Evening star., 1938-02-20
Army Officers Are Selected
To Conduct Guard Inspections
Maj. Ackern,nn to Examine 121st Regi-
ment of Engineers -Quartermaster
toPass Under Eyes of Ma j. Baldwin.

Tne omcefS OF the Army who Will
inspect two Of the arms Of the Ma
tional Guard here were made known
last week by headquarters Of the
Sd Army Corps at Baltimore, Md.
1t Is expected the names Of other on
GERS to come here to conduct the an
nual tests will be announced within
. few days, as the inspections are
scheduled to get under way in . couple
Of weeks.
Maj. Alexander 8. Alderman, CORPS
Of Engineers, U. 8. A., will make the
inspections Of the 12lst Regiment OF
Engineers. He will come here from
Philadelphia. Maj. Aubrey H. Bald
win, Quartermaster Corps, will come
here from Harrisburg, Pa, to con-
duct tests Of the l04th Quartermaster
Regiment.
Attendance figures Of all units have
shown a general improvement since
the holiday season, according to fig
ures for January. The Headquarters
Company Of the l04th Quartermaster
Regiment heads the list with a perfect
score, while the other units, in their
relative order, with percentages,
follow:
Medical Department Detachment,
Special Troops, 29th Division, 1886;
29th Division, Military Police Com
pany. 98.15; Headquarters Company,
29th Division. 96.l9: Headquarters and
Service Company, 121st Engineers,
1926; Headquarters Detachment, 29th
Division, 1888; Headquarters Detach-
ment, Special Troops. 29th Division,
S3.12; Headquarters Detachment, I'd
Battalion, 260th Coast Artillery,
9l.04; Medical Department Detach-
ment, 12lst Engineers, 9l.00; State
Detachment, 1914; Band, 12lst Engi-
neers, S8.57; Company B, 104th Quar-
termaster Regiment, 1884; Company
B, 12lst Engineers. -840s; Company
A, 104th QVartermaster Regiment.
1910.
Company A. 372d Infantry, 81.73;
Company A, 12lst Engineers. so 0.ss;
Company D. l2lst Engineers, 1915;
Battery D, 260th Coast Artillery, 1921;
Company E. 121st Engineers, 74.57;
Medical Department Detachment.
12lst Engineers, 74.24; Battery F,
260th Coast Artillery, 69.5S; Company
c. l2lst Engineers, 68.16: Headquar-
ters Detachment and Combat Train,
lst Battalion, 260th Coast Artillery,
67.6l; Battery B, 260th Coast Artil-
lery. 66.27; Battery A, 260th Coast
Artillery, 66.25; Battery E. 260th Cuast
Artillery, 64.63; Battery c, 260th Coast
Artillery. 1924; Company F, 12lst
Engineers, 6l.25.
Among the larger groups, the Spe-
cial Troops, 29th Division, headed the
list with a percentage Of 94.38, the
others being as follows:
First Battalion, l04th Quartermaster
Regiment, 84.31; Company A, 372d
Infantry, 8l.73; 12lst Engineers, 1853,
and 260th Coast Artillery, 65.7l.
The early spring recruiting contest
Of Company D, l2l.t Engineers, has
Just been inaugurated, according to
an announcement of Capt. Samuel r..
Turner, commanding the unit. 1t
will continue through this month and
March. During the campaign each
man bringing in a recruit will re-
ceive 81. However, the recruit must
be well established as the pay-od
will not come until the man has at
tended at least four consecutive drills.
For the member of the company
bringing in five or more recruits, he
will receive IS additional For the
period of the contest the man bring
ing in the most recruits, provided it
is more than five, will receive an ad-
ditional IS.
To the company prizes the first SER
geant Of the company has added an
offer Of 81 per recruit. In other words,
the man getting a recruit will get 50,
but he gets the first sergeant's prize