Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-29
District National Guard

nual encampmsnt period for the Ma
tional Guard of the District of Column
ma, when all the troops (which have
been in the field for the past two
weeks viii have completed their duty.
Ii also marks the beginning Of the
armory drill period for 1851 All Of
the troops. except, perhaps. the io1st
Regiment of Engineers are reporting
a profitable period ia the field. when
they are supposed to put TO practical
use the theoretical training which
they received in the armory during
the previous year.
Almost continuous rains prevented
the 121st Regiment of Engineers put
ting into effect the elaborate field
training schedule which had been
mapped out for them by Lieut. George
F. Hardin. reSimental plans and train
ing officer. Practically all the in
struction which the Engineers recciv-
ed was the kind which they could just
AS we'll have taken i'm their armory
here, although there were a few days
when they could go out and actually
engage in building bridges and roads
The encampment, however. develop
ed at least one profitable incident
which Col John w. Oehmann says he
Will make an effort to have corrected
field, and that Is the lack of proper
equipment for such weather condi-
tons as the troops ran into. rracti-
cally all of the men were found to
have but one pair of shoes and these
In many instances. were found to lie
In such condition as to be wholly
unit for field service. 1t deveioDeti
also numerous cases of limiting shoes
which had the troops taken a. long
march on a hot day might have in
creased the ca casualties.
As soon as 1t WAS discovered tina,
many of the men We're walking around
In wet shoes orders We're issued TO
provide each man with two pairs In
many instances il was discovered that
the company comma nders had suffi-
cient equipment in their storerooms.
but had failed to issue them for v;ri-
Gus reasons. the principal one Of which
seemed t" be that they are held re-
sponsible for this property and if lost
or stolen. they may be forced 10 pay
for it,
Many of the men also We're found
TO be wearing cotton socks. declarrd
TO he entirely unsuitable for field Splv-
Ice. To the troops of the Regular
Army. il was pointed out. are issued
wooden socks for field service, but
owing 10 the fact that the National
Guard is in the field but two weeks at
a time such property Is not issued to
them However. Col. Oehmann made
it plain that he was going to make IA
recomme ndatiOn to the War Depart
ment that issue socks he given to the
members of the Guard for use at an
nuaI encampmentS.
Private John y. Coffman. jr. has
been ordered promoted to sergeant in
the Headquarters and Service Com
pany "f the 121st Engineers and pri.
waite Lloyd Nell has been promoted to
corporal Corpl. Walter :. Rasinger
has been reduced to private in the
same command.
Private first class Joseph Il. Hobbs,
Company ID. l2lst Engineers. has been
ordered promoted to sergeant and as
signed to the same unit.
The following promotions in Com
pany r, l2lst Engineers. upon recent.
Of Capt. Clarence $. Shields,
comma nder, have been ordered; pvt.
Edward ID. Andrus. to be sergeant;
Pvt. first class William r.. Needs ard
Pvt. Joseph {. Turco To he corpnralS.
Andrus is Il colonel of the local high
school cadets.
Pvt. Charles l.. Whiteley has been
transferred from the Head
quarters and Service Company of the
12lSt Engineers to Company ID and
Pvt. Julien T.. oiff from Company ID
TO the Headquarters and Service Com
pany and assigned To duty AS chau:-
feur of the regimental headquarters
utOmobie.
Private Paul t.. S,raub has been
Headquarters and Service Company.
while Pvt. first ella ssh Percy Cumber
land has been ordered promoted TO
sergeant in the same unit of the EnSi-
neer regiment
Corpls William II. Mattoon and
Elton Herring. Company ID, l2ist En-
Cineers, have been promoted to ser
eeantS. and the following prirates
have been made corp"r:ilS: Emmett
l.. Flood. James II. Rogers. Richard
A. Stewart and George 4. Thompson.
torpl PaSqlale \. Macrarone. Com
pany -. la1st Engineers, on recon.
mendati ton of the company command
err. has been ordered reduced to the
rank OF private.
Corpl. Arthur c. Sands, Headquar-
terS and Service Company. l2lst En-
eineers. has been ordered reduced to
private. on recommendation of the
commander. COrpl. John II.
SchellhaSs Of the same organization
also was ordered reduced to the grade
Of private.
Pvt Palo A. Mitchell Company c.
l2lst Engineers. has been promoted
to corporal.
The following promotions In Com
pany Il. l21st Engineers. have been
ordered: corpl. John r. Kidwell. t"
be sergeant. and Pvt. first classl
Harry r. BartZ. to be corporal
SerSt. John ID. Powers has been pro-
noted to top sergeant of Company +,
l21St Engineers. on recommended ion
Of the commanding officer of this out
At.
In ID company. l21st Engineers,
Pvt. lSadore Bryan has been promot-
ed "a corporal. and Corpl. Bernard &.
Christ Ia nson has been reduced to pri-
waite.
The following men nave been or
1ered transferred from Company II to
Company G. l2lst Engineers: John
]. Winterbottom. Eugene r. Allen.
William ID. Davis. Charles +. Rector
and Berman {. King.
Promotions in Company A. l2lst
have been ordered. as fol-
lows: staff Sergt. Morgan =. Gass-
man. to he first sergeant: Serst. 10
seph X. Rordas. TO be staff sergeants:
Pvt. Herbert a. Ross. to be sergeant.
and Pvt. first class William Earl. 10
be corporal.
Corpl Thomas A. McGaffin has been
made a sergeant in Company +. l2lst
and Pvt. Jack Mursall and
Pvt. Bei nard i. Mcdonnell. TO be cor
porals.
The following reductions in the
Medical Detachment. lolst Engineers
,ave been ordered: Staff. Sergt.
Philip +. higgins and Sergt. Ray
nond r.. Sullivan IL be privateS.
The following men have been or
iered transferred from the Medical
Detachment to Company {. 121st En-
sineers: Pvts. William j. higgins.
Earl Haney and Robert G. Kirby
Pvt William G. Freeman has been