Evening star., 1933-05-07

Maj. Gen Anton Stephan. command
ing the National Guard of the District
of Columbia as we'll as the 29th Ma
tional Guard Division. comprising the
militia OF this city and the States Of
Maryland and Virginia. held a confer
ence with his staff at Frederick. Md,
Friday. All officers fthe staff, repre-
senting many communities in these
States, attended.
Maj F. P. Byron lectured to the ON
GERS on the Antietam battlefield. Maj
Byron is considered an authority on
this battle. Following conference on
the lecture the staff was conducted over
the battlefield by Mai. Byron. who
pointed out the tactical features and
accomplishments of both the Blue and
the Gray armies Upon completion of
the tour the staff returned to Fred
erick.
Sergt. John B. DeSpears. Battery B.
260th Coast Artillery. has been ordered
honorably discharged on account Of re-
moval from the city.
The following have been ordered
transferred from the active to the re-
serve list of their respective organiza-
tions for the reasons given:
Temporary removal from the city:
Pvt. John G. BARRIERS, Headquarters and
Service Company. l2lst Engineers.
Business interference with the per-
formance of military duty: Pvt First
Glass; William S. MaykrantZ, 29th Di-
vision, Military Police Company; Pvt.
John L. Barry. Headquarters and Serv-
ice Company, l2lst Engineers.
Pvt George C. Kraus. Headquarters
and Service Company. 12lst Engineers,
has been ordered transferred to the
Headquarters Detachment. Special
Troops, 29th Division.
Maj Gen. Stephan has named the
officers and men on the rifle team
which will represent the local militia in
the annual match with a team repre-
senting the midshipmen at the United
States Naval Academy at Annapolis
The team follows: Maj C. S. Shields,
J. c. Jensen, Ordnance Department
State Staff, team captain; First Lieut..
T. A. Riley, 121st Engineers; First
Lieut.. Hugh Everett, jr., Headquarters
and Service Company, 121st Engineers;
First Lieut.. E. A. McMahon, Company
d. l2lst Engineers: First Lieut.. w. r.
Lane, Company E. 12lst Engineers:
Second Lieut.. F. Brickles, Company G,
l2lst Engineers; Staff Sergt H. Par
sons, Company E, 12lst Engineers:
Sergt. H. M. Boudinot. Company E.
l2lst Engineers; Sergt. T. L. Harrell.
Ordnance Department, State Detach-
12lst Engineers: Sergt. w. E. Jessup.
Company A. 121st Engineers; Corpl E.
A. Ross, Ordnance Department, State
Detachment; Pvt. j. Brightenberg,
Company F, 121st Engineers; Pvt. G.
r. Kerns, Ordnance Department, State
Detachment; Pvt. Z. L. staubus, Ord
nance Department, State Detachment;
Pvt. L. w. Lenneton, Ordnance De-
partment, State Detachment; Pvt. ].
Young, Ordnance Department. State
Detachment.
The Special Troops, 29th Division.
headed the list of larger units of the
local Guard last month. according to
figures compiled and made public by the
brigade headquarters. It had percent
age of 1856. The other units in their
respective order follow: 260th Coast
Artillery, 1856; 12lst Engineers, 82.61;
372n Infantry, 81.06.
The 29th Division Military Police
Company headed the list among the in
dividual units with q percentage of
sc. .96, in the classification Of superior.
The other units in this group, with their
percentages, follow: Headquarters De-
tachment, 29th Division, 9683; Head
quarters Detachment, Special Troops,
Sc. .66; Company F, 121st Engineers,
94.92; Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery,
9463; Battery E, 260th Coast Artillery,
92.97; Headquarters and Service Com
pany, 90.87.
Excellent: Company A. 121st En-
gineers, 1888; State Detachment. SO .18;
Headquarters Detachment and Combat
Train, 8772; Band, 12lst Engineers,
Engineers, 1915; Medical Department
Detachment, l2lst Engineers, 1900;
Battery B. 260th Coast Artillery. 77.42:
Medical Department Detachment, 260th