Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-21
THE NATIONAL GUARD
Result Of the First Ordered Company
Team Rifle Match.
til ANKSGIVING DAY WINNERS
Preparations for the Fifth Bat
talon Prize Drill.
NOTES OF INTERES T

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With the possible exception of war talk
resulting. from President Cleveland's mes
sage on the Venezuela boundary question,
the chief topic of interest during the week
in District National Guard circles has been
the match in the rifle gallery between
teams of five men each from each company
in the brigade. shot Wednesday and Thurs
day evenings. The gallery was crowded
both evenings with guardsmen and inter-
ested spectators. and the reports of rifles
and the splash of bullets sounded more
briskly than for many a day. The COM
panies of the first five battalions were rep
resented Wednesday evening, while the
teams from the remainder of the compa-
MES shot Thursday evening. The result
shows that company A, engineer corps,
stands at the head of the list with COM
psny B, second battalion, second. Company
A, sixth battalion. scored 2O6, but protest
vas entered, and twenty points were de-
dTcted. making the final score 1856.
This protest was verbal one, and was
made to the officer in charge of the gal
lery, while the firing was in progress. 1t
vas to the effect that one member of the
team representing company A, sixth bat
TALON, leaned on a heater while aiming,
and thereby able to steady himself,
and naturally make a good score.
The attention of the inspector general of
rifle practice. who CHANGED to be in the gal
lery at the time, was called to the matter,
and, on examination, he became satisfied
that the man complained of-Whittaker-
was using the heater as a support, and it
was therefore directed that twenty points
be deducted from his score 1t is reported
that Capt. Sirnonson threatened to tender
his resignation if the score was thrown
out.
Several Failed to Appear.
Another interesting feature of the match
vas the failure of company C, fourth bat
talon. company d, first separate battalion,
and light battery A to participate AS
every one knows, the shooting was made
compulsory by general orders. Capt. Bell
in communication to the inspector gen.
eral of rifle practice. has formally reported
the matter, and the commanders of the
organizations mentioned will more than
likely be called upon for explanations If
such are not considered sufficient, a court
martial for disobedience of orders is among
the possibilities. The team from company
D, fifth battalion, consisted of but four
men, and therefore their scores were not
recorded. The absentee, Private H. Beach,
will also be given an opportunity to explain
bis failure to appear
Company B, engineer corps, reported
without a commissioned officer in COM
mand, and, although the team was per-
mitted to shoot, its score does not count.
The scores made in the match demon
strate clearly that large number of COM
panies are far below the average as regards
rifle practice, and this deficiency is ac-
credited to the company commanders be-
cause of their failure to devote the neces-
Sary time and attention to the matter. 1t
is known that in a number of instances
the teams We're composed Of men who hap
pened to drop into the armory and were
pressed into service on moments notice
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or preparation for the competition. The
match, however, served as an awakening,
and it is a certainty that the next contest
will be marked by a greater display of in
terest and by better scores generally.
There has been considerable doubt ex-
pressed as to the presentation OF trophy
to the winner of the match. AS hereto
fore stated in The Star, the winning team
Will positively be rewarded with a prize,
although the nature has not as yet been
determined upon. The omission to mention
the engineer team in the general orders
was due to an oversight.
The battalion team match will be shot
Friday evening, December 81, and the regi-
mental team match Monday evening, De-
cember 80
Scores in Detail.
The scores in detail were as follows:
First battalion. Company A-Corp. G.
W. Sneden. So; Sergt. E. L. Phillips, IS;
Sergt. o. o. Leech, 3s; Pvt. NJ. R. Wool
ridge, SO; Pvt. w. w. Chase, 81. Total, ISL
Company B-W. d. Davidge, 3S; ]. w.
Cline %, F. N. Wells. 40; H. o. Plugge,
So; - Hall, 2G. Total 10.
Company C-Sergt C. E. Haines, 3s;
sergt. P. NJ; Kennedy, 80; sergt. F. NJ.
Thompson, Sc; S=rgt. P. G. Davis, 50; Corp
A. NJ. Smith, 10. Total. 179.
Company D-Sergt. G. F. McAvoy, So;
Sergt. e. w. Yea, 30; Pvt. George Tucker
10; Pvt. l.. W. Taylor. 70; Pvt 7. V. Mac
IntoSh, SO. Total, 154.
Second battalion. Company A-Sergt
Thompson, 81; Pvt. Collins. 80: Pvt Brit
tain 81; Pvt; Hazard, 80; Corp. McCath-
Company B-Sergt. Stokes. 40; Pvt. Crist,
AZ; Pvt Colloday, Al; Pvt. Taylor, "a; Pvt
Webb, 40 Total. 200.
Third battalion. Company A-Pvt. Stew
ard. 50; Pvt. Lacey, 3d. Pvt. Mayer, IS;
Corp: Wimsatt, 40; Sergt. Taylor, 40. To-
tai, 1872.
Company D-sergt. Adams, 80; serg..
kins, 80; Pvt. Higgins, ~. Total, 1877.
Fourth battalion: Company A-Pvt. H.
Whaley, %; Pvt. II. Boucher, 81; Pvt. F.
Wall, IL; Pvt. P. o. Shea, 10; Pvt J. O.
Connor, 70. Total, ITO.
Company DnLehman, IS: o'Connell, IS;
Dobson, ~; Evans, 80; Allen, 90. Total
Fifth battalion. Company A-Corb. Ty-
Ter, IS; Corp. Mcleod, 10; Pvt. Bowersox
"A; Pvt. Callan, SO; Pvt. Trembley 81
Total, 1870.
Company B-sergt. Bremmerman, 81;
Sergt. Acker, II; Sergt. Weir. So; Corp
Randolph. IS; Sergt Thompson, %. Total,
153.
Sixth battalion: Company A-Whittaker,
10: Atkins, As; Groome, A; Bush, IS; Will
cox, "a. Total, FOG; with 20 points deduct
ed, 1S6.
Company B-sergt King, 81; sergt. Dav-
export 40; Corp. Hosford; 49, Barstow, 81;
Private Gunderson, 81. Total, 191.
G. Company G-Goodr;ch, 90; Garner, 26;
tai, 1874.
First separate battalion: Company A
Sergt. Custis, 3S; Private Gibson "a; Pri-
vate Sedden, SO; Private Smith, 81; Private
Thomas, 80. Total, $50.
Company B-sergt. Addison, 20; sergt.
Henson, "a; Sergt Brown, %; Sergt Jack
son. 26; serst. Preston, %. Total, $780,
Company C-Sergt. Brown, IS; Corp. Da-
Wis, 80; Corp. Rucker 20; Corp Brown, %;
Private Brooks, 25. Total, 1923.
Engineer corps: Company A-Prlvate Biz
ney, Al; Cookson. SO; Williams, Al; Morgan
Al; E. w. Scott. 80. Total, POI.
Company B-Edwa1ds, Al; Owens, A;
Terry. 80; Stewart. 43; Mayes. s5. Total,
200.
CONF any C-Lampson, 80: Wright, a:
Leppe-, 35; Stephens, 80; sturgus. ~. To-