Evening star., 1935-10-27
Hope for Guard ArmOry
Now Depends on Congress
Militia Officers See Little Chance Now of
Getting Public Works Funds.
Legislation Necessary.

/ States have been assembled at the
Quartermaster Corps Motor Transport
School, Holabird Quartermaster De-
pot, Baltimore, Md, for an intensive
eight weeks course IN military motor
transport.
In view of the recent steps toward
the motorization of the Army this
school will coordinate and stand
ardize the training in the manage
ment, maintenance, operation and
administration Of motor transport
from the standpoint Of the U. S.
Army
First Lieut.. Max G. D. Prentice,
Battery E, 260th Coast Artillery, has
been assigned to the school from this
city.
The following have been ordered
transferred from the inactive to the
active lists of their respective or
ganiZationS:
Pvts. William E. Mills and Toney
M. Tingen, both of Company A, 121st
Engineers; Pvt. Oscar Nelson, Com
pany B, 121st Engineers.
On account of business interference
with the performance of military
duties, the following have been ordered
transferred from the active to the
inactive lists of their respective units:
| Pvt. Raymond E. Halliday, Company
A, l2lSt Engineers; PvtS. Walter E.
Finnegan. James P. Quigley, Joseph
Wolfe and Louis B. Mckenzie, all of
the Headquarters and Service Com
pany, 121st Engineers.
For educational interference, the
following have been ordered on the
inactive lists:
Pvts. George j. Jillson, Herbert F.
Mcdonnell and Barnard j. Chermek,
all OF Company A, l2lst Engineers;
PVts. Warren B. Dodd and William
L. Ray, both of the Headquarters
Detachment, Special Troops. 29th
Division; Pvt. Thomas F. Burke, jr.,
Headquarters and Service Company,
l2lst Engineers.
Pvt. Raymond E. Lawson, Head
quarters and Service Company, l2lst
Engineers, has been ordered honor
ably discharged from the unit be-
cause Of removal from the city.
The report Of Capt. J. c. Jensen,
captain of the rifle team which rep
resented the local militia at the
national matches recently held at
Camp Perry, Ohio, said that in a field
of 2l3 teams entered in the national
team match, the District of Columbia
National Guard finished in ninth
place, and third place of the National
Guard teams. They will be awarded
the Glass A medals and will be classed
as class A unit until the next ma
tlonal matches. In the fourth state
OF this match fired at 900 yards they
lead the field of 213 teams with the
score of All. the U. S. Marine Corps
the winners of the national match
being next with the score of 469.
The A. E. F. Rumanian Trophy
team match. with 70 teams entered.
the District of Columbia National
Guard finished third, winning $50
prize money and bronze medals for
high National Guard. In this match
we defeated three of the service teams,
the U. S. Engineers, the U. S. In
fantry and the U. S. Cavalry.
In the enlisted mems match, the
D. c. Guard team placed fifth and
high National Guard. In this match
the local team was tied with the U.
5. Infantry team and defeated the
U. S. Engineer team by a margin of
two points. The prize money in this
match also netted $50.
The Harrick Trophy team match
found the D. C. Guard team ninth
in the finish, in field of II teams,
winning the second National Guard
money of $50.
Eleven members of the National
Guard yesterday competed in the
examinations being conducted by the
U. S. Civil Service Commission for the
one appointment which is to be made
from the local Guard to the United
States Military Academy for the class
entering next July.
They are Pvts. Murray Reiss. James
H. Dienelt, Louis C. Burch, Thomas
H. Ewell, Robert R. Wetzel, Willard
c. Jensen, George E. Angerman,
Franklin o. Gingell, Arnold B. Solz-
berg, Ariel L. Friedman and Salvatore
F. Giarratano. Friedman has been
authorized to take the examination at
Norfolk, Va.
The band, 12lst Engineers, one
company from each battalion of the
Engineer Regiment, one battery from
the 260th Coast Artillery, and the
29th Division Military Police Com
pany have been ordered to participate
in the parade to be held in connection
with the Halloween celebration this
week.