Evening star., 1926-10-31

| the Guard at Congress Heights.
First Sergt. David w. Milne, Com
| pany F., 121st Engineers, and First
| Sergt. John ID. Powers, Company f,
121st Engineers, have been ordered
| to appear before an examining board
| Tuesday at s pm, which Is to de-
| termine their fitness and qualif1ca-
| tions for promotion by commission to
| the rank and grade of second lieu
tenants of Engineers.
Though slow at first, officers and
men of the Engineer regiment now
are showing an unusual interest IN
the opportunities offered to take the
military correspondence courses pro-
vided by the War Department. When
| the courses were first announced, i'm
mediately there was prompt response
| from the other organizations CompoS-
| ing the local Guard, with only a
| couple from the Engineers. But last
week there appeared to be an awaken
| ing, when 16 officers and men ap-
| piled for the courses. They are:
| Col. John w. Oehmann, command
ing the regiment; Lieut.. Col. Harry
E. Gladman, executive officer; Capt.
c. E. Smithson, regimental adjutant;
Capt. r. S. Childs, commanding Com
pany B; Capt. w. E. Beuchler, COM
manding Company A; Capt. $. X.
Turner, commanding Company ID;
Capt. G. w. Johns, commanding Com
pany F; First Lieut.. E. A. Mcmahon,
Company A; First, Lieut.. w. A.
| Knight, Company B; Second Lieut.
| Hugh Everett, Company E; Second
Lieut.. A. L. Jorgensen, Company B.;
First Sergt. ]. F. Colbert, 29th Mill
| tary Police Company; Sergt. j. E. But
Ter, Company A; Corpl. j. G.. May,
Company A, and Pvt. H. J. MacDon-
ald Company A.
Col. John w. Oehmann has been
named in special orders issued by bri-
gade headquarters as president OF an
examining board which Will con-
vene at the armory at O'Clock pm,
December Z, for the purpose OF exam
| lining Second Lieut.. Homer B. Mlllard,
| Company f and Second Lieut.. Hugh
Everett, Company +, to determine
their fitness for promotion to the rank
| of first lieutenants of Engineers.
The following enlisted men of the
| United States Army, detailed with the
local National Guard as instructors,
having fired course "a" rifle marks
manship. and having qualified Octo'
Der Z, 1926, in the grades Indicated Iol-
lowing their names, are announced II
orders as such, effective from date OF
qualification, their duties being such
as require maintenance of proficiency
in craftsmanship: Sergt. Andrew Nc
Nelis, expert rif1eman, score 3l1; Stan
| Sergt. Charles +. Coanshock, sharp
shooter, score 290, and Master Sergt.
Joseph G. Sutton, markSman, score
2S6.
For the first time in many months,
the band of the 121St Regiment OF En-
gineers, Meyer Goldman, leader, ha
| reached the top of the list in the mat
ter of weekly attendance at drills, ac
cording to the reports received at
headquarters. But the figure reached
to attain the top of the list is so low
as to take away some of the dlstlnc-
ton, and the whole report this week
indicates that the local Guard is suffer
ing somewhat from apparent lack Q.
| interest of the men in the drills fol
| lowing the encampment period.
officers now are wrestling with the
| problem of making the work and
| training so interesting that the men
| will not want to remain away, bu
| they admit that they are seriously
| handicapped by the absence of a suit
able armory to which to invite the
men. The attendance problem il:
causing no little concern.
In order to head the list in attend
| auce the band had only to show a
score of 68.5S. The other organiza-
tions are given, following in their rel
ative order, and with percentages of
attendance: Company C, 121st Engi-
neers. 67.75; Battery A, 26oth Coast
| Artillery, 60.79; Headquarters and
Service Company, 121st Engineers,
| 60. 90; Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery,
81. 30: Company A, 372d Infantry,
SO. As; Company f. 121st Engineers,
52.12; Company D, 121st Engineers,
46.7S; Headquarters Detachment,
| 29th Division, 45.73: Company B, 121st
Engineers, 41.00; Company +, l21st
Engineers, 40.S5; Company A, 121st
Engineers, 38.10; goth Military Police
Company, $500: Headquarters Detach-
ment, Special Troops, $3.50 and Medi-
cal Detachment, 121St Engineers, 5000
It is significant, too. from a perusal
of this report that there is only one
organization in the list, the 29th Mill
ary Police Company, is below the
strength required by the War Depart
menI as perquiSite for obtaining allot-
ments of Federal funds.
Five first lieutenants of Engineers
have been ordered to appear on De-
cember before an examining board
of which Col. John w. Oehmann, Is
president to determine their Qualif1ca-
tions and fitness for promotion to the
grade Of captain Of Engineers. They
are Robert G. MacCartee. Headquar-
ters and Service Company; George L
Evans, adjutant of the I'd Battalion;
James NJ. McGruder, adjutant of the
1st Battalion; William I. Mushake,
Headquarters and Service Company,
and Walter S. Welsh, Company c.
These examinations indicate that
there is to be a shift along the line OF
the commissioned personnel, and the
promotion of Evans and Magruder to
captaincies means change In the bat
TALON headquarters organizations, a:
their rank, on promotion, will pre-
clude them remaining in these posi-
tions. One of the line captains is to
become a major to succeed Maj. Joe
r. Mickey, shifted to the service, ane
another examining board, also headed
by Col. Oehmann, will convene on De-
cember for the express purpose of
examining Capt. Ralph S. Childs for
that position. He is the senior line
captain in the outfit, and the position
goes to him by virtue of this seniority
provided he passes the requisite eX
animation. He now is In temporary
command of the battalion. in addition
to his other duties as a company com.
mander.
The Engineer regiment of the loca
Guard is to have another lieutenant
colonel, and he will be none other than
the Army Engineer officer assigned
here as instructor of the Engineers
Under authority given by the Militis
Bureau of the War Department, Capt.
Clay Anderson, United States Arm
. Engineer Corps. appeared before ar
examining board headed bH Col. Och
mann last week to determine his DUAL
ifications for commission as a lieu.