Evening star., 1928-10-21
District National Guard

ticles Of war. 2 hours; craftsmanship.
hours, and ceremonies, hours.
For the first time in many months
the band of the l21St Engineers, Meyer
Goldman. leader, heads the top of the
list in the attendance of organizations
of the Guard for the past week. How
ever. no organization had sufficient at
tendance to put it in the classification
of superior. The band. with a percen-
tage of 80, together with the Medical
Department Detachment, 260th Coast
Artillery, with percentage of 80, we're
in the excellent classification. The
other organizations. in their relative or
der and classificaGions, with the per-
centages of men pieSent. follow:
Very satisfactory-Headqu and
Service Company. 12lst Engineers,
1856; Quartermaster Corps Detach-
ment, rs; Headquarters. Detachment,
260th Coast Artillery, IS; Headquarters
Detachment, 29th Division. 1901.
sfactory-Company A. 372d In
fantry. 1886: Company B, 12lst Engl-
neers, CO.
Unsatisfactory-Co D. 12ist
| Engineers, $500: Company c, l2lst En-
gineers 569l; Battery c. 260th Coast
Artillery, 1851; Company F, 12lst En-
| gineers 5606: Headquarters Detach-
ment, Special Troops, 55.55; Battery B
2eoth Coast Artillery, SAP; 29th Mill
tary Police Company. 52.54 Company
A, 121st Engineers, 5166. and Battery
A, 260th Coast Artillery, 5093
Very neutrality-suspicious. Depart.
ment Detachment 121st Engineers
As; Company A, l2lst Engineers, 44.12
4412.
Pvt. Ellis NJ White, Company F, 121st
Engineers, has been honorably dis
charged on account CT his removal from
the District of Columbia.
Private Theodore w. Stevens, jr
29th Military Police Company, has beer
honorably discharged on account of hi;
removal from the District of Columbia
Sergt. Morris A. Miller. Battery c
260th Coast Artillery. has been ordered
TO report to Maj. Frank C. Scofield
president Of an officers examining
board. meeting at Water and o streets
southwest, for examination to determine
his qualifications for promotion by com.
mission to the rank of second lieuten-
ant Of Coast Artillery.
Pvt. Charles E. Nally. Battery c
| 26Oth Coast Artillery, has been trans.
| list of that unit.
Sergt Pat H. McDuream. Company
D. l21st Engineers has been llonorsbl!
discharged to permit his enlistment II
the United States Army.
Sergt. Morris Allen Miller has beer
assigned to the Headquarters Detach.
ment, 260th Coast Artillery.
+ Pvt. Louis E. Hit. Company D. 121s
Engineers, has been honorably dis.
charged on account Of his removal from
| the city.
Removal from the District of Colum.
bia was given in orders as the reason
for the honorable discharge of Pvt
BENJAMIN G. wilkinson. Battery 3
260th Coast Artillery.
The Militia Bureau of the War De.
| partment has sent to the local Ma
| tional Guard a statement of the allow
| anceS of ammunition for practice anc
drill work for the calendar year 1929
The circular says that the ammunitic
expenditure will be controlled by com
manding officers so as to obtain tn.
| best results in the most economical
manner. and that all persons au.
| thorized or required by regulations
! partment instructions to fire. and who
actually do fire, the course or exercise
! for which the allowance is prescribed
| are entitled to the allowances
1t is also provided that only one au-
| thorized allowance will be fired by ar
individual with the same weapon dur
| ing the same target year, and that nc
! individual is authorized to fire in q
dual capacity: that is, as an enlisted
man of the Guard and as a Reserve Of
f1cer. The new allowances follow:
Caliber % cartridge: For each of.
flcer, warrant officer and enlisted mar
authorized to fire a qualification course
with the rife. $50 pounds.
Ball rifle cartridges. caliber 80: Ont
hundred and ninety rounds for each Of
ficer, warrant oficer and enlisted mar
authorized to fire qualification course
with the rife; 500 rounds for eacf
| authorized automatic rife in service
and actually fired: $4,000 rounds. with