Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-20
A Location for the Rifle Range
Practically Secured.
TIE FIRST RIFLE BOARD EXAMINATION
The Armory Management and the
Probable Outcome.
n o T IS OF Int R E ST

ror more tnan year those members
OF the District National Guard who are
deeply Interested in rife practice have
been sorrovinp becausa tho BRIGADE 10
INC 10
without an outdoor rine range. Inc brigade
Is sun without range, out that condl-
ton Is rot likely to exist very much
longer for ARRANGEMENTS are being con-
o,,,5oa Co. 49, ,oo,;r.. - .,,r.,o,,. 49,.
"a a."
VI idho ana ior the equipplns tnereoI IN
such fashion as will satisfy even the
most critical of riflemen Provided of
course tb.t +bor. 60 M f.;,ura 70 hr;ro,
-.
"oou' u.'i"a'e asi ee'heii' as ~ TIC .e' us
OF the iease-and there seems now 10 De
no probability of such happening-the
rar ee will he located at a point q little
cost of T,,vaao s,.,ion m tha p.,ns,I-
-. ..u.a.a
'ahia raiiroau.
A little while ago 1t would have been
Magruder station, but the name has been
changed preliminary survey made by
Captain Ayerill of the engineer corps and
Lieutenant T. S. King establishes the de-
sirable fact that the firing will be almost
directly east, what little tendency there is
off the straight line being to the south.
The firing point is about four hundred
yards from the station and has the advan-
aases VI PieH'y u shaae anu soou 49,. .L
mere VIII ne put one Liihs point ~! the
AN1oSS'
edch range ~ VII! pe possiplS ~ eiS Nv
greater Iaciitles IMAM .ne Dis'i s Ia
uohai Huafo has ever possesseo ioi iiiie
pracuce.
Requisitlon mas peen inaae LoI lWen.y.
one sl1dirg tarsets-slmiiar 70 those IN use
at Sea Glrt ana OH al olne. nis'-oiaS ,
rahses~tne oou one 10 nc uexo.ee ~ WI
at wv yarus, the nrins Point lof r Will
Will De IN the immaculate Vleiii'y VI 1917
station. Arrangements Win the raiir ts;u
company proViue ior -o-ceH. ,e ~
rate Tor Nationai GuaTusihen III aliil1i ~.
Guardsmeh ordered OUT lor oiiieiat p,
tice or LOT team WORK WI, u .ou %,
be provided with transportation, pue ~; ulio ~
VINO go OUT lor .oiun'ary "a .h.re
required 10 pay thelr own iaie rs III,
VIII De no money aValiapie iol ians~ e. ou n,,t
door practice cannot commence uitia al. a,
the LIST or July, put everything inat can
possibly De zone IN ausanee WI. NC uo
SO that IL Is hoPe9 70 nar e.. me 80 i
July.
Complnfnts Still Continue.
pou,ra,.ss or oil tho nrotests that have
Nesaio.ess VI on .,,l,. .,,,,,s
men, the lessor of the brigade armory
has apparently made no effort to improve
~. ouo,itv If tho electric light or the GUAM
49,, - ho.t necessarv To hea,thful occu-
- ~ tha h,iIi7ine The unreasonabIy
adverse conditions VIII not ao~ever' con con
VI ue ~, ~ at,'rnnd and eStsr devotinq the
mast week or so to- efforts to catch UP with
his correspondence and other business, is
about ready to devote fair proportion
OF MS Tune 10 settihs soe u ,e;an
t;on i,st now az these difticulties none.
howeyer begins to rank with the light and
heat de6oiencv ca n 10 ouite nrobahle tina +
The eenaraI viii attend to that matter first
Stro1p renorts have been made to head
quarters recently Complaining of the les
SOUS failure to abide b, the terms of the
lose and II 10 repar ded as ouite nrobable
TT tho Lessor viii have some difficulty in
ccilectinp the rent until he amends matters
verv considerably.
One of the officers who amused himself
fau evenings since NV surveying the
rcono in which the alleged engine is whose
workinps result in the feeble illuminat ion
and tepid heat said to a group of SILVER
ing feliow-oticers who stood in the semi
gloom Of their quarters that the outfit re-
minded him of a story Abraham Lincoln
used to tell about a little Steamboat on
one of the western rivers The boat was
eouipped with a one-norse boiler and a six
foot whistle land when she whistled she
stopped." That is how, saw the occupants
of the armory, the lighting and heating
machinery works; when the heat is on
there is no light and when the light flares
up the mercury goes down.
Rifle Board Examination.
The department of rifle practice board of
examination was in session Tuesday even
ing for four hours and half. engaged in
the first examination of the sort ever held
in the District National Guard. The trans
fer of Lieut.. Mellach to company A. fifth
battalion left the first and second senarate
oomnanies without an jnsnector If rife
nrantico The nosit;on 10 not a conmis-
STONED o,e ito holder having acting rank
&c first Iie,,tenant and renortinp directly to
the insnactor paneraI of rife nractice The
naw feature ;n tho "a 60 was a comnet;tive
nSa,,;ration 70 fiji tho vacancy the cand-
da1as heins Serpt Howell SteWart and
Dio+o Carnantar of tha frst sanorata
ais.. ond GoIrs Iohn A K;r,, IA A
Soi Mcrisin at of conananv r sixth hattaIion
r. M,as warm contast and w,hile tho
official papers have not vet come to the
surface. it is understood that Corp. Kirk
VIII soon De. IL ne mas no. alreaoy 9eens
r;ea nrectice Cnrn Kirk has been a
sharpshooter from the first season after his
enlistment until the present time has been
member of the second regiment team, ana
Tor TWO years mas neeii al aiee enn oi a
the prlsaoe leai e. r., torn,a ~, az ~
associates SpeaA u nm IL ie 1 ms o i. y.
praise SO ne may eApee. ne .a snoMei
OF congratuiations as SUI, as .he appo IN
he TODAY or Monday.
Pistol Gallery Needed.