Evening star., 1940-06-30

tillery, 1892: Battery G, 26Oth Coast
Artillery, 1862; Battery A, 26oth
Coast Artillery, 70.68; Company C.
l2lst Engineers, 1923; Headquarters
Battery, 260th Coast Artillery, 65 48;
Battery F, 260th Coast Artillery
61.81; Battery D, 260th Coast Artil-
lery. 61.62; Battery c, 260th Coast
Artillery, 58.15; Headquarters Bat
terry. I'd Battalion, 260th Coast
Artillery, 55.47.
In the larger groups the 104th
Quartermaster Regiment headed the
list with score of 1882, the others
being as follows: Special Troops
18th Division, 92.07; 121st Engineers
1924; Company A, 372d Infantry
83.43; 260th Coast Artillery, 70.2S.
Second 1t. Hugh A. Allen, jr.
Headquarters, 1st Battalion, 104th
Quartermaster Regiment, has been
transferred from duty as adjutant
OF the 1st Battalion to duty with
Company B, same regiment. He
takes the place of Second 1t. STAN
ley E. Travis, who has taken the
place of 1t Allen as adjutant of the
lst Battalion.
Ihe following members of the
Headquarters Company, 29th Divi-
sion. have completed their qualif1ca-
ton courses on the National Guard
rifle range, with the following re-
suits, including scores:
Sharpshooters: Corpl. Julian H
zimmerman, 100; Pvts. (First Glass;
Francis L. Pettitt, l26, and George
R. Pettitt, 1875.
Marksmen: Pvt. (First Class John
Gardiner, jr., 122; Pvts. Charles s.
Connolly, 118; Norman w. Murphy
llo; Roy D. Barry, ITO; William R
Furlong, 109: Harry r. Klatt, 10S
and James Roche, 108.
Because of business interference
with the performance of military
duty, the following have been placed
on the inactive lists: Pvts. Frederick
G. Hansborough, Ralph Manili, Roy
E. Walker, Robert c. Click, William
t. Ricketts,, Bernard D. Thomas
Matthew P. Walker and Oscar S
Westmoreland, all of Battery F
26oth Coast Artillery; Sergt. Lee G
Perry, Battery E, 26Oth Coast Artil-
lery; First Sergt. Royce E. Phillips
and Pvt. James P. Stewart, Head
quarters and Service Company, 12lst
Engineers; Staff Sergt Garrett c.
Rush, jr., Headquarters Detachment
18th Division; Pvt. Windsor w
Stroup, Headquarters Company, 18th
Division, and Pvt. James w. Petty
Medical Department Detachment
l21st Engineers.
Pvt. Charles w. Patterson has
been honorably discharged to per-
init him to enlist in the United
States Army.
In order to pave the way for mem
bers OF the local Guard to obtain
the necessary 81 days leave to par
ticipate in the Army maneuvers
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, command
ing the local militia, conferred last
week with civic groups, in order tc
get their assistance in every possible
way.
Some Guard members have indi-
Gated that they have been met with
some resistance in their efforts to
obtain the necessary leave, and il
will be the function of the civic
groups to stress the Importance OF
this training to their members, in
order that the local Guard may &c
into the field with full complement
OF officers and men. Heretofore, the
members of the Guard have only
had to have two weeks, but the
exigencies of the current prepara-
tions require that the officers and
men be in the field for 81 days in
order to get full training in the
operations of large bodies of troops
involving all arms, including the air
and ground forces.
Pvt. Frederick w. Kennedy has
been promoted to corporal in Battery
g. 260th Coast ArtiIlerv