Evening star., 1928-05-13

Two former enlisted men Of the local
Guard have gained commissions in the
National Guard organizations of states,
according to official reports received at
brigade headquarters for notation in the
records on file here.
Former Master Sergt Henry H, Mears
of the Headquarters and Service Conf
pany, i2Ist Engineers. has been COM
missioned a second lieutenant of Engi-
neers in the National Guard Of North
Carolina. while former STAFF Sergt. Ar
thur l.. Millmore of Company F, l2lst
EngineerS, has been commissioned
second lieutenant Of Infantry IN the
National Guard of New Jersey.
Second Lieut.. Joseph F. Fitzgerald of
the Headquarters and Service Company,
l2iSt Engineers, has applied TO the Sd
Corps Area headquarters for duty as
instructor at one OF the Citizens Mill
tary Training Camps this Summer. 1t
was said at brigade headquarters that
two officers will be selected for this
duty. Lieut.. Fitzgerald now is at Fort
Humphreys, Va, attending the Engl-
neerS' School.
The following members of the Guard
have applied for permission to attend
one of the Citizens Military Training
Camps this Summer, in addition TO the
annual encampment of the Guard:
Theo Taube, Company Z, 12lst Engi-
neers: Cleveland F. Coates. 1886 D
street southeast, and Pvt. Leslie c. Bell.
Company c. l21st Engineers. Their
applications have been forwarded to the
Sd Corps Area headquarters at Balti-
more, Md.
The Headquarters Detachment. 29th
Division. will give benefit dance at the
Grace Dodge Tea House May Is for the
purpose of increasing the company fund.
Capt just c. Jensen. Ordnance De-
partment, III his monthly report of tar
get practice on the rifle range of the
Heights. D. c., shows that 762 men
actually fired on the range during the
month. The range was in use for ~
DAYS during the month. OF the total
of 762 who fired, only IL completed the
authorized practice and 90 the author
lied record firing They we're divided
into three units. The Army had 500
officers and men on this range, the Ma
tional Guard sol. while civilians num-
bered l6l.
The officers and men of the i2lst
Regiment of Engineers who qualified in
any of the classes in rife practice dur
ing the calendar year 1927 were an
nounced by Col John w. Oehmann,
commanding the organization, as fol-
lows:
Headquarters and Service Company:
Expert rifieman-First Lieut.. Edward
A. McAiahon, Technical Sergt. Frank B.
Kaye. Corpl. Louis A. Robertson, Pvt.
Donald A. Falk. Sharpshooter-Capt.
Walter S. Welsh. Sergt Joseph F. Pad
q
Tom B. Boman. Pvt FIRST class
Thomas A. Reneau, Pvt. George C.
Danforth. Pvt Albert B. Smith
Marksman-Second Lieut. Joseph F.
Fitzgerald, Master Sergt Henry B.
Cockrell. Sergt Patrick C. Bradley,
Sergt. Harold w. McGiverin, Corpl
Lloyd Nell. Corpl. James P. Quigley,
Pvts. William D. Baughan, Francis
Cole, william A. Conner, Percy Cum
berland. Crispolo @. Donate, Rudyard
Y Hesse. George e. Marshall, John II.
SchellhasS, Benjamin c. Stephens.
Pistol expert-First Lieut. Edward A.
McAfahon, Pvt. Albert A. Smith. Pistol
sha1pshooter-Pvt. Donald A. Falk.
Company A: Expert rifieman-First
Lieut.. Hugh 3. Everett Marksman--
SeTgts. Joseph r. Bordas Joseph z.
Butler and S. ]. Yeatman and Corpl
Thomas L. Thorne. Pistol expert
First Lieut. Hugh B. Everett
Company B: Expert rineman-Sergt
Henry L. Won Ahn. Sharpshooter--
First Sergt. Lloyd L. Gibson. Marks
nan-First Lieut. Walter A. knight,
Second Lieut.. A. L. Jorgensen, Sergt
Milton e. Davis. Sergt Kenneth J.
Zoeller, Corpl Carl r. Tierney Pistol
expert-Capt. William l. Mushake.
Company G: Expert rifieman-Capt
William P. Jorgensen, First Sergt. John
A. Schricker, Sergt. George 3. Camp
bel, Pvt. Gerald r. Trimble. Sharp
shooter-Pvt. first classD Eugene A.