Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07
District National Guard

/ quarters on the excellent work done
by Company Il in preparing his
quarterly pay rolls, the COMMUNICATION
being for legibility. freedom from
| alterations and erasures, correctness,
etc. He said that it is a credit to
the National Guard as well as any
regular outfit.
In forwarding the letter to Capt.
Ralph S. Childs. commanding the
company. Gen. Stephan wrote an in
dorsement, adding his commentator.
and expressing the hope that this
record might be achieved by other
| UNITS of his command. The roll, it
| was said, was the work OF Staff Sergt
| Vincent II. Williams, company clerk.
| Company &. I2lSt Engineers. Capt.
| William +. JorgenSen, commanding,
has jumped to first place in the new
year In the matter OF drill attendance,
\ while the reSimental band which held
it for several months before the end
Of the old year has fallen to fifth place,
according to figures compiled at head
| quarters. This company, however,
! only shows an attendance of 5000.
The other units, in the order of their
standing and the percentages follow:
Company a, 372d Infantry. 1915;
Headquarters and Service Company,
| 121st Engineers, s6.75; Company d,
12lst Engineers, 56.25: Band. l21st
Engineers, 54.2S; Company h, 121st
Engineers, 80 So; Medical Detachment,
121st Engineers, $3.50; Company A,
121st Engineers. 1920; Battery A,
260th Coast Artillery, 4S.3s: Battery
b. 260th Coast Artillery. 47.2s; Com
pany +, 121st Engineers, 1898; Com
pany +. l21st Engineers, 1924, and
10Th Military Police Company, $500.
Drill attendance since the first of
the year has shown a considerable
falling off among the various units of
the guard. according to reports at
headquarters. and the unit COM
manders are finding difficulty i'll get
ting the men out to drill. Plans are
on foot to force the attendance of men
who fail to attend the prescribed drills
Der of court-martialS are impending.
Tho following enlisted men of Com.
pany E, 121st Engineers, have been
ordered honorabiy discharged from
the local guard, for the reasons stated:
Educational interference-Pvts. Law.
romeo r. Hardy, Milton II. Hinson
terference-Pvt. James II. Smallwood.
Promotions and reductions in the
Headquarters and Service Company of
| the 121st Engineers have been ordered
by Col. John w. Oehmann. upon rec
concentration Of Capt. Goodwin Dunn,
commanding. as follows: Corp. John
J. Mcdonald reduced to private; Corp.
James ]. Sicily and Pvt, first
class. Joseph F. Padgett promoted to
sergeants: Pvts. Tom c. Boman and
Rudyard Y. Hesse. to be corporals in
the headquarters and section, and Pvt,
first class, Joseph A. Dodge, to be
corporal in the band section.
Pvt. Earl F. Storke has been ordered
transferred from the headquarters to
the band section of the Headquarters
and Service Company.
Col. Oehmann has directed the trans
fer of Pvt. Charles w. w. Collier from
Company A, 121st Engineers, to the
Medical Detachment Of the same regi-
mont.
The following men enlisted in the
Guard during the week: Lester r..
Knapp, 1907 Eighth street northwest.
Company B, 121st Engineers, and
Edwin W. Burg. Soldiers Home, in
Company c, 121st Engineers.
Direct appeals for assistance from
National Guard units throughout the
United States to aid the local National
Guard in obtaining a fit home in which
1t can perform the serious duty of
training for war are being sent out
by Maj. Gen. Anton stephan, COM
| manding the local Guard.
Unless aid Of some sort comes to