Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13
Rifle Practice Prizes Will Be Pre-
sented Next Wednesday Evening.
SCHEDULE ARRANGED FOR GALLERY
Company, Battalion and Regimenta
Team Matches Next Month.
ORDERS MUST BE oBEYED

| boC1d llOu receutly at OrQWay Will take
| place next Wednesday evening, November
| II. The regimental, battalion and COM
pany teams and individual competitors,
| who were winners in the authorized rifle
matches held during the practice season
| Of 1897 have been directed in general or
ders No. Is. just issued from headquarters
| to assemble in the rifle gallery at the
armory next Wednesday evening at $50
| o'clock. in field dress and equipment, to
| receive the trophies and prizes.
The presentation will be devoid Of much
| OF the ceremony that accompanied the
be stowal IT prizes year ago. On that &C.
| casion provisional company from each
regiment and band were In attendance. AT
| the presentation next week, however, only
| the winners will appear in compliance with
| orders. The donors Of the prizes, SO far as
/ Is possible, will attend and personally hand
| over their donations.
Schedule for Gallery Practice.
Small arms practice for the ensuing year
| will be conducted as heretofore, so it is
| announced in the latest general orders
| from headquarters. The orders also pro-
vide that the following schedule for gallery
| practice will be observed for the months
of January, February, March and April,
| 1888. during which period the prescribed
practice will be completed:
The 1st Battalion will practice in the
gallery at Its arJnory, under a schedule to
be prepared by the battalion commander:
I'd Battalion, LIST and Sd Mondays of each
month; 4th Battalion, LIST and Sd Tuesdays
CT each month; 5th Battalion, I'd and 4th
Mondays Of each month; LIST Separate Bat
| talon, LIST and Sd Wednesdays of each
month. and the I'd Separate Battalion, I'd
and 18th Saturdays of each month.
The general staff, the field and staff Of
ficers and non-consmissioned staff Of regi-
ments, and battalion inspectors Of rifle
practice, the 4th Wednesday of each month
Company d, I'd Separate Battalion, will
lie required to practice with the revolver.
Each officer and enlisted man will fire two
scores at fifty and seventy five feet in the
gallery and two scores at ten and twenty
five yards on the range at skirmish target
D. The scores thus made will be recorded
and reported to the inspector general of
rifle practice but will not appear in the
annual company report.
Volley-firing will follow the individual
practice at each range, three volleys being
fired by each company, kneeling. A proper
record Of the results, to be entered in the
company target record book. will be certf-
fled by the inspector of rifle practice.
Companies will be reported at the rife
gallery promptly at 8 o'clock pm, in I'M
dress Uniform. armed and equipped.
The rifle gallery will be opened every day.
except Sunday, from to o'clock pm, for
voluntary practice. Ammunition will be
furnished on the payment of one cent for
each round. An inspector Of rifle practice
Will be In attendance, and. on request will
certify scores to the captains of companies,
to be credited as part Of the required prac-
tice.
Preliminary Series of Matches.
The following rife matches, preliminary
to the regular series, are announced:
Company match-Teams of five enlisted
men; ten shots per man, at 200 yards, to be
fired in two stages Of five shots each.
Battalion match-Teams of ten enlisted
men; ten shots per man, at 200 yards, to
be fired in two stages of five shots each.
Regimental match-Teams of ten en-
listed men; ten shots per man, at 200 yards,
to be fired in two stages of five shots each.
The regulations governing the matches
provide that all organizations desiring to
do SO may compete; that each company
team will be commanded by a company
officer; that the cleaning of rifles between
stages will not be permitted, and that
teams from Company D, I'd Separate Bat
TALON, will use the rifle.
When Teams VIII Shoot.
The company match will open at 8 o'clock
the evening of Wednesday, December Is.
Teams will shoot in the following order:
Wednesday, December accompanies A.
B, c and D, LIST Battalion; Companies A,
B, and D, ID Battalion; Companies A, b,
c and D, 4th Battalion.
Thursday, December accompanies A, B,
Y anu ~, ON bdttdllOHs COMPANIES n, D,
and D, 1st Separate Battalion; Com
panies A, B, C ard d, I'd Separate Bat
talon; Battery A. Light Artillery.
The battalion match will open at o'clock
and the regimental match at O'Clock the
evening of Wednesday, December -
VIII Shoot for Turkeys.
The rifle range at Ordway will be open
for voluntary practice from November 10
to November %, inclusive. Captain Hos
ford has secured the use of the rifle gal
lery at the armory for the evening of the
23d instant in order that the members of
Company B, 4th Battalion, may indulge in
turkey shoot. The gallery will probably
be open the following evening for turkey
shooting.
Orders Must BE Obeyed.
/ Captain Harry Walsh. superintendent Of
the L Street Armory, has called attention
to Paragraph "a, General Orders No. g.,
Series of 1897, as follows: "An arms,
euuipments, uniforms and public property
of any description shall be habitually kept
in the armories Of the organizations to
which issued unless special permission to
the contrary be given by the commanding
general"
This order is still in effect and hereafter
the superintendent of the armory will not
permit any government property to be
ken away from the armory without .--e
permission referred to.
Ladies' Night mt the ArmOry.
Company A. I'd Battalion has decided to
set apart the fourth Friday of each month
as ladies night" The executive commit
tee has been instructed to make necessary
arrangements as to amusements and re-
freshments.
It is the desire of Captain Edwards to
give an exhibition of the new physical drill
In the near future and he has selected
special squad for that purpose.
Change of Date Criticized.
Certain officers Of the I'd Battalion are
not at all pleased with the change of date
for the monthly. drills Of the battalion.
I'VE drilled on Monday night in October
and this month the day was changed to
Wednesday," said one Of the officers 1.-THE
companies in this battalion have been drill
ing on Monday evenings during the past
five years and 1t Ii impossible to secure
anything like large attendance on any
other night"
improvements In the ssGym."
The Athletic Association OF the District
National Guard has had constructed very
commodious observation stand for the ac-
c<,vv1rn 7at ton sf those uH<e dosfno 1uo3t-