Evening star., 1931-11-29

Commissions and trophies were pre-
Sented to officers CT the 260th Coast
Artillery Regiment National Guard of
the District Of Columbia. last week by
Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, command
ing the local militia brigade, as well
as the 29th National Guard Division
comprising the citizen soldier Crgani-
cations Of this city and the States of
Maryland and Virginia. Gen. Stephan
was accompanied on this official visit
to the Coast Artillery armory, at Water
and 0 streets southwest, by Lieut.. Col
j. S. Upham, adjutamt general Of the
local Guard; Lieut.. Col. Peyton c.
hewitt, assistant adjutant general. and
Maj: Sidney Morgan, inspector of the
local Guard
The following officers received COM
missions IN their new grades: Capt
Rex p. Mulligan. First Lieut.. Oswald
H. Milmore, Second Lieut. Lesion r.
Fate, Second Lieut.. Holton c. Rogers,
Second Lieut.. James F.. Angler. Second
Lieut.. George L. Wallace. First Lieut..
Louis M. Swingle, First Lieut.. Clifton
w. Royston and Second Lieut. An
thony B. c. Graves.
Second Lieut.. John Fielding Burns,
son of Maj Walter w. Burns, who is
an enlisted man in his fathers or
ganlzatlon, received his commission as
a second lieutenant in the officers
Reserve Corps.
The following trophies were pre-
sented:
Highest percentage of attendance at
camp, Battery E. 260th Coast Artillery,
commanded by Capt. William f. Bulls:
the commanding generals cup for the
highest rating attained in the annual
armory inspection, Medical Depart
ment Detachment, 260th Coast Artil-
lery, commanded by Maj Stewart M.
Grayson; Infantry drill cup, awarded
to Battery E, 260th Coast Artillery,
commanded by Capt. William F,
Bulls; trophy for general efficiency
during the year, awarded to Battery
B, 260th Coast Artillery commanded
by Capt. lie Roy S. Mann.
Gen. Stephan also presented COM
missions to officers Of the oath and
25th Regiments of Washington High
School Cadets at the James E. Walker
Stadium last week. He made a short
address to the new officers.
The annual convention of the Ma
tional Guard Association of the United
States. scheduled for December 2, 3
and 4 at New Orleans, La, will have
as the representatives from the Dis
trict of Columbia National Guard Mai,
Gen. Anton Stephan, commanding the
brigade, and Lieut.. Col. Peyton G.
hewitt, assistant adjutant general.
This convention is expected to be an
important one, and it is expected that
the Governments financial program, so
FAR as affects the training of the
Guard, will be discussed at great length
The Guard already has been hit in the
economy drive by the departmental
order reducing the number of drills
during the year.
The trophy and medal of the Society
OF Military Engineers was presented at
regimental parade last week to Sergt.
H, B. Parsons, Company E, I21st Engi-
neers, held on the drill grounds in the
Mall.
This trophy is awarded to an officer
or man in the Engineer Corps of the
Army, National Guard or Reserve Corps
who is the highest in the presidential
match at the national matches held an
nually at Camp Perry, Ohio. d. C.
National Guard officers and enlisted
men have won the trophy four out of
the seven years which it has been
placed in competition.
The staff of the Ditchdigger company
paper of Company A, 12lst Engineers,
has been reorganized, 1t was announced,
and the paper is to be improved in ap-
pearance. The current issue is SIX
pages, and plans are that it will be
profusly illustrated in the future. The
editors are Sergts. BrickleS and JeSsop.
Sergt. Arby Pyles has recently re-
enlisted in Company A, l21st Engineers,
and Is attending a regimental school
under Capt. Charles E. Smithson, regi-
mental adjutant. The graduates of
this school, it was said, will be eligible
to take an examination for q commits
sion as second lieutenant in the Engi-
neer Corps.
other members of Company A who
are attending the school are Staff
SergtS. ]. Bordas and F. Brickles and
Sergts. Jessop, ChriStopherson and
Shipley.
Through the courtesy and co-opera-
ton of James H. Johnson, manager Of
julius Garfinckel & Co., the District
of Columbia National Guard has been
able to display their trophies, won by
the rifle and pistol teams during the
national matches at Camp Perry Ohio,
in 1881. The display window is located
at Fourteenth and streets.
1.-The dignified and efficient service
rendered by the 29th Military Police
Company of the District of Columbia
National Guard, which supplied the
non commissioned officers to act as
usherS on the occasion of the dedication
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