Evening star., 1939-06-18

having made 844 per cent In an
examination, has been ordered
placed on the eligible list from
which appointments will be made
to fill vacancies in the quarter
master corps.
Maj. Jensen has been designated
as executive officer of a competi.
ton to be held on the rifle range
at l o'clock on June "a, to select
civilian rifle team to represent
the District of Columbia in tho
national matches at Camp Perry,
Ohio. Travel and subsistence al
lowances will be paid civilian team
members by the War Department.
Immediately following the COM
petition, the 13 high competitors
Will meet at Camp Simms and
recommend a team captain, SUBJ
Ject to approval and appointment
by local headquarters of the Guard.
Rifles for the competition will
be loaned the participants by the
local militia. The course, it was
announced. will be as follows: 10
shots at 200 yards, standing, nc
sighting shots; 10 shots, 200 wards.
rapid fire from standing to sitting.
one minute per string; 10 shots
at 200 yards, rapid fire, standing to
prone, one minute and ten seconds
per string; 10 shots at 600 yards,
prone, with no sighting shots.
In preparation for the maneuvers.
the 260th Coast Artillery will receive
considerable tactical instruction
during the month prior to departing
for camp, which will include one
overnight maneuver on July IS and
Is. The instruction will include
communications, map reading. con-
voy practice, artillery drill, identif-
cation OF aircraft and intelligence.
1t. Howell A. Nash has been de-
tailed as regimental communication
officer Of the 260th Coast Artillery.
Pvt. First Class Leo B. Ellwood
has been promoted to corporal in
the headquarters battery. 26Oth
Coast Artillery. Pvt. Daniel Davis
has been promoted to corporal in
the 1O4th Ordnance company. Corp.
Paul r. Wegner has been ordered
promoted to sergeant in Company
c, l2lst Engineers, on the recon-
mendatlon of the company COM
mander.
In Company C, 121st Engineers,
Pvt. (First Class Miles R. Van Sise
was promoted to corporal. Pvt.
First Class Walter w. Keyser has
been promoted to sergeant in Com
pany E, l21st Engineers.
Pvt. John c. Milum has been
transferred from the HEADQUARTERS
Detachment Special Troops to the
headquarters Detachment. 2eth Di-
vision. A similar transfer has also
been ordered for Pvt. Charles M.
Wesner.
From the Headquarters Detach-
ment to the Headquarters Detach.
ment, Special Troops. 29th Division,
the following transfers have been
authorized: Pvts. Jaspar J. Corso
and Robert H. j. Holt. Pvt. (First
Class Stanley Dennison has been
transferred to the HEADQUARTERS
Company and Pvt. Norman H. Van
ArSdale to the Medical Department
Detachment. both in the lO4th
Quartermaster Regiment. Both for
merly were in Company A of that
regiment. Pvt (First Class John
A. Looney, Headquarters Company,
and Pvt. Louis B. 10th, Medical
Department Detachment. have been
transferred to Company A, all in the
lO4th Quartermaster Regiment.
Pvt Norman L. Botsford, jr.. Bat
terry E, 260th Coast Artillery. has
been honorably discharged because
OF removal from the city.
Pvts. Milton N. Etchison and Will
liam c. Wellington, Battery E, 26Oth
Coast Artillery, and Pvts. Pendleton
w. Hill, Company A, 372d Infantry,
ana Duane G. Lawrence. Head.
quarters Company, 29th Division,
nave been placed on the inactive
Asts because OF business interference.
The following have been placed
on the active lists: Pvts. Hubert I.
ferguson, Chester R. Ferguson.
headquarters Detachment, 29th
DIVISION; Pvt. Chester Sipkin, Head
quarters Company, 29th Division:
Pvt. Joseph Douglass, Company A,
$40 infantry; Pvts. Daniel Briscoe.
henry Loveless and Ben Watkins.
battery B, 260th Coast Artillery, and
Pvt. Vincent Cicala. Company p
l04th Quartermaster Regiment.