Evening star., 1927-10-16
District National Guard

second in command of the regiment
and is president of the association.
Six enlisted men of the local Ma.
tional Guard were certified to the
United States Civil Service Commits
sion as eligible to take the competitive
examination conducted by the com
mission yesterday for the selection of
one or more candidates to be sent to
the United States Military Academy
at West Point as representatives OF
the local militia. The men are: Pvt.
Philip G. Gnash. Company +, 121st
Engineers; Pvt. Paul Joray. Company
e. 121st Engineers; Sergt. Wallace r.
Leek, Battery b, 260th Coast Artillery;
Pvt. Wallace S. Linfoot, Battery A,
260th Coast Artillery; Sergt. Percy
Hayes Skinner, jr., Company E, 12lst
Engineers, and Sergt. Earl G. Wheeler,
Company E. 121st Engineers.
The man making the highest aver.
age percentage in the examinations
will be given the one appointment
from the Guard, but it is hoped that
others may be appointed by virtue of
| the fact that some States do not use
their allotments, and these are then
given to organizations having candi-
dates.
A recommendation has been made
by brigade headquarters that Mai
Ralph S. Childs, commanding the
1st Battalion of the 121st Regiment
of Engineers, he appointed a survey
| ing officer Of the regiment, to handle
surveys of missing or unserviceable
property.
Capt. Edward Clarke Morse, second
| in command of the medical detach.
ment Of the 121st Regiment of En-
gineers, has been appointed a cap.
| tain in the medical department of
| the Officers Reserve Corps, under the
regulation which requires Guard Of.
| f1cers also to hold commissions in the
| Reserve organization.
Col. Brinton has sent recon-.
mendation to the Sd Corps Area head
quarters, at Baltimore. Nd, that a
Medical Department instructor and
a Signal Corps instructor be directed
| to visit units of the local National
| Guard at least once during each
quarter. There are no medical or
signal units large enough to necessi-
| tate the full time Of an Army in
structor, but it is believed that much
good will result from periodical visits
from the area instructors.
Company F, 121st Engineers, heads
| the list of organizations of the local
militia in the matter of attendance
during the past week, with a per.
centage of 80. The other organiza.
tions, in their relative order. with
percentages, follow: Quartermaster
Corps Detachment, S1.S2; Band, 121st
Engineers, 77.15; Company A, 372d
| Infantry. SLIT; Battery c, 260th
Coast Artillery, 59.62; Medical De-
| tachment, 121st Engineers. 59.10; Bat
terry A, 260th Coast Artillery, $3.50;
| Company C, 121st Engineers. 5S.O7;
| Headquarters and Service Company,
121st Engineers, 57.15; Company E,
12lst Engineers. 56.97; Company d.
121st Engineers, $3.50; Headquarters
Detachment, 29th Division. 51.S6;
| Headquarters Detachment, Special
! Troops. 29th Division, so: Company
A. 121st Engineers, 44.45; Company
B. 12lst Engineers, 1881, and 29th
Military Police Company, 81. The
| latter organization is the only one
reported below the numerical strength
required by the Militia Bureau OF the
War Department for the maintenance
Of efficiency and Federal recognition.
Maj. Gen. Stephan and Lieut.. Col.
hewitt have been ordered to proceed
to st. Paul. Mimi. October 26 to rep
resent the local Guard at the meeting
of the National Guard Association of
| the United States, which is to be held
| in that city October 26 to %.
Pvt, George P. jenkins. 18th Mill
tary Police Company, has been honor
! lob acf0lInf
ment in the regular service. His dis.
charge certificate has been forwarded
to the commanding officer of the Serv.
ice Battery, SD Coast Artillery. Fort
Eustis, Va, in which outfit he has en-.
| listed.
The following have been ordered
transferred from the active to the re-
serve list of the Medical Detachment,
| 121st Engineers: Pvts. Horace Duffey.