Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14
headquarters and Service

Kilgore, Headquarters and Service
Corpl. Harry Shaw, Company 2, 12lst
Engineers, has been reduced to private,
while Corpl. Edwin w. Saunders has
been promoted to sergeant in the same
command.
pvt. william C. Bowen has been pro-
NOTED to corporal in Company D, l2lst
Engineers.
Pvt. (First Glass; Clarence G. Lee
has been promoted to corporal In the
Headquarters and Service Company,
121st Engineers
pvt. (First Glass; Colbert g., wild
has been promoted to corporal In Com
pany A, l21st Engineers.
The following of Company d, 121st
Engineers, have been discharged as OF
dates shown following their respective
names, they having failed to report
efforts to locate them having failed:
Pvt Herman Q. Chesser, January 90,
1929, and Pvt. Michael c. Dargan,
April 81. 1929. mss
First Lieut.. William r. Roy, 29th
Division Military Police Company, has
been ordered to report to Lieut.. Col.
Charles B. Elliott, president of an Of
,flcerS examining board, ON July %
uCAb 1OE
as a captain of Infantry. Lieut.. Roy
now commands this organization.
Special instructions for the partici-
patton of the National Guard in the
national rife matches have just been
issued by the Militia Bureau of the
War Department. While considerable
detail is given In the pamphlet, which
Is intended to be permanent, 1t was
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are to be issued from time to time.
It Is pointed out that all expenses
incident to the participation of the
Guard in the matches are betrayed
from funds allotted to the Militia
Bureau by the National Board for the
Promotion of Rifle Practice States
having Federally recognized units
armed with the rifle are urged by the
bureau to send a team to the matches,
In order that each may have the bene-
At of the training afforded by the
Small Arms Firing School and the
matches.
A representative of the Militia Blu
reau will be present at the camp to
handle National Guard business and
will be available to assist team per-
sonnet In every possible way. All men,
bers of the Guard are urged to take
advantage of his services during their
attendance at the matches.
The national matches consist of the
following: National Rifle Association
matches, national individual pistol
match, national pistol team match, ma
tional individual rifle match and the
national rifle team match.
Each National Guard team Is to con-
SiSt Of Is members. as follows: One
team captain not above the grade OF
| major, except that either the team
captain or the team coach may be a
lieutenant colonel. However, in no case
shall there be more than one officer OF
this grade on any team; one team
coach not above the grade of major
except as provided above; one range
officers not above the grade of captain
| 10 principals not above the grade OF
captain and two alternateS not above
the grade of captain
| Regular Army instructors assigned to
the National Guard may accompany
| the team, but their expenses must be
borne by the State sending them, but
they may not participate as members OF
the State team unless they hold COM
missions In the National Guard.
All team members and officials must
report on the first day of the nationa.
match period and must leave on the
last day.
To be eligible to shoot in the nationa
matches as a shooting member Of a
National Guard rife team, each shoot
ing member must comply with special
provisions. All team members, includ-
:. ing the captain and coach, If they ar