Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24

lOlSb MOJOI 1IhLlSputb NOulpnAlJt 1Sas-
tie. Wash, 1892; Company A, 2ssth
Company C. $3.50 Infantry. Prescott,
Ark, 1881: Company L, 143d Infantry,
Hillsboro, Tex, 3,543.
These and other teams which finished
with scores lower than the local COM
pany have been designated Chief of
Militia Bureaus Indoor Rife Team for
1881" for their respective areas, and
each member VIII receive q bronze
badge.
These contests are fired in the In
door ranges of the various units by
teams chosen after intercompany COM
petitions in the respective districts.
The scores are sent to the Militia Bu-
reau for compilation.
Three units Of the local Guard mus
tered sufficient men at their weekly
drills last week to obtain the classifica-
ton OF superior in attendance. They
were the 29th Division Military Police
Company, with percentage of 1896;
Medical Department Detachment, 94.44;
| Headquarters Detachment, 93l8.
The other organizations, in their re-
| spective classifications, with percent
ages, follow in their relative order:
Observation-Disclosures Detachment
and Combat Train, 260th Coast Artil-
IeIy, oo'oOI nSd0QudI%IS OcLdCIliHeAJ,
Special Troops, 18th Division, 1911 !;
Battery C, 260th Coast Artillery. $500;
Company D, 12lst Engineers, 1888
Very satisfactory-Company A, 372d
| Infantry, TABS.
Satisfactory-Co Company c, l21st En-
| gineerS, 67.2l; Company 3, 121st Engi-
reers, 61.65; Company A, 121st Engi-
neers, 81 IS.
Organizations not listed above did not
AYNrfNlrp Il
report, 1t was announced, except Com
| panies E and F, I21st Engineers, and
Battery e, 260th Coast Artillery, did not
submit drill reports.
Seven members of the local Guard
| were DESIGNATED to attend the recent
| field mass held In Baltimore. at the
| request of Maj. Thomas G. McNicholas,
executive oficer, Maryland National
! Guard. The officers who participated,
| follow:
! Maj. Stewart M. Grayson, Medical
Department Detachment, 260th Coast
Artillery; Capt. william F. Jorgensen,
Company D, 121st Engineers; Capt.
Walter S. Welsh, Headquarters and
Service Company, 121st Engineers;
Capt. William T. Roy, 29th Division
| Military Police Company; First Lieut..
George F. Hardin, 121st Engineers !;
Second Lieut. David w. Milne, Head
quarters Detachment. Special Troops,
goth Division, and Sergt. J. B. DeSpears,
260th Coast Artillery.
Pvt. John K Early has been ordered
| transferred from the reserve to the
active list Of Company r, 121st
Engineers.
Pvt. De Forest E. Sessions, on the
| RneaFva lief ~ %hn NHnAiaaf TNn~a~k.-.
Detachment, 121st Engineers, has been
| ordered honorably discharged on ac-
count of removal from the District.
A complete topographic map of the
National Guard rife range at Camp
Simms. Congress Heights, d. c., is to
| be made, under instructions Just issued
by the brigade headquarters. The
commanding officer of the 121st Regi-
ment of Engineers has been instructed
to detail one officer and six enlisted
men from his organization each Sun
day for this purpose. During the time
they are engaged on this duty they will
not be required to participate In the
weekly drills.
Pvt. Fred E. Schaeffer, Headquarters
Detachment, 29th Division, has been
ordered transferred to the Reserve list
Of that unit on account of business In
reference with the performance OF
military duty.
Sergt. Walter c. Scheller and Corrl
Robert E. West have been ordered re-
duced to the grade of private in Com
paT1y F. 12lst Engineers, upon recon-
mendation OF the company commander
| The following promotions we're or
dered to fill the vacancies: Pvt. (First
Glass; Joseph E. Hobbs, to be sergeant
and Pvt. (First Glass; David j. Bron-
| stein, to be corporal
Corpl. Walton E. Shipley has been or.
dered promoted to the grade Of sergeant
In Company A, i21st Engineers, upor
recommendation OF the company com.
mander.
The band, 121st Engineers, has been
ordered to assemble this week for dril
Tuesday evening instead Of on Monday
A warning has been issued bv officers
OF Company B that men who are not
IN attendance on their regular drill
nights will lose their weekly drill pay
1t was pointed out that drills cannot be
made up by attending split drills.
The I'd Platoon Of Company B. 121st
Engineers. was on the rife range last
Sunday, taking its regular target prac-
tice.
Members Of Company B, 12Ist Engi-
neers, have been asked to submit sug-
geStions for company slogan. They
must be in by June Is. at which time
slogan VIII be selected by committee
consisting of the company commits
stoned and non-commissioned officers.
Members OF Company B, 12lst Engi-
neers, were complimented by the Regu-
lar Army inspection officer on the
prompt and orderly manner in which
the Engineer drill was carried out.
The commanding officer expressed his
appreciation 10 the officers and men
who spent extra time in preparing the
equipment, records and quarters for in
spection, and also those who put in
additional study.
The Gold Brick, service organ of the
Headquarters Detachment, 29th Divi-
sion, features articles this week by
Lieut.. Col. Charles B. Elliott u. S. A.,
chief instructor of the 29th Division
staff, on the division headquarters de-
tachment, and by Lieut. Col Peyton c.
hewitt, division adiutant. on the duties
OF that official in peace and In war.
Summer training for the National
includes Pennsylvania, Maryland, Vir-
ginia and the District Of Columbia, will
be conducted in nine different camps
with an expected attendance of moro
than $4,000 officers and enlisted men,
according to tentative camp schedules
just completed by the corps area head
quarters in Baltimore Md