Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26
District National Guard

are more confident than ever because
of the new ruling which gives them a
better chance against the regular or
carnations. with whom they compete.
Heretofore 1t has been the practice for
the regular establishment to send a
large group Of riflemen there ahead Of
time and keep them shooting. not pick
ing their team until Just before a match
The National Guard could not do this
because of lack of funds. both for trans
portation and for the pay of the per-
sonnet. This resulted In formal
protest. in which the disadvantage was
pointed out. following which a ruling
was issued that the regular outfits must
announce their teams upon arrival at
the rife range.
The members Of the District team
spent many hours during the past two
weeks. after their regular drill schedule
on the rife range at Camp Richie. in
order to maintain their high scores
The following is the team membership;
Capt. Just G, Jensen, Ordnance De-
partment. State staff. team captain;
Capt Fletcher r. Bernsdorff. Quarter
master Corps. State staff, range officer;
Capt. Clarence S. Shields, Company f,
l2lst Engineers; First Lieut.. Thaddeus
A. Riley, Company z, l21st Engineers;
quarters and Service Company. 12ist
Engineers; First Lieut.. Hugh Everett,
Company d. l2lst Engineers; Second
Lieut.. Henry c. Espey. Company E.
l2lst Engineers: First Sergt. William
Nicholson, 29th Military Police Com
pany; STAFF Sergt. Alex j. Thill, Ord
nance Department, State staff. team
coach, Staff Sergt George B. Campbell
Company c. l2lst Engineers; Sergt
William r. Lane, Company E. I2lSt
Engineers, Corpl. Philip Geraci. Battery
A. 260th Coast Artillery; Pvt Cfirst
class John M. Crandall. Quartermas-
ter Corps. State staff; Pvt FIRST class
Eugene A. Ross, Company c, i2lst En-
gineers. and Pvt first class Thomas
A. Renau, Headquarters and Service
Company, i2ist Engineers.
All these men were picked after COM
petitive firing on the National Guard
rife range at Camp Simms. Congress
Heights, ID. G. Capt. Jensen has been
authorized by the brigade headquarters
TO enter the team in matches under the
auspices of the National Rife Asso-
citation, the entrance fees to be paid
olt Of District OF Columbia funds. He
also has been authorized to purchase
special ammunition for use in the
matches and In the practice.
Upon the recommendation Of the
company commander, the following
promotions have been ordered In Com
pany A. l2lst Engineers: Pvt. Herman
Silver TO be a sergeant and the follow
ing priPates 10 be corporals: j. A.
Eaton, w. r. Jessop, M. w. Leaman.
II. A Hoover and 4. A. Dimler
Corpl James r. Quigley of the Head
r.xt1 Rte "a JEf
Engineers has been ordered reduced
from corporal to private
Pvt (frst class Paul A. Joray and
Pvts. Marion w. Chinn and Henry d.
Green. Sd. have been ordered promoted
10 corporals In Company z. l2lst
Engineers
CorpI Merrill y. Reich has been
ordered promoted 10 be q sergeant in
Company r, l2ist Engineers.
The Medical Department Detach-
ment, l2ist Engineers, has new ser
geant Robert @. Kirby just promoted
from private first class,
cergt John r. Kidwell has been
ordered reduced TO the grade OF private
In Company b. l2ist Engineers.
The following promotions have been
ordered In Company B, i2ist Engineers
Corpl. Isadore Frank TO be- sergeant and
pgts. Harry + Bartl and Howard M,
Dove TO be cofpotala.
The following have been ordered pro
NOTED 10 srrgeants In Company +, l2ist
| Engineers, 10 De Sergeant8 Corpl. PAU
WofRaman priyates, First Class, stan"
/ ley w, Phillips and William Is. Calvert
and PVT, William T.. Combs,
The following TO be- corp0rhls IN the
same command; Privates, First Glass.
Harry Shaw and George A. Ledrich.
PVT. William r. Lane has been or"
dered promoted 10 the grade OF sergeant
in Company r.. i2lst Engineers.
The following men have been APP
pointed specialists In the Medical De-
partment Detachment i2ist Engineers,
by Maj. George j. Allen, commanding
PVta,, First Glass. Frank I. Beckett
and Morris j. Welsler. and Pvts Earl
Callahan, Edward A. Dove, Joseph w
Kreamer Edward s. Myers, George r.
Poole ana Whitfield w, Tucker,
Mai Allen. Medical Corps. has an
nOunced that soon an examination VIII
| be held Tor the purpose OF selecting
men for promotion 10 places OF higher
responsibility IN the detachment, and
that the selections OF men 10 take the
examinations will he based on perform
ance Of duty while they attended the
annual encampment.
The following have been promoted 10
priVates. i1rst class, In the Medical De-
paftmsnt Detachment. l2lSt Engineers
Frank r Bsckert. Henry d. Curtis ana
Eugene s., Potter.