Evening star., 1926-11-14

| refer you to representatives OF the
| various trade aad civic organizations
| who have indorsed the project and
| expressed willingness as taxpayers OF
the District to bear their fair share
| of construction COSTS
| Second Lieut.. Enrique G.. Canova
Engineer Reserve, has been ordered
assigned to the National Guard OF
the District of Columbia by head
| quarters of the Sd Corps Area at Bal.
received at the local Guard head
| quarters.
Pvt. Elwood V. Adams, Company
| A. 121st Engineers, has been ordered
| honorably discharged from the Ma.
tional Guard of the District Of Co
lumbia In order to permit him to en-
| list in the United States Navy.
The following enlisted men of Com
| pany f, 121st Engineers, have been
ordered transferred to the National
| Guard reserve and assigned to the
same command. Pvts. Earl r. Athey,
Joseph NJ. Bowman, Fred P. Myers,
| Britt r. Pugh and Edward Wall.
1t was said at headquarters that
| these transfers were made because
| the men were either going to school
or are working at night, SO that they
cannot take active part in the drills.
The band of the 121st Engineers IL
again at the top of the list after
many months Of effort, In the matter
of attendance at weekly drills, 1t hav-
ing a score of II .43. The other organi-
cations, in their relative order and
b-J1 G
Engineers, 66.13; Battery A, 26Oth
Coast Artillery, 64.71; Company A.
372d Infantry, 6O66; Headquarters
and Service Company, 121st Engi-
neers, 5000; Battery B, 26Oth Coast
Artillery, SAP; Headquarters Detach-
ment, 29th Division, 5000; Company
E, 121st Engineers, 47.89; Company B,
121st Engineers, 1888; Medical De-
tachment, 121st Engineers, 1894; Com
pany F, 121st Engineers, 30.99; Com
pany A, 121st Engineers. S0.66; Com
pany ., 121st Engineers. 3o.65; 29th
Military Police Company, $500.
By battalions, the 1st Battalion.
260th Coast Artillery, leads the list
58.82; the 1st Battalion, 121st Eng1-
neers, second, with a percentage of
a4.51; the Special Troops Battalion,
29th Division, 40 per cent, and the
I'd Battalion, 121st Engineers, 36.77.
The 29th Military Police Company
is the only unit of the local Guard
now under the strength required by
the War Department for the main
tenance Of Federal recognition. it
was indicated by the weekly report.
Lieut.. Col. F. L. Case, United
States Army, attached to the Sd
Corps Area headquarters, at Baltt-
more, Md, came to Washington last
Tuesday for the purpose Of present
ing to the rifle team Of the local
Guard the silver cup won by them
in the Sd Corps rifle competitions.
in which the local outfit bettered the
'egular troops. The presentation
was made in the Office Of Maj. Gen.
Stephan, at the armory, in the pres
ence of his staff and the members
of the team. In presenting the cup
to Gen. Stephan, Col. Case said that
If the regular troops could not i'm
prove in the future, he hoped that
the National Guard would continue
to hold the cup.
In accepting the cup Gen. Stephan
gave the full credit for the feat to
Capt. J. G. Jensen, ordnance depart
ment, captain of the team, and told
Of the success Of his efforts to not
only increase the rife craftsmanship
Of the members of the local Guard,
but OF his efforts to make the Ma
tional Guard team the best rifle team
in the country. He said that he
had been more successful than any
one else in getting the members of
the Guard interested in rifle prac-
tice. He said that he was going
to depend on Capt. Jensen to keep
the cup in the local Guard.
Capt. Jensen, in taking the cup
from Gen. Stephan, said that he
would make every effort to retain
the cup here, and would continue to
give his best efforts to promote rifle
ractice among the members Of the
units composing the National Guard
of the District of Columbia.