Evening star., 1937-05-23
ARTILLERY GETS
EQUIPMENT TEST
MaterieI to Be 0verhauIed
Prior to Field
Training.

Artillery equipment issued to the
260th Regiment of Coast Artillery was
given a thorough inspection last week
by officials from the headquarters Of
the Sd Army Corps Area in Balti-
more, Md. A detail from the local
regiment was on duty to assist the in
spection officers.
Any Of the materiel which was
found to be in need OF repair or over
hauling will have the necessary work
done so that the organization will have
everything in f1rst-class condition
when it starts for its annual encamp-
ment at Fort Story, Va.
While most Of the equipment is Of
an old type, it is useful for drill pur-
poses, although, in order to be pre-
pared for a strenuous firing program
while in training this Summer, large
detail has just returned from short
period of instruction at Fort Story,
where the latest in artillery fire con-
troll equipment and guns are installed.
These men will start in Immediately
to impart the instruction they received
there to the men who were unable to
go SO that when the local militiamen
arrive at the camp site they will be
prepared to go into action Immediately.
Two organizations boosted their at
tendance so much last month they
tied for first place in the attendance
record. Each had 100 per cent rec
ord. They were the Division Quarter
master Platoon, Headquarters Com
pany, 104th Quartermaster Regiment,
and the Headquarters Detachment,
Special Troops, 29th Division.
The other organizations and their
respective attendance marks are &:
Medical Department Detachment, Spe-
cial Troops, 29th Division, 97.75;
Headquarters and Service Company,
12lst Engineers, 1886; 29th Division
Military Police Company, e446; Head
quarters Detachment, 29th Division,
9430 Headquarters Company 29th
Division, 929 95; Band, l21st Engineers,
9l.53: Medical Department Detach-
ment, 121st Engineers, 90.21; Head
quarters Detachment, I'd Battalion,
260th Coast Artillery, $3.50; Com
pany A, l04th Quartermaster Regi-
ment, 1851; Medical Department
Detachment, 26Oth Coast Artillery,
8217; State Detachment, 8l.81: Com
pany B, 121st Engineers, 80.57; Com
pany D, 12lst Engineers, 78.49; Com
pany A. 121st Engineers, 1866; Head
quarters Battery, 26Oth Coast Artillery,
1923; Company C, 121st Engineers,
s113; Company F. 121st Engineers,
6791; Battery c, 260th Coast Artillery,
6677; Company E, 12lst Engineers,
6544; Battery B. 260th Coast Artillery,
6032; Battery E, 260th Coast Artillery,
6O16; Battery F, 260th Coast Artillery.
b426; Headquarters Detachment and
Combat Train. 1st Battalion, 260th
Coast Artillery, 1892; Battery A,
a60th Coast Artillery, 5303.
Among the larger units the stand
ing, with percentages, was as follows:
Special Troops, 29th Division, $3.50;
1O4th Quartermaster Regiment, 9180;
Company A, 372d Infantry, IS 80; 12lst
Engineers, 1870; 260th Coast Artillery,
65.71.
Pvt. (First Glass; Hubert l.. Cooke
has been promoted to corporal in Com
pany A, 1o4th Quarternaster Regi-
ment. Pvt. Ralph H. Thayer has been
transferred from the Medical Depart
ment Detachment, Special Troops,
goth Division, to the signal section,
Headquarters Detachment, 29th Divi-
sion.
Because Of removal from the city,
the following have been honorably dis
charged: Pvts. Darwin j. Cunning
ham and Francis B. Hart, Medical
Department Detachment, 260th Coast
Artillery; Pvt John E. Bankhead,
Headquarters Detachment, 29th Divi-
sion.
Pvt. Edward NJ. Louden has been
transferred from the Medical Depart
ment Detachment, 121st Engineers, to
Company A, 1O4th Quartermaster Reg
tment. Sergt. James w. Condit has
been honorably discharged from Com
pany D, 12lst Engineers, to permit
him to enlist in the United States
Navy. Pvt. John E. Harrington has
been transferred from the inactive
list to the active list Of Company B,
121st Engineers.
Because of educational interference
with the performance of military duty,
Pvt. Robert w. Gwinn has been trans
ferred from the active to the mac
tive list OF the Headquarters Detach-
tnent, 29th Division.
Examinations for second-clas gun
ners OF the Coast Artillery unit are
being held. It was pointed out the
qualifying mark for classification as
second-class gunners will be not less
than an average of rs per cent.
The Chevrons Club of the 29th Divi-
sion Military Police Company voted
Pvt CFirst Glass; Morton Felker, son
of Mrs Cecilia Felker, 746 Princeton
place, the outstanding private for the
February -March-April quarter. This
will give him the distinction of being
the guest Of honor at the banquet Of
the Non-coms Club The decision was
based on attendance, recruits obtained,
bearing, discipline, aptitude and pro-
f1ciency. Pvt. Felker shoots expert
with the pistol and has had perfect at
tendance since his enlistment in July,
1896.
Promotions in the Headquarters Bat
terry, 260th Coast Artillery, are as
follows: Pvts. Donald G. Hibbard
William E. Tuttle, Salvatore F. Giar-
ratano Robert L. Hartman, jr., and
Stephen J. Davine to be corporals;
Pvt Frederick P. Pickard to corporal
In the Headquarters Company, l04th
Quartermaster Regiment, upon rec
ommendation Of the unit commander
Promotions in the Headquarters
Detachment, I'd Battalion, 260th
Coast Artillery, are as follows: Corpl
Albert w. Armstrong to be sergeant
and Pvt. Henry F. Dodson to be cor
poral.
Pvt. Manuel Sterling has been
transferred from the Headquarters