Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-08
District National Guard

B. Cockrel. 1l13 Allison street. Head
quarters and Service Company. 12lst
Engineers: Raymond T. Sullivan,
$500 o street. Medical Detachment
121st Engineers: William l.. Simmons
1919 Kenyon street. Medical Detach'
ment, 121st Engineers; Earl Haney.
1721 Thirty-third street. Medical De
tachment. 121st Engineers; Robert @.
Kirby, 1890 Thirty-second street
Medical Detachment, 121st Engineers,
and John T. Carroll. IA Franklin
avenue. Capitol Heights. Nd. Medical
Detachment, 121st Engineers.
The base ball team of the t2lst
Regiment of Engineers. will leave here
this morning by motor truck for
Quantico, Va, where this afternoon
they will play a team OF Marines. &C.
cording to Mai Joe r. Mickey. ath-
| letic officer of the Guard. who will &C
| company the team South. The
Marines first team is at the Sesqui-
centennial at Philadelphia. and the
Guard either hopes to place the second
team or the Air Service. Eighteen
member Of the local team will be the
guests Of the Marines at dinner. The
base ball game is TO start at 2:30
o'clock and Maj Mickey has made the
request that as many of the guards
men as can go there today in order to
root for the home team.
| The National Guard bathing pool
on the rifle range at Congress
| Heights. y. c.. has been opened to
civilian use. 1t will be available from
to | o'clock each morning and from
to 6 o'clock each afternoon. and the
Congress Citizens Association will
furnish life guard service during this
period, according to an agreement
with the National Guard.
Private. first class. Everett Nc.
/ Cowan and Private Paul NJ. Dickey
have been ordered transferred from
Company r. 1olst Engineers, to Bat
terry B. "60th Coast Artillery.
| Gen. Stephan has written letter TO
Rear Admiral II. O. StiCkney. Sesqui-
centennial representative i'll this city.
| that the local Guard Is DESTROYS OF
! sending a detachment Of troops TO the
| Philadelphia celebration on District
of Columbia day, October next. but
that it is a question of finding funds
i for this purpose.
| The general apprised Admiral
|
the Sesquicentennal board had at its
disposal funds for this purpose and
| asked if it were possible to allOt a
portion of them to the local militia
| TO pay the expenses of the detach-
ment which il is proposed to send to
! the Quaker City.
Some excellent comment on the
high state of efficiency displayed by
| Company A. 372d Infantry, Capt. Ar
! thur G. Newman. commanding, dur
| ing the period of its recent encamp
ment at the Saunders Range. Md.
brought forth an Endorsement of
commentator from Gen. Stephan.
Capt. George G. Parkhurst. L. s
! Army. instructor of this outfit in
camp. wrote on the efficiency report
| of this unit that the discipline Of
this organization is far superior to
| that of the average National Guard
| Orga nization. The morale and esprit
| of this organization is unusually
| high due TO the fact that the officers
and men take their work seriously"
To this Cen. stephan added the
following and forwarded it to capt.
Newman: The comma ndnG general
is pleased TO note the rotations listed
in this field inspection report Please
mand my appreciation for their sol
dierly bearing and exemplary conduct
during the period Of the field training
| encampment. 1t is hoped that by
! their future conduct and industry
| members of Company A. 372d In
| fantry. will demonstrate their con
! tinued superiority"
| Following the regular drill last
! Tuesday " ha #
| Dany G.. 121st Engineers held an as
| sembly all their own and called before
II their commanding officer. Capt.
William +. Iorgensen. They pre-
scented him with a set of silverware
the occasion being his recent mar
Iiage to Miss Blanche Richard
The presentation speech was made
by Sergt. John A. Schricker. who told
the captain that he had the best
wishes of every member of his COM
mand Capt. Jorgensen made an
appropriate reply.
! The following promotions of com
/ missioned officers in the 12lst Regi-
| ment of Engineers, as result of
| recent examination. were announced
at headquarters: Willisn1 f, Beuchler.
! from first lieutenan, 20 captain.
George w. Johns. from FIRST lieuten-
ant to captain; Thaddeus A. Riley
from second TO first lieutenant: Ed
! ward a. Mcmahon. from second TO
/ first lieutenant: John r. Temple from
second to first lieutenant; Samuel W
Marsh. from first sergeant To second
! lieutenant. Joseph r. Fitzgerald from
staff sergeant to second lieutenant
and Enrique G.. Connova, from SER
geant to second lieutenant.
| AS a result of these promotions the
| nj no Ccie H.
were announced: Capt William r.
| Boucher to Company A. Capt George
| w. Johnson to Company F.. First Lieut..
Edward A. Mcmahon TO Company A.
! First Lieut.. Thaddeus A. Riley to
| Company f, First Lieut.. John F.
| Temple to Company ID. Second Lieut.
| Enrique G. Connova to Company A .
Second Lieut.. Joseph f. Fitzgerald to
Company c, and Second Lieut. Samuel
| W. Marsh to Company D.
| The following changes in assign
! mentS have been ordered: First Lieut.
James X. Quade from Company +, TO
Company and Second Lieut. Hugh
Everett from Company c to Com
pany f.
| The members of the Headquarters
and Service Company 121st Engi.
neers. know now that they will have p
successful encampment. they say be
cause of the fact that Private Donate
has re-enlisted to cook for them again
| this year.
The number Of pieces in the bar
of the 121st Engineers is increasing
weekly. and il is being whipped into
| shape for nightly concerts at Fort
| Humphreys. during the encampment.
by Meyer Goldman. leader and Drum
| Maj. J. j. Mcdonald. New men are
| being or1iSfcd drill iDb II