Evening star., 1898-12-08
ENGINEER SHARPSHGOTE1R
Medals Presented to Those Who
Served in the Late War.

Served III the Late war
There was a gathering of National
Guardsmen and others last night in one Of
the rooms of the Center Market armory,
the occasion beg the presentation of
medals to the members of Company a,
9th Separate Battalion, who had enlisted in
the United States volunteer service in the
recent war with Spain.
At the beginning of the war Captain
Tomlinson was urgent in his efforts to Sc
cure the privilege of taking his company
of trained sharpshooters TO the front, and
the men were eager to go. When the SER
vices of Company A We're not accepted
eISnteen of the members enlisted in other
companies, which afterWard saw service in
Cuba, Porto Rico and elsewhere. Last
night Company A presented handsome
silver medals 10 these eighteen men.
There were present nearly all the men,
bers of the company and number of in
vited guests. Among the latter were: Major
j. +. Bell, inspector general of rifle prac-
Carolina vOluntee-5, and also an officer in
the regular army; capt. Ii. y. LOCKER, late
of Company Ii, 1st regiment, d. c. v;
capt. + >. tiOdSSOn, late Ui Company u,
LIST Regiment. ID. {. v; capt. + l.. Gra-
ham, late of COmi any Il, LIST Regiment, d.
G. v; Captain Daily, A. X.
The media. presented is Of solid silver,
handsomely engraved and very appropriate
In ueSISI. being co! .DIndtIOn O1 sharp
shooter 5 cross ana the markSfnan 5 target.
ON the face enc1rclIng the bulls eye are
the words: Nv ar with Spain, 1898, and ON
the diverse the name and rank of the re-
cipient and From Company y, 9TH Bat
talon. d. &. n. q.
The presentation Of the medals was made
by Captain 1OmlinsOn, the recipients beng
FIrsJ Lieutenant I. l.. Lanham, Corporal
5. G. Skinner, frivates o. ID. Mersou u. A.
Short and D. +. Stewart, all OF Company
ii. lSt t>eglment. ID. G. V; Corporal ". l..
Lowe, Prlvates Charles Allen, I. A. Kerr,
Frank Oldham and L. M. Phelps, all of
Company u, list Regiment, -. G. v; SeTgt.
NJ Appieby, Corporal Humphrey Beckett,
PriVaies Ii. q. Daring and Maurice Smith
of Company +, 1st Regiment, d. -. V;
Private ". A. Walsh, Company G, lst
Regiment, d. c. v; Sergt. J. Il. Lovelace,
Company +, and Corporal q. +. Lang,
Company c, both of the 4th Regiment of
Immunes; also Lieut.. w. A. Kent former
Iy sergeant Of Company +, LIST Regiment,
d. c. ", but now second lieutenant i'll the
Sd Regiment of volunteer engineers.
Speeches were made by Capts. LOCKER
Hodgson and Graham, each af,er the mem
bers of his company had received their
medals.
Capt. Tomlinson announced that. notwith-
standing the disorganized condition of the
District of Columbia National Guard dur
ing the war fifty-two members of his COM
pany had qualified as sharpshooters during
the summer, the scores being as follows:
Capt. TOmlinsOn, $50; Lieut.. Lanham
80; Lieut.. Hutterly, 3I5; Sergt. Buell.. 3Ss:
Sergt. Stewart, 361; Sergt. Dickey, $40;
Sergt. Appeby, 3io: Sergt. Williams 34s:
Corp. Carleton. Bot; Corp. Alberto. $50
Corp. Wahereld, 346; Corp. Scott, 800: Pr,-
vate H. Beckett, 335; Private w. H. Beck
EFT. 324; Private w. H. Beckett, jr, :27 =;
Private Berg. 33T; Private Buscher, 323 :
Private Christian, 323; Private CIum. ;31 !;
Private Cook. 332; Private Cooksey. 323:
Private Coornbs 80: Private Crouch 324 :
Private Davidson, :.j:5; Private Doran, :i26;
Private Farrow, 1863; Private Gheen, $40;
Private HalIoran. 34S; Private Harrison.
323; Private II. p. Hill, 33D: Private How
Ser. $50; Private Kirby, 323: Private VIM.
Kuhn :';I3; Private j. G. Lang, 33s; Private
Leizear, 39i: Private Lines. a32: Private
Massie 335: Private McGovern, $40; Private
Murray, 32!; Private Parsons, 800: Private
Phillips, 800; Private Pollock, 30; Private
Porter. 32l; Private Rouzee, 49,; Private
Russell 35S: Private Scott, 347; Private
Speer 333: Private Stambaugh, 231: Pri-
vate Standish. $50: Private Summers 351 :
Private Taylor. 3G2; Private Ii. c. Will
moth, 354.
Major Bell was called upon for a speech.
He responded by paying a high tribute to
the sOldierly fidelity of Captain TOmlinson
and the splendid record made by his COM
pany of Engineer SharpshOoters."
Appropriate speeches were made by Cap
tain Daily MIR. Halloran and others. Cigars
were passed around and the occasion was
thoroughly enjoyed by all present.