Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-03
District National Guard

for the perfection of the regiment in
such exercises.
Four officers and "a enlisted men
were ordered to duty Thursday for the
purpose of forming the advance guard
to move the equipment from the store
house to the camp site.
Brigade headquarters announced that
it had received a notification from the
chief of the Militia Bureau of the War
Department that Master Sergt. L. r.
Wilson, finance section Headquarters
Detachment, goth Division, had sue
cessfully completed the home study
course of the Finance School, United
States Army. In forwarding the letter
TO the soldier Gen. Stephan commended
him most highly upon his graduation
and particularly praised him for the
fact that he received it as result of
many hours of study put in outside of
the regular drill hours required by the
mans unit. Wilson's class standing
was given as 81 and his grade as 94.46
per cent.
The following board for field inspec-
ton of the 260th Coast Artillery has
been appointed: Maj. Charles B. Meyer,
Mai Manning B. Kimmel and Maj.
James A. B. Wallach. It was pointed
out that one of these boards is to be
appointed for each camp and they will
observe and report on the operations
of the various units while in the field.
Mai. George j. Allen, Medical Corps,
State staff; Maj. Edward H. Grove,
Infantry, Headquarters Special Troops,
goth Division, and Capt. F. F. Berns-
dorff, Quartermaster Corps, State Staff,
have been named as a board of officers
to investigate and report on all injuries
or illnesses of members of the local
Guard which may have required hos
pitaliZation during or subsequent to the
field training encampment held at Fort
George G.. Meade, Md, July to July 10.
Two men, 1t was said at the brigade
headquarters, required disqualification
during the encampment. One was
Capt. William T. Roy, commanding
the 29th Division Military Police Com
pany, who accidentally shot himself
in the foot while cleaning his service
pistol, and another was Pvt. Hugh B.
Emmons, Headquarters Detachment,
29th Division, who was operated on for
appendicitis on the day the troops left
the post after completing their annual
period of field training. 1t was said
at the armory that Capt. Roy is i'm
proving, being able to walk with the
aid of a cane, but that Emmors Is
still in the post hospital at Fort Meade.
The order recently issued directing
that Joseph L. McCawley. Company E,
12lst Engineers, be dropped as de-
serter has been amended to give him
an honorable discharge, on account OF
removal from the District. Brigade
headquarters reported that McCawley
has been to Africa, and that upon his
return he reported in at the armory.
It was added that he had enlisted now
in the 260th Coast Artillery.
The following have been honorably
discharged on account of removal from
the District: Pvts. Dewitt w. Bennett
and Charles E. Tippett.
Pvt. Frank Beckhart, Company A,
I2lst Engineers, has been transferred
from that unit to the Medical Depart
ment Detachment, 12lst Engineers.
The following have been transferred
from the active to the Reserve lists OF
their respective units on account OF
business interference with the perform
ance of their military duty: Pvts. Law
renee o. Callahan, George H. Gilbert,
Thomas j. Higgins. James w. Kenny
and Stanley w. Taylor, all OF Company
A. 12lst Engineers; Pvt. fFirSt Glass;
Perry w. Michaels, Medical Department
Detachment, 260th Coast Artillery; Pvt.
John P. Sneigoski, Headquarters and
Service Company, 121st Engineers.
Another aide has been added to the
personnel staff of Maj. Gen. Anton
Stephan, commanding the local brigade
and the 29th National Guard Division.
hnc ham named
the position was created, according 10 a
notice received here from the Militia
Bureau The officer will be appointed
from the Pennsylvania National Guard.
It was said that this was done because
of the addition to the 29th Division OF
the 176th Field Artillery from the Key
stone State Guard.
Three units of the local Guard mus
tered sufficient men at their regular
drill last week to permit their inclusion
in the classification of superior in at
tendance. according to figures from the
unit drill reports and announced by
brigade headquarters Battery E, 26Otn
Coast Artillery, headed the list with a
percentage of 92.72. The other units
in this group, with percentages, We're:
Headquarters Detachment and Combat
Train. 260th Coast Artillery, $3.50, and
the Band. 121st Engineers, 91.42.
The other units, in their respective
classifications, with percentages, follow:
Very satisfactory Battery B, 260th
Coast Artillery, 1858; Company +, 121st
Engineers. 77.77; Battery c, 260th Coast
Artillery, 76.47; Company A, 121st Engi-
neers, 70.76
Satisfactory: Company d, l2lst En-
gineers, 6865; Headquarters and Service
Company, 121st Engineers. 67.92: Com
pany c, 121st Engineers, 67.74; Battery
A, 260th Coast Artillery, 65.07; Com
pany B, 121st Engineers, 6229.
Unsatisfactory: Company e, 121st En-
gineers, 1929.
Very unsatisfactory: Medical Depart
ment Detachment, 121st Engineers,
4736.
The organizations which were not
listed in the above report, according to
announcement, did not drill during the
period which 1t covers.
Pvt william G. Bovine has been pro-
NOTED to sergeant In Company d, 12ist
Efa1ineerg and Put. John A Belt and