Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-04
NEWS OF THE LOCAL
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN

Company A-2 sharpshooters. II marks
men.
Company B-1 sharpshooter, II marks
men.
Company C-2S marksmen.
Company Do marksmen.
Naval Battalion.-Staf-1 sharpshooter,
third class.
list Divison-1 sharpshooter, Ii marks
men. first class, second class, IS third
class.
I'd Division-13 marksmen, ) first class, 5
second class, 81 third class.
I'd Division-2 experts, l sharpshooter, 10
marksmen, first class, / second class, 16
third class.
4th DIVISIONAL marksmen, first class, 6
second class, % third class
LIST Battery Field Artillery sharpshoot-
ers. 81 marksmen
Signal Corpse experts, 10 marksmen, 3
first class, third class.
Brigade Band-2 markSmen 3 first class
second class. third class.
Corps Of Field Music marksmen. 2 first
Glass; . second class. third class.
* X
In accordance with a resolution adopted
at the last convention of the Interstate Ma
tional Guard Association, a special COM
mlttee on small firearms practice was ap-
pointed by Gen. Bird w. Spencer, Of New
Jersey, chairman. The committee consists
OF Col +. K. Patterson, Pennsylvania;
Col. William A. Pierce, Kansas; Lieut.. Col.
T.. Bell, District of Columbia.
Inc OBJECT or The committee is to prepare
papers on the subject of small arms
practice which may be of interest in the
advancement CT the work.
A copy OF the report of Lieutenant Com
mander w. II. McGrann, United States
navy. who accompanied the Naval Bat
taiion' National Guard of the District of
Columbia. on it's annual cruise from Sem
t , 10 to 25 inclusive. last under or
ders from the Navy Department and the
report of Commander S. w. Stratton com
inanding the battalion, have been received
at District militia headquarters.
The cruise taken aboard the United
States ship Puritan, the personnel consist
ing of II officers and PAS enlisted men, of
Whom were enrolled as cooks and about
80 as firemen One officer and six men, in
ADDITION TO those mentioned, made the
cruise on the United States ship Oneida
Lieutenant Commander McGrann gives a
resume of the cruise ito show the variety
OF service and exercise experienced and In
adding that this service has been done by
practically a green crew, with very little
assistance from outside the actual battalion
personnel. is a fair commentary on the
present worth OF the organization and a
most hopeful one for it's future possibili-
ties"
X
Suggestions for improving present condi-
tions are made by Lieutenant Commander
McGrann as follows:
Strict observance of naval regulations in
enrolling recruits to physical REQUIRE
ments: equalization of divisions for ships
purposes in recruiting and avoidance of en-
rollment in any one division, regardless of
the needs OF that division; instruction of re-
cruits in simpler details of ship life before
commencing general ships drills; avoidance
| OF purely military drills and devoting time
| to drill as ships company; organization
| of guns crews and powder division and
exercise of the ships company as a whole
at actual battle drill adoption of present
| navy system OF gunnery training; familiar
| ity with every detail of the parts of ship
assigned to the care of officers and men by
them, including all compartments and me-
chancal devices; careful study by the Off
GERS of the United States navy regulations.
especially such parts as concern their spe-
cial duties and, above all. system OF
training and organization to form a homo
geneous ships company, not collection OF
dissimilar divisions.