Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21

Gated in the pub DIR. r. G. Morse.
lie schools of the
District of Columbia and later attend
ed and graduated from Princeton
University. He then took up the
study of medicine and surgery in the
Georgetown University Medical
School, from which he graduated in
1918, and then entered the military
service in the world conflict.
After the World War Capt. Morse
practiced for time in New Orleans.
La, and then went to New York
City. where he undertook a number
of ost-graduate courses in ortho-
pedic surgery, in which he is now
specializing. being an associate of DR..
Gusts Lee Hall.
At the time he was commissioned
in the local Guard DR.. Morse also
held a commission as captain in the
Officers Reserve Corps of the Ma
tional Army.
Maj George ]. Allen, commanding
the 121st Engineers medical detach.
ment. said that the guard was very
fortunate in being able to obtain the
services of DR.. Morse. both from the
military and medical view. A trained
soldier. he also is an asset to the or
ganization because of the special line
of surgery which he has undertaken,
according to DR.. Allen.
Since Maj. Allen resumed the com.
mand of the medical detachment just
before it departed for camp, its
strength. which had been below nor.
NAL during practically the entire drill
year, went decidedly upward until
now there is waiting list of young
men who want to enter this branch
of the service. which is composed
mostly of students of medicine at
the various colleges and universities
in and around Washington. who en-.
tered the service because of the prac.
teal knowledge they obtain in minis
tering to the wants of the men of the
regiment while in the field during the
annual encampments.
The following recruits enlisted in the
local Guard just before the annual
encampments began and were assign
ed to the organizations noted after
their names: Julius Morris, 121 G
street, 18th Military Police Company;
Edwin F. Rowles. 1900 Connecticut
avenue, goth Military Police Company;
Irving A. Aronowsky, 1858 California
street, Company d, 121st Engineers:
Maurice L. Crater, 9l2 Alabama ave.
nue. southeast, Company D, 121st En-
street southeast, Company D, 121st
Engineers; Frederick r. Sunderland,
1415 S street southeast, Company d,
121st Engineers: Chauncey H. Patter-
son, 1914 w street southeast, Com
pany d, 121st Engineers; Louis X.
Bauer, 722 X street northeast, Com.
pany d, 121st Engineers; Sidney NJ.
Fowler, ut Portland street southeast,
Company d, 121st Engineers; Charles
Carol Maggie, 301 Pennsylvania ave-
nue., Headquarters and Service Com
pany, 121st Engineers; Richard A. B.
Pearson, 905 Fifth street, Company A,
121st Engineers; Charles c. Williams.
GIT K street, Company A, 121st Engi-
neers; John Francis Seek, Y. NJ. c. A..
Company A, 121st Engineers; Wilbur
G. Smith, 1924 Upshur street, Com.
pany A. 121st Engineers: Frank f.
Marcy, Cherrydale, Va; Company A,
121st Engineers; Willis G. Marcy,
Cherrydale. Va, Company A. 121st En-
gineers: Fred S. Hawkins, Company A,
121st Engineers; WHY'S V. l.. Beall,
$3.50 Sligo Mill road Company A, 121st
Engineers; Harry c. Wechaler, 2113
Thirty-f1fth street, Headquarters and
Service Company, 121st Engineers:
James T. Sawyer, Alb ID street north.
east, Headquarters and Service Com.
ley, 1901 HALEY terrace southeast,
Headquarters and Service Company,
121st Engineers; Cecil Calvert Tighe,
1923 Porter street, Headquarters and
Service Company, 121st Engineers:
Horace D. MacCloughan, 654 East
Capitol street, Headquarters and Serv-
ice Company, 121st Engineers, and
Robert K. Mickey, POI East Capitol
street, Headquarters and Service Com.
pany, 121st Engineers.
Sergt. Russell M. King. Battery c,
260th Coast Artillery, has been ordered
discharged from his enlistment in or
der to accept promotion by commission
to the rank of second lieutenant of
Coast Artillery. He has been ordered
by brigade headquarters to report to
the commanding officer of Battery f..
260th Coast Artillery, for assignment
to duty with that organization.
Preparations are being made in the
various camps of the District Guard
for the dispatch next Sunday of the
rifle team which will represent the
local militia in the national rifle
matches. which are to be held at Camp
Perry, Ohio, from August % to Sep.
TENDER IS. The men and officers are
receiving their final instruction, and
there is strong hope that the team
will bring back this year many prizes.
as well as first honors for the local
Guard, as the team has been worked
necessarily on the rife range at Camp
Simms, Congress Heights, d. c., on
afternoons and on Sundays in order
to train them for the shoot.
According to those who know the
members of the 1927 team, it is made
up Of some of the finest shots in the
Guard, and it Is believed to be the bes,
team that has ever been sent out OF
the city to match with other Guards as
well as Regular units on the firing
range.