Evening star., 1936-07-26
Militia Engineer Unit
Prepares for Maneuvers
29th Division Troops in This City Also Soon
to Go to Indiantown Gap for
Training.

rife team went to Camp Ritchie, at
Cascade, Md, last week for two days
on the range there. 1t was headed
by Maj. Just c. Jensen, Ordnance
Department, State stafi, in charge
Of the team. He was accompanied
by the following members:
Second Lieut.. Henry M. Boudinot,
Company A. l04th Quartermaster
Regiment; Master Sergt. John M.
Crandall, Battery A, 26oth Coast
Artillery; First Sergt William D.
Putnam, Company E. l21st Engineers;
Staff Sergt. Harry B. Parsons. Com
pany E, 121st Engineers; Staff Sergt.
Ernest v. Gonzales, Headquarters
Detachment. 29th Division; STAFF
Sergt. Warren c. Snyder, Head
quarters Company, 104th Quarter
master Regiment; Sergt. Theodore
L. Harrell. Ordnance Detachment,
State staff; Sergt. Raymond L. Tay-
lor, Company D, 12lst Engineers;
Corpl. William S. Taylor, Company D.
l2lst Engineers; Pvt. First Class
James r. Mitchell, Headquarters De-
tachment. 29th Division; Pvt. Edwin L.
Staubus, Ordnance Detachment, State
staff: Pvt. willard G. Jensen, Bat
terry c, 26oth Coast Artillery; Pvt.
Sterling z. Chambers, Headquarters
and Service Company, 12lst Engineers;
Pvt. Fred L. Ferrell, Company D,
12lst Engineers, and Pvt. Gilbert
L. johnson, Company A. lo4th
Quartermas4er Regiment.
The controller general of the United
States has rendered a decision that
w. p. A. employees are not entitled
to annual leave. sick leave or military
leave. In view of this. Guard head
quarters here announced. any mem
bers of organizations of the District
of Columbia National Guard who may
be employees of the w. P. A. will be
informed of this decision and afforded
an opportunity to elect to be absent
from camp II they SO desire, II their
attendance at camp will result in
financial loss to them.
However, headquarters further an
nounced that 1t has been informed
that all w. p. A. workers attending
National Guard camps will be carried
as on military leave, regardless Of this
decision, although w. P. A. pay will
not accrue to them for such leave
unless the decision Of the controller
general Is changed.
During the field training Of the
Coast Artillery the following are des-
ignated to form the camp supply de-
tachment:
First Lieut.. Carl santilli, headquar-
ters, 1st Battalion; Pvts. (First Glass;
Belgium Borzella and Edmond P. Min
nihan, both Of Battery A; Pvt. Robert
c. Barnes. Battery 3; Sergt. William
B. Gates. Battery C; Pvt. William T.
Campbell, Battery Z. and Pvt. Edward
F. Simpson, Battery F.
The following promotions in Com
pany A, 104th Quartermaster Regi-
ment. have been announced:
Corpl. william C. Elmer, to be ser
geant, and Pvt. (First Glass; Donald
M. Harding. to be corporal.
When the 29th Division goes into
the field, there should not be any
cause for jealousy because one outfit
Is feeding better than the other sim
ply because it has a better mess OFF,
Ger and mess sergeant. Maj. Gen.
Reckord has taken steps to keep this
down by providing a standardized
menu for all Of the units Of his COM
mand.
A complete menu for each meal has
been printed and the mess officers
and cooks will be required to follow
it. Every trooper can look ahead for
two weeks and tell just what he Is
going to have at any meal during the
encampment and get ready to like 1t.
First Lieut.. John T. O'Neill, Com
pany D, 121st Engineers, has been or
dered transferred to the Headquarters
and Service Company, same regiment,
and Second Lieut.. Reynald c. Feldt
has been ordered transferred from
Company G - Company A In the
same regiment.
First Lieut.. MAJ q. d. Prentice,
Battery r, 260th Coast Artillery, has
been ordered transferred to the unas-
signed list.
The appointment of First Lieut..
Carl Santilli, 1st Battalion. 260th
Coast Artillery, as captain Of Coast
Artillery has been announced by head
quarters. He has been assigned to
Battery r Of that regiment for duty.
Pvt. Albert z. Cromwell. Headquar-
ters Company, 29th Division; Pvt.
John E. Hughes, Medical Department
Detachment, Special Troops, 29th Di-
vision; Pvts. Clarence A. Seay and
Ralph M. Seay, Company F, 121st En-
gineers; Pvt. (First Glass; Robert F.
Hall and Pvts. August ]. Bertram,
Daniel D. Wright and Walter A. Shea,
Medical Department Detachment,
26oth Coast Artillery.