Evening star., 1935-12-08

trophies won at the national
rife matches, at Camp Perry,
4 Ohio, and medals and bars for
service in the militia featured the
weekly exercises of the National Guard
of the District Of Columbia at an
assembly held in the Pennsylvania
avenue armory last week.
The principal presentation was that
of plaque and medal to Sergt- Harry
B. Parsons, Company E, l21st En-
gineers, for making the highest in
dividual score, in the Presidents
match at Camp Perry The trophy
was donated in 1925 by the Society
of American Military Engineers, and
was presented to Sergt. Parsons by
Col w. P. Wooten. executive secretary
of the organization and editor Of the
Military Engineer. The plaque is held
by the successful competitor for one
year, and a medal is given the holder
to remain his permanent property. 1t
Is the second time that Sergt. Parsons
has won the plaque and it is the fifth
time in the IL years that it has been
up for competition that the local
Guard has won it. Both officers and
men compete for the trophy.
Glass medals also were awarded
the members Of the Guard for having
won ninth place in the national team
match against both service and militia
teams, and for taking third place in
the match in which every State in the
Union was represented by a team.
The rife team was composed Of
Capt. J. S. Jense, Ordnance Depart
ment. captain; Sergt Henry M.
Boudinot, Company E, 12lst Engineers,
coach; Second Lieut. James D. Tanner,
Company D, 121st Engineers; Staff
Sergt. Harry B. Parsons, Company E,
121st Engineers; Sergt. Walter E.
Jessup, Company A, 121st Engineers;
Sergt. Theodore A. Harrell, Ordnance
Department; Sergt Gilbert L. johnson,
Company z, 12lst Engineers; Sergt.
James r. Mitchell, Company A, 121st
Company D, l2lst Engineers; Corpl.
Philip Garaci, Ordnance Department;
Pvt. Willard G. Jensen, Headquarters
Detachment, 29th Division; Pvt.
Edward M. Staubus.
Bronze medals were awarded for
having won third place in the A. E.
F.-Rumania match. This is six
man team, and the local outfit COM
peted against 70 other teams.
Company z, 121st Engineers, was
awarded medals for winning the Dis
trict of Columbia championship in
the chief of the National Guard Bu-
reau's indoor rifle match for the train
ing year just closed.
The service medal awards were as
| follows:
Thirty -f1ve-year service bar-Col.
John w. Oehmann, commanding 121st
Engineers and District of Columbia
National Guard, and Pvt. Edwin M.
Tansill, Headquarters and Service
Company, 121st Engineers.
Thirty-year service bar-Lieut. Col
Julian s.. Oliff, 121st Engineers.
Twenty-year service bar - Capt
Charles E. Smithson, 12lst Engineers;
First Lieut.. Joseph F. Fitzgerald,
Headquarters and Service Company,
l2lst Engineers; Master Sergt John
B. Coffman, ST., Headquarters and
Service Company, 121st Engineers;
Sergt. Walter S. Redf1eld, Head
quarters and Service Company, 121st
Engineers; Sergt. Henry B. Loveless,
Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery;
Corpl. Eugene F. Glass, Headquarters
and Service Company, 121st Engineers.
Fifteen-year service bar - Capt.
George L. Evans, Engineer Corps,
State staff; Master Sergt. Edward H.
Ireland, Headquarters and Service
Company, l21st Engineers; STAFF
Sergt. George A. e. Rheinbold, Com
pany e, 121st Engineers; First Sergt.
Lloyd L. Gibson, Company B, 12lst
Engineers; Corpl. Harry H. Meiners,
Headquarters and Service Company,
121st Engineers; Pvt (First Glass;
Frederick II. Fletcher, Headquarters
and Service Company. 121st Engineers;
Pvt. (First Glass; Max H. Esberger,
Headquarters and Service Company,
121st Engineers.
Ten-year service medal: Maj. Stew
art M. Garyson, Medical Department
Detachment, 260th Coast Artillery;
Maj. Arthur L. Smith, l21st Engineers;
Capt. Ralph L. Walker, Judge Advo-
cate Generals Department, State
staff; Capt. Leroy S, Mann, 260th
Coast Artillery; Capt. William J. Heale,
Headquarters Detachment and Combat
Train, 260th Coast Artillery; Capt.
Rex P. Mulligan, Battery B, 260th
Coast Artillery; Capt. Walter w.
knight, Company e, 121st Engineers;
Capt. Perry o. HUFF, Battery c, 26Oth
Coast Artillery: Capt. Hugh Everett,
jr., Headquarters Detachment. Special
Troops, 29th Division; First Lieut.. Ed
ward A. Mcmahon, 12lst Engineers;
Master sergt. James M. Lynch. Head