Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22

4 Three units of the local Guard mus
! tered suficient men at drill during the
/ last drill period to obtain the class
| fication of superior in attendance. They
were the Headquarters and Service
Company, 121st Engineers, $3.50 per
cent; 29th Division Military Police
Company, 96.70 per cent; Medical De-
partment Detachment, 12lst Engineers,
94.33 per cent.
The other units in their respective
claSsifications with percentages, follow
In their relative order:
Excellent - Band, 121st Engineers,
$3.50: State Detachment, $3.50; Head
quarters Detachment, 29th Division,
| 1896 per cent; Battery E, 260th Coast
Artillery, 8400; Headquarters Detach-
ment and Combat Train, 260th Coast
Artillery, 72.75.
Very satisfactory - Medical Depart
ment Detachment, 260th Coast Artn-
lery, 7647; Battery B, 260th Coast Ar
tillery, 76.19 Headquarters Detach-
ment, Special Troops, goth Division,
| $500; Company c, l2lst Engineers,
| 1921.
Satisfactory-Ba A. 260th Coast
Artillery, 68.33; Company B, 12lst En-
gineers, 6774; Company A, 372d In
fantry, $3.50; Company d, l2lst En-
gineers, 62.74; Company A, 12lst En-
gineers. $3.50.
Unsatisfactory = Battery c, 26oth
Coast Artillery, 59.37: Company F,
121st Engineers, $500; Company E,
121st Engineers, 1896.
The following enlisted men, 1t was
announced, have qualified in COM
oetitive examination and have been
placed on the eligible list for appoint
ment as second lieutenants OF engl-
neers in the Guard:
Sergt Colvin Parker, Company A, who
made an average mark of 85.2 per cent;
Sergt. Edward D. Andrus, Company E,
82.5: Corpl. Howard A. Burd, Company
E. ISL: Sergt. John T. O'Neil, Company
F. 1913. all of the Engineer Regiment,
and pvt. Donald A. Falk, 10Th Division,
1872.
These men will remain on the list
for year to fill vacancies as they occur.
Mai. Gen. Anton Stephan, COM
mander of the local Guard, has sent the
following letter to the commanding ON
Ger of the l2lst Engineers:
In forwarding to the chief, Militia
Bureau, the targets and scores of or
carnations entered in the chief Of the
Militia Bureaus indoor rifle match 1t
is noted that Company E, 12lst Engi-
neers, again has demonstrated its pro-
ficiency in rife craftsmanship by win
ming this competition. I extend my
congratulations to the members OF Com
pany E who made possible this achieve
ment by their outstanding work in this
connection, and particularly to the COM
pany commander. Capt Clarence S.
Shields, for his diligence in connection
with rife Workmanship and apparent
desire to have his company excel.
II urge a continuance of this effort
on the part Of Company E, and at the
same time suggest that other units Of
the regiment have within their organi-
cations personnel which, with proper
training, can equal or exceed Company
Els proficiency in craftsmanship"
'I have Just received a special report
on duty performed by you as a student
at the Coast Artillery School from jan
uary 5 to February %, 1881" says
letter written by Gen. Stephan to Maj.
Walter w. Burns, commanding the
260th Coast Artillery THE report of
the commandant of the school is most
gratifying to me. and indicates an en-
deavor by you to absorb all available
information at the school and to per-
feet yourself in your particular arm Of
the service.
Il heartily commend you for your
efforts in this connection. and urge you
to continue your own instruction while
putting into effect in your organization
the best Of those things which you have
recently acquired"
The following members OF the 29th
Division. Military Police Company, have
been ordered transferred from the ac-
tive to the Reserve list for the following
reasons: Business interference with the
performance Of military duty, Pvt
Bowie A. Creamer; temporary removal
from the District, Pvt. Hallowell W.
Miller.