Evening star., 1927-05-22

only the very DGSt SitotS tt'An tt'',s~
men who show sufficient interest IN
rife practice to give some OF theif
own lime i'm practicing will he kept
ON the rife squad from which the Ma
tional Guard team for the current
season will he picked. it was Sald az
Brigade Headquarters last week. IL
is fhe purpose Of Capt. J. {, Jensen
ordnance department of the Guard.
TO maintain a team as near pefieSt
as possible. with the end iii view OF
capturing first places III all matches
in which il may be called upon 10
participate. and it is pointed out the
only way 10 do this is to keep up m
cessant practice on the rliie range AZ
Camp Simms. Congress iIeIghts, ID =
1t had been originally planned 10
maintain squad OF % men, ana ~
first this was done, they bein@ plchtu
from the high-score men Oh me hddFa
rs shown by The recent matches ~
congress Heights. However, some o'
them have failed 10 Keep op tilei
practice. and upon recommehdatl tlohS
.f Cant Jensen their names have been
stricken from tho squad list There
are is names still remaining, ana
tbev follow. together with Their
scores, n.a.,.
PVT. !. +. Blount, Battery \, 26eth
Coast Artillery, 1856; Seret, II. h.
Riley. Company j., 12lSt Engineers,
43.S0. Sergt. G.. NJ. Notava, Company
j.. 121st Engineers, 45.T1; First Lieut..
r. 4. Mcmahon, Headquarters and
Service Company. 1@1St Engineers,
45.GQ; Technical Sergt. +. Il. Kaye,
HeadquarterS and Service Company,
12tst Engineers. 4J.45I; First Lieut..
Y. 4. Riley. Company Il, l2lsl En2!-
ncers. 45.375: Scrgt, W. Il. Stokes, MedI'
cal Detachment. 1@ist Engineers, 4o.~7'
PVT. tirst cIassl G.. Il. Campbell, Com
panv Z. 1@lSt Engineers, 41."H. SefEt'
Henry G Espcy, Company r.. l-ISt
t,npjneers. 44.904: First Lieut.. Hugh
Everett, Jr-. Company y. 1Ztst Eng
neers. 4l.1I6, staff Sergt. +. Smith,
ComOarv L. 1@lst Engineers. I4,6Ss;
Corn. l.. Hayes, Battery y. @bUth
Coast Artillery. 44.5@: First SerEt. j.
A. Schrickel, Company Z, 12iSt En&l-
neers. At416; PVT. William Il. Lane,
Company j.. 121st Engineers, 44.o4;
Seret. j. Notaya, Battery \. 2h0th
Coast Artillery, 1885: Pvt. PM
Garaci. Battery 4. 26Qth Coast Artll-
lery. 42.1o0. Pvt. +. A. Ross, Company
&. 12lst Engineers. 40.562, and Pvt.
J.. J.. Borik, Company J.. l-lst Eh-
Siners. 4o.131.
instructions as 10 the number Of
drills that may be held by units of the
local guard during the next fiscal
wear have been set forth as follows,
in accordance with instructions re-
ceived from the War Department:
During the first and second quarters,
not TO exceed "a drills. During the
third quarter, not 10 exceed j. drills.
an addition to any part OF the "a dtills
not held during the first and second
quarters. During the fourth quarter,
not to exceed II drills, in addition TO
anv part of the SO drills not held dur
4ng the first, second and third quar-
ters.
In no event will the number of
drills for which payment IS made with
Militia Bureau funds exceed eight III
any one month. or 4S drills during the
fiscal year for any organization OF the
National Guard.
Another organization of the local
National Guard was last week added
to the list of those below strength,
making four organizations in all. ANA
prompt steps will have to be taken 10
bring these organizations up TO the re-
ouired maintenance strength II they
are to be allowed to go to camp.
These organizations are Company A,
Company r and the Medical Detach-
rnent of the 121st Regiment of Engi-
neers and the 29th Military Police
Company.
Company + has already taken steps
to meet the War Department re-
uuirements by calling back'int active
service a number of the men on its re-
serve list. and it is expected that un'
n
crease in the near future that the
other below strength organizations
will have to call their reserve men TO
active duty or effect the necessary in
crease by transferring active men
from the other organizations.
The following privates on the re-
serve list of Company L have been or
dered again to active duty: Milton W.
Adams. Ernest II. Aschenbach, Earl
II, Athey. William F. Blue. Joseph NJ.
Bowman, William +. Cassidy, Charles
E. Duff. Trueheart Gould, Fred +.
Myers. Norman r. Price, Britt X.
Pugh. Richard Stienbach. John }.
Walker. Edward Wall and Eugene W.
Weber.
Battery G, 2G0th Coast Artillery.
headed the list of organizations III the
matter of attendance last week, with
a
ganiZations. in their relative order,
with percentages, follow: Battery A,
250th Coast Artillery, 84.91; HeadquaT'
ters Detachment. Special Troops, 29th
Division 70; Company G, l21st Eng!'
neers, 20; Company A, 12lst Engl'
neers. 6S.34: Band, 121st Engineers,
s1.61; Company T.. 121st Engineers,
G7.G1: Company a. 312d Infantry,
6-.6-; Headquarters and Service Com
pany. 121st Engineers, 61.6l; Company
ID. 121st Engineers. 62.30: Battery B,
250th Coast Artillery. 6l.54; Company
+, 121st Engineers, 80; Headquarters
Detachment. 29th Division, 4l.23' z9th
Military Police Company, 40; COMPANY
Y. 121st Engineers. 1861, anu Meoicai
Detachment, 121st Engineers. 20.
Five enlisted men last week success
fully passed examinations for promo
zion by commission to the rank or sec
end lieutenants Of Engineers. 1heS
were later ordered before the statutory
hoard of which Col. John W. Oeh'
mann is president, for further exam
tnation for appointment.
Their names and their examination
averages follow: Sergt. Henry Cay
Tspey, Company +, 12lst Engineers
A4.22; Corp. John q. May. Company
4. 121st Engineers, $3.50; Corp. MAI
colin +. Bailey. Company F., l2lst f'1'
giueers. 1850; Private Samuel W.
Marsh. Headquarters and service
Company, T2.T: Corp. George j., No'
tava, Company l., 12lst Engineers
1898; and Corp. Pearson ConlSh'
Company G, 121st Enstnnera, ~,
Instructions for the national flile
matches We're issued last week by the
chieE Of the Militia Bureau Of the
War Department, The national match
period is fixed TO extend from August
II 10 September is, both dates inclu-
siye The members Of the teams are
authorized 10 participate from August
aS to September is, and the range oiti-
GERS will De required 10 participate Tor
The full period.
The system will be inan@urayed this