Evening star., 1940-07-07
D. C.. Guard Engineer Group
To Map Moneuver Area
DetoiI of Officers and Men
Will Fly to War Come Center

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changes were made and a final draft
will be issued to the division within
a short time.
Artillery units will have their
target practice at various times. The
260th Coast Artillery of the local
brigade, an anti-aircraft regiment,
will participate in target firing at
Fort Ontario, Oswego, N. Y, while
en- route to the maneuvers.
The Washington officers who at
tended the conference were: 1t. Col.
Peyton G. hewitt, assistant adjutant
general Of the local Guard and
adjutant of the division; Col. John
w. Oehmann, commanding the 121st
Regiment Of Engineers; Maj. Sidney
Morgan, Inspector Generals De-
partment; Maj. william T. Roy,
commanding the Special Troops,
10Th Division; Maj. Walter s. Welsh,
judge advocate of the local brigade,
and Capt. Hugh Everett, jr., En-
gineers.
All regimental and separate Or
ganization commanders have been
directed to submit to brigade head
uarters, prior to next Friday, requi-
sitions for supplies to carry their
troops from their home stations to
the destination.
The 260th Regiment of Coast
Artillery will leave here on August
3, and, after having target practice,
to reach its bivouac area on the
afternoon of August II. The 104th
Ordnance Company will leave on
August 3, stopping at the Aberdeen
Proving Ground from August 4 to
IL to engage in ordnance training.
1t Is scheduled to reach its bivouac
area on August IA.
The Rainbow Division Veterans
Rifle Workmanship Medal, offered
by that organization, will be awarded
to the soldier who has never before
qualified as marksman or better
or for prize in District National
Guard rifle competition and who
makes the highest score in a regu-
larly ordered practice of the Guard
for the calendar year. Regimental
and separate organization COM
manders have been ordered to sub
NIT to brigade headquarters, not
later than December /, next, the
name of the individual in their
organization qualifying for the
medal.
The 260th Coast Artillery Regi-
ment has opened a recruiting Office
in the Woodward Building, Fifteenth
and H streets NV. World War tro-
phies and other paraphenalia have
been installed and men will be con-
stantly on duty to acquaint pros
poets Of the advantages of an en-
listment in the Guard.
One of the most interesting ex-
hibits is a gun which was captured
by the 1st District of Columbia Vol
unteer Infantry, militia unit. at
the battle of Santiago. during the
Spanish War.
Sergt. Howard M. Devonshire.
Battery c, 260th Coast Artillery. has
returned to his organization, after
completing course at the Coast Ar
tillery School at Fort Monroe, Va.
More than 325 enlisted men now
on the inactive lists of the various
units of the Guard have been Or
dered to an active status, in a sweep
ing move of the brigade officials to
have as many men ON the active list
as possible in preparation for the
maneuvers. 1t was explained that
many Of these men have been on the
list for months, having been placed
there for various reasons, including
business and educational interfer-
ence with the performance of mill
tary duty and temporary removal
from the city.
The general order for all men to
be returned to the active list will
give the unit commanders an oppor-
tunity to make a check to ascertain
whether there has been any change
in the status Of the men. Those who
still have a valid excuse, such as one
of the three reasons given above,
will be returned to inactive status,
while the others will be required to
remain on the inactive list and par
ticipate in the approaching ma
neuvers.
Second 1t. Stanley E. Travis,
Headquarters, 1st Battalion, 104th
Quartermaster Regiment, was ap-
pointed a first lieutenant in the
Quartermaster Corps.
Capt. Simpson B. Daugherty,
Headquarters, 121st Engineers, has
been ordered to report to Col. Och
mann, president of an Ofacers' Ex-
amining Board, for examination for
promotion to the rank Of major,
Chaplain Corps.
Promotions in the 260th Coast Ar
tillery have been ordered as follows:
Pvt. Glenn r. Bostian to be a staff
sergeant in the Headquarters Bat
terry; Pvt. Jesse E. Arbuckle to be a
sergeant in Battery C.; Pvt. Robert
D. Arnold to be staff sergeant and
Pvts. George S. Blanchard, jr.;
David w. Hoover and Harry A. An
derson to be privates in Battery D,
and Robert L. Hartman to be SER
geant in Battery D.
Sponish War Veterans
Auxiliary