Evening Star Newspaper, March 28, 1926, Page 68

10 District National Guard Corpl. Joseph G. Dowling, Company C. 121st Engineers, is being given niuch of the credit for the success of the military ball given last week by the C Com- pany Association. He worked tire- lessly on the plans, and was charged with the duty of seeing that the city and the members of the Guard were well informed as to the desirability of attending this big soclal event of ; the military social , | season. The 260th Coast KAl | Artillery has com- pleted arrange- ments for its first dance of the year, to be given at the Coast Artillery Armory, Water and O streets southwest, on the evening of April 5. Maj. Walter W. Burns, com- manding the battalion, reports that a1l indications point to a successful affair for these guardians of the coast 1t is the hope of those in charge of the affair that the organization will have s its guests Maj. Gen Stephan, commanding the 29th tional Guard Division, and his st the entire regiment of the 121st En gineers and the 29th Military Police Company A general Invitation has been extended to the public to help the coast artillerymen to celebrate The dance commmittee comprise: the following non-commissioned of- ficers: Corpl. D. J. McCarthy, chair- man; Sergt. Thomas N. Lynch, chair- man’ of the ticket committee; Sergt Cecil W. Burden, chairman of the cgm mittee on decorations, assisted ° by Corpl. Leonard Cooper; Sergt. Justin A. Snook, chalrman of the refresh ments committee, assisted by Sergt Edward Reinmuth. Corpl. 4. G. Dowling. Licut. Col. Peyton G. Nevitt, adjutant | of the 29th National Guard Division, and acting quartermaster of the local | Guard, spent practically an entire day last week combing the town in an | effort to find a home for the Guard | after June 30, next, when it must va- | cate its present armory, at 472 L street | northwest. He visited very secilou | of the city, but said that he could not | find a suitable building within the | rental allowance given the Guard by Congress. Should the officers of the Guard be called before the subcommittee on District of Columbia appropriations of the Senate appropriations committee. when the District funds measure ar rives in the upper house of Congre they want to be armed with as many propositions as possible, that the committee may act intelligently on the request for funds for an armory. | | In a further effort to obtain a prop osition, the Guard has sent out scores of copies of a circular letter to all real | estate men of the city, asking them to | submit any building porpositions they had which might be useful to the local Guard as a home. Several re. plies were received, but it was found | for the most part that the buildings | offered were old ones with not sufli- cient floor space to house the loc Guard's activities, and particula they lacked sufficient drill hall space which imperative in the Winter time, when the Guard must train in doors. One proposition was received | in which an offer was made to erect a | building on a l0-year-lease basis at a cost of $15,000 a vear. | Tt is the view of some of the official: of the Guard that if a suitable build fug is found the Guard may pro ceed to rent it in accordance with provision in the pending appropria tion bill, and if it is higher than the | amount of money carried in this bill then a deficiency appropriation may | be asked for next Spring. But matter of a suitable building is coming a very serious matter the Guard officials, in view of the | rapid approach of the time when it must vacate its present quarters and get settled before the time for the an- nual ampments arrive, in August There is little likelihood now, it was said, that Congress would make provision this vear for the erection of an armory, and each day makes it more and more hopeless that the guard will obtain the first floor of the Pension Office Building, which it has been secking N | the | be- with | Some changes in the dates recom- mended by local Guard headquarters for the annual encampments of some of the units of the Guard were made when the camp approval orders were returned from headquarters of the | Army Third Corps Area headquarters | at Baltimore, Md. Under the dates | now ordered by the Armj Coast Artillery, Maj. Walte commanding, will hold training period at Fort from August 8 to 22. It had been | recommended that they be allowed to | £0 the last week in July and the first | week in August, but it was pointed out that the Virginia post would be engaged at that time in training Re- serve officers and could not provide for the local Guard The dates for the 29th Division Staff and the 29th Military Police Compan have been set for August 15 to Au- gust 29, and the camp will be held at Virginia Beach, Va. The Engineer r W. I its annual | Monroe, Va., | | so nicely will camp at Fort Humphreys, Va., from August 15 to 29, The camp and training orders for the movement of these troops to their respective stations for training are [ now being prepared at Guard head- quarters and will be issued within a short time to give the commanding office an opportunit. to inform themselves of the details and make the necessary preparations 'for a ompt movement into the field at e proper time. It is expected that the Coast Artil- lery this vear will 'go overland to camp by motor truck, as it ald last year, and that the 29th Di on aff and 29th Milltary Police Company | will proceed by boat to Norfolk, and | from there to Virginia Beach by train. The Engineers will go by special train to Humphreys, as it is possible by this route to send the troops directly into the reservation and land them close to their quarters, which will minimize the handling of the bulky camp paraphenalia. The rifle practice season of the local Guard was opened when the outdoor range at Camp Sims, Congress Heights, D. C., was made ready for practice last Sunday. The first’ com mand to take advantage of the op. portunity for this duty was Company A, 121st Engineers, pt. Roy W. Keesee commanding. A number of the men of this command were on the range then Capt. Just C. Jensen, Ordnance De- partment, now in full charge of all rifle training and marksmanship for the local guardsmen, also was on duty, and is making up a detail of officers so that there will be one on duty each Sunday, so that any men who desire may o out and fire their | record practice h the Capt. Jensen is negotiating wi rifle captain of the midshipmen's team at the Naval Academ: An napolis for the purpose of arranging a match in May between that team and the local Guard team. This is an annual match and one which is looked forward to with great interest by the local guardsmen. The regimental team of the 121st Engineer its scores in the national matches un der the auspices of the National Rifle Association. Although the scores from the other parts of the country are not ready yet, Capt. Jensen said that the local team made some very high scores, and he is hopeful that they took the match this year. It was announced that the next as sembly of the 29th Division Staff, comprising officers of the National Guard of Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, will be held in this city June 5. At that time divi- sional problems affecting the Guard will be discussed and the staff officers will work out a war-game problem which is being prepared by Maj. Louis C. Brinton, jr., U, A.. Coast Artil [lery Corps, instructor of the division staff. Another unit authorized to be add- ed to the components of the local N; tional Guard, it is expected, will be mustered into Federal service at the regular drill period Tuesday night. This is the Headquarters Detachment, Special Troops, an organization small in numbers, but most important, it is d, in the divisional organization. Recruiting has been conducted by Lieut. Daniel B. Lloyd, now second in command of the 29th Military Police Company, but who is to be trans- ferred to the mew command when it 1ly recogni Lieut. Lloyd 4 Mother! \When Child is take it even when bilious, feverish, sick, or constipated. No other laxa- tive regulates the tender little bowels It sweetens the stomach s the liver and bowels with- nd start: has completed the firing of | THE SUNDAY ST announced that the following men have enlisted: K. J. Bushman, How- ard M. Johnson, Edward L. Hunter, H. C. Lynch and P. J. McCarthy. As there are only eight men in the unit, it was pointed out that they must be carefully picked for the character of work which the com- mand must pefform. Men familiar with military paper work or with exeperience in military headquarters work of any kind are being sought and it is hoped they will be found and enlisted before next Tuesday night. Capt. Raymond M. Peak, command- ing the 29th Military Police Company was presented his commission 1 Tuesday night by Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan. Following the annual inspection of the 20th Military Police Company Wednesday night a buffet supper was served. The command turned out 100 per cent and Capt. Peak personally congratulated each member of the command. & The 29th Military Police Company is planning an entertainment and supper to be conducted following their drill next Thursday night as a farewell testimonial to Lieut. Daniel B. Lloyd, second in command of the outfit, who is being transferred to the new Headquarters Detachment, spe- cial troops. Non-commissioned officers of the th Military Police Company hav been instructed to be present at meeting called by Lieut. Peak for April 1, at which will be discussed plans for the annual encampment of the unit to be held this year at Vir ginia Beach, Va. This will be the first year since its organization that it has gone to camp as a sey unit, it heretofore having been tached to the 121st Regiment of Engi- neers for camp and fleld training pur- poses a William G. Robey has moted to private, first class, 29th Military Police Company. heen in pro- the The following enlisted men of Com- pany C, 121st Engineers, have been ordered honorably discharged on ac- count of their removal from the Dis trict of Columbia: Pvts. John P. Bur leigh, Willis A. Finch, John J. Kel- leher, Walter A. Metz, Charles A. Neill and Paul C. DeVault. The following enlisted men of the local Guard have been ordered drop- ped as deserters as of the date follow- ing thelr names, they having failed to report for drill since that date and all efforts to locate them having failed: Pvt. James W. Reed, Battery B, 260th Coaste Artillery, September 1924; Pvt. Nathan T. Simmons, Bat- tery B, 260th Coast Artillery, October 1, 1924; Pvt. Oscar M. Bechtold, Head- quarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers, February 10, 1925, and Pvt. Lucious S. Benton, Headquarters and Service Company, 121st Engi- neers, October 13, 1925 Honorable discharges from the local Guard have been ordered from the fol- lowing: Removal from the District of Columbia—Pvt. Arden H. Schwein- fert, Headquarters and Service Com- pany, 121st gineers; Pvts. Eldon I.. Mosling, Ira Fred McMilllan and Frederick P. Hulvey, ail of Company D, 121st Engineers. Business inter- ference—Pvts. Jidwin A. Burgess and Raymond L. Hays, both of the Head- quarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers. The following members of Company A, 121st Engineers, were ordered transferred to the Headquarters and Service Company, same regiment, for the purpose of inspection: Pvts. Cralg HARMLESS LAXATIVE For Sick, Feverish, Bilious Children Constipated Give “California Fig Syrup” Children love the pleasant taste of “California Fig Syrup” and gladly out cramping or overacting. 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Mattock | NOW A that it puts young blood at the helm |convention passed a strong resolution —— | of the new organization, and some |opposing the mid-week beginning of | The department auxiliaries, United | long strides are promised from the | cruises, and the department was quick | States War Ve s, will hol@ a card | Three Girls, Graduated From Pig- changes. Already, it was said, Comdr. | to see the difficulties faced by the re- | party April 26, at Northeast Temple. g g S;nilh hni;‘nmxugu:‘ate(;lmlhe ;<_\}'Iste'm servists and had them changed with- | The department president and her | tail Ranks, Shear Heads for of competition in the drills, with the [out delay. staff made the annual visitation to 2 . Sl iy cuninenblel Meiny o 0 the jeorge Dewey Naval | Parts in Movie Show. rivalry is being stirred up among Auxi . 3, March 15. The de- the members of the various divisions, partment president, Francis E. Antos So far the competitions are confined complimented the auxiliary on t splendid manner in which the work was carried on. The department com to loading drill, infantry drill and signalling. Tt is the hope to have the division | was pointed out at the 3 | mander, United States War Veteran gun crews so well trained through |ment this week that this regulation | Clarence If. Belknap, and his staff this competitive method that they will | does not apply to the commissioned | were also guests of the Admiral be able to have target practice with |officers. However, officers of the vol- | George Dewey Naval Auxilia o. 3, the four-inch guns aboard their train- | unteer reserve will not be permitted | that evening. Speakers we De- | ing ship, the U. S. Destroyer Allen, |to take the annual cruises until the | partment President Frances B. Antos. when they go on their annual cruises | fleet reservists are provided for, and | Department Commander Clarence Bol- this Summer, and will be able to|then anly if there is room. In other | knap, Senior Vice Commander Edward make some scores that will make | words, if there is no room for the |J Nolan, Junior Vice Commander Al- the regular contingents sit up and |volunieer reservists they will not be | bert Michaud, Chief of Staff A. Ber notice them. : | permitted to cruise. thiaume. Refreshments were served. Comdr. Smith also has instituted | In the case of the local reservists, | The annual visitation of the depart- a_recruiting campaign in order to|it was pointed olit that the quota 1o | ment president and her staff to the bring the local divisions up to the | Le allowed to go on the destroyer [ Col. John Jacob Astor Auxiliary. No. allowed strength, and at drill Thurs-| Allen will not permit even the offi- | 7, was made March 18. The Depar day night he addressed the members | cers of the fleet reserve here to cruise, | ment Comdr. FFrances I. Antos, Senior of the command, suggesting that each |and t therefore there will be little | Vice President Edna R. Summerfield, bring in a friend or two in the or-|opportunity for the volunteer men to | Chief of Staff « ie Nolan, De : ganization, He pointed out that if | go aboard her, and they will get no | partmemt Inspector Gertrude Keys,| o Orc® again she ls wearing pic they liked the work and were in-|cruise training unless a place may be | Junior Vice President Mary Hohen. | 0™ terested in it, they should bring in |found for them aboard ships of the | tein, President of Urell Auxiliary, | their friends so that they would | fleet. Bertha Cook and all council member buddies on the an 1 erui by d ’ P pESes. g ar ! lle added that if they did mot like | D iens, Prances 1 Van: Alin was | SPANIH WAR VETERANS | 1t they should let those in charge = HH know so that they might make any i i changes possible to make it more in- Shenr, Torhard teresting for the youth of the city.| oo o T ol 0 o | Thursday, Sergt. Feldser, presiding, mustered into ac tive membership John Burns and ‘Willlam Thomas. Past Comdr. Denis | Other recruiting ~plans are being iy F. Cooney gave an address. | Origin of Copper-Toed Shoes. made. of a flag of the|From the Portland Express Cuban Republic which was first flown | Discouraged because his many chil over Madison Square Garden, New |dren wore the toes of their shoes out York City, in 1896, at a benefit given | faster than he could afford to buy new to raise funds for the struggling |ones, George Turner cut some pieces Cuban patriots, was made to Richard | from a sheet of copper he had handy, J. Harden Camp, No. 2, department |and fastened them onto the shoe. He of the District of Columbia, United |found the shoes outwore any three States War Veterans, by Senor Cay-|pairs he had ever bought. He etano de Quesada, Cuban consul, |patented the idea, making his clai March 18. Department Comdr. Bel-|cover copper, silver and other metals knap and his staff were present, it |for shoe tips, and made more money being visitation night, and members |from it than he could have wrested of Lawton Camp, Baltimore, headed |from his farm in a lifetime. Coppe: by Comdr. William F. Ernst. Speeches |toed shoes Lecame the rage, and chil- were made by Comdr. Belknap, Senior | dren cried for them. For many vears Vice Department Comdr Nolan, Junior | they were in use, especially in smaller Vice Comdr. Michaud, Q. M. Gen.!towns and rural communities. S. Carmack, Wilbur C. Smith, Arnold 1. Litchenberg, Andrew L. Loffler and Harry W. Wells. The following wer ordered to ‘ompany, 121st i neers, for the same purpose: Pvts. James Baxley, Joseph Burke, Francis 5. Manion, Herman O. Pfalzgraff and Patrick M. Quaid. RE WEARING WIGS Having qualified by competitive ex- amination for promotion by commis- sion in the Coast Artillery Corps, the following have been placed on the eligible -list, to fill vacancies in the commissioned personnel of the 260th Coast Artillery, as they occur: Sergt. 1. 8, Thompson, Battery B, and Sergt. J. W. Crockett, Battery A. While reserve enlisted men of the so-called volunteer reserve will not be permitted to take the annual cruises this year unless they have attended at least 12 drills prior to the cruise, it By the Associated Press CULVER CITY, Calif., March 27 ome ten years ago Pauline Starke, Bessie Love and Carmel Myers were schoolmates in Los Angeles. Each wore her hair in the prevailing pis tail fashion. A little later they became members of the D. W. Griffith Fine Arts Stock Co., from which came many of present day movie stars. Now the'three girls are at worlk ir the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios here—and each wears a wig. As the heroine of “Love's B ness,” Miss Starke's boyish bob 4 upplanted by long tresses. Miss Myers' coal black .hair is covered with a titlan wig for her part in the picturization of “Toto.” The little orphan in Alice Hegan ce's “Lovey Mary"” is Bessie Li The Medical Detachment, 121st Engineers, Maj. George J. Allen, com- manding, headed the list in percent- age of attendance at drills last week, with _a_percentage of 100. But the 29th Military Police Company also had the same percentage. The other or ganizations in the order of their standing and the percentages, follow Band, 121st Engineers, 85.72; Batte B, 260th Coast Artillery, .76; Company B, 121st Engineers, 73.78; Company 1%, 12ist Engineers, 68.34; Compan) A, 121st Engineers, 67.80; Company D, 121st Engineers Battery A, 260th Coust Artillery, 66.67; Head- quarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers, 65.00; Company ¢, 121st Fngineers, 61.02; Company F, 121st Engineers, 60.95 and Company A, 3724 Infantry, 41.43. the BOASTS RUBBFR TREE 70 FEET IN HEIGHT Naval Reserve. Lieut. Comdr. Finney Bascom ith has assumed command of the United States Naval Reserve forces in the District of Columbia, succeed- ing Lieut. Comdr. John Balch Blood, who relinquished the command be- cause of a change of his business from here to New York City. The detail was made by the commandant of the Washington Navy Yard, under the jurisdiction of whom the local reserve comes. leveral other changes are planned to fill up vagancies which will be made all along the line caused by the promotion of Comdr. Smith. Lieut. Harry J. Nichols, now commanding the 3d Division, has been desig- nated to assume the detail of execu- tive officer of the, local battalion, and will be second in command. He now is acting in this capacity. The com- | mand relinquished by Lieut. Nichols s to be filled by the transfer of Lieut. Bernard A. Sullivan, now second in A Record Breaking Week forDodge Brothers, inc. Sales for the week ending March 20 were the largest in Dodge Brothers history. Actual retail delveries reached the remarkable total of 7223—in the United States alone. 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