Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12

son, in charge of the Medical Corps
Detachment of the 260th Coast Artillery,
is at their armory, Water and 0 streets
southwest, on Tuesday evening OF each
week"
Letters have been addressed to the
following: Louis B. Bachrach, 3042
Rodman street. Omar j. Brown, 1927
Irving street; Francis j. Buckley, Provi-
dence Hospital; Jerry K. Cromer. Gal
linger Hospital Martin c. Flol1r, Sibley
Hospital; Edgar L. Goodman, 1913 ALI
son street; Robert H. Harmon, 261l
Adams Mill road; Alexander K. Leonardo,
724 Rock Greek Church road; Emmett
B. Literal, lib Twenty-fifth street;
Harry NJ. Lowden, Emergency Hospital;
oscar E. Norell, Emergency Hospital;
Esterino E. Santemma, 1407 L street;
John u. Schwartzmann, Emergency
Hospital; John E. McLain, 812 Twentieth
street; Charles P. Ryland, jr., Sol c
street; Francis w. Dunno, 1877 Tenth
street; Joseph r. Jordan, 1919 Twelfth
street; Mark L. Redding, 1924 Seven
Fairmont street, and Theodore j. Aber-
nethy, 4701 Connecticut avenue.
The securing of the enlistment of
number Of these medical school gradu-
ates would serve to put the medical
department attachments of the local
Guard on very high plane. and there
is hope that some of them will be at
tracted to this branch of the military
service. where they may obtain training
both in the armory and the field.
Three organizations of the local
Guard succeeded in mastering 100 per
cent of their personnel for the annual
inspections just completed. according to
hgures compiled and made public by
the brigade headquarters. They were
the band of the 12lst Regiment of En-
g1neers, the Headquarters Detachment,
18th Division Special Troops, and the
Medical Department Detachment, 260th
Coast Artillery, the last named being a
consistent 100 per cent organization at
the regular weekly drills.
The percentages of personnel mus
tered for the annual tests by the other
units composing the local Guard follow:
12lst Engineers-Headquar and
Service Company, 1924; Medical De-
partment Detachment, $500; Company
A, 1888; Company B, 8437; Company
z, 81 Sc; 1St Battalion, 1904; Company
D, 1855; Company E, 1914; Company
F, 91.22; I'd Battalion, 9281; average
for the regiment, 91.51.
goth Division Special Troops-Head-
quarters Detachment, goth Division,
18th Division Military Police Company,
26Oth Coast Artillery-Headouart
Detachment, 92.S1; Battery A, 1858;
Battery B. 1857; Battery C, O.39: aver
age for three batteries, 1875; average
Tor entire unit, 8l.63.
Company A, 372d Infantry, 64.51.
Again last week the Medical Depart
ment Detachment, 260th Coast Artil-
lery, topped the list in the matter of
attendance at drill, being classified as
superior, with percentage of 100. Only
II Of the units drilled last week, the
Engineer Regiment having skipped a
drill in order to keep within the maxi
mum number of drills allowed annually
for the local troops, which has been
placed at 48 by the Militia Bureau for
the purpose of keeping within the ap-
for armory drill pay. Incl
dentally, for the first time since its or
ganization the Quartermaster Corps
Detachment dropped into the unsatis-
factory class. with percentage of
54.54. This organization has for months
been in the top column. most of the
time with 100 per cent in attendance
The other units, in their respective clas-
with percentages, follow:
Superior-29th Division Military Po-
lice Company. 97.77.
Standardization Detachment,
29th Division, Special Troops. $3.50;
Detachment, 260th Coast
Artillery. 5000.
Very satisfactory-Band, 121st Engi-
neerS, 1878; Headquarters Detachment
29th Division, 1887; Company A, 372d
Infantry 1871.
Satisfactory-Bat A., 260th Coast
Artillery, 64.81; Battery C, 260th Coast
Artillery, 6226; Battery B, 260th Coast
Artillery, 62.07.
Sergt. Harry c. Leek. Headquarters
Detachment, Special Troops, goth Divi-
sion, has been ordered transferred, in
the grade of private, to the Headquar-
tiers Detachment, 29th Division. How
ever, Immediately upon his transfer he
was ordered promoted to sergeant in the
latter unit and assigned to the quarter
master section.
Upon recommendation of the detach-
ment commander. Private Marvin c.
Colman. Headquarters Detachment, Spe-
cial Troops, Goth, Division, has been or
dered promoted to corporal.
Pvt. Roger B. Langston. 29th Divi-
sion Military Police Company, has been
ordered honorably discharged from the