Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-15
District National Guard

Appreciation Of the work done by the
detail Of officers and men of the 121st
Regiment Of Engineers in surveying
and mapping the reservation occupied
by the National Guard of the District
as a rife range at Camp Simms, Con-
gress Heights, d. c.. has been expressed
to Col. John w. Oehmann, commanding
the 121st Engineer Regiment by Maj
Gen. Anton Stephan, commanding the
local Militia brigade.
Lieut.. Hugh Everett, IT,, was in charge
Of the work, and the detail which
worked with him during the past Sum-
mer, on a voluntary basis, was as fol-
lows: Second Lieut.. w. G. Bowen, COM
puter; Pvt. (First Glass; Mitchell, to-
pographer; Corp. L. M. Luther, drafts
man: Sergt. T. A. Marsh, Corp. o. N
Griffith and Pvts. (First Glass; G. e
Killeen and H. E. Quincy, sketchers.
The 29th Division Military Police
Company headed the list of organiza-
tions Of the local Guard last week In
the matter Of attendance, when its drill
report showed that it had 100 per cent
of its personnel on the floor. It was
placed in the classification Of superior
with three other units Of the Guard
the percentages of which were as fol-
lows: Medical Department Detachment
121st Engineers, 94.44; Headquarters
Detachment, 29th Division, 90.69, and
the State Detachment, go.
The other units in the local Guard,
in their respective classifications, fol-
low in their relative order, with per-
centages:
Excellent-Medical Department De-
tachment 260th Coast Artillery, 1888:
Headquarters Detachment and Combat
Train, 260th Coast Artillery, 8235;
Battery e, 260th Coast Artillery, 80.
Very MISUNDERSTANDING A, 372d
Infantry, rs; Headquarters Detach-
ment, Special Troops, 29th Division, rs;
Company E, 12lst Engineers.
Satisfactory Headquarters and Serv-
ice Company, 121st Engineers, $3.50:
Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery, 6727;
Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery, 67.21
Company F, 121st Engineers, IS; Bat
terry G, 260th Coast Artillery, 6451;
Company d, 121st Engineers, 6290;
Company G, 121st Engineers, 60.31.
neutrality-suspicious. A, 121st
Engineers. $500; Company 3, 121st En-
gineers, 56.45.
Very unsatisfactory-Band, 12lst En-
gineers, 3714.
The Secretary of War has directed
that Army Iofantry rifle team badges
be issued to three members Of the local
National Guard because Of their hav-
ing won places as principals on the
team which represented the local Mill
tia at the national rifle matches last
September. Those selected for the
honors are Corp. John Brightenberg,
Company F, 121st Engineers: Staff
Sergt.. Harry B. Parsons, Company e,
121st Engineers, and Sergt Henry NJ.
Boudinot, Company E, 121st Engineers.
In addition, Sergts. Parsons and
Boudinot have been awarded distin-
guished marksman's badges. The cred
It's for the former, used as q basis for
awarding this badge, follow: Bronze
medal, national rifle team, 1880, firing
member, D. G. National Guard team,
then sergeant. Company e; Army team
badge, Infantry, principal, D. C. Ma
tional Guard national rife team match,
1890: bronze medal, national rife team
match, 1881, firing member, D. G. Ma
tional Guard team, and Army team
badge, Infantry, as principal, D. G. Ia-