Evening star., 1928-10-14
District National Guard

| authority, in his discretion, to accept
post entries.
The target range will be open for
voluntary matches on all days pre-
| ceding the matches, except Friday, the
! day before they are scheduled to begin.
| The time limit on firing is one minute
per shot, slow fire. The duty will be
without pay, but rations will be served
at public expense on the range.
The individual pistol championship
match will be fired at am. Novem-
Der 4. It is open to all members of
the Guard, commissioned or enlisted.
The course of fire will be the record
dismounted course, using the service
| automatic. The first prize will be a
gold medal, the second prize a silver
medal and the third prize a bronze
medal.
Not one of the units of the local
| Guard succeeded in getting its at
| tendance last week high enough to
reach the superior classification, accord
| ing to figures made public at brigade
headquarters. The Quarternaster Corps
Detachment, which held so hard to this
position, but just over the 80 per cent
| line for the first two weeks OF the
| drill year, dropped into the excellent
| classification last week, but nevertheless
heading the list with a percentage In
| attendance of 1888. The only other
organization with it in this class was
the band Of the 121st Engineers, with
a percentage of 82.86. The other or
ganizations in their respective claSSlnca-
| tionS, with percentages, follow:
| Very atisfactory-Headquar and
Service Company 121st Engineers, 1885;
Headquarters Detachment, 260th Coast
| Artillery, IS; Headquarters Detachment,
| 29th Division, TACO; Medical Depart
ment Detachment, 260th Coast Artil-
lery, 10.
Artillery, 66; Company A, 1920 In
fantry, 65.28; Company F, l21st En-.
| Artillery, GALS; Company D, 121st En-
gineers, $3.50; Headquarters Detach-
ment Special Troops, 29th Division,
Unsatisfactory-Company G, 12lst En-
| gineers, 5847; Company B, 12lSt En-
gineers, 55.40; Battery G, 260th Coast
Artillery, 5370; 29th Division, Military
Police Company, 50.s5; Company A,
| 121st Engineers, SO.
Very sfactory-Company Z,
12lst Engineers, 1922; Medical Depart
ment Detachment, 121st Engineers, As.
| Pvt. William B. Dawkins, Company
A, 372d Infantry, has been honorably
discharged to enable him to enlist In
the United States Army.
Pvt. James Young, jr., has been trans
ferred from the active to the reserve
list of the Headquarters Detachment,
29th Division, on account OF business
interference with his military duties. !
The acceptance by the President OF
the United States of the resignation Of
Second Lieut. Russell M. King, Battery
B, 260th Coast Artillery was announced
at brigade headquarters. It was made
effective September 26.
The annual examination Of the rec
ords of members of the Guard by COM
pany commanders for the purpose of
determining who are entitled to service
medals has been ordered by brigade
headquarters. Those who have COM
of service will be entitled to the badges.
The instructions say that all reports
and recommendations in this respect
must be in brigade headquarters prior
to october %, so that the medals may
be ordered and plans made for their
presentation at formal ceremonies to be
arranged later.
First Lieut. Edward A. Mcmahon,
Headquarters and Service Company,
121st Engineers, has been ordered to
Waynes0oro, Pa, in connection with the
investigation being conducted in the
case against Pvt. William e. Taylor,
Company E, 121st Engineers, who was
arrested in that place while the Guard
was in camp at Cascade, Md, charged
with the transportation OF intoxicating
liquor. The court-martial to try the
man was appointed some time ago, but
the charges have never been formally
presented to it for trial.
The Guard judge advocate, Capt.
Ralph L. Walker, investigated the case
while the Guard was in camp and the
man was released by the civil authori-
ties into the hands Of the military, with
the stipulation that he was to be
brought to trial. officers at Guard
headquarters have been reticent con-
cerning the case, but it is understood
they have had difficulty in obtaining
from the Pennsylvania authorities the
necessary evidence upon which to con-
duct the trial.
Capt. William F. Jorgensen, Company
c, 121St Engineers, has been appointed
military counsel for the accused soldier
and Is awaiting the Governments pres
entation of the case.
Taylor was arrested following an au-
tomobie collision, and according to an
investigation made at that time 1t was
said the alleged liquor was slipped be-
hind the seat Of the car by pas
senger.
Pvt. Archie H. Brown, Company D,
121st Engineers, has been honorably
discharged to enable him to enlist in
the United States Army.
Pvt. Ellis N. White, Company r, 12lst
Engineers, has been honorably dis
charged from the Guard on account of
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