Evening star., 1936-01-05
Guard Without General
Officer Nearly Two Years
Appointment of Commander Here Held
Paramount Need of Local
Citizen Soldiers.

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as a part Of the war machine.
The War Department has not let 1t
be known as to why 1t has not made
any recommendation for the local ap-
pointment, although it Is understood
that communications were made to
the general staff.
The appointment of Maj. Walter w.
Burns, commanding the 260th Coast
Artillery, as a lieutenant colonel in
that branch of the service has been
announced. At the same time Col.
Burns was ordered to the headquarters
of the 260th Coast Artillery.
This is the first step toward the
organization of a full regiment Of
Coast Artillery here. It is expected
that this move will be taken about
April l, when the War Department
allocates an additional number Of en-
listed men here for that purpose. This
gives another argument for the nam
ing Of commanding general, as there
then will be two full regiments here,
but of different arms of the service,
the other one being the l2lst Regi-
ment of Engineers.
Leave Of absence granted First
Lieut.. Edward o. Hamilton has been
extended for a period of three months.
He is attached to Company F, 12lst
Engineers.
Second Lieut.. Elmer w. Humphrey.
10Th Military Police, has been ordered
to report to Lieut.. Col. Delmar s.
Lenzner, United States Army Coast
Artillery Corps, for examination for
promotion to the grade of first lieu
tenant of Infantry. He Is scheduled
to appear before the board on Tues.
day night.
The following officers Of the 121st
Regiment of Engineers have been Or
dered to appear next Tuesday night
before q board of examiners headed
by Col. John w. Oehmann for EXAM
ination for promotion to the next
higher grade in the Engineer Corps:
First Lieut.. John F. Fitzgerald,
Headquarters and Service Company:
First Lieut.. Pearson c. Conlyn. Head
quarters, 1st Battalion; First Lieut..
Cooper B. Rhodes, Company B; Sec.
ond Lieut.. James r. Nolen, Company
A, and Second Lieut.. Harold w.
Leath, Company B.
The following have been ordered
transferred from the inactive to the
active list of their respective units:
Company E, 121st Engineers: Pvts.
Thomas S. Higgs, Ray M. Myers, Gull.
ford r. Pierce. william II. Quarles
and Harry c. Trotler.
Company B, 121st Engineers: Pvts.
John A. Fortune, Franklin P. Lowe,
Charles NJ Merkle, Samuel Millstein
and George r. Washington, jr.
On account of business interference
with the performance of military
duty, the following members of Com
pany E, 12lst Engineers. have been
ordered transferred from the active to
the inactive list of that unit:
Pvts. John S. Batman, Pulaski e.
Battle, Robert H. Childs, Gilbert l..
johnson and William H. Kickliter.
Pvt. Charles D. Gates, Company F,
121st Engineers, has been ordered
honorably discharged to permit him
to enlist In the United States Army.
Because Of business or educational
interference with the performance Of
military duty, or removal from the
city. the following have been ordered
transferred from the active to the in.
active lists of their respective units:
Pvt. Richard B. Tyler and Corpl.
Donald H. Miller. both Of Company
B, 121st Engineers; Pvt. James G.
Quick, Headquarters Detachment,
29th Division; Pvt. Thaddeus E.
Klimaezewiski, Battery c, 260th
Coast Artillery; Pvts. (First Glass;
James S. Afford and William T.
Campbell, both of Battery e, 260th
Coast Artillery.
The competitive standing and final
ratings of personnel which partici.
pated in the examination for the Sc
lection of the candidate to represent
the District Of Columbia National
Guard in the examination for en-
trance to the United States Military
Academy was announced as follows:
Pvt. Arnold B. Solbert, Company F,
121st Engineers, 92.36 per cent; Pvt.
James H. Dienelt, Company F, 121st
Engineers, 1888 per cent; Pvt VIII
lard c. Jenson, Headquarters Detach-
ment. 2sth Division, 1924 per cent.
Young Solberg, who will be named,
is son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Gust Sol
berg and was born in Chicago, July
5, 1915. He was educated in the Chi
cago public schools and was gradu-
ated from the Lane High School in
June. 1888. completing the four.year
course in three years. He enlisted in
the District of Columbia National
Guard in February, 1884.
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