Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23
District National Guard

Five enlisted men of the 260th
Coast Artillery. National Guard of
the District of Columbia, have passed
examination for promotion by com
mission in this branch of the service,
The names of the men, it was said
at Guard headquarters. will be put In
the commission eligibility list, from
which selections will be made from
time to time as vacancies occur in the
line. The openings are expected to
come for some of them within a very
short time, as another battery is in
the process of formation, and when
completed will require officers. A re-
cruiting bureau has been opened in
order to obtain young men for this
organization, and it is the hope now
that it will have sufficient to get the
War Departments approval in time
for it to proceed to Fort Monroe for
annual field training, along with the
present batteries.
The candidates and their marks
follow: Corpl. Rex p. Mulligan, 1853;
Sergt Charles NJ. Cook, Battery A,
1872; Corpl. James NJ. Votava, Battery
A, 74.0; Corpl. John L. Atkins, Bat
terry B, 1928; and Sergt. Russell NJ.
King, Battery A.
Corpl. Lincoln S. Jones. Company
c, and Pvt. Hector l.. Macdonald,
Company A, 121st Engineers, appeared
ing board at the armory to determine
their qualifications for promotion by
commission in the Engineer 'regi-
ment.
Capt Ralph S. Childs, senior cap
tain in the Engineer regiment, has
passed his examinations for promotion
to the grade of major of Engineers
to. fill the vacancy created by the
transfer to the reserve of Maj. Joe S.
Mickey. He is expected to get his
commission within a short time, and
will be placed in command of the
1st Battalion of the Engineer regi-
ment, which position he holds now in
addition to- his other duties as COM
pany commander.
First Lieut.. James D. Quade, Com.
pany F, 121st Engineers, has been
ordered to appear Tuesday night be-
fore a special board of officers APP
pointed to determine his fitness to
retain his commission in the Engineer
Regiment. The board is composed
of Capt. Ralph S. Childs, 121st Engi-
neers; Capt. Claude Burlingame, COM
handing the 29th Military Police
Company, and Capt. James D. Eggels-
ton, commanding a company of the
260th Coast Artillery. The order for
the board grew out of a dispute be-
tween Capt. George w. Johns, COM
handing Company F, and Lieut.
Quade over the manner of perform
ance of duty by the latter. A pre-
liminary investigation resulted in the
recommendation for the appointment
of the board, which was followed.
Corpl. Joel Reznek, Company F,
121st Engineers, has been ordered re-
duced to the grade of private in regi-
mental orders issued on the recon-
mendation Of the unit commander.
Pvt. William L. Green has been
ordered promoted to sergeant.
Battery A, 26oth Coast Artillery.
headed the list last week in the mat
ter of drill attendance, 76.48 per cent
of Its paper strength having shown
up for drill. The other organizations,
in their relative order, with their per-
centages, follow: Company c, 121st
Engineers, 66.67; Company F, 121st
Engineers, $500; Company A, 372d
Infantry, 62.91; Headquarters Detach-
ment, Special Troops, 29th Division,
$3.50; Company E, 121st Engineers,
61.65; Battery 3, 260th Coast Artil-
lery, 61.38: Band, 121st Engineers,
so; Headquarters and Service Com
pany, 121st Engineers, 5527; Com
pany B, 121st Engineers, 52.31; 29th
Military Police Company, 51.86; Head
quarters Detachment, 10Th Division,
51.52; Company A, 121st Engineers,
4706; Company D, 121st Engineers,
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Engineers, 35.
Two organizations reported this
week that their organizations We're
below the strength required by the
War Department for the maintenance
of efficiency. They are the Head
quarters Detachment, 10Th Division,
and the Medical Detachment of the
121st Regiment of Engineers.
Corpl William ]. Terry has been
ordered promoted to the grade of SER
geant in Company B, 121st Engineers,
while Pvt. first class Ira D. Waltz
has been ordered promoted to cor
poral.
Pvt. first class Charles T. Jer-
man has been ordered promoted to
the rank Of sergeant In the Medical
Detachment of the 121st Regiment of
Engineers.
Only one major and one captain in
the local Guard succeeded in reach
ing the honor roll for work in the
military correspondence course dur
ing the year. according to the annual
report on this Just prepared by Lieut.
Gel Clay Anderson. Of the Engineer
Regiment. The great majority of
those who reached this coveted place
were lieutenants, the report shows.
The honor roll, showing the work
of each officer, follows: Second Lieut..
Hugh Everett, completed as lessons,
five examinations and five sub
courses; Second Lieut.. Homer B. Mil
lard, 90 lessons, five examinations and
five sub courses First Lieut.. George
F. Hardin, 16 lessons, one examina-
ton and one sub course: First Lieut..
George l.. Evans, six lessons, one eX.
animation and one sub course; Mai.
Julian S. diff, six lessons; First Lieut..