Evening star., 1926-12-12
District National Guard

dered promoted to the grade OF
| sergeant on the general staff of the
| 29th Division. and assigned to the
! Headquarters Detachment. At the
same time Private. firstclass. Thomas
! p. Baxter was ordered promoted to
corporal on the general staff. Both
promotions were made on the recon-
mendation of the unit commander.
In the 29th Division Special Troops,
/ Private. first-c class. Fra ncis Lee has
been ordered promoted to, corporal,
| while Corp. Morton d. Levy has been
ordered reduced to the grade of
private.
The recommends tions of the COM
ma nding officer of the 29th Military
Police Company for the following
promotions i'm that unit have been APP
proved by brigade headquarters: To
be sergeantS. Corps. Ashton Bonnaf
fon. Thomas =. Hudson and Earl T.
Fischer; TO be corporals. Pvts. Joseph
r. Steuart. Edgar NJ. MacCoy and
George T. Finnin.
Pvt. j. Russell Anderson. Battery r.
260th Coast Artillery. has been or
dered honorahly discharged from the
Guard because of removal from the
District of Columbia.
Another unit is to he added to the
militia forces in the District of Colum-
bia it was announced at brigade head
quarters. The War Department. in
it's reapportionment of strength of the
Nationl Guard. has authorized the or
ganiZation here of another battery of
Coast Artillery. and as this will give
this branch of the service full bat
TALON. a headquarters for the 1st
Battalion has been authorized. The
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terry &.
Mai. Walter w. Burns. command
ing the present units. has been direct
ed to form the new outfit as early as
practicable. when it will be mustered
into the National Guard and Federal
service.
To provide for the commissioned
personnel for this new organization
there already has been issued an order
forming an examining board and nam
ing certain of the officers to appear
for examination to determine their
fitness for promotion. The board will
convene at the Coast Artillery Ar
mory, at First and Water streets
southwest. at 8 o'clock on the night
of January II next. and Mai Louis G.
Brinton. Regular Army instructor. has
been named president Of the board.
Those ordered up for examination
for promotion to the rank of captain
are: First Lieuts. Lyman f. Morris
and John l.. Bradford.
Those ordered up for promotion to
the rank of first lieutenant of artil.
lery are: Second Lieuts. William j.
Heale. Lloyd B. Gosorn and LIE Roy
S. Mann.
In addition. orders have been issued
for the converting of the examining
hfo rdn fCh Of hn
hour for the examination of candidates
for promotion from the ranks to the
grade of second lieutenant Of artil-
lery. All desiring to take the exam
ination have been directed to forward
their applications to the adjutant gen
eral Of the District of Columbia
Militia.
Upon recommendation of the com.
manding officer of Battery B, 260th
Coast Artillery, the following named
men Of that unit have been ordered
transferred to the National Guard Re-
serve for the reasons given: Educa-
tional interfere James H.
Tanning. jr., and William M. Crabb.
Business interference-Pvt. Robert F.
Boteler.
Sergt Kenneth j. Bushman has
been ordered reduced TO the grade OF
private in the 29th Division Special
Troops, while Pvt Elmer W. Hum
phrey has been ordered promoted to
| the grade of sergeant. Both changes
were made on the recommendation OF
| the company commander.
| The following men of the Medical
4 Detachment, 121st Engineers. have
been ordered transferred from the
active list to the National Guard Re.
serve: William Simmons, Stanley
| Simmons and John Belt.
Capt. Clay Anderson, United States
Army Engineer Corps. assigned to the
Engineer Regiment OF the local Ma.