Evening star., 1927-04-24
District National Guard

which will represent this country in
| the international rife matches to be
| held at Rome in May. Eleven other
lmen from all parts OF the United States
/ have also been selected to participate
| in the matches to be held at the Vir.
! ginia marine base The members of
! the Guard are Capt Clarence S.
/ Shields. commanding Company +, 121st
Engineers, and Capt. j. c. Jensen,
| Ordnance Department, who is in
charge of all the rifle practice of the
local Guard and is captain of the Guard
team now being formed for national
matches. In addition to these men,
there has been ordered to the matches
NJ. w Dinwiddie. Charlottesville, Va,
former member of the local Guard,
who has been on the international
team before, when he was in the local
Guard. Lawrence Nuesslein. civilian.
Of this city, also will participate In the
finals.
Others who have been ordered to
Quantico to participate with the above
named men in the finals are H Rem
shaw. Kamiah, Idaho; John B. Greer
Wilmington, Del. Vernon Fl. Somers,
Lynn, Mass; NJ. G. Dolson, San Lean
Calf; s. D. Monahan, Chicago, Ill;
Nj. w Dodson. Philadelphia, Pa: II. Q.
Obenauf, Culver, Ind, and II, G. Sta.
bier, Philadelphia. Pa.
Private David J. Stevens, Company
+, 121st Engineers, has been ordered
honorably discharged from the Guard
because of his removal from the Dis
trict of Columbia. Pvt. Frank f.
Dries of the same company has been
ordered honorably discharged In order
to permit him to enlist in the United
States Navy.
In an effort to encourage members
of the local Guard to perfect their
craftsmanship, the National Guard
range at Camp Simms, Congress
Heights, has been ordered kept open
for rifle practice on Saturdays and
Sundays. Sleeping quarters have
been provided, and meals will be
served the officers and men who take
advantage of this opportunity In
addition they will be given credit for
drill attendance for the days they are
on the range.
Opportunities for pormotion in the
260th Coast Artillery Battalion have
been pointed out in a circular being
distributed under the direction of Maj.
Walter w. Burns, commander. He
says that the Headquarters Detach-
ment, and Battery c, are now in the
making, and these organizations call
for four commissioned officers, one
master sergeant, four technical ser
geants. six staff sergeants. seven duty
sergeants and eleven corporals.
The new organizations are in particu-
lar need of electricians, a radio ser
geant and cooks. The electricians
may advance as high as master SER
geants. and draw S4.20 for each drill.
A band is also being formed. The
motor transport of the organization
provides opportunity for young men
interested in automobile work.
Falling off in the attendance records
of organizations composing the locAl
Guard is noted in the reports, follow
ing the annual inspections, when the
averages went very high, some of
them reaching the 100 per cent mark.
Last week three organizations showed
by their reports that they were below
the maintenance strength required by
the Militia Bureau of the War De-
partment. They were Company +,
121st Engineers; the 29th Military
Police Company and the Medical De-
tachment of the 121st Regiment of
Engineers. All organization command
ers are being pressed TO keep up
their attendance records, and make
an effort the coming Summer to carry,
as far as possible their full strength
into the training camps.
Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery,
headed the list in attendance last
week, with an everage Of S7.33. The
other organizations, in their relative
order and the attendance percentages
follow: Headquarters and Service
Company 121st Engineers, 9.49; Head
quarters Detachment, Special Troops,
goth Division, 1900; Company G, 121st
Engineers, 72.14: Headquarters De-
partment, 29th Division, 6399; Com
pany r, 121st Engineers, 63.34; Com
pany D. 121st Engineers, 62.91; Bat
terry B. 260th Coast Artillery, $3.50; /
Company A, 121st Engineers, 61.S0;
Company A, 372d Infantry, 61.30; Com
pany E, 121st Engineers, 57.15; 29th
Military Police Company, 1890; Com.
pany B, 121st Engineers. 43.34, and
Medical Detachment, 121st Engineers,
5000.
Sergt. Frank A. Wedderburn, jr.,
Company A, 121st Engineers, has
been ordered transferred to Battery A,
260th Coast Artillery, in the grade of
private.
Brigade headquarters mas orderea
the formation of a board of officers TO
study and recommend a crest for
adoption for units of the. National
Guard of the District of Columbia.
The board is to be composed of Col.
John w Oehmann, commanding the
121st Engineers; Maj. Walter w.
Burns, commanding the 260th Coast
Artillery, and Capt. 7. A. Lane, Judge
advocate general of the Guard.
All members of the Guard are being
urged to submit proposed designs to
the board, and all designs and descrip-
tions considered by the board are
to be submitted to headquarters be-
fore May Is.