Evening star., 1927-11-06

Service medals for faithful perform
ance Of duty in the local Guard were
awarded 10 officers and men Of the
12tst Regiment Of Engineers at
forma ton on North Capitol street h.-
tween u and +, streets last Tuesday
night.
Mai Gen. Antoa Stephan, com
manding the District of Columbia
Militia. said that he very much re.
gretted that it was necessary to form
the troops in the public highway, with
only the dim lights of the street to
shine on those VINO had performed
such duty under the most trying cir
cumstances - the lack of proper ar
mory facilities He said. however. that
it was his purpose TO have bill in
troduced in the coming Congress to
provide adequate armorv facilities for
the District citizen troops, ana eN-
pressed the hope that II would he sue
ceSsful this time. lie particularly
praised the officers and men VINO
were being rewarded for more than
10 wears of service under such trNlnc
conditions as he guard has had to
carry on without proper facilities Tor
training.
The troops were formed in hollow
square ON the highway, while the TO-
cal police closed it tn traffic, and ea"n
man was called to the front to- be per.
sonallv handed medal or bar by Gen
Stephan
TWENTY-FIVE year medals We're
awarded to Col John w. Oehmam
commanding the Engineer regiment
and 10 Pvt Edwin NJ. TanSill. mem
Der of the regimental band.
Twenty-year service bars Went 10
the following: Mai. Julian $ O'd
commanding the ID Batta lion of the
regiment and to PrNt. ,irst Cla%Si VII.
lam I. Saunders, Headquarters and
Service Company.
Fifteen year bars We're gwen 70
Mai. Edward II Grove. 18th Divi-
sion special troops. and Capt. claude
HurIingame. commanding the Zstn
Military Police Company.
Ten.vcar medals We're awarded 10
Capt Clarence :. Shields. comfn&no
ing COMPANY r., Capt. George "
Johns, commanding Company r
First Lieut.. James f. Quade Com
nanv +: Second Lieut.. Joseph F. Fitz
gerald Headquarters and Service
Company: Master Sergt. John +. CoH-
man. sr., Headquarters and Service
Company: CorpI Joseph A. Dodge.
Headu,,a rterS and Service Company
pvt. first class. Arsoneo Branca
Headu,,arters and Service Company
Pvts. John f. Minnich. Headquarters
and Service Company; Joseph y.
Neeley. Headquarters and Service
Company; John Sniegoskl. Headqals,
ters and Service Company and VIII
liam n. Scott, Medical Department.
Three-year service medals Went %
the following: First Lieut.. Thaddeus
A Riley. Company r; First Lieut.
ri 1Ct
,,tant: First Lieut. Hobart Y. Walker,
Goth Division Specia Troops; First
Lieut.. John F.. Temple, Company -:
Second Lieut. John D. Powers. com.
parv +. and TO the following enlisted
personnel by companies:
Medical Detachment-Sergt. Eugene
6. Potter: Privates Thomas r.
O'keefe. jr.. Frank Beckert ana
Charles r. Jerman, jr.
Headquarters and Service Company
Warrant Officer Meyer \. Goldman,
leader of the regimental band; Master
Sergt. JOAN V. Berberich. ir.; Staff
Sergea nts Pearson {. Conlyn and Al
bert r. King; Sergeants Thomas j:
Dawson. Harry J. Harth and Samuel
w. Marsh; Corporals Norman j.. Hoist
and John r. Rocket; Privates first
class Joseph w. Johnson, James +.
QuigIey and James r. Russell; Pri-
Yates NorvaI ID. Guerrier, Albert r..
knouldOn. William Naecker. Robert
r. Rock and Andrew NJ. Smith.
Company A--t'irst Sergt. William
A. Gormley. STAFF Sergt Abraham Sill
yer, Sergeants Joseph X. Bordas, Jo'
seph f. Butler, Garland w. keesee;
Privatss. first class Frank Hosmer.
Wilbur G. Smith. Cha rles G.. Williams:
1,,h IL PRO
V. l.. Beall. George r. Marcy, Fred
s Hawkins. Howard j.. Peterson,
Norman e. Homller. LaVerne j.
Hector J, Macdonald and
Walton f. Shipley.
Company B-Sergea nts Kenneth NJ.
Zoeller, Milton f.. Davis and John T.
kidwell; Privates John w. Mellick
and Carl W. Poole.
Company Corp. Julius Andre and
Pvt. first class Gilbert l.. Began.
Company D-F'irst Sergt. Neil NJ
Coen. Staff Sergt. Edgar $. Mcdonald,
Sergeants Luther T. Hall. Joseph T..
Hobbs. William n. Mattoon and Mau-
rice l.. Crater; Corp. Chauncey II.
Patterson; Privates first class, VIII
liam B. Bean. Charles i. Duln and
Raymond r. Edwards md Pvt. Albert
r. Goodwin.
Company E-Sergts. Earl g. Wheel
er. George A. Votava. Percy n. Skin
ner. william ID. Putnam. Edward j..
Borlik and Lloyd r. Needs: COrpL
Charles r. Douglas: Pvts. First Glass;
Wilbur V. Doyle and Carl w. Rogers
Pvts. William RI. Clements. Verdon A.
Sawyer and Bernard +. Sellers.
Company F-Staff Sergts. Louis A.
D'Aiutolo and Leon NJ. Smith; Sergts.
Alva H. Strawmyer, Thomas A. Nc.
Gafin. William l.. Green. Adam &.
Mouton and Ira =. Meyer; Corpl. Paul
Workman and Pvt. Samuel Profit.
39th Military Police Company--First
Sergt. Edwin +. Rowles; Sergts. Thorn
as p. Hudson and Carl A. King;
Corpls. Paul F'ako and Julius Morris
and Pvt. Arthur 6. Sands.
29th Division Special Troops-Tech
nical Sergts. James NJ. Lynch and Lee
r. Wilson; Staff Sergts. Herman n.
Lavenroth and Ira +. krider, Sergt
Harry A. NelIigan and Pvrs. Solomon
Resnek and Joel Resnek.
Quartermaster Corps - Technical
Sergt. Whiting p. l.iehtfoot; Sergts.
Ralph +. hartley and Alfred r. Troi.
ano: Pvts. Signey r. Dulin and Joseph
W. Mentges.
The standing of the various units
com mposing the local Guard in the mat
ter of attendance, az made public al
brigade headquarters. for the last drill
week follows: Superior. Quartermaster
Corps Detachment. 100: Company f.
12lst Engineers, 32.o7. Excellent, Medi
cal Department Detachment, 12Ist
Engineers, S6.37. and ia nd. st Engi-
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