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

IFLE practice reports are being re-
ceived at District militia head
N quarters very slowly Only two
battaiions have submitted CON-
plete returns. they being the 9Th
and the LIST Separate Their figures of
merit are as follows: Stan, 9Th Battalion.
HAS; Company e. CO. 20: Company G. 56-1a.
The figure of merit for the season OF 1905
was as follows: Staff. oth Battalion, S1.2o;
Company E, J011: Company G, 44.25.
STAFF. LIST Separate Battalion. 100. 21.5:
1906. Bill. Company A. 1905. Lag: 1905.
1875. Company B. 1905. 1888; 1905. $50.
Company C, 1905, 487l: 1905. 1923. Com
pany D. 1906. 20.9e: 1905. 1851.
These figures show a most gratifying in
crease. with the exception OF the stan of
THE lack Of interest which b apparent on
the part OF the star officers from this re-
port was not reflected in the work of the
companies, which shows an increase OF
nearly 200 per cent over the report of 1905.
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Following h the list OF qualifications In
the 9Th Battalion:
Staif-Lieuts George @. Dennison. Bert s.
Michigan and A. b. Weir an experts: Maj. r.
D. Simms and Sergt. H. e. Barton as
marksmen.
Company E-Experts-Capt. e. H. Brian.
Privates o. De Care. R. c. Hutcheson and
drich, c. r. Bopp. r. w. Brown. n. ].
Caho. c. C. Doyle. D. c. Eberiey; J. c.
Earnshaw. Sergt. L. B. Earnest. Corp.
Isaac Garner. W. D; GIN. First Serst, J. J.
ard. Sergt- L. ]. Murphy. James c. O'Brien.
c. A. Rainey. C. A. Richter. d. +. Rucker.
Corp. B. =. Schlosser. Lieut. J. c: Whitaker.
Privates w. B. White. w. u. Willhoit. Corp.
H. A. wingate. sergt. J. p. Kenney and
Private g. w. Mills.
Company GExperts-capt. Clarence ".
Sayer and H. c. Werlich. Sharpshooters-
&c. W. Brown, w. J. Carter. W. H Deal.
]. w. Degges P. j. Duffy. Privates Ese:n.
]. NJ Futrell, E. Goltz. w. Greenburg. 0. E.
Hawes ]. Johnson. r. E. Jones. d. 8.
Knowles. B. R. Lee. A. w. Leonard. D. E.
Leslie. John Molyneaux. c. E. Mortimer, 3.
]. Aleff. H. d. Osburn. j. }. Owens. J. a.
Reynolds, L. Robson. J. P. Ruppel. NJ
Ridden. J. Seibel. H. G. Shull. w. A. Smed-
ley. J. M. watts and Il. c. Werlich.
The qualifications in the First Separate
Battalion were:
stan-First Lieut.. and Surgeon w. X.
Scott and Lieut.. w. s. Wormley.
Company A-Sharpshooters, Sergt. Ira
1dyne anu SOTpOfdi L. SoicSs maj hS-
men, Sergt u r. Brown, Corporal r. N.
Carter. Privates ]. L. Davis. ]. II. Garner.
B. L. Jackson, ]. H. Jones. John Patter-
son. Sergt. Samuel Gibson. Private j. E.
Scott, R. G.; Shields; First sergt j. 2.
Slaughter, VIM. Soders Lloyd Spriggs.
Lieut.. s. A. Ward, Capt. E. L. Webster
and Private ]. H. Wells.
Company B-Sharpshooter. Private ]. A.
Lieut. r. Peyton, First Sergt. J. E. Norris
Sergt. West A. Hamilton. Corporal c. w.
Coats, Privates ]. G. Bowley. H. A. Brown,
Emmett Gaines. Andrew Gainor. Chas. A.
Herman H. Porter, ]. D. Robinson. B. A.
Wade. ]. A. Wade Melvin U. Wilkinson.
George Winsmore and Ernest Wood
Company C-Marksnen. Capt. D. H. Rich
ardson. Lieut.. s. H. Epps. Lieut.. ID. H
Benjamine. T. Abrams. J. b. Bennett, j.
Bruce E. Carter, w. Coles, Privates Davis,
F.. Ennis. J. c. Frazier. s. Gibson. E.
Greenleaf; p Hicks. W. H; Hunter I'll, c.
". B. Scott, J. SWEENEY. R. Turner. r.
Jones. ]. Jones. H. Kaiser, H. D. Mansfield,
r. Walker and ]. H. Williams.
Company D-SharpShooter, Private VIII
lis A. Madden; marksmen, First Sergt.
VIM. Thornton, Sergt. r. l.. Baltimore, Il.
D. Boyd and R. H. Cheeks. Privates Wal
ter Gains, Jno. C. Montague. B. Shanklin
and]D. Williams.
r.
Private Maurice. Appleby. Company l, I'd
Regiment, cannot claim the badge of the
National Rifle Association for the present
season. although his score was high in the
contest, Lieut.. Alfred L. Jones, secretary of
the association, having notified Capt. ]. s.
Tomlinson that winner of last years
medal Appleby was ineligible to compete
for the one this year This makes Sergt.
w. M. Farrow. jr. the winner, as his score
was next in value to that of Private APP
pleby
he
placed in the drill hall where it can be used
without restriction by the guardsmen, as
one has been offered as loan to one of the
companies of the guard.
One of the machines Is now in use by one
Of the public schools Of this city.
In view Of the fact that this is the first
season for official qualifications with the
revolver the following list is said to indi-
cate that much interest has been taken by
those entitled to use the weapon.
Experts-Lieut. Col L. H. Reichelderfer.
Majors James E. Bell, Glendie B. Young,
William E. Harvey and Alfred P. Robbins,
Captains E. H. Brian. William w. Cookson,
Marshall Magruder and Alexander Sum-
mers. Lieutenants Ralph Alderman. c. H.
Bowker. E. A. Byrnes, John Doyle Car
mody. George G. Denn.son, VIM. M. Far
row, S. w. Forsyth, F. H. Heidenreich
Frank W. Holt, F. D. Lakeland. T. F. Nc
Anally and A. B. Weir; Sergt. c. M. Put
nam, Signal Corps. and Private c. v. Chan
dler, LIST Battery.
Sharpshooters - Lieut.. Col. Lloyd M.
Brett, Major Anton Stephan, Captains L.
c. Brockway. Samuel Feiand. C. j. Fox, T..
p Heap. L. H. johnson. F. P. Rogers. Ciar-
ence v. Sayer. George L. TAFT and T. v.
Walker; Lieutenants c. B. Bennett, H. B.
Hollifield, e. D. Turner and w. S. Warm
ley. Sergeants Otto Hammerbacker and l.
C. Lanham. Privates w. c. McDermott and
A. L. Richards. LIST Battery, Field Artillery.
Recommendations George Henderson and
r. d. Simms. Captains r. B. Clayton, Rob-
ert Cook, A. L. Evans. w. r. McCathran.
L. s. F. Piper. J. NJ. Ryan and F. Penrose
Smith, Lieutenants James B. Baker, A. ID.
Hathaway. H. Keneipp, A. L. Kitchen. J.
E. Leeman, H. H. Deizear. w. P. Lindsay.
w. L. Mattock, f. S. O'Halloran. Samuel
Peacock. B. G. Pool, w. C. Ryan. w. B.
Sullivan and o. c. Terry. Pay Clerk w. q.
Neumeyer, Sergt. Maj L. B. Switzerland