 men completed the
course, and that Al men completed
the course, but did not qualify. The
aggregate score for the entire organl-
cation was 35,096, and that the aver
age score per man for the entire
course was 1882. The practice
netted IA expert riflemen; II sharp
shooters and 1903 marksmen.
Company {. 121st Engineers, had
the highest average score per man,
its figure being 224,5 The others fol-
low: Headquarters and Service Com
pany. l21st Engineers, 203.6; Company
A. 1o1st Engineers, 217.4; Company
r, 12lst Engineers, 203.6; Company
y. 121st Engineers, 1000: Company
t. 1c1St Engineers, 212.2; Company
r, 12lst Engineers. 1870; Company
A. 372d Infantry, 1879. The 260th
Coast Artillery did not fire and the
10Th Military Police Company only
qualified two men, and does not figure
in the final scores. Company r., l2lst
Engineers, qualified the greatest num-
ber of men, nine expert rif1emen, one
sharpshooter and Is marksmen.
The National Guard Armory. 472 L
street northwest, has been sold, and
will be changed into a warehouse for
IL
made by the Guard officials to have
the new owners give them an extern
sion on their lease, as they have no
building in sight and must move on
June 80.
Guard officials are making strenu-
Gus effort to get support in Congress
to the two resolutions, one introduced
bv Senator Capper in the Senate and
the other offered by Representative
Zihlman in the House OF representa-
tives. authorizing the use of the hrst
floor and rotunda of the Penslon
Building in Judiciary Park as a Ma
tionaI Guard Armory. However, the
Public Buildings Commission last
week directed that the General Ac-
counting Office be placed in this buil0
ing and that the Pension Office be
moved to the Interior Building.
There seems to be a number OF
members of Congress in favor or CIV
ing the local guardsmen some place
in which to drill and train and house
their equipment, but they have found
much difficulty in getting concrete
support for measures which would
give them relief. If nothing comes
soon. the Guard will be out of a home
on July I next.
Representative Anthony j.. Griffin
of New York. speaking on the local
armory situation, said: IF it is
deemed worthy to have a body Ma
tional Guard orga nized from among
our citizens, it is certainly incumbent
upon the responsible authorities to
provide an adequate armory for them
for drill purposes and for suitable
storage of the many thousand dollars
worth of valuable arms and equip
ment the troops receive. To do other
wise is against all common sense and
essential and reasonable prepared
ness The District of Columbia Ma
tional Guard should be provided with
an armory worthy the name of the
National Capital