Evening star., 1932-01-10
District National Guard

tilted that the abbreviated small-bore
course will be fired exclusively by the
troops of the local Guard. Capt Just
c. Jensen, In charge Of rifle practice,
has available the scorecards for this
work.
Pvt Henry J. Howard, Battery E,
26Oth Coast Artillery, has been trans
ferred to the Reserve list of that COM
mand on account of educational inter
ference with the performance of mill
tary duty, while Pvt. Richard Smallwood
has been ordered transferred from the
active to the Reserve list Of Company
A, 372d Infantry, on account of business
interference with the performance Of
military duty.
Pvt. William H. Carter, Company A.
372d Infantry, has been transferred
from the active to the Reserve list of
that command on account of temporary
removal from the city.
The following promotions in Battery
C, 260th Coast Artillery, have been or
dered: Corpl. Landon c. Hayes to be
sergeant; Pvts (First Glass; Philip
Chase and James A. Heller and Pvt.
Lyle T. Fritz to be corporals.
sergt. Charles H. Beahm has been
promoted to top sergeant Of Battery c,
260th Coast Artillery.
Walter G. walcavich has been pro-
moted from private to private (first
class in the Medical Department De-
tachment, 260th Coast Artillery.
Unit commanders have been instruct
ed by brigade headquarters to announce
TO their commands that an examination
for the eligible list for promotion TO
second lieutenant Of Coast Artillery,
anti-aircraft, will be held on or about
May l next. Those interested in taking
the examination, it was pointed out in
the brigade memorandum, should imme-
diately begin to prepare.
The 2eoth Coast Artillery has been
allotted personnel strength of 298
divided as follows: Headquarters De-
tachment and Combat Train, 80; Bat
terry A, go; Battery B, 80; Battery C,
"a; Battery E, so; Medical Department
Detachment, II.
The following named enlisted men
have been transferred from the active
to the Reserve list Of the 29th Division
Military Police Company for the rea-
sons noted:
Pvt. James L. Devine for business in
| reference with the performance of
military duty; Pvts. John w. Kendrick
and Leonwood E. Garrison on account
Of temporary removal from the District
Of Columbia.
The following named enlisted men of
the 260th Coast Artillery Regiment have
been transferred from the Reserve to the
active list of their respective units:
Pvts. John A. Jones, George Scordas
and Titus B. Snoddy, all of Battery B,
and Pvt. John r. Maher Of Battery e.
Pvt. Howard F. Jacques, Battery e
260th Coast Artillery, has been honor
/ ably discharged on account of removal
from the District of Columbia.
| Several rife and pistol shootine
badges have been ordered by the Secre-
| tary of War awarded to Capt. Just C
Jensen. Ordnance Department of the
local Guard, who is in charge of local
rifle practice.
He has been designated a distin-
! guished pistol shot for the year 1923
his credits for this honor being giver
as follows:
Bronze medal winner, national pisto
team match, 1922, as a firing member
of D. c. National Guard Team, whilG
first sergeant of Company D, 121st En-.
gineers; Army team badge winner as 6
principal on the Guard team at the
national pistol match of 1922; bronze
medal winner, national pistol team
match, 1923, and Army team badge
winner at the same contest.
| The Secretary of War also directed