Evening star., 1926-03-21
District National Guard

| the end Of the third quarter and 48
drills to the end of the fourth quarter
have been exceeded.
Col. Lloyd NJ. Brett, adjutant gen.
eral Of the District of Columbia Mi
litia, enjoins all unit commanders to
see that all units hold 48 drills during
the present calendar year and not ex-
ceed the number Of drills authorized
for the fiscal year 1926.
Four promotions from the ranks to
commissions as second lieutenants of
engineers were announced by head
quarters, as follows: Staff Sergt.
Thaddeus A. Riley, Company e; C0rpl.
Edward A. McMahon. Company B:
Pvt. first class) Homer B. Millard.
Company e, and Pvt. Hugh Everett,
jr., Company e, all Of the Engineer
Regiment
The following men Of Company F,
121st Engineers. have been ordered
transferred to the National Guard
Reserve and assigned to the same COM
mand: Privates first class. James e.
Clements and Britt r. Pugh, and
Pvt. Martin T. Storey.
Pvt. Frank e. wedderburn. jr.. has
been promoted to corporal in Com
pany A. 121st Engineers, upon recon-.
mendation Of Capt. Roy w. Keesee.
who also recommended the reduction
of Corpl. Walton e. Shipley to private.
which also has been approved in
orders issued by Capt. Charles D.
Smithson. adjutant Of the regiment.
Pvt. George l.. DeMott, Head
quarters and Service Company, 121st
Engineers. has been ordered honor
ably discharged on account of removal
from the District Of Columbia.
Second Lieut.. George F. Harbin,
Company D, 121st Engineers, appeared
before an examining board last Tues
day night for promotion. and passed.
transfer from tho line company to the
staff, and assigned as regimental
plans and training officer. filling the
vacancy made by the recent transfer
Of Capt. e. H. Grove. In this new
duty. First Lieut.. Harbin will have
charge Of tho plans for tho regiment
at its coming encampment and also
supervising the training, ono Of the
most important stan assignments in
the engineer regiment. This assign
ment is q tribute to the ability Of the
officer. who held his second lieuten-
ants commission only a short while.
Other promotions in the regiment
and the new assignments include
Second Lieut.. Charles 3. Hamilton to
first lieutenant and assigned to Com.
pany d, 121st Engineers; Second
Lieut.. Edward A. Mcmahon to Com
pany A; Second Lieut.. Homer r.
Millard to Company F, and Second
Lieut.. Hugh Everett to Company c..
Company F. 121st Engineers. sound.
ed of at the top Of the list this week
In attendance with a percentage Of
69.70, while the 29th Military Police
Company, which has stood high In
tom with an attendance of but 40
per cent. Generally, the figures for
all the units show a decided slump
In attendance. when not even the
highest company reached the 20 mark.
The other organizations, in the
relative order of standing, and their
percentages, follow: Battery b. 260th
Coast Artillery, 1924: Band, 121st En-
gineers. 68.5s: Battery A, 260th Coast
Artillery, 6S.43: Company z, 121st En-.
gineers, 60.32; Company c, 121st En-
gineers, 5000; Comany b. 121st En-.
gineers, 1858; Headquarters and Serv.
ice company 111SC EHBIHoeTS. oI.SVs
Medical Detachment, 121st Engineers.
$3.50; Company D, 121st Engineers,
1926; Company A, 372d Infantry (col-
ored), 54.29, and Company A, 121st
Engineers. 53.13.
Consideration is being given by Of
ciaIs Of the local Guard to the PROPOSE
ton of publishing q service paper de-
voted exclusively to the activities Of
the National Guard of the District of
Columbia. The matter has been under
discussion in various quarters for
some time, all practically agreeing on
the desirability of having such a
paper. but the matter has just come
to a head with the directions issued
by Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, COM
manding the outfit for the appoint
ment Of a special board Of officers to
make an investigation into the matter.