Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1926, Page 64

District Nati Field training periods for the sev- ill units of the local National Guard ve been selected by brigade hecad quarters and forwarded to the head- cuarters of the Army Third Corps Area at Baltimore, Md., for final ap- wroval. Approval by the Army au- thorities is expected to be made as a matter of routine, and preparations are to be made on the tentative dates selectod. The 121st Regiment of Engineer “‘ol. John W. Oe¢hmann commanding, the largest contingent of the local inilitie, will camp at Fort Humphreys, Va., from August 15 to 29, inclusive; the '260th Coast Artillery, Maj, W. V. Burps commanding, at Fort Monroe, Va,, from July 18 to August 1, in- sluslve, and Company A, 372d In- fantry, Capt. Arthur C. Newman com- saanding, at Saunders’ Range, near :Alm'u.pol s, Md., from July 1 to August Neither the camp site nor the date for the perlod of fleld training have been selected for the 29th Mdlitar Police Company, commanded by Capt. Raymond M. Peak. Efforts are being inade to find & camp for this outfit, where it can obtain field training under the best circumstances for an organization of its kind. Heretofore, it has been camping annually with the 121st Regiment of Englneers, but it was said that conditlons are not al- ways favorable for training an in- fantry company with an engineer regi- ment, and this year an effort would be made to make a change. The matter of a camp site for this cutfit is to be taken up at the division staff conference of the 29th National Guard Division, with a view to ascer- taining whether or not it would be | both feasible and desirable to have this unit train this year with the di- | sion staff. It was sald to be very | ikely that the division staff this year | ional Guard l quarters on the excellent work done by Company B in preparing his quarterly pay rolls, the commendation being for legibility, eedom from and erasures, correctness, * suild that it is a credit to s well us any regular outtit, In forwarding the letter Ralph S, Child: commanding company, (ien. Stephan wrote dorsement, adding his and expressing the hope t this recor might be achieved by other units of his command. he roll, it was said, was the work of Staff Sergt Vincent lI William: mpany clerk. to Capt the an in commendation Company (, Willlam . has jumpedt to first plice In the nev yearin the matter of drill attendance while the regimental band which held it for severul months hefore the end of the old year has fallen to fifth place according to tigures complled at quarters. This company, how only shows an attenda of 60.00. The other units, in the order of their standing, wnd the percenta Company A, 372d and_ S 1215t Compuany D, Band, 121st Company K, 121st Detachment, Company A, Battery A, Engineers, 121st Enginee 121st Engineers, 260th Coast Artillery, 48. B, 260th Coast Artiilery, 4 pany F, Engineers, 43.93; Com- pany B, 1216t Engineers, 39.3%, and 23th Military Police Company, 25.00. Drill attendance since the first of s shown a considerable the various units of the guar cording to reports at headq and the unit com- nders are tinding difficulty in get- fafling oft a1 would take its course of tleld instruc- tlon st Camp Trinkle, at Virginia Beach, Va., where the Engineers also trained last year. It is understood that the members of the staff are de- sirous that the camp for this contin- sent be held there, and in that event it is likely that the military police ~will stage a return engagement at the Virginia Summer resort. While the idea of sending them to Philadelphia for the sesquicentennial celebration has not been entirely abandoned, it vas said that it would secm more ikely now that it will go to Virginia Beach. At any rate, it is quite cer- tain now that it will not go to camp with the Engineer regiment as it has heretofore. The resignation of First Lieut. John I’aul Shepherd of his commission in the 260th Coast Artillery has been ac- cepted by the President, according to advices received at headquarters from the Militia Bureau of the War De- partment. Promotion of First Lieut. Charles Earl Smithson to the rank of captain and adjutant of the 121st Regiment of Engineers has been recommended to brigade headquarters by Col. John W. Oehmann, who has asked that Lieut. Smitheon be ordered before a board of examiners to determine his fitness for promotion. Lieut. Smithson has just been re- lieved as adjutant of the 2d Bat- talion of the Engineers and promoted to regimental adjutant. The new {ables of organization for Engineer regiments which became effective on January 1, last, provided for a captain as adjutant of an Engineer regiment, and this promotion in rank has been recommended to make the personnel of the local Engineer regiment con- form to the requirements of the new tables. Capt. Clay Anderson, U, S. Army Eingineer Corps, instructor of the local Engineer regiment, has sent a letter of commendation to brigade head- ting the men out to drill. Plans are on foot to force the attendance of men who fail to attend the prescribed drills without a valid excuse, and a num- ber of court-martials are impending. The following enlisted men of Com- pany E, 121st Engineers, have been ordered honorably discharged from the local guard, for the reasons stated: Educational {interference—Pvts. Law- rence F. Hardy, Milton H. Hinson and Stephen W. Wright; hustness in! terference—Pvt. James H. Smallwood. Promotions and reductions in the Headquarters and Service Company of the 121st Engineers have been ordered by Col. John W. Oehmann, upon rec- ommendation of Capt. Godwin Dunn, commanding, as follows: Corp. John J. McDonald reduced to private; Corp. James J. Skelly and Pvt, first class, Joseph F. Padgett promoted to sergeants; Pvts. Tom C. Boman and Rudyard Y. Hesse, to be corporals in the headquarters and section first class, Joseph A. Dodge, corporal in the band section. Pvt, Farl F. Storke has been ordered transferred from the headquarters to the band section of the Headquarters and Service Compan: Col. Oehmann has directed the trans- fer of Pvt. Charles W. W. Collier from Company A, 121st Engineers, to the Medical Detachment of the same regi- ment. The following men enlisted in the Guard during the week: Lester R. Knapp, 1507 Eighth street northwest, Company B, 121st Engineers, and Edwin W. Burg, Soldlers’ Home, in Company C, 121st Engineers Direct appeals for assistance from Natlonal Guard units throughout the United States to aid the local National (Guard in obtaining a fit home in which it can perform the serious duty of training for war are being sent out by Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, com- manding the local Guard. Unless ald of some sort comes to e THE SUNDAY the Guard before June 30 next, it will be without a home, and at a time when preparations are belng made for the annual encampments. The following letter is belng sent by Gen. Stephan to the adjutants general of the vari- ous National Guard units The National Guard of the District of Columbla has occupled rented quar- ters since its organization in 1889. These quarters have always been a ce-shift arrangement ‘and include nothing which was ever erected for our use alone. At present bills are pending in Congress authorizing the erection of an armory for the organt- zation. This matter has been before Congress continuously since 1908, and | during that time has been passed by [both 1 WL separate times. On one it was included in a public S Dill which was disap- proved by President. The fuct that it is n ry for us to depend {on the United States Congress, rather than a State Legislature, apparently has been our ditficulty “We now propose to introduce be- fore the Houso und Senate committees on the District of Columbia evidence as to what the various States have done in the way of armory construc- tion since the close of the World War, and in this connection it will be deeply appreciated if you will furnish me with information concerning battalion and regimental armorfes which have been erected out of State funds since the closs of the World War. It will very materially atd in’ our en- deavors if this information includes the ground area covered, the area of the drill hall an1 the total area of floor space within the bullding, the units housed, the cost of the buflding ¢ jund the cost of the ground. “The profect of securing legislation authorizing the erection of an armory for the Natlonal Guard of the District of Columbia was apnroved by the Na- tional Guard Association of the United States In a resolution adopted at its nnual convention in December, 1924 A copy of this resolution was fo warded by the National Guard Associa- tion to each member of Congress, re questing favorable consideration of the project then pending, and fs printed in the report of the 1924 con- vention. “Any assistance which you can Tender us in securing the passage of this legislation will be exceedingly helpful, and will be deeply appre- clated by me.” Headquarters issued orders directing that the following named enlisted men of Company A, 872d Infantry, be “dropped as deserters as of the dates opposite their names, they having failed to report for drill since that date and all effort to locate them hav- ing failed”: Pvt. Leon Dockett, July 27, 1925; Pvt. Morris C. Middleton, March 30, 1925, and Pvt. Robert Proc- tor, June 1, 19 Capt. Willlam F. Jorgensen, com- manding Company C, 12ist E eers, has announced to his command that Capt. Clay Anderson, instructor of the Englneer regiment, has offered & prize of $5 worth of tickets to the benefit performance to be given at Kelth's Theater for the local Natlonal Guard to the company leading in drill per- centage for one month, provided that Copany; beats the Coast Artillery outfits. Final plans are being made under the direction of Lieut. Col. Harry E. Gladman, executive officer of the 1218t Regiment of Engineers, for the grand military ball which is to be staged by Company C, 1215t Engineers, at the City Club pn March 24. Acceptances have been received from a number of officers of the War Department, who will be guests of honor on this oc- casion. Col. Gladman announced that he had about completed his committes selections and that the members soon would start work in earnest to make this one of the greatest military func- tions of the local guard. Col. Glad- man, in addition to his heavy regi- mental duties, is giving considerable time to the work in this command in making the arrangements for this ball, bacause of the fact that he was com- g “__‘_ o=y STAR, WASHINGTON, mander of this famous unit before he was elevated to the high regimental post. A war problem with Gettysburg, Pa., as a center was theoretically fought in the Fifth Regiment Armory in Balti- more yesterday by the 20th National { Guard Division staff. It was one of | the periodical conferences of the staff | to discuss livision problems and work out a statl war game. The staff is composed of National Guard officers from Maryland, Virginia and the Dis- trict of Columbia, the militia troops of which comprise the 29th National Guard Division. For the purposes of the war game the staff was divided into two oppos- ing armies, headed on one side by Col. R. Bidgood of Virginia and on the other by Lieut. Col. L. C. Brinton, jr., division instructor. In the Reglmental Bowling League Company B, commanded by Capt. Ralph 5. Childs, has taken 10 gamen out of 12, and also has all the high honors in" game score and individual score. Company commanded by Capt. Clurence S. Shields, has the same percentage of games won to its credit, but has only rolled a total of six contests, winning five. Company E 1s leading the regiment with the highest percentage of men qualified in rifle shooting for the past year. Fifty-one men fired the practice course. Forty-one fired the qualifica- tion course and 39 qualified, & percent- age of over 9. In the indoor rifle matches of the National Rifle Assoclation Company E's. team bas finished high up, although the final results will not be available until the returns from the ‘Western States are all in. Company C at present is second highest in the regiment, with a score of 3,158 points out of a possible 3,600. The men on the latter team, under Team Captain John A. Schricker, staff sergeant, are: Sergt. Dunn, Sergt. Burg, Pvts. Stein- metz, Howard, Hughes, Rettstatt, Bur- ley and Sergt. Rhea Company (s basket ball team, coached by Lieut. Harbin, trimmed the strong Roamer five last week, and 1s celebrating a well earned victory. ‘The non-commissioned officers of Company B were entertained at the home of Capt. Ralph S. Childs, 131 Twelfth street southeast, Friday night. C. J. Tierney, residing at the Central Y. M. C. A., 1736 G street northwest, enlisted in Company B last Tuesday. Company B reports an excellent tar- get year on the range at Camp Simms. Forty-two men out of the company fired the course and 28 qualified as marksmen, sharpshooters and expert riflemen. There are 63 men in the or- sanization. Headquarters and Bervice Company is in the field with a brand-new social organization formed at the smoker at the armory Friday evening. Corp. John F. Rockett was elected president, Corp. Joseph Dodge vice president, Lieut. Willlam I. Mushake treas- urer, and Lieut. R. J. MacCartee sec- retary. Forty-three members of the company were present and enjoyed a program of speeches and music. Re- freshments were furnished by Sergt. Thomas J. Dowson and Pvt. Crispolo Donato. The next meeting of the club will be held at the armory on March 6§ to perfect organization. Promotions from the grade of pri- vate to private first class are also an- nounced for the following men for faithful attendance to duty and dis- play of speclal ability: Patrick Brad- ley, automoblle driver; John B. Coff- man, Jjr., supply clerk; Percy Cumber- land, plumber; Ralph Bartley, master eleotrician’s helper; Walter Franks, electrician’s helper. Naval Reserve. Lieut. Comdr. John Balch Blood plans to leave Washington in about a month, it was learned at the naval reserve headquarters, and thus will Having once enjoyed the exhilarating action of the new 90-degree eight-cylinder Cadlllac, felt the eagerness of its response, been envel- oped by its luxury and elegance — you will be too critical to be satisfied with anything except the new 90-degree Cadillac 1tse1f The total cost of a Cadillac paid for out Prices range from $2995 for the Broug- ham to $4485 for the Custom Imperial. F. O. B. Detroit. Tax to be added. of income is the cash delivered price, plus only the low GMAC financing NEW Q) O DEGREE CADLLilA DIVISION OF GENERAL MOTORS. CORPORATION charge. The Washington Cadillac Company 1138-1140 Conn. Ave. RUDOLPH J - OSE. President D. ©. Brig. Gen. James E. Fechet, assist- ant chief of Alr Service, end Brig, Gen. Edgar Jadwin, assistant chief of Ordnance, will present the cer- tificates of activ- ity of the 1925- 1926 season - to those air service and Engineer re- servists of Wash- ington next Tues- day and Wednes- day evenings, re- spectively. A’ dis- tinguished quar- termaster officer, yet to be named, will present the certificates to the local quarter- master roervists, e Engineer re- serviot© will be Bris. Gen. Fechet. presented with their certificates in the board room of the District Bulld- ing, while the Air Service and Quar- termaster presentations will be made at reserve headquarters, in the Graham Butlding. The following Alr Servic reserve officers will be presented with the attendance qualification certifi- cates by Gen. Fechet Tuesday ev ning: Col. Charles D: Chandler, Lieut. Cols. Ernest A. Coleman, Joseph F. Randall and Willlam G. Schauffer, jr. Majs. Ernest L. Jones and Z. Mont. ford Smith; Capts. Richard B. Clay- ton, Edgar Graham, Arthur 1. Nes- bitt and Harry L. Radcliffe; First Lieuts. Thomas D. Behne, Wil- Uam H. Bonneville, Joseph Dowdall, Joseph E. Boudwin, .Jr.. Edmund C. Wallis, Jesse J. Owen, Jesse v Lankford, John R. Kline, Thomas J. Holmes und Maurice P. Freeman; Second Lieuts. Frederick H. Wilson, Archibald R. Towner, Wil Uam P. Stef' Fred C. Reed, Roy S O'Neal, Alfred B. MacPherson, Joseph M. Lemense and Louls F. Dorsey. Vednesday evening 11 Engineer reserve officers will be presented with certificates in the board room of the District Building for regu- larly attending the prescribed In- relinquish thecommand of this unit, it was sald. The next officer in seniority in this unit is Lieut. Comdr. Finney Bascom Smith, at present command- ing the headquarters division of the Reserve, and he will move up to the higher command, it was said. Instructions have been received at the local Reserve headquarters from the Navy Department to enroll in the Reserve 94 land-wire telegraphers. This is & new rate established in the Navy, and, while it was said that this rating will not be filled In the Regular Navy in time of peace, nevertheless the men will be enrolled in the Reserve, where they will be subject to call into active service In time of war for duty at the varlous shore stations where land-wire communications will be es- tablished. The applications will be received at the Reserve armory at the Navy Yard and will be forwarded to the Com- munications Office at the Navy De partment, where the men will be rated in accordance with their qualifications and experfence. ‘Three additional training have been ordered for the Reserve this month by Comdr. Blood, in accord- ance with the regulations allowing equivalent duty in order to make up the 60 drills a year. While the duty amounts to a drill, they have to be called by a different name. The regu- lations allow only one drill a week, but 60 assembles are allowed, so the glflaren(‘e has to be called equivalent uty | neth M. structional assemblies of the 1924- 1925 season of the 343d Engineers, Col. lohn Stews commanding. The Engineer re who are entitled to this cert! Col. John Stewart, commanding; Lieut. Brand, jr.; Majs. Charles and Roy . Be Tooms, Edwin H. Johnson; Iirst Lieu Arnold and John W. Davis, and Second Lieuts. Willlam D. Chase and Howard A. Hook. Forty-three reserve quartermasters, composed of 1 colon onels, 11 majors, 16 captains, b first Meutenants and 7 sccond lieutenants, will be presented with the qualifica tion certificates by Friday evening at reserve headquarters. Those who are entitled to receive this award are Col. Edgar E. Davis and Lieut. Cols. Ray B. Rollinson, William F. Fisher and George G, Will; Mafs. Archibald L. Anderson, Lewis M. Neel, John B. Moon, Thomas Leonard, Roy BE. Hughes, Clayton E. Emig, John Deavy, John D. Cutter, Emil Walter, Harry Pe . “Harrison T. Du Rell pts. Alfred L. Foote, Samuel xflrd E. Jones, Ca arle Q. McCoy, Asa B. Mustain, James B. Peat, George A. Phipps, Willam A. Poindexter, Ed- ward K. Powell, Frederick J. Ritter, Albert Sutter, Harry L. Wilson and Herbert L. Wynne; First Lieuts. Harry M. Forker, William H. Loss. man, Wesley F. Pape, Charles Thornev and Hadlai . Watson; See- ond Lieuts. Arthur M. Buck, Gustave J. Fehrman, Richard G. McCabe, Charles L. Riemer, Guy Rone, Ken TUglow and John L. Vacek. The following changes in the assign- periods | Va. ments of reserve officers residing in Washington were unnounced this week by Organized Reserve headquer- ters: First Lieut. Arthur C. Adair, quartermaster reserve, assigned te 108th Service Battulion (Quartermas- ter Corps), zone of communication; First Lieut. Horace W. Wood, jr., Alr Bervice reserve, assigned to 80th Di- wislon; Capt. George Dovle, Medical administrative reserve, {s assigned to center laboratory, hospital center No. 2, zone of communication, in the ca- pacity of administrative supply and detachment commander; Capt. Thomas Johnson, Infantry reserve, assigned to the 425th Infantr Next Saturday at 7:30 p.m. there will be held at reserve headquarters, in the Graham Building, the organization meeting of the Citizens' Military Training Corps Club for the 1926 sear son. A program has been arranged by Col. Scott, senior executive officer at Organized Reserve headquarters, which will include the organization of the club, {nformation as to the plans and arrangements for the 1926 camp and the election of officers. Refresh- ments will be served and a musical program will be rendered by the or- chestra from the Army Band. The 1026 camps will be held from July 8 to August 8, both dates inclu- sive. From the District, basic and In- ntry will go to Fort Eustis, Va.: Coast Artillery will be given thefr training at Fort Monroe, Va.; the Cav- alry students will go to Fort Myer, : the Engineers, white and blue (no red course), will receive their training at Fort Humphreys, Va., while the Sig- nal Corps candidates will be given their course of training at Fort Mon mouth, N. J., from August 6 to Sep- tember 4. Due to the representation from Washington, corps area headquarters has assigned 376 as the District's quota for this year's Summer training. The quota last year was 154, but 215 actu- ally went to camp. Washington young men possessing the following quallfl- cations are eligible for membership in this club: (a) Those who have gone to previous camps; (b) those who applied | for camp and were unabdle to get in;| (c) those who intend to attend camnp in 1926. There will be a flood of appli catfons flled for the 1926 camps, and to be sure of acceptance they shonld be filed at reserve headquarters with- out delay. Blanks ard further infor- matfon regarding the 1926 citizens') military training camps can be ob- tained at headquarters in the Graham Building, Fourteenth aund L streets northwest. To cbserve the character of reserve activities and to promote greater co ordination of the reserve trafning and development throughout the United States, Lieut. Col. 1. Edmund Bullis, on duty in the training section of the War Department gencral staff, hus left Washington on « tour through the South and West which will take aim clear to the Pacific Coast. Befors re- turning to Washington Col. Bullls will have visited some 27 of the Organized Reserves headquar 8, as well as the headquarters of six of the nine corps areas and certain airdromes. Constderable activity will mark the instructional assembly program at reserve headquarters during the week, the first meeting of which will be held tomorrow evening by the ordnance. reservists in the Grahwn Bullding. Capt. D. C. Hall will & cuss the inspection and test of 75 millimeter ammunition. In addition to this meeting tomorrow evening, an organizational meeting will be held by Troop F, 306th Cavalry, under the supervision of Capt. R. C. Hunt, 306th Cavalry After the certificates are presented to the Air Service reserv- fsts Tuesday evening, un instructional program affecting Air Service mat- ters will be given. Wednesday ev ning. in the boardroom of the District | Building, the 343d Engineers will meat, during which there will be The first talk will be made by Lieut. Col. John Scott, sen- ior executive officer at Organized Re serve headquarters, who will discuss the fundamentals of tuctics. Capt. Wil- son T. Ballard, 343d Engineers, will next discuss the development of the offensive, whila Capts. A. G. Toombs, J. M. Todd and G. D. Du Bois, all of the 343d Englneers, will discuss the combat principles of the infantry bat- talion, regiment and brigade. The 820th Infantry will meet Thursday evening. at which Maj. F. A. Living- stone, 320th Infantry, will discuss out- posts. This will be followed by a prob. lem on a rellef map. Quartermaster reservists of Washington will meat at headquarters Friday evening, at which the Winter Plattsburg move- ment will be continued. No mesting is svhoduled for Saturday evening. OLD PALACE REMODELED. Home of Mary, Queen of Scots, Has American Features. LONDON, February 6 (#).—The old home of Mary, Queen of Sco has been modernized. Hollyrood Pa ace, near Edinburgh, one of the state apartments, not only has been equipped with modern heating rangements, cooking ranges and tubs, but An tor and to-date radio receiving set. 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