Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-12
THE NATIONAL GUARD
Prizes and Insignia to Be Dis
tributed Next Friday
BY GENERAL OLIVER
HOW WINNING TEAMS AND IN
DIVIDUALS WILL REPORT.
Music by the Brigade Band-Miitary
Matters in New York-Inter-
esting Notes.
BY GENERAL OLIVER

The insignia earned by members of the
National Guard of the District of Columbia
for qualification in rifle practice during the
season of 1903 and the prizes won In the
recent competitions at Ordway will be dis
tributed in the drill hall of the Center Mar
ket Armory by the assistant secretary OF
war General Oliver, next Friday evening,
the 18th inst
The successful teams and individual Win
ners of insignia and prizes have been Or
dered to report to Maj. S. Porter House,
1st Battalion, at the drill hail. not later
than $50 o'clock the evening specified.
They will be formed by him and will be I'M
der his command until dismissed at the
conclusion OF the ceremony.
Blue uniforms, caps. white gloves and
side arms will be worn.
Music will be furnished by the National
Guard Brigade Band.
Order of Exercises.
The order of exercises at the distribution
OF insignia and prizes follows
Remarks by Gen. Harries. and introduce
ton of Gen. Oliver assistant secretary Of
war.
l. Brigade rifle team, front and center,
distinguished marksmen ON right of line.
Presentation of distinguished marksman
medals Team service medals and bars
2. Expert rifiemen of the brigade team
will stand fast. Other expert rihemen
trent and center, on left or brigade team.
Presentation of insignia.
3. Sharpshoot2rs. front and center only
those who receive decorations Will pe
called. Names of others to be announced.
Pre- sentation of insignia.
l. Marksmen. Only those who are to
receive marksmen's pins will be called.
Others WI o have qualified to be announced
The list being so large, those of the gen
eral staff Naval Battalion and list Regt-
ment will be first called. to be followed by
the I'd Regiment and LIST Separate Battalion
IN the order named.
D. The Mosher match. District of Column
bia team, first prize; Maryland National
Guard team, second prize; team I'd Bat
TALON Engineers, U. S. A. third prize.
8. The Washington Post team skirmish
match. Second Regiment, D. c.. first: I'd
Battalion of Engineers, U. 8. A. second;
LIST Regiment, d. c., third.
7. Regimental team match. Team of
LIST Regiment, ID. G.
s. Battalion team match. Team of Sd
Battalion to front, captains of 9th and I'd
Battalion teams to receive second and
third prizes.
O. Company team match. team Company
l. I'd Regiment, first; Company 1. list Regi
ment. second; Company A, I'd Regiment.
third. Team captains receive second and
third prizes.
10 Tyro team match, Company K. sec
ond Regiment, first; Companies @ and I.
LIST Regiment, second and third prizes.
prizes.
IL. volley gallery trophy. won by Com
pany d, ID Regiment 1902.
Individual Winners.
II Evening Star match. won by Capt.
Sheridan Ferree
10. The Washington match, Lieut. NJ P.
Britain.
IA The R. Harris & Co. match, Private
E. D. Norris. Company 1, I'd Regiment.
Is. The senatorial match, Sergt. Ralph
Alderman, Company B. list Regiment
ID. The Harries long range match, Lieut..
w. w. Cookson.
II. The novice match Private V. NJ. Hop
kins. Company 1. list Regiment.
Is. The beginners match. Private Jack
son Morris. Company l, list Regiment.
10. The distinguished marksman's match,
Lieut.. w w. Cookson.
-. The Gerstenberg trophy match, Pri-
vate Maurice Appleby, Company l. I'd Regi-
ment.
q. The members match. Private II. L.
Pile. Company L, I'd Regiment.
-. The Brett revolver match, Capt. ]. w.
Shirley.
%, The officers novice revolver match,
Capt. Lewis Merriam.
"A. The revolver match, Private E. A.
Byrnes, Company A. 2d Regiment.
p. The Revolver Association match,
Lieut.. W. M. narrow.
N. The merchants match
For the purpose of saving time all prizes
excepting medals and the merchants prizes
won by cOntes tants in the Individual
matches, will be presented to the winner on
his first call to the front but the names
of all winners in each match will be an
noUnced under its heading.
Gallery Rifle Practice.
General orders relating to rifle practice in
the p-allprNr during
that full score will consist of five shots
each at 200 yards standing 800 yards kneel
ing or sitting and 500 yards and 800 yards
prone. Two full scores will be required,
ma king forty shots in all.
Gallery qualification shall be not less than
80 per cent of the possible score but scores
made in the gallery will in the future not
be considered in connection with classified
ton. They Will, however, be reported on
the annual report of target firing
Any officer or soldier who fails to make
30 per cent of the possible score in the gal
lery will not be permitted TO fire a score for
qualification on the range.
A copy of all scores will be kept by the
card-record system, and to enable this to be
done inspectors of rifle practice will furnish
the superintendent OF the gallery with
copy of all scores made in voluntary and
ordered practice.
Company commanders will see that all
recruits are thoroughly taught the sighting
ting them to appear with the company for
gallery practice They will also regularly
practice their companies in those drills In
their armorles, at least fifteen minutes on
each company drill night during the
months of January February, March and
April 1904. reporting the same on their
monthly drill and parade reports.
Trophy to Be Awarded.
Volley firing will follow the individual,
practice at each range. three volleys being
fired by each company. kneeling: time
limit, forty seconds. A proper record of
the results, to be entered in the company
target record book will be certified by the
inspector of rife practice and included in
the annual report of known-dlstance target
practice.
At the end OF the gallery season trophy.
to be held for the year, will be awarded
the company making the highest average
in volley firing The score of no company
will be considered in connection with the
competition where less than 60 per cent of
it's members participate in the firing. The
inspector of rifle practice will require a
certificate from the company commander
at the time of firing as to the number of
men on the rolls of the companies which
announce themselves in the competition.
Companies will be reported at the rifle
gallery promptly at s o'clock pm, In I'M
dress uniform. armed and equipped.
The rifle gallery will be open every day.