Evening star., 1937-01-24
SEVEN ARE LISTED
FOR COMMISSIONS
Guard Enlisted Men Placed
on Eligible Roll for
Promotion.

.
Seven enlisted men from various
units of the National Guard OF the
District of Columbia have successfully
passed preliminary examinations Tor
promotion by commission in the local
militia. The examinations were not
conducted for any particular arm OF
the local militia, the preliminary exam
nations being primarily to determine
whether the applicant has the edu-
cational qualifications for promotion
to officer.
The successful candidates have been
put on a general eligible list, and as
vacancies occur in any arm Of the
local service a man will be selected
to take the branch examination for
that particular arm. II he Is not
interested, he may waive his right.
For instance. II man Is interested
in the engineers, he need not take a
vacancy in the infantry II one exists,
It was said.
The successful candidates. as an
nounced by brigade headquarters.
are Master Sergt. Thomas P. Baxter,
Headquarters Company, 104th Quar-
termaster Regiment; Master Sergt.
Edward D. Mulvanity. Headquarters
Detachment, 29th Division; Staff
Sergt. Earl F. Fischer, Headquarters
Detachment, Special Troops, 29th
Division: Corpl. Wilford A. Juter,
Company B, 12lst Engineers; Corpl.
Paul M. Meyer, Headquarters De-
tachment and Combat Train, LIST
Battalion, 260th Coast Artillery; Corpl.
Anton G. Mensik, Company A, l2lst
Engineers. and Pvt. CFfrst Glass;
John G. Anderson, Headquarters De-
tachment, 29th Division.
The eligible list on which these en-
listed men have been placed, it was
announced, will remain in force for
one year.
In order that men entitled to medals
for length of service may obtain them
as soon as they are earned, Lieut.. Col.
Walter W. Burns, commanding the
26Oth Regiment Of Coast Artillery OF
the local militia, has issued instruc-
tions to all Of his unit commanders
to forward to headquarters a list OF
all men entitled to such honors as
Of January l last.
As soon as all of the data are in the
regimental adjutant is to make out
complete roster which will show when
each man is entitled to his medal,
beginning with the three-year medal.
The following men have been ordered
transferred from the inactive to the
active lists of their respective units:
Company A, 121st Engineers: Pvts,
Albert c. johnson, Fred w. Hearn,
James E. Leary, Ralph M. Egan, An
drew J. Talon, Anthony B. Gwynn,
Melchor D. Robles and Pvt. Simon
c. Sailing.
HEADQUARTERS and Service Company,
i2lst Engineers-Pvt. Joseph Wolf.
Company B, 12lst Engineers-Pvt.
Raymond w. Davenport. Company
r. 12lst Engineers-Pvts. William w.
Hammond, George P. Magill, James
p. Sutton and Murray Reiss.
On account of business interference
with the performance Of military duty
or temporary removal from the city,
the following have been ordered trans
ferred from the active to the inactive
lists Of their respective units:
Pvts. Merrill Tomlin and Percy
Parmes, Company A, 372nd Infantry;
Corpl. Daniel Davis, Battery A, 260th
Coast Artillery; Pvts. James T. Dan
nell, jr., and Robert G. Atwood,
Headquarters and Service Company,
121st Engineers.
Pvt. Chester U. Dewey. Headquar-
ters Detachment, Special Troops, 29th
Division, has been ordered honorably
discharged because of removal from
the city.
Pvt. Louis A. Newman, Headquar-
ters Detachment Second Battalion,
2eoth Coast Artillery has been ordered
honorably discharged because OF mi
nority.
Sergt. Everett P. Hamel, Headquar-
ters Detachment, Special Troops, 29th
Division, has been ordered honorably
discharged, upon his own request, ne
having completed one OF a three-year
re-enlistment.
The Headquarters Company, 1O4th
0uartermaster Regiment, the newest
unit in the local Guard, headed the
list Of all organizations in the local
militia in attendance for the month
OF December, according to figures
made public at militia headquarters.
The figures show that this unit had
perfect attendance Of 100 for all the
drill nights during the month.
The other units and their percent
ages for the month follow:
Headquarters Detachment, Special
Troops, 2eth Division, $500; State
achment, 1888; 29th Division Mill
tary Police Company, 95.76; Head
quarters Detachment 29th Division,
e43o; Medical Department Detach-
ment, Special Troops, goth Division,
p3.47; Headquarters Company, 29th
Division, 1856; Headquarters and
Service Company, 121st Engineers,
s6 80; band, 121st Engineers, $500;
Medical Department Detachment,
2e0th Coast Artillery, 81.13; Medical
Department Detachment, 121st Engi-
neers, 1855; Company ,, l2lst En-
gineers, 77.5s; Company A, 104th
Quartermaster Regiment, 1921; Bat
terry A, 26oth Coast Artillery, 1898;
Battery B. 260th Coast Artillery, 1888;
Battery z, 2eoth Coast Artillery, 67.5s;
Company e, 121st Engineers, 6666;
Company 3, 12lst Engineers, 65.02;
Headquarters Detachment, 1st Bat
talon, 260th Coast Artillery, 64.63;
Company C, 12lst Engineers. 63.43;
Headquarters Detachment. I'd Bat
talon, 260th Coast Artillery, $3.50;
Battery C, 260th Coast Artillery, 59.35;
Company A, 121st Engineers, 5666;
Company F, 121st Engineer 81. 47.42.
The average attendance percentage
for all units was given as 1912. The
percentages for the larger groups were
given as follows, the Special Troops,
29th Division, leading with score Of
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