Evening star., 1927-05-08

SATURDAYS and Sundays, sleeping
quarters being provided on Saturday
nights for those men who want to
start their firing early on Sundays,
and meals are served while the enlist
ed personnel are on the range.
AS a matter of fact, the local guard
is being given credit at the Militia
bureau of the War Department of get
ting more real use out of the range
here than any other organization in
the country. This information was
impaired to local guard officers last
week by officers on duty in the Militia
Bureau.
The target range report for April
shows that IS units used the Al tar
gets on the local range during the %
DAYS in April that it was opened. The
figures also show that 662 men took
advantage of the opening of the range,
and of this number, 81 completed their
authorized practice and IS completed
their record practice. But the work
of qualifying the men is to be con-
tinued throughout the Summer under
the direction of Capt. j. G. Jensen,
Ordnance Department, who also is
captain of the Guards rifle team.
Every effort is to be made during
the coming year to at least qualify
every man of the organization, and
practice instead of ordering entire or
ganizations out on the range for a
field training period. The War De-
partment has barred rife practice dur
ing the periods of the annual field
training encampments.
The following men have qualified
for various medals, and the organiZa-
tions to which they are attached, their
scores and positions won are given:
Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery
Expert rifleman, Sergt. r. p. Multi
gan, 225, and Capt. j. NJ. Eggleston,
230; marksman. Sergt. w. 3. Harmon,
209; Corpl II. l.. Schilz, 207; Pvt. S.
Small, 204; Corpl. l.. w. Cooper, 19S,
and Sergt. J. B. De Spears, 1872.
Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery
Expert rifleman, Corpl. w. T. Tilson,
232; Pvt. ]. p. Blount, 2S5; Corpl. l..
Hayes, 234; Sergt. j. M. Votava, 22S;
sharpshooter, Pvts. c., w. Royston,
22S, and p. c. Garaci, 216.
Company F, 121st Engineers-Ex-
pert rifieman, Sergt. w. T. Roy, 22S;
marksman, Pvts. Joel Reznek, 204; II.
F. Clark, 201, and McGafin, 1875.
Company A, 121st Engineers-Ex.
pert rifleman, First Lieut.. Hugh
Everett 229.
Company E, 121st Engineers-Ex.
pert rifieman, Sergt. G. E. Votava,
22S; Sergt. II. E, Riley. 237; Sergt
H. c. Espey, 243; Corpl. J. c. Wheate,
225, and First Lieut.. T. A. Riley, 239.
Sharpshooter, Corpl M F. Bailey, |
PA; Pvt. f. l.. Borlick, 216, and Pvt.
William r. Lane. 220. Marksman,
Pvt M. G. Rowan, 1877; Pvt. w. NJ.
Chinault, POI; Sergt. P. H. Skinner.
20S, and Second Lieut.. L. s. Jones,
210.
Company B, 121st Engineers
Marksman, Pvt. r. NJ. Edwards, 191.
Medical Detachment, 121st Engi-
neers-EXpert rifieman, Sergt. r. W.
Stokes, 231.
Company A, 121st Engineers
Marksman, Pvt. A. Hines, 1872, and
Pvt. j. Butler. 204.
Company d, 121st Engineers-Sharp |
shooter, Sergt. f. S. Mcdonald, 215, |
and Sergt D. B. Hall. 219. Marks |
man, Sergt. E. r. Herring, 1911; Sergt. |
NJ. l.. Crater, 1876; Pvt. A. A. Moffat, |
1873; Corpl. c. H. Patterson, 204; First |
Sergt. n. NJ. Goen, .207, and Sergt. |
r. p. Gilbert, 20S.
Headquarters and Service Company, |
121st Engineers-Expert rifieman, |
Technical Sergt. r. B. Kaye, 227, and |
First Lieut.. E. A. Mcmahon, 236. |
Marksman, Pvt L. A. Robertson, 202,
and Corpl. j. F. Padgett, 900.
Company c, 121st Engineers-Ex-
pert rifieman, Pvt. G. b. Campbell,
231, and First Sergt. J. A. Sehricker,
234. Sharpshooter, Pvt. e. 4. Ross,
go. Marksman, Pvt. r. #. Muth,
1914; Corpl. C. Dunn, 213; Corpl. r.
Schullenberger, 202, and Sergt. $. T.
Rhea, 212.
Members of the National Guard
committee of the Chamber of Com
merce of this, city, who are to hold
their next meeting at the National
Guard Armory Tuesday night for the
purpose of inspecting the work OF the
Guard and the facilities provided for
their training, are to be rendered pa
rade and review of the 121st Regiment
of Engineers, Col. John w. Oehmann,
The organization will be
formed in front of the armory, the re-
position being on North Cap
itol street, between d and X streets.
Mai. Gen. Anton Stephan, command.
ing the local Guard, who will conduct
the committee on its inspection OF the
armory, also will review the troops.
The following enlisted or re-enlisted
in the Guard during the week: Alfred
p. Troiano, Headquarters Detach-
ment. 29th Division, who has been IN
the Guard since March, 1923, and who
for the past several years has ac-
Maj. Gen. stephan at all
field encampments, as chauffeur OF
the 29th Division Headquarters car;
Louis p. Marmion, 1434 Harvard
street, assigned TO Company B, l2lst
Engineers: Charles M. Hunter, Sd,
1919 Columbia. road, assigned to Com
pany c, 121st Engineers, and Erwin
K. Timco, 3611 Fenwick street, as
signed also to Company G, 121st En-
gineers.
Pvt. Berman c. King Company B,
121st Engineers, has been ordered
transferred to the National Guard Re-
serve Of that unit.
Pvt. Eugene f. Allen, Company B,
121st Engineers, has been ordered
honorably discharged from the local
Guard because of removal from the
District of Columbia.
Another unit was added to the
forces composing the local National
Guard when Battery G, 260th Coast
Artillery, was accepted by the Fed
eral authorities and mustered into
service Thursday night, the ceremony
taking place at the armory of this
outfit at Water and 0 streets south
west. The formation of this unit
makes a full battalion of Coast Artil-
lery in the local Guard. The cere.
mony, conducted by Lieut.. L. c. Brin-
ton, jr., senior instructor Of the local
Guard, was witnessed by Maj. Walter
w. Burns, commanding the battalion,
and was in the presence of Batteries
A and b, each of which had more
than so per cent of its personnel pres
ent on the drill floor at the time.
The new officers of this command
have been selected, although their
have not yet been award
ed. They were selected as result of
a competition among the enlisted per-