Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-15
District National Guard

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sisnment Of Regular Army officerr
here for the duties of adiutant general
of the militia, 1t is not compulsory, ana
there is feeling in some circles ol
the Guard that the time is about ripe
for the selection Of some officer from
the Guard for this assignment. Wnlcn
carries the rank OF lieutenant colonel.
Mai. Frank c. Scofield. who has
been on duty at the Command and
General STAFF School at Fort Learen-
worth. Kans., reported at the armory
during the week as relief for Col, Brin-
ton as instruction of the battalion OF
26oth Coast Artillery. He will go to
camp with these troops, as Col. Brinton
at that time will be with the goth Di-
vision staff at Cascade, Md.
Mai. Charles B. Elliott. Infantry. who
has been assigned to the Army War
! College. also reported during the week
as relief for Col Brinton as instructor
/ Of the goth Division staff and In
fantrv troops of the local Guard He
/ will SO 10 Cascade with these troops
Praise for the work OF Coast Ar
/ tilerymen of the local Guard for aid
! ing in the rescue operations for the
/ River recently is contained in the fol-
lowing letter sent TO Mai Walter w.
/ Burns. commanding the organization.
1T is with much pleasure that /
have learned today that the officera
and men of the o60th Coast Artillery
devoted their efforts to operating the
SearchliehtS, issued 10 your organiza-
ton. during the night of July and I.
in connection with the rescue of a
man who was marooned on rock i'll
the rapids of the Potomac River just
above the District Line. / am informed
that your three battery commanders
and two of your lieutenants were pres
ent. together with number of nom
commissioned officers and others.
I feel that the efforts Of your or
ganization were highly instrumental in
preventing the mans falling from his
precarious position during the night
and assisted the man III staying on the
rock until daybreak. when he was res
cued.
Please extend my thanks to the
officers and men who engaged in this
duty. and assure them Of my deep APP
probation"
Capt. J. c. Jensen, Ordnance De-
partnent, in charge of the Guard rife
range at Camp Sims. Congress Heights
D. c. reported to brigade headquar-
tiers that S55 men used the rifle range
during the % days it was open for
practice during the month of June.
the authorized practice firing and "a
men completed the record firing.
OF the total number who used the
range 500 were members Of the Ma
tional Guard, 1877 were civilians, 100
we're Army personnel and 40 were Ma
rines
Pvt first classl David P. F. Hub
bard has been promoted to corporal
in the Headquarters and Service Com
pany.
Sergt. Adam G. Mouton has been re-
duced 10 private in Company F, l2lst
Engineers.
Pvt. George S. Cawthorne has been
promoted 10 corporal in Company +,
l21st Engineers.
Sergt. Walter r. Stokes, Medical De-
partment Detachment, 12lst Engineers,
has been honorably discharged to per-
NIT him to accept promotion by COM
mission Sergt. Stokes has just grad
uated from local medical school and
has been commissioned first lieuten-
ant in the Medical Reserve Corps of the
Army He has been ordered to active
duty for period of two years and has
been detailed as an inferno at the Wal
ter Reed Hospital here.
Pvt. Charles B. Mcpherson, Head
quarters ana Service Company, l2lst
Engineers. has been honorably dis |
charged on account OF physical diSa-
bility incurred while not on active duty |
The Medical Department Detachment, /
260th Coast Artillery, is the only or /
ganization in the superior class for at /
tendance at drill last week, with a rat |
ing of 90. The other organizations, in /
their respective classifications, followed !
BIZ their percentages. are:
Excellent-Headquar Detachment |
Special Troops. 29th Division, $500; |
Quartermaster Corps Detachment. 1861. |
Very satisfactory--Headqu De-
tachment, 29th Division, 7778; band,
12lst Engineers, 1873: Company A,
372d Infantry, 7l3S
Satisfactory-Headou Detach-
mens, 260th Coast Artillery. IS % Com
pany F. i2lst Engineers. $3.50.
sfactory-Company D, i2lst
Engineers. 5972: Headquarters and
Service Company, l2lst Engineers,
1858: Battery c. 260th Coast Artillery,
58I8. 29th Military Police Company.
5770 Medical Department Detachment. |
121st Engineers, 54.56; Company c, |
121st Engineers. So.
Very isfactory-Company 3. |
l2ist Engineers, 1857: Battery B. 260th
Coast Artillery. 4643: Company e. l2ist
Engineers, $3.50; Company A, i2lst En-
gineers, 1907