Evening star., 1936-04-05
121st Engineers Begin
Rifle Practice Today
Local Guardsmen to Be on Congress
Heights Range Until Time to
Go to Camp.

the searchlights and generating equip
ment, which was stored miles from
the armory):
Between Washington Monument
and Navy Building on Constitution
avenue.
West end of Munitions Building
and Constitution avenue.
These lights operated continuously
from 8 pm, March 10, until Z am,
March 10, and from z to 8 pm. on the
evening of March 49, In order to per-
nit this operation, q constant supply
OF water was run through the cooling
system Of the generating unit, to per-
NIT continuous operation, the lights
being designed for intermittent oper-
alton only.
Pursuant to instructions from Mr..
Gardner Of the District of Columbia
Engineers Ofice, the lights and their
operating crews were held in readiness
throughout the evening of March 1e.
Battery A, 26oth Coast Artillery, is
commanded by First Lieut.. Lee j. Rutz,
with First Lieut.. Carl Santilli and Sec
ond Lieut.. James A. Heller. The fol-
lowing officers Of the 260th Coast Artil-
lery also co-operated in this matter:
Lieut.. Col. Walter w. Burns and Capt.
Leroy S. Mann.
THE armory of the 260th Coast
Artillery is located at Water and 0
streets southwest, in the area of ex-
pected flood conditions. Buildings on
the dock adjacent to the armory were
flooded. Preparations were made for
approximately feet of water in
the armory proper. Government prop
erty in the armory, including anti-air-
craft guns, was moved in preparation
for the expected high water. The high
water flooded the room occupied by
the heating plant in the Coast Artillery
armory, but failed to reach the first
floor Of the armory by approximately
foot. Sandbag dikes were construct
ed adjacent to the armory to prevent
water entering the gun shed, however.
and it was impossible to prevent entry
Of the water through an exposed side
Of the building"
The letter reported that the expenses
Of this service amounted to S11084,
and request was made that it be in
cluded in any deficiency bill sent for
ward to cover the food fighting work.
The officers and men of the organiza-
ton served throughout the period
without pay.
The various commanders of the local
Guard under whom organization OF new
units were formed. under the in
creases allowed by the War Depart
ment have made the following recon-
mendations for officers for these units,
it was announced at headquarters:
Maj. William T. Roy, charged with
organization of the Headquarters Com
pany, Special Troops, 29th Division,
recommended for lieutenantS: staff
Sergt. Charles L. Rust, now in Head
quarters Detachment, Special Troops,
29th Division, and Corpl. Malcolm T.
Powell, now in the Headquarters De-
tachment, 29th Division.
Maj. Roy. also charged with organ
ization of the Medical Detachment,
Special Troops, 29th Division, recon-
mended the following officers: Or.
Robert w. Bolton for captain and DR..
James B. Bradley, Dental Corps, for
first lieutenant.
Lieut.. Col. Walter w. Burns, charged
with organization Of the Headquarters
Detachment and Combat Train, I'd
Battalion, 260th Coast Artillery,
has recommended that Louis NJ.
Swingle, formerly an efhcer in the local
Coast Artillery, be commissined as first
lieutenant of that organization.
Also charged with the organization
of Battery F, Col. Burns has recon-
mended the following:
For captain, First Lieut.. Max G. D.
Prentice, now in Headquarters, 26oth
Coast Artillery; for first lieutenant,
First Lieut.. John K. Cunningham,
formerly in 260th Coast Artillery; for
second lieutenant, Sergt. Charles P.
Reichel, now in Battery A, 260th Coast
Artillery.
Capt. Fletcher F. Bernsdorff, organ
izing the 1l3th Motor Transport Com
pany, has recommended for first lieu
tenant Henry B. Cockrell, now second
lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps,
State staff; for second lieutenant,
Henry NJ Boudinot, now a sergeant
in Company E, 12lst Engineers.
quarters and Service Company, l2lst
Engineers, has been ordered promoted
to sergeant and assigned to duty as
personnel sergeant major 12lst En-
gineers He will be on the staff of the
regimental commander.
the appointment Of Second Lieut..
Donald A. Falk, Company r, i21st
Engineers, as a second lieutenant Of
Infantry, and his reassignment to the
Headquarters Detachment, Special
Troops. 29th Division, was announced
at headquarters.
First Lieut. Cooper B. Rhodes. COM
pany B, 121st Engineers, was ordered
before an examining board for exam
ination for appointment as q first
lieutenant of Infantry.
Maj Just c. Jensen, Ordnance De-
partment, State staff, has been desig-
mated an additional member Of the
Athletic Council to represent the State
staff and State detachments.
Pvt. John Ray, inactive list Of Com
pany D. l2lst Engineers, has been
ordered honorably discharged because
Of removal from the city.
Pc O. SISTERHOOD