Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-01

being held weekly in the various squad
rooms.
Staff Sergt. Harold L. Manville, cleo
trician, Battery A, 260th Coast Artil-
lery, is engaged in the construction Of
Self-instructing pistol chart. BY the
use of this device, 1t was said, q soldier
may become, without assistance, fanil-
lar with the construction and nomen-
clature Of the automatic pistol.
Since the Inauguration Of the re-
cruiting campaign November Z, for the
purpose Of obtaining sufficient men for
the formation of the machine gun bat
terry of the 260th Coast Artillery the
following have enlisted or re-enliSted:
Holton G. Rogers and Ernest j. Um-
berger assigned to the Headquarters
Detachment and Combat Train; George
Scordos, Weston Reamy, Eric CAT
field and Titus B. Snoddy, assigned to
Battery A; William E. Tabler, Charles
j. Flynn and Ralph E. johnson, as
signed to Battery B. and Alexander w.
Kramer and Charles T. Ball, assigned
to Battery G.
Capt. Lyman E. Morris has been des-
ignated to take charge of the recruiting
for Battery E and the raising of the
teries to so men each.
So much interest has been shown in
the recruit school, the course of which
covers period of 10 weeks, that 1t has
been found necessary to divide it into
two classes. Sergt. John E. Tegeler has
been assigned to instruct one group and
Corp. Carl Santilli the other. All
newly enlisted men are assigned to this
course to learn the rudimentS of soldier
ing before being assigned to the regular
batteries.
Pvt. Alan ]. Blanchard, Headquarters
Detachment, Goth Division, has been
honorably discharged on account Of
The following have been honorably
discharged on account Of removal from
the city: Pvt, First Glass, Leighton B.
Hastings, 10Th Division, Military Police
Company, and Pvt William T. French,
Company E, 121st Engineers.
The following have been transferred
| from the active to the reserve lists of
their respective organizations: Pvt. c.
E. Barr, Battery B; Sergt. Leslie F. LIE
| Compile, Battery G, and Sergt. Vincent
Vasco, Battery G, all in the 260th Coast
/ Artillery.
Pvt. Nicholas La Cava, Battery G,
260th Coast Artillery, has been dropped
as deserter as Of July 20, 1929, because
he has failed to report for drill since
that date, and all efforts to locate him
have failed.
Orders have been issued for the
| preparation Of the annual efficiency re-
ports Of officers and the physical ex-
aminations. The efficiency reports are
to be made as of December 81 next and
must be at the brigade headquarters by
January is.
All commissioned officers who have
! not been examined physically for ap-
potntment or promotion during the cur
rent calendar year will be required to
appear. before medical officer. The
medical officers must make their re-
ports before January 10, the order says.
Members Of the 29th Division STAFF,
composed of officers of the District of
Columbia, Maryland and Virginia mill
t1aS, Will meet In Baltimore, Md, De-
cember for conference on division
matters and for instruction. This is
one on the periodical conferences held
between the division staff officers, and
they are conducted at various places.
The officers who will go from this city
are Gen. Stephan. Lieut.. Col. r. H.
Smith, adjutant general; Lieut.. Col.
Peyton G.. hewitt, division adjutant;
NdJ. =. II. AIOVci QlVISIOu QudIL6ImdS-
ter, and Col. John w. Oehmann.
Master Sergt Henry B. Cockrell,
Headquarters and Service Company,
121st Engineers, has been ordered hon
orably discharged from that unit in
order to permit him to accept promo
ton by commission in the Quartermas-
ter Department.
Again last week four units Of the To-
cal Guard mustered sufficient men at
drill to put them in the classification
OF superior in attendance, one Of them,
the Headquarters Detachment, 2oth
| Division Special Troops, having attained
100 per cent. The others, In this class,
with their respective percentages of at