Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
District National Guard

and Service Company, 12lst Engineers,
72.55.
Company B, 121st En-
gineers, $685.: Company A, 372d In
fantry, 69.01; Headquarters Detach-
ment, Special Troops, goth Division,
$685.: Company E, 121st Engineers,
66.19; Company D, 121st Engineers,
65.57; Battery G, 260th Coast Artillery,
6393
Unsatisfactory - Battery A, 260th
Coast Artillery, 57.37; Company F, 121st
Engineers, 56.92.
Organizations which are not listed,
brigade headquarters reported, did not
turn in their reports In time for In
clusion In the list.
Mai. Gen. Anton Stephan, command
ing the local brigade, has commended
Staff Sergt. Jack Ward, Headquarters
Detachment, goth Division, for the sat
isfactory rating which the soldier at
tanned in all general subjects and for
the higher ratings secured In some sub
jects assigned for study. during his
course in the Infantry School at Fort
Benning, Ca, from which he recently
returned.
Capt. Fletcher F. Bernsdorff, Quar-
termaster Corps, now assigned to the
State STAFF of the local guard, has been
ordered transferred to Headquarters,
29th Division. The order, however,
further directs that this oflcer continue
in command of the Quartermaster De-
tachment State Stan, In addition TO
such other duties Is may be assigned
to him.
Lieut.. George F. Hardin lectured to
the members of Company 3 last week
on musketry, while Lieut.. Rhodes dis
cussed portable foot bridges.
Individual prizes to members Of the
second platoon Of Company B, l2lst
Engineers, were awarded last week. in
the attendance and recruiting contest,
which has recently ended. The prizes
were gold plated collar ornaments, and
were given to the following:
Sergts. Won Aim. Waltz. Tierney.
Corpls. Barkes, Dixon, Vechery, Pvts.
(First Glass; Bumford, Davis, Howard.
Knorr. Leveille, Pvts Nolan, CAN'T and
Millstein.
1t also was announced that prizes
will be awarded to Pvts. First CLASSY
Eckersley and Tydings and Pvts Ryan
and Humphrey.
Maj Julian s. Diff, commanding the
I'd Battalion, 12lst Engineers, was des-
ignated to take charge Of all range f1r-
ing at Camp Simms during the week
Just closed.
Beginning today the assignment was
given to Maj. Ralph s. Childs, COM
manding the LIST Battalion of the Engi-
neer Regiment, and he is to have 1t
until next Saturday. when he will be
relieved by Maj. Edward H. Grove,
commanding the division headquarters
troops
Commanding officers Of units desir-
ing to use the range have been directed
in charge during the periods they wish
to have their organizations engage in
target practice.
The following named officers and en-
listed men of the local Guard left
Washington last Monday for Sea Girt.
N. j.. for the purpose of participating
in the interstate tournament and small
bore matches, which will continue until
July next:
Capt. ]. C. Jensen, Ordnance Depart
ment. State staff, in charge of rife
practice in the local Guard; First Lieut..
T. A. Riley, headquarters, 121st Engi-
neers; First Lieut.. W. r. Stokes. Medi-
cal Department Detachment, 12lst En-
gineers: Second Lieut.. William w. Lane,
Company E. 12lst Engineers: Staff
Sergt. Franklin r. Brickles, Company
A, 121st Engineers; STAFF sergt Alex
j. Thill, Ordnance Department. State
Detachment; Sergt. Harry B. Parsons,
Company E, l21st Engineers; Sergt.
Edward D. Andrus. Company E. 12lst
Engineers; Sergt. Theodore L. Harrell,
Ordnance Department, State Detach-
ment.
The following officers Of the group
were ordered to return today, upon
completion of the Sea Grit tourna-
ment, the others to remain until the
small-bore matches are completed:
Lieut. w. r. Lane, Staff Sergt.
Franklin r. Brickles and Sergts Harry
B. Parsons and Edward D. Andrus.
Pvt. Elmer E. Skinner has been or
dered transferred from the reserve
to the active list of the goth Division,
Military Police Company.
The following have been ordered
transferred from the reserve to the
active list of the Headquarters and
Service Company, 12lst Engineers:
Pvts Bernard J. CaSsassa, Raymond
L. Gilbert and Albert B. Smith.
Pvt. Harry N. Langford, Company D.
121st Engineers, has been ordered hon
orably discharged upon his own appli-
cation.