Evening star., 1932-03-13
District National Guard
The rifle team of Company E. 12lst

The rifle team of Company Z, 12lst
Engineers, has been announced by Maj.
Gen. Anton Stephan. commanding the
National Guard of the District of
Columbia, as the winner among the
local teams. of the Militia Bureaus in
door rife match He announced this
team, with a total score of $3.50, in
winning the match has won the right
to be called Chief of the Militia
Bureaus Indoor Rifle Team" for one
year. Their targets and scores have
been forwarded to the Militia Bureau
to represent the District of Columbia
Guard in the matches for the national
championship.
The members of Company Es team.
and the score made by each contestant.
follows: First Lieut.. w. E. Lane. 27O;
Staff Sergt. H. E. Parsons, 285; Sergt.
H NJ Boudinot, 2S5; Sergt. Baxton
Smith, 259: Corp. L. c. Streitberger
261 Pvt (First Glass; M Kurland. 267;
Pvt A. Tomeldon, 268; Pvt J. A.
Brylawski, 259; Pvt. L. T. Carlson, 26s;
Pvt Oscar Siegal, 268
The team of Company F. 121st Engi-
neerS. made total score of 2,45O;
Company A, 2.422; Company B, 2.034,
and Company D, LIZA.
Headquarters and Service Company
and Company c, it was explained failed
to complete the targets.
The District of Columbia National
Guard rife team has been authorized
to accept the offer of rife match with
Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Nav IA,
1t was announced in letter from Lieut.
Col j. S. Upham to the graduate man
ager of athletics at the academy, Lieut..
Comdr. j. L. Hill, jr.
Mai. Gen. Anton Stephan and his
staff were formally inspected last Tues
day by Capt. John H. Church, u S. A.,
who had been detailed for this duty by
Army Corps Area, with headquarters at
Baltimore, Md.
Technical Sergt John Walden, U. S.
Army on duty with the local National
Guard as sergeant-instructor, has been
promoted to the rank of master sergeant.
The following named enlisted men
have been ordered honorably dis
count of removal from the city: Corpl
Thomas j. Bowlin, Battery E, 26Oth
Coast Artillery; Pvts. Robert Holmes,
Theodore w. Peckham, c. Hassell Por-
ter, Curtis E. Shook. Edward A. Thomas
and John J. Wolff, all Of Company c.
12lst Engineers.
Pvt. Charles r. Woods, Battery A,
260th Coast Artillery, has been ordered
transferred from the active to the re-
serve list of that organization on ac-
count of business interference with the
performance Of military duty.
Pvt. Eugene A. Gross, 29th Division
Military Police Company. was ordered
transferred to the reserve list of that
command on account of business inter-
ference with the performance of mill
tary duty.
Pvt. Eugene A. Ross. Ordnance De-
partment, State Detachment, has been
appointed corporal.
Pvt Henry L. Holt, Headquarters De-
tachment and Combat Train. 260th
Coast Artillery and Pvt Pritchard L.
ReaveS of the same command. have
been ordered transferred from the ac-
tive to the reserve list on account of
physical disability.
Pvts. James M. Ross, Headquarters
and Service Company, 121st Engineers,
and Brock r. Hendrick, Headquarters
Detachment and Combat Train, 26Oth
Coast Artillery, have been ordered from
the active to the reserve lists of their
respective companies on account of
business interference with the perform
ance of military duty. For educational
interference, Pvt. Allen S. Cross, Medi-
cal Department Detachment, 12lst En-
gineers. has been ordered to the re-
serve list OF that command.
The following members Of the Head
quarters and Service Company, 121st
Engineers, have been ordered honorably
discharged on account of removal from
the city: Pvts. George B. James, Marvin
r. Jameson, Burl I. Palmer and Benja-
min Marchione.
The following have been ordered
transferred from the reserve to the ac-
tive list Of their respective commands:
Pvts. Frank L. Thatcher, Headquarters
and Service Company, and Francis S.
Key, Company E. 121st Engineers.
Pvt. James M Wirnsatt has been or
dered transferred from the active to the
reserve list of Battery B, 260th Coast
Artillery, on account of educational in
reference with the performance of
military duty, while Pvt. Walter J. De-
laney Of the same command was or
dered transferred on account of busi-
ness interference.
Pvt. Charles w. r. Prinke, Battery
A, 260th Coast Artillery, has been or
dered honorably discharged on account
OF removal from the city.
Pvt. Harold S. Mollohan, Company F,
12lSt Engineers, has been ordered trans
ferred to the reserve list of that COM
mand on account of educational inter-
ference with the performance of mill
tary duty.
The following promotions have been
ordered in Company B, 121st Engineers,
upon recommendation of the company
commander: Corpls. Henry c. Dixon
and James A. Munro to be sergeants
and Pvt. CFirst Class James r. Nolan
and Pvt. Harold P. Davidson to be cor
porals.
A board of officers has been appointed
by Maj. Gen. Stephan to inquire into
any injuries suffered by Pvt Howell K.
Stephens, Headquarters Detachment.
29th Division, during the last field
training encampment of the organiza-
ton. The board is composed of Mai
George j. Allen. Medical Corps. director
of the Guards medical center; Mai.
Edward H. Grove, Special Troops, 29th
Division, and Capt William T. Roy,
29th Division Military Police Company
The board is to meet at the call of the
president, Maj. Allen.
The adjutants general Of the various
States met at the Militia Bureau last
week for conference. The conference
was addressed by Secretary of War Hur-
ley, Maj. Gen. George e. Leach, chief of
the Militia Bureau; Col. William H
Waldron, executive officer of the bureau
and Col. Harry c. Kramer chairman
Of the Joint Army and Navy Selective
Service System.
Among the matters considered by the
conference was the proposed memorial
TO the World War dead of the National
Guard Mai Cen Leach at the racnnt