Evening star., 1927-11-20

chaplain ArthuE l.. Snntn. 12lSt
Regiment of Engineers has resigned
because of his removal from the Dis.
trict. lie has moved to Tryon. n. &.
Second Lieut.. John L, Colbert. 291h
Division Special Troops, has rendered
his resignation because he was unable
to give sufficient time to his military
duties by reason of personal business
Battery c, 260th Coast Artillery,
has organized jiu jitsu class, under
the leadership of Instructor SerSt. c.
r Coanshock. L.. s. A. 81: j..
The annual championship pistol
matches are being held today on the
rife range at Camp Simms. Congress
Heights. ID. c., under the direction of
Capt. j. c. Jensen. ordnance depart
ment.
The. Guard last week forwarded to
the War Department the results of the
annual physical examinations of its
officers. most Of them having been
made under the direction OF Mai.
George j. Allen. commanding the
medical. detachment of the 121st Regi-
ment of Engineers.
The names of three officers OF the
Engineer Regiment were sent last
week to the War Department as can
6idates for selection to take the
Spring course at the Engineer School
at Fort Humphreys, Va. First Lieut.
Hugh Everett, jr.. Company A. was
named as principal, and Second I.ieuts
Joseph f. Fitzgerald, Headquarters
and Service Company, and John q.
May. Company c. first and second
al ernates, respectively.
Brigade headquarters has received
from Brig. Gen. r. +. Callan. head of
OF A nt
roe, Va, a certificate showing that
Second Lieut.. John l.. Atkins 260th
Coast Artillery. this city. has staisfac-
torily passed the special battery Off
GERS anti-aircraft course of instruction
at that school.
The Quarterma Corps detachment
heads the list in drill attendance per
centace last week, being in the class
designed as superior. with a per.
centaee of 100. The other organi-
cation in this group. is Company f.
121st Engineers. with rating of
90.63. The other organizations in
their respective groups, with their
percentages, follow: Excellent: Medi-
cal Department detachment, 121st
Engineers. S6.S7; Band, 121st Engi-
neers, So.72. Very satisfactory:
Headquarters Detachment. 260th
Coast Artillery. 71.17: Headquarters
Detachment, 29th division, 702S.
Satisfactory; Company B. 12lst Engi.
neers, 65.67; Company A. 121st Engi,
neers, $3.50; 29th Military Police Com
pany, 64; this unit being below the
required strength: Headquarters and
Service Company 12lst Engineers.
62.S6; Company &, 12lst Engineers,
e2.13. Unsatisfactory: Battery b,
260th Coast Artillery, $40; Battery 4.
260th Coast Artillery, 57.41: Company
4. 121st Engineers, 50.65 and Heaa-
quarters Detachment. special troops,
29th Division. so, the latter also
factory: Company A, 372d Infantry,
47.77, and Company d, 1o1st Engi-
neers, 1853.
Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, com
nanding the 29th National Guard
Division and also the local militia
brigade. called a meeting of his
division STAFF at Richmond va, yes
terday, where. under the direction of
Lieut.. Col. Louis c. Brinton, ir..
adjutant' general of the local militia
and instructor of the division staff,
they went through a war problem
The war game took only the morn.
ing. and in the afternoon Gen.
Stephan and his staff were the guests
OF the Richmond Blues at competi.
tive drill and foot ball game and
night dinner. In addition to Gen.
stephan and Col. Brinton. there went
from Washington Lieut.. Col peyton
q. hewitt, adjutant of the 29tn
Division, and Capt. Sidney Morgan,
aide de camp to Gen Stephan.
Private Elwood A. Sprouse, Battery
A nj
discharged from the local Guard as
of November 10 because of imprison-
ment under sentence of a civil court
it was announced at brigade head.
quarters. ~,....@ =.
Pvt. Milton w. Adams, Co. D, 121st
Engineers. has been honorably dis
charged from the Guard because of
his removal from the District.
Pvt. Charles L. Whiteley, Co. D.
121st Engineers, has been dropped
from his company rolls as of Febru.
ary 8, 1927, as a deserted, he having
failed to report for drill since that
date and all efforts to locate him flav-
ing failed.
IT was. announced that the 3rd
Corps Area rifle matches could not be
held this year because of the neces-
sity of using the rife range there by
the 18th United States Infantry from
Fort Washington, Md, and also be-
cause of the fact that the post was
used for the mobilization of the troops
within the 3rd Corps Area at Camp
Heade for the big war preparedness
problem.
The War Department has called the
attention of Guard officers to the avail
able correspondence courses for 1927
upon the presentation of satisfactory
evidence of proficiency in the subject
matter of any subcourse. the corps
area commander is authorized TO en-
roll student in the next higher sub
course up and including the advanced
course. This provision. it was pointed
out. enables qualified National Guard
personnel TO pursue the phase of
training desired without prior actual
completion Of all other correspondence
courses listed. In the absence of
other records to the contrary, corps
area comma nders have been advised
TO accept the recommendations of the
Regular Army instructors as to the
proper courses or subcourses to be
pursued by National Guard personnel
under their supervision.
In. an effort to extend the adYarI-
sages OF enrolment in correspondence
courses to all grades of the Guard
personnel, sufficient funds have been
allotted for this purpose during the
current fiscal year to permit the en-
rollment of enlisted men upon recon-
mendation of organization COM
manders
The Militia Bureau has made ar
rangements TO furnish, through corps
area commanders and at the expense
OF Militia Bureau appropriations les.
son sheets for use bv students in the