Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20
Id. e. NATIONAL GUARD

Filling of the vacancy of lieutenant
colonel and executive officer of the
l2Ist Regiment of Engineers, made va
cant when Lieut. Col Harry E. Glad
man was honorably discharged by
orders issued by brigade headquarters,
will be deferred a reasonable time,
pending a decision of the District SUI
preme Court in a suit instituted by Col.
Gladman to test the legality of his dis
charge, it was said at brigade head
quarters during the week The case
has been argued before Justice Wendell
P. Stafford, on the motion of Gladman,
made through Attorney H. WinShip
Wheatley for the issuance of COM
mon law writ of certiorari, seeking the
quashing of the discharge orders. Briefs
have been submitted, and the case
now is awaiting decision.
Lieut.. F. H. Smith, u. S. A., adjutant
general of the local militia, when asked
whether any steps had been taken to
fill the vacancy, said that nothing would
be done at this time but that if a
decision was not given within reason
able time that an appointment would be
made, so that the regiment could func-
ton, with the aid of an executive officer.
Col Smith was asked whether any
recommendation had been made to fill
the vacancy, said he was not authorized
to speak on that particular phase of the
question. However, it is understood that
recommendations were made to head
quarters for the commissioning of a
successor to Col. Gladman. 1t is
| assumed that the recommendation was
for the promotion of Maj. Julian S.
Cliff, the senior line major of the En-
| gineer Regiment, who commands the
I'd Battalion, who has been in the local
Guard for many years. The practice
has been followed in the past of filling
vacancies in the upper line by seniority
and there is no indication that change
would be made in this case.
While a decision is expected within
short time. it is probable that if it
| is unfavorable to Gladman that he will
cause it 10 be taken to the District
Court of Appeals. At any rate, it is
quite certain that the vacancy will not
be filled for a while at least.
Two organizations of the local Guard
reached 100 per cent in their attend
ance at drills last week, and were put
in the superior classification by the
brigade headquarters, according to the
table made public, but the largest group
of organizations were in the classical
| ton of unsatisfactory in attendance
The two 100 per centerS were the Head
quarters Detachment, 10Th Division
| Special Troops and the Medical Depart
| ment Detachment, 260th Coast Artillery
/ The other organizations in their re-
| sp2ctiVe claSSihcationS, with drill per-
centages. follow:
/ observation-disclosures Detachment
26Oth Coast Artillery, 95.17 and the
Band, l21st Engineers, 1886.
| Very satisfactory - Quartermaster
Corps Detachment, $500; Headquarters
and Service Company, 121st Engineers,
! 1882 Headquarters Detachment 29th
Division, 724l; Company d, 121st En-
! g.neerS, TOTS
satisfactorv-Battery C, 26oth Coast
Artillery, 61.54
sfactory-Company A. 121st
Engineers, STA; Battery B, 260th Coast
Artillery, 5000; Company E, 12lst En-
glneers, 55.55: Battery A. 260th Coast
Artillery, $500; Company F., 12lst En-
gineers, $685.; Company B, l2lst En-
gineers. 53.03; Company A, 372d Infan-
try. 5000.
Very unsatisfactory-Co Company C.
l2lst Engineers. 1920 29th Military
Police Company, 4808; Medical Depart
ment Detachment, l2lst Engineers,
1000
Mai. Gen. Anton Stephan, command
ing INC AoIo4 Oudlu, NlSlIeu Cile ZouLn
Coast Artillery on its drill night last
week, and inspected the equipment of
the organization, but did not inspect the
personnel II was said at the brigade
headquarters that one of the purposes
OF changing the drill night of that
organization from Tuesday. the drill
night for all line and staff units, to
Friday night, was for the purpose of
giving the general an opportunity for
paying visits to the line organizations
on their drill nights.
David r. Middleton enlisted last week
in Company c, l2lst Engineers.
Capt Clarence S. Shields, Company
r. l2lst Engineers; Capt. William F.
Jorgensen, Company c, l2lst Engineers,
and Capt Louis M, Gosorn, Battery A.
! 160tn Coaxt Artillery have been uauned