Evening star., 1938-02-20

~ soon aS the man Is accepted for
enlistment.
There is another contest also an.
nounced for this company. It Is the
attendance prize and will cover Feb
ruary, March and April. The contest
will be between the three sections of
the company, the headquarters Sec
ton and the first and second sections
OF the work platoon. The two losing
sections are to be the hosts At q
dinner to the members of the winning
section. In the scoring five points will
be added to the drill attendance per-
centages for each recruit brought in
by the competing section.
The seriousness of the armory sit
uation here was presented directly to
the District Commissioners at a con-
ference last week between the city
heads and Col. John w. Oehmann,
commanding the local militia; Col.
Dravo, adjutant general, and 1t. Col.
Peyton G. hewitt, assistant adjutant
general. The conference was a fol-
low-up Of the written request sent to
the Commissioners by Col. Oehmann,
in which he urged them to ask the
Senate to restore to the District ap-
preparation bill the provision, stricken
out by the House Subcommittee on
District OF Columbia appropriations,
the recommendation for $4,000 for
the purchase of a site for a structure
to house the local militia and its ac-
tivities. Onicials would not disclose
the results Of their conference.
The Guard range facilities have been
turned over to a group of civilians
for an interclub rifle match on Tues
day. The matches are being spon-
sored, it was said, by civilian rife
clubs which have been active in the
District In matches in the past.
There will be District Of Columbia
team championship match. in which
the high team will be designated the
District of Columbia indoor team
champion. 1t will be open to five-man
teams. The first group will start FIR
ing on the indoor range at 8 o'clock
Tuesday morning and the second
group will begin at 1880. The win
ming team will be awarded a trophy,
which it will be entitled to hold for
one year, and the team members each
will get silver medal. There also
will be five bronze medals for the sec
ond men. There also will be five
bronze medals for the college fresh
men scoring the highest. and medal
for the high individual score.
The firing will be under the gen.
eral supervision Of Maj. just c. Jen-
sen, Ordnance Department, and the
onicer in charge Of rifle practice of
the local Guard, who is cooperating
with the civilian groups in arranging
and scoring the matches.
Pvts. Arthur E. Mallard, jr., and
Robert E. May. both of Battery c,
260th Coast Artillery, have been hon
orably discharged because of removal
from the city. Sergt Ashley c. Duvall
has been transferred to the inactive
list Of Battery E, 260th Coast Artil-
Iery, because OF business interference.
Sergt. Leonard w. Nevius has been
transferred to the active list Of the
Headquarters Detachment. I'd Bat
TALON. 260th Coast Artillery.
Pvt. James T. Donnell, jr., has been
promoted to sergeant in the Head
quartes and Service Company, 12lst
Engineers. In Company B. 12lst En-
gineers. Pvt. Harry L. Reynolds has
been promoted to corporal. Pvt. John
]. Alden has been promoted to SER
geant in the Medical Department
Detachment, l2lst Engineers. Pvt.
James L. Lands, 29th Division Mill
tary Police Company, has been hon.
orably discharged to permit him to
accept an appointment in the District
OF Columbia Fire Department. Sergt.
Stephen Lang has been transferred to
the active list of the Headquarters
Company, 29th Division.