Evening star., 1928-12-23

Five rifle teams have been entered
this wear by the National Guard of the
District of Columbia in The indoor mill
tary matches conGucte under the aus
pices of the National Aifle Association,
it was announced at brigade headquar-
ters Of the local Guard The 121st
Regiment Of Enginests' team was en-
tered in the regimental team match,
while Companies d and E and the
Headquarters and Service Company Of
the I21st Engineers and the team OF
the State administrative staff were en-
tered in the company team matches.
These are small-bore matches, which
are conducted in the indoor ranges Of
the armorieS throughout the country,
each match, being fired before a dis
interested observer. The matches last
four weeks, the entries closing on Feb
ruary next All of the targets in the
matches must be at the headquarters OF
the National Rife Association here by
April /.
The regiment of Engineers won the
corps area regimental match last year,
but lost the national match, while Com
pany e, which is commanded by Capt.
Clarence S. Shields, shooting mem-
Der Of the team, won both the corps
area and national company team
matches.
Aside from the sport of winning the
matches, the rifie-shooting experts of
the local Guard point out that the
greatest good coming from the indoor
matches is the training which the men
receive for the higher-powered outdoor
matches later in the year, including
the national matches at Camp Perry,
Ohio.
A general bettering of the drill at
tendance among members OF the Vari-
Gus units of the local Guard is noted in
the weekly report of drill attendance
submitted to brigade headquarters.
Three organizations reported enough
men at drill to put them in the classi-
fication of superior, with percentage
of better than 80 per cent. They were
the Headquarters Detachment, 29th
Division Special Troops, which had a
100 per cent attendance; the Head
quarters Detachment, 260th Coast
Artillery, 1924, and the band, 121st
Engineers, 9l.43.
The Medical Department Detach-
ment, 260th Coast Artillery, was the
only one classified as excellent, with a
percentage of 8571, while three organi-
j.. cations were rated very satisfactory,
tachment, 7500: Headquarters and
Service Company, 12lst Engineers,
$500, and the Headquarters Detach-
fnent, 7414. N
Classified as satisfactory were Com
ibany E, 121st Engineers, 62.l2; Battery
B, 260th Coast Artillery, 6079; Com
pany B, 121st Engineers, 60.61, and
Company D, 12lst Engineers, 60.56.
Unsatisfactory ratings were given to
ahe following: Battery G, 260th Coast
Artillery, 58.82; Battery A. 26oth Coast
Artillery, $50; Company A, 121St En-
gineers, $500; Company F, 121st Engi-
neers, 54.69, and 29th Military Police
Company, $3.50.
Three organizations finished last-in
the very unsatisfactory class. They
were Company G. 121st Engineers
48.48; Company A, 372d Infantry, 4366
and the Medical Department Detach-
ment, 12lst Engineers, $500.
The officers and men Of the loca
National Guard will lose two drills dur
ing the Christmas holidays-Decembel
rs and January l.
The War Department has issued or
ders that r. o. T. C. graduates may bt
appointed to the officers Reserve Corp.
If enlisted in the National Guard, ever
though there be no vacancy under the
war tables of organization. This ap.
plies to graduates of the present schoo
year, and is to be effective until fur.
ther action, pending a study of the sit
uation. Professors of military Scienct
and tactics have been instructed to OBJ
tain information as to what members
If any, of their units who may be ex
pected to satisfactorily complete tn
r. Q. T. G. courses during the curren
year are members of the Nationa
Guard.
Second Lieut. Thomas A. Miller wa
presented last Tuesday night with hi
commission in the Headquarters De
presentation was made by Maj. Gen
Anton Stephan.
Changes in the Medical Department
commissioned personnel in the loca
National Guard, it was explained las
week, were for the purpose of placin
the senior medical officer of the Guar,
on the State staff. instead of with
regmental unit. Formerly the Senio
medical officer, Maj. George j. Allel
was in command of a medical unit
while First Lieut.. Joseph j. Green
law was with the State administrative
staff. These two have changed place!
and by the change the command of tn
unit goes TO Capt. Edward G. Morse.
Much of the medical work of the las
camp fell on the shoulders of Ma
Allen because of the absence from cam
of other medical officers. He eve
functioned as medical officer of tn
division staff. Thus all of the medics
work Of the last camp, including tn
routine inspections, was made on on
medical officer.
Four enlisted men of the Enginee
Regiment who were on the eligible Ii:
for promotion by commission were ex
amined last Tuesday night to fill va
cancies existing in the regiment, an
1t was reported at brigade headquartel
have successfully passed. They wei
Sergt. Cooper B. Rhodes, Headquartel
and Service Company; Sergt. Albert
Kubeldzis Company C; Corpl Samu
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