Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-07

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THE ORDNANCE MEDAL.
Ordnance sergt. Roginski has ordered the
massive gold medal which will at the end Of
the season be awarded the enlisted man whose
official scores-made at the times required by
orders-compose greater aggregate than that
put up by any other enlisted man. There will
be another medal. also gold, which is to be won
under the same conditions by the officer
listed man whose score has reached the top
notch. With these inducements there ought to
be, aside from other considerations, large at
tendance at the regular practice. Sergt. Rogin-
skis hberality is an example for other members
of the guard.
THIS LOOKS LIKE BUSINESS.
Capt Bells circular to company commanders
in the second regiment asking for the appoint
ment of rifle committees has brought out all
the responses the captain expected Most of
the committee members have been in consul
tation with the captain and know precisely
what the program is. Following are the COM
mittees:
Company A. fourth battalion Sergt. T. J. Nc
Anally, Corp. J. c. Reagan, Pvt ]. NJ. Walsh.
Company B, fourth battalion-Sergt w. T.
Place. Pvts. l.. A. Radcliffe and Landrigan.
Company C, fourth battalion-Sergt. J. T. K.
Plant, jr., Pvt C. c. Dyer. Pvt. C. Lanham.
Company d, fourth battalion-Lieut. A.
Stephan, Sergts W. S. Hodges and G. E. Gil
bert
Company A. sixth battalion Corp T. I. Page,
Pvts. c. W. Linnel and F. G. Talley.
Company Z, sixth battalion-Lieut j. S. Tom
linson, Corp. W. S. Davenport, Pvt. J. E. Swi-
CART
Company c, sixth battalion-Lieut. ". Alex
ander.
Company d, sixth battalion-Lieut. NJ. A.
Mess, Sergt o. W. Goodwin, Corp. Fitzhugh.
TURNED Up ITS TOES AT LAST.
After struggling vanly against fate and
against non-m;litary record Of several years
standing. that organization which was known
among men as the National Rifle Association of
America. has at last given up the ghost. Off
cial announcement Of he decease comes from
Capt John S. Shepherd, who secretary to
the unattractive cadaver and who ministered
to it faithfully SO long as its lungs worked. For
three OF four years the poor old creature--once
a magnificent being-has been sufferer from
form of blindness which prevented its seeing
good in anything that did not have its origin
within the boundaries Of New York state, and
now its biased vision has gone forever. Brig
Gen. Whitlock is accused Of killing
the departed. Perhaps he did, but 1t
was THE EVENING STAR that stunned
1t and held it down so that others less feet had
/ opportunity to come up in time for the death.
Here il the mortuary announcement:
lowing to the refusal of Gen. Whitlock to
allow the usual weekly matches to be shot at
Creedmoor, and thereby cutting off our only
source of income, this association has been
forced to close its Office and, In future, will
exist only in name.
John S. SHEPHERD, Sec'y N. n. A.
New York, December 26."
IT CANNOT BE A MILITARY COMPANY.
Two or three communications have been re-
ceived from persons making inquiry as to the
organization Of military cycle company which
will not be in the National Guard and which,
1t is understood. has been is being established
by wheelmen who were in the second separate
company quite long enough for the good Of
that command. The little disturbance which
resulted in a discharge "for the good Of the SER
vice. s not damaged Capt. COUGHS company
| in the least. There cannot be such a thing as
an independent military cycle company, but
there can be a cycle or social club which may,
il its members so elect, wear uniforms in imita-
! ton OF military clothing.
1.-The engineer corps is getting on very
nicely" says Lieut.. Gilbert Thompson, COM
| manding. "On December 81, 1892 We num-
bered about eighty. OF these three are dis
ttnguished ruarksmen.' twenty-three are sharp
fair to state that the third platoon, numbering
about twenty-five men, ia not armed with rides,
! although it furnishes five sharpshooters. So you
| see that 80 per cent OF the corps, as o whole,
| are sharpshooters and Of these only nine were
| ever previously in the National Guard, and Of
matches only one was q transfer. This shows
that this organization has been the means Of
| bringing good many new and valuable mon
into the District National Guard"
OF INTEREST TO THOSE WHO SHOOT.
| When the end Of the rife-practice season
comes there will be dozens Of complaints be-
cause the gallery facilities will not accommo-
date the scores of men who will be doing their
utmost to swell their record aggregates to the
| EXTENT
! past week but two men have availed themselves
| Of the opportunity afforded for voluntary prac-
| tice in the afternoon.
The rifle practice schedule for the coming
| week looks like this
Monday-Company d, third battalion.
Tuesday-Company A, second battalion.
| Wednesday-Company c, third battalion.
Thursday-CompanyA A, sixth battalion.
| Friday-Company B, first battalion Gin its
own armory); company ,, first separate bat
TALON.
Observation-Disclosures corps.
Owing to the inability Of the contractor to
| complete and furnisho the volley targets there
will be no volley firing until Wednesday night.
Companies practicing prior to that date will
fire their volley scores next month and thus
catch up.
| Col. Clay has captured Pennsylvania
militiaman and proposes to keep him. Lieut..
Meyer is the man, and for the present he will
be commissary sergeant on the colonel's stan.
The keystone guard loses fine soldier and one
of the best Of its solid shsrpshooters, while the
second regiment gains an officer who will shine
ON the regimental team this year.
Lieut. c. De L. Hine, sixth United States In
fantfy, enjoyed the holidays at his homo in
Vienna, Va He visited the city frequently
during his stay, but returned TO Newport bar
racks before he saw more than about Der cent
Of his friends in the guard.