Evening star., 1940-10-16
Lack Of Fanfare
|mpresses Officers al
Review Of Guardsmen
Spectators ond Soldiers
Motter-of-Foct on
Droft Registration Eve

Washington paid its respects to
the draft last night.
TWenty-four hundred District
National GuardSmen passed in re-
view in honor of national and local
Selective service officials, while
about 1000 spectators lined the drill
field on the Mall between Fourth
and Sixth streets S.W., near Mary
land avenue
Soldiers and civilians alike were
calm and matter-of-fact, but be-
cause of this, the occasion impressed
observers all the more.
There's no hag-waving excite
ment here on the eve of registration
day, and that's a good sign" one
hlgh-ranking guard officer re-
marked. Our citizens realize they've
got national defense job to do and
that now is the time to do it. They
don't care about the fanfare"
1t Col. Lewis B. Hershey. eXecu-
tive officer of the joint Army and
Navy Selective Committee, and Col.
David McCoach, jr., Engineer Com
missioner for the District, were spe-
cial guests along with about 25
members of local draft boards.
Trophies Presented.
Col Hershey presented five rifle
and pistol trophies, and Col. Nc
Coach awarded 10-vear service
medals to eight of the Guards. Then
spurred to a snappy pace by sud-
denly clearing skies that revealed
an almost full moon and by brisk,
pre-Winter wind, the Guardsmen
swung by in review.
1t was shortly after 9 pm. when
Col. John w. Oehmann, commander
of the 12lst Engineer Regiment.
called the troops to attention in
their battalion formations and half
an hour later the Guardsmen
marched back to the armory.
Trophies presented were: The
Mosher Cup, for team pistol compe-
ton. to the State Detachment, Dis
trict National Guard; the R. Harris
& Co. Cup, for individual pistol
honors, to Capt. William I. Mushake
of Company B, 121st Engineers; the
Berry & Whitmore Team Skirmish
Trophy and the Company Team
Trophy, for musketry and rifle COM
petition, respectively, to Company
B, 104th Quartermaster Regiment,
and the Senatorial Trophy, for in
dividual rifle honors, to First 1t.
Henry M. Boudinot of Company B,
104th Quartermaster Regiment.
Service Medals Presented.
The following were presented with
10-year service medals: Capt
James H. Heller of Headquarters
Battery, 260th Coast Artillery;
Capt John T. ONeill, Headquarters,
104th Quartermaster Corps: First
1t. Calvin M. Pentecost of Battery
A, 260th Coast Artillery: Second 1t.
Andrew G. Conlyn of Company A,
12lst Engineers: Sergt. William E.
Bahre. Headquarters Detachment,
29th Division; Sergt ROLAND R.
Ruehlman of Company A, 121st En-
gineers; Sergt. John r. Payne of
Battery C, 260th Coast Artillery. and
Pvt. Langdon P. McAninch. Medi-
cal Detachment, 104th Quartermas-
ter Regiment.
Participating units, all under the
command of Brig. Gen. Albert L..
Cox, commanding general of the
District National Guard, were the
121st Engineer Regiment, the 1st
Battalion, 104th Quartermaster Reg
lment, Special Troops OF the 29th
Division and the 260th Coast Artil-
lery (anti-aircraft.
The District Guard. now within
about 100 men of its authorized
strength of $500 men, has increased
its personnel by nearly one-third
since last May. 1t is expected to go
on active duty shortly after the first
of the year.