Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-19

With q rating Of 100 per cent in at
tendance. the QuartermaSter Corps Dc
tachnent Of the National Guard of the
District of Columbia heads the list of
organizations in its drill report for last
week, and incidentally is the only Or
ganization in the superior" class. This
organization has had an excellent rating
In attendance ever since it was organ
ised and it is the baby organization of
the local Guard and is commanded by
Capt. F. F. BernSdorff, 1t has only IL
men in its organization with the re-
suit that its standing is materially re-
duced if one or two men stay away from
drill. whereas the larger companies can
miss a number of men and have their
percentages fall but slightly.
The other organizations, in their
clasSificaticns and percentages. follow
EXcellent-Company F. l2lSt Engi-
neerS. $40: Headquarters Detachment,
26oth Coast Artillery, 1894: Band,
l2lst Engineers. 1886.
Very Satisfactory-Battery c. 260th
Coast Artillery. 1919; Headquarters and
Service Company l2lst Engineers,
72.42; Headquarters Detachment. 29th
Division. 7l06.
Satisfactory-Battery A. 260th Coast
Artillery. $3.50: Company A. 57cnd In
fantry. 65.l6: Company A. l2lst Engi-
neers, $500 tbelow strength: Battery
b. 26oth Coast Artillery, 5000:
neutrality-suspicious. c. l2lst
Engineers. 5s.5S: Medical Department
Detachment, 12lst Engineers. $500:
Headquarters Detachment. Special
Troops. goth Division. $3.50.
Very unSatiSfactory-Com E,
12lst Engineers. 1896: Company D,
i2lSt Engineers. 1852: Company B.
12lst Engineers. 46.77. and 29th Military
Police Company, 1858.
High praise has been given to the
officers and men Of the 10Th Military
Police Company by Capt. ]. c. Jensen,
head Of the ordnance department Of the
local National Guard. for the excellent
condition in which they have kept their
rifles and pistols. He has reported to
brigade headquarters that all of the
arms were absolutely without defect and
were in the finest shape. due to the care
which the men had given them. As to
the other outfits in the Guard, a num-
Der of rifles were said to have been
found in dirty condition, particularly
the barrels
Capt. Jensen has just completed an
investigation and inspection Of the fire.
arms of the local Guard units. which
was directed by brigade headquarters
Capt. Walter S. Welsh, commanding the
Headquarters and Service Company. OF
the l2lst Regiment of Engineers. said
that the color guard Of the regiment
vas praised highly for its military ap-
pearance when it attended the cere-
mony called ''maSsing Of the colors" at
st. Thomas Episcopal Church last week.
It was held under the auspices of the
Military Order Of the World War.
Those VINO participated in the cere-
nony were Lieut. John G. May, Com
pany G, 12Ist Engineers: Sergt. John B.
Coifman, jr: Staff SergA Albert T,
King. Sergt. Harold ". Mc0iverin. and
Pvt, First Class. David P F. Hubbard
al of the Headquarters and Service
Company
The local Guard has been placed in
first place among other Guard organiza-
tons Of the country in the amount OF
Federal property dropped by survey. as
q result of its challenging figures origi-
nally sent out by the Militia Bureau
The Militia Bureau reported TO the
Guard that an investigation had shown
that through an inadvertance report
Of survey covering motor vehicles valued
ct $24 ,38lI3 was posted to the account
Of the local organization.
The amount of the surveys which
were shown by the original figures as
applying to the local Guard were given
as s25,7l4S9. whereas Sl.333.76 is the
amount which should have been shown
and the per capita value of ths property
dropped should have been shown as
st.5l. instead of S2el2.
The Militia Bureaus reply says that
the amended figures place the District
Of Columbia at the top Of the list CT