Evening star., 1928-01-29
District National Guard

lose by discharge. due to expiration oi
term OF service. 10 men. or total loss oi
26 men The company will accordingly be
REQUIRED to enlist men at the rate OF
four and one-third men per mon'h 70
60 10 camp. During the past SIX mohlhS
a total cain of only lS was mace. OF
AZ the rate of three men per month.
II is accordingly evident that grea'eI
activity in recruiting Is necessary III
the future six months than III the past
six months"
The following members of the Guara
,,,,,nared before the examining board
LOST week and took the examination LOT
,,ro,,otion 10 the rank OF second neu-
tnnant of infantry: Sergt, Abraham
silver Company A. 12lSt Engineers
p,t lIoseph T. Steuart. 2eth Military
police COMPANY: Pvt. First CLASS
c,harIes A Goodman. 2eth DIVISION
/ ttnadnuorters Detachment: Pvt. Percy
= pHole 2eth Division Headquarters
/ Detachment: First Sergt Wiiilam "A
! Gormlev, Company A, l2lst EnslneelS
ard Corpl Willard l.. Hammer. Heau
quarters. o9th Division. special uoops'
Second Lieut.. Enrique c. CanoVa
/ Cnn,pauv A. 121st Engineers. mas zen
dereo his resignation because ot ms u!
ability % give up sufficient tine 'o III
military duties
omcials ~ tho Guard appeared 9' ,hc
! r,,o,,,s Of the Senate DISTRICT Ccn,NtltS
loo, v,eek "a present arguments III favor
Of the bill of Senator Capper: CHAIRMAN
nj the committee. providing for tne uSe
ot Ire Pension Building as an armory
/ for ,he local Guard. The committee
however. was hearing testimony on inc
! dinioua mill measure. which consumeo
/ so much time that the >armory Dill wa
/ not reached. Those who were present
prepared TO testify on the armory meas
sure were Maj. Gen. Anton SVepi,al'
Lieut. Col. Louis c. Brinton, ar. aolu-
tant general. and Lieut. Col. Peyton U
hewitt. adiutant of the 29th Nauona!
! Guard Division.
First Lieut. Hugh Everett, jr. Com
pany A. l2ist Engineers, has been or
i dered 10 Fort Humphreys, va" on
/ March 8 next, 10 enter the Englheel
school there IN the company oncers
class. He will be on duty there unu
June s.
Authority has been granted by thf
Guard to the Headquarters Company Of
the Army located here 10 use the Ma
tlonal Guard rife range st Camp
S,mms Congress Heights. n. g.. for
r,se rract,ce during the ',orth of Arrll
e,S tc~ p,stcl rract.cs during Ma. This
--r,.est vas sc-t tc the CCa-5 =" Capt.
Jared : Wood, commanding tbs init.
/ -he C-a.te--.sSte- Co-rs Getach-
....e..: heads tse ,:st CO Guard c-gac!.
! zz:.o-s - tie matter 0. attendance
las: week, reaching the tcp o. the
Superior" class with 100 per cent
Another organization also reached this
group. Company F, 12lst Engineers.
with a percentage of attendance OF
/ 1916
The other organizations in their rel
ative order grouped. followed by their
respective percentages. follow;
Excel!ent-Battery C. 260th Coast
Artillery. 81.49.
Very Headquarters De-
] tachment. 260th Coast Artillery. 1917;
Headquarters Detachment, special
/ troops, 29th Division, 1873: Battery A
! 260th Coast Artillery. $500; Headquar-
/ ters Detachment. 29th Division. II .06.
/ Satisfactory Company c. l21St En-
cincerT. 6aO2: Headquarters and Serv-
=. 'ce Co'~ranr. '11-t ErS,reors. S7.ao;
Cc.,22sny A aIlc IrfSafr,, 67.I1; Ccy--