Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-09
CIVIL RIFLE TEAM
COMPETITIONS SET
Group to Represent D. c. at
Camp Perry to Be Sc.
leCted June rs.

SAAe oeiNe VI SoIuHlDld al tlle ma
tional rifle matches at Camp Perry,
Ohio, in August and September.
Maj. Just c. Jensen, Ordnance De-
partment. who is in charge of the rifle
range OF the District Guard, where the
competition will be held, is executive
officer Of the matches which are to
be held June 20 at o'clock. Immedi-
ately following the matches the IA
persons who finish with the highest
scores will meet to select q team
| captain.
Recruiting Is being pushed In all
| branches Of the militia with a view to
bringing all the units up to the limit
OF the allocated strength prior to time
the organizations go to camp. Pressure
Is being brought to have members
bring in as many recruits as possible,
as all enlistment must be stopped so
days prior to the time set for the
various units to depart for the sites
Selected Tor their annual field training.
The units are devoting a large part
OF their armory drill time in making
~ SPoi lOT INe camp,
Private, first class, David Cohn, has
oeen promoted TO sergeant in the Medi-
cal department Detachment, l21st
Engineers, while Sergt. Paul Works.
man has been reduced to private in the
same command.
Service medals, emblematic of long
and faithful service In the National
Guard, have been ordered awarded
as follows: Capt. George L. Evans.
Engineers, State Staff, l5-year serg-
ice bar; First Sergt. Charles H. Beehm.
Battery c, 260th Coast Artillery. To-
year service bar.
Capt. John r. Mcintyre, Medical
Department Detachment, has been
appointed recruiting officer for the
26Oth Regiment of Coast Artillery
PVt. Albert j. Lowry, Headquarters
battery, 26Oth Coast Artillery, has
been ordered transferred to Battery
Z, same regiment. Pvt. Robert l..
Hartman, Battery c, 26Oth Coast
Artillery, has been ordered transferred
10 the Headquarters Battery. same
regiment.
The following men of Battery F.
26oth Coast Artillery, have been or
oered 10 attend the Band School each
Monday night: Sergt. Frank Wollner.
Pvt. First Glass; Jack R. Kurz and
Pvts. G. V. Davis, William G., Fort.
William C. Hanson, Wilbur Yocum.
Joseph Berst, Correll A. Couch and
Harry Newman.
Corpl William S. Taylor has been
promoted to sergeant in Company d.
l2lst Engineers.
Pvt. First Glass; Samuel W.
Schwartz has been promoted to cor.
poral in Battery C, 26Oth Coast Ar.
tillery.
Lieut.. COL Walter w. Burns. com.
manding the 26Oth Coast Artillery.
named Lieut.. Reichel, Battery F, to
take charge of the color detail from
That organization which will! 20 to
Arlington this afternoon to participate
in the masing of the colors in con.
nectlon with the Mothers day cere-
monies.
ON account of the conversion Of the
Quarternaster Section. Headquarters
Detachment, goth Division, to the
Division Quartermaster Platoon, Head.
quarters Company, lo4th Quarter
master Regiment, the following re.
auctions have been ordered to comply
with the tables Of organization: Mas
ter Sergt. Thomas P. Baxter to be
technical sergeant and Staff Sergt.
Warren c. Snyder to be sergeant.
Promotions in Battery C, 260th
Coast Artillery have been ordered as
follows: Corpl. Alton R. Duvall to be
sergeant. and Pvt. First Glass;
Claude F. Duvall to be corporal. In
Battery Pvt. Joseph Brest has been
promoted to sergeant. Pvt. William
5. Jameson has been promoted to SER
geant in the Medical Department De-
tachment, Special Troops, 29th Divi-
sion. Pvt. Humphrey F. De Cola has
been transferred from the inactive to
the active list of the Medical Depart
ment Detachment, 121st Engineers.
Pvt. Samuel Colubotzki has been trans
terred from the inactive to the active
list of Company E, 12lst Engineers.
Pvt. James N. Dienelt, Company F,
12lSt Engineers, has been honorably
discharged, on his own request, upon
completion of one year OF three-year
re-enlistment period
Because Of removal from the city,
the following members of Company D,
121st Engineers, have been ordered
honorably discharged: Pvts Carl H.
Boston, Harry E. Brandt, Frederick
j. Burkhard. Thomas R. Council, Dom
aid M. Dellinger, Joseph L. Goddard,
Charles E. Norris and John Ray
Pvt. Harry F. Saunders has been
transferred from the inactive to the
active list of the Division Quarter.
master Platoon, Headquarters Com
pany, 104th Quartermaster Regiment.
On account of business interference
with the performance Of military duty,
Pvt. Robert F. Young, Company A,
104th Quartermaster Regiment, has
been transferred from the active to
the inactive list.
Because of either business interfer-
ence with the performance of mill
tary duty or temporary removal from
the city, the following have been
transferred from the active to the
inactive lists in their respective COM
mands Headquarters Battery. 260th
Coast Artillery-Pvts. Lucius A. Bur-
ton, jr.; Milton Hauft, Wilbur E.
Hyatt and Benjamin F. Arnold. Bat
terry A, 260th Coast Artillery-Pvts.
Melvin R. Kader and Joseph A.
Moseley.
Pvt. Bernard Bryant Battery F,
260th Coast Artillery, has been hon.
orably discharged because Of member
ship in the Civilian Conservation
Corps.
Transfers to the inactive lists OF
their respective commands have been
ordered for the following, because of
business or educational interference
with the performance Of military duty,
or temporary removal from the city:
Company E, l2lst Engineers, Pvt-.
Ellsworth w. Gray. Herbert E. Nor