Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-04

In orders from the commanding general
Of the Sd Corps Area, at Baltimore,
Md, as president Of a Medical Ex-
amining Board to conduct examinations
for commission or promotion OF such
of1cerS as are sent before 1t.
The board which Is to convene upon
the call of its president, also includes in
its membership Capt. Stewart M. Gray
son, Medical Corps, commanding the
medical unit of the 260th Coast Artil-
lery, and First Lieut.. Joseph j. Green
law. Medical Department Detachment,
12lSt Engineers.
Oficers and men of Company D, 12lst
Engineers, rendered a farewell banquet
to their former first sergeant, Neil M.
Goen, upon the occasion Of his de-
parture from the city for an indefinite
period for the Department of Agricul-
ture. He has been transferred to the
Reserve of that command and his po-
sition as top sergeant has been fllled
by the promotion of Staff Sergt. Edgar
8. Mcdonald.
Goen. it was announced. has been
sent into the field by the Department
of Agriculture. He is to make tour
of Offices to assist in co-ordinating
their practices with those in force in
the central Office here.
The officers and men jointly pre-
scented him with a travelling bag, and
the commanding officer Of the company,
Capt. Samuel r. Turner, personally
presented him with leather encased
travelling clock Capt Turner, in an
address at the banquet, spoke in most
laudatory terms of the services of Goen
and suggested that the other men of the
command attempt to follow in the steps
of one who has lived up to the high
est ideals and requirements Of soldier.
Capt. Turner expressed regret that the
non-commissioned officer was leaving
and promised that if he returned to
active duty here his position as top
kick would be returned
Sergt. Goen enlisted in Company D
August rs, 1924, since which time, it
vas announced, he has never missed
a drill and he was commonly referred
to throughout the 121st Regiment of
Engineers as the dean of the first
sergeants. He is a veteran of the
World War, having served in the
United States Air Service, 14sth Aero
Squadron, attached to the British
Army in France from October, 1917. to
May, 1919. In 1922 he was sent to
the Army Air Corps Pilot School and
was honcVably discharged from the
school as flying cadet.
Sergt. Charles T. Ball and Pvt.
, WdllCI D. LCdCIle nave OSen OTQeTeQ
transferred from the Reserve to the
active list Of Battery E. 26oth Coast
Artillery.
The following have been ordered
transferred from the active to the
Reserve lists of their respective or
CARNATIONS for the reasons given:
Educational interference with the
performance Of military duties-Sergt.
IehA
ment Detachment, 12lst Engineers,
and Pvt. Charles w. Labofish, Com
pany D, 121st Engineers.
Business interference with the per-
formance of military duties-Pvt Len
A, wood E. Garrison, goth Division, Mill
tary Police Company; Pvt. Leavella
S. Thompson, Medical Department De-
tachment, 121st Engineers: Pvt First
Glass; Joseph M. Bowman, Company
r. 121st Engineers; Pvt. (First Glass;
William B. Calvert, Company F, 121St
Engineers Pvt. George McMahan,
Company F, 12lst Engineers.
The following have been ordered
transferred from the Reserve to the
active lists Of their respective COM
mands: Pvt. Myers r. Davis, Medical
Department Detachment 12lst En-
f Molohsn S a S0hn oeor @Nf T Ha54d
all OF Company F, 121st Engineers.
Company A. 372d Infantry. under
command Of Capt Arthur C. Newman,
will act as escort to Morning Star
Lodge No. 40, colored Elks. from col
Q streets on the OCCASION of the grand
nag raising on the lawn at the latter
place this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Company B, 121st Engineers, already
has inaugurated its recruiting campaign
30 that 1t will have sufficient men in
the organization before the bars are
closed go days prior to the next encamp-
ment. The organization now Is said to
have vacancies for number Of good
recruits, and the members of the COM
mand are being urged to bring them in
pointing out that the training which all
men will receive between now and the
next camp Is a very important phase of
National Guard instruction.
The War Department has announced
that Federal recognition has been ex-
tended to the following officers of the
District of Columbia National Guard:
First Lieut.. Oswald H. Milmore, 260th
Coast Artillery, 1928 I street; Second
Lieut.. Edward D. Andrus, l21st Engi-
neers, Thirteenth and I streets; Mai.
Sidney Morgan, Engineers. 21l8 o
street, and Capt. Rex P. Mulligan, 260th
Coast Artillery, TOT Twentieth street.
Federal recognition, 1t was also an
nounced- has been extended TO Maj.
William D. Upton, 29th Division, Air
Service, Baltimore, Nd.
Technical Sergt Charles F. Buck, at
tached to the local Coast Artillery Regi-
ment as an instructor, went to Fort
Humphreys, Va, where, for six days,
he witnessed the tests of the latest
Searchlight and sound locator material
and the exercises conducted for the pur-
pose of developing the tactics and tech
nique of anti-aircraft searchlight de-
Tense, which will be Of value in the flu
ture training CT the National Guard.
The officers of the Militia Bureau
rendered farewell dinner at the Army
and Navy Club here to Maj Gen. Will
liam G. Everson. on the eve of his de-
parture for two-month leave of abb
tence.
The goth Division Military Police
Company, with a percentage of 1851.
was the only organization of the local
Guard which mustered a sufficient num-
her of men at drill last week to be
classed as superior in attendance.
The other organizations in their re-
spective classifications. with percent
ages follow in their relative order:
Excellent-Headquar Detachment.
2eth Division, 1886; Medical Depart
ment Detachment. 121st Engineers,
1886; Battery E, 260th Coast Artillery,
$3.50; Company A, 372d Infantry,
30 co.
Very satisfactory-Med Depart
Snent Detachment, 260th Coast Artillery,
rs 90; Headquarters Detachment Special
Troops, 29th Division. $500; State De.
tachment, 1900; Headquarters Detach-
n1ent and Combat Train, 260th Coast
Artillery, 1888; Headquarters and
Service Company. 12lst Engineers,
1888; Company E, 121st Engineers,