Evening star., 1938-04-17

be special competitions to select q
team which will represent the local
guard at the national matches this
year, If authorized to attend The
team will consist of captain. coach,
10 principals and alternates. Two
Of the latter will be commissioned
officers, who will be available for use
as range officers.
I Maj. Jensen has been designated as
team captain. He has been ordered
to conduct the competitions for the
selection OF the team members be-
ginning this week and continuing un-
til June 30. His recommendations
for membership on the team will be
reported not later than June TO-
Personnel desiring to compete for the
team have been instructed to apply to
| Maj. Jensen.
! While none Of the organizations
reached the 100 per cent mark in at
tendance for March. the figures show
that generally all of the organizations
improved.
The Headquarters Detachment. I'd
Battalion. 26Oth Coast Artillery, heads
the list with a percentage of 1854.
and the others. in their relative order,
with percentages, follow:
Headquarters Detachment. 29th Di-
vision. 97.29 29th Division. Military Po-
lice Company, 1922; Headquarters
| Company 29th Division, 96.47; Head
| quarters Detachment. Special Troops,
29th Division, 96 90; Hea dquarters and
Service Company. 12lst Engineers.
95 JIG; band, l2lst Engineers, 95l4;
Headquarters Company. 1o4th Quar-
! termaster Regiment, 1884; Medical
| Department Detachment, Special
Troops. 29th Division, 90 IS; Company
A. l04th Quartermaster Regiment,
9l30; Company A, l2lst Engineers,
| 9O55; Company B, 104th Quartermas-
ter Regiment. $3.50: Company A. 372d
Infantry. SO oil; Company D, l2lst En-
gineers, 87,43; Company B. l2lst En-
gineers. 1888; Medical Department
Detachment. 260th Coast Artillery,
8490; Medical Department Detach-
ment. l2lst Engineers. 8l61; Battery
D, 260th Coast Artillery. BIB; Com
pany E. l2lst Engineers. BILL: State
Detachment 1881; Headquarters De-
tachment. 1st Battalion. 26Oth Coast
Artillery, 1896; Battery B, 26Oth Coast
Artillery, 1874; Battery F. 2soth Coast
Artillery. 7l66; Battery c. 26Oth
Coast Artillery 1925: Battery E, 26oth
Coast Artillery. 7090; Company F,
l2lst Engineers, 7O55: Company C,
l2lst Engineers. $3.50; Battery A,
26Oth Coast Artillery. Gill.
Among the larger groups, the stand
| ings were announced as follows: Spe-
cial Troops. 29th Division 95 60: 1st
Battalion. 104th Quartermaster Regi-
ment, 5000; Company A, 372d Infan-
| try. 1901; 121st Engineers, 8243;
260th Coast Artillery. $3.50.
First 1t. James NJ. Votova. who has
been on the inactive list of the local
! guard for some months. because of the
| fact that he has been in Chicago, has
i. rendered his resignation.
Capt. E. J. c. Hildenbrand Medical
Department Detachment. 12lst En-
! gineers. has applied TO headquarters
for permission to take the extension
course in aviation medicine at the Air
Corps School of the Army His ap-
plication has been approved and sent
to the War Department.
The l21st Regiment OF Engineers
which is to take its annual field train
ing at the Maryland State Guard
camp at Camp Albert C. Ritchie. Cas-
cade, Md, will leave here by train at
$50 am. on July 30. proceeding via
Baltimore, and arriving at the camp
site at $40. However, local guard Of
flcialS are studying this matter on
the question as to whether the local
troops will arrive at the scene before
the Maryland Guard. which will Just
be completing its training, will be
free of the camp.
First 1t Joseph F. Fitzgerald, Head
quarters and Service Company, and
First 1t. Edward A. Mcmahon of
Company E. both in the l21st Regi-
ment of Engineers, have been ordered
to change places.
The 1st Battalion, 26Oth Coast Ar
tillery. had been authorized to have
an overnight maneuver on April %
and "a. Details of the movement have
been left to the battalion commander.
No more will the Guard on parade
in the summer have to wear the cot
ton blouse. word having been received
from the War Department that their
manufacture has been discontinued.
The information also was conveyed
to the local headquarters that when
parading in the future the shirt only
would be worn.
A series Of examinations for the
establishment of an eligible list from
which will be selected enlisted men to
be commissioned in the various arms
has been announced by headquarters.
Men may take the examination for
one or more branches, and it was an
nounced that in the tests they will be
examined only once in the subjects
common to all branches.
The dates for the examinations and
the boards to be held in the armory
are as follows: April 26, Engineer
Corps Examining Board, Col. John
w. Oehmann, president; Maj. Joseph
j. Greenlaw, Medical Corps, Capt.
Edward H. Walter, United States
Army April %, Coast Artillery Corps;
Examining Board, Col Walter w.
Burns, president; 1t. Col. Delmar S.
Lenzner, Coast Artillery Corps, U. S.
Army; Maj. Stewart M. Grayson,
Medical Corps May 3, Infantry; Ex-
amining Board, Col. Shepard L. Pike,
president; Maj. William T. Roy, In
fantry; Capt. Robert M. Fulton, Medi-
cal Corps May 10, Quartermaster
Corps; Examining Board, It. Col. Del
mar s. Lenzner, president: Maj. Sid
ney Morgan, Engineers, and Maj.
Joseph j. Greenlaw, Medical Corps.
Successful candidates will be placed