Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-20

a CCORDING to Maj. James e.
~ Bell, inspector general Of rifle
"A practice, District Of Columbia
militia, the result Of the rifle
matches recently held on the
range demonstrated that the distinguished
marksmen of the brigade are rather lex
tinguished," as only two landed In first
place: one necessarily so. Lieut.. Heiden-
reich, as the match was exclusively for
shooters of that grade. and Maj William
L. Harvey. who captured the Frank u.
Kingsland highest aggregate medal. The
"extinguished few Maj. Bell says, ex-
press the hope that The Star medal will
be reopened to them In the match of next
season.
The names Of several of the contest
ants for The Star medal were omitted
from the list prepared for publication.
Among them that Of Corp. ]. F. Stowell
Of the LIST Battery, Field Artillery, whose
score of SIS entities him to the eighth
prize. First Lieut.. c. NJ. Putnam's 50
leaves him just outside of the winners.
A correction in the score of Company
f, LIST Regiment, from 1S4 to a total of
1877. placed it in eighth instead of ninth
place In the official record.
An interesting feature Of The Star
match was the contest for the National
ttlIle ASSOCldllOn cup WHICH "dS uCciucu
by the highest aggregate score made over
the 200, 800 and 500 yard ranges. which
are the recognized n. r. A. distances.
The scores made in The Star match over
these distances have hitherto been Sc
lected for this contest. The LIST and I'd
regiments. being affiliated organizations
of the n. X. A, are furnished these
trophies annually for competition, and
every member except a previous winner,
Is entitled TO enter the competition. The
winners with their scores. We're:
200 800 500
yds. yds. yds. Tot.
Lieut.. Ralph Alderman, !. II.
r, LIST Battalion. ..........21 "a 23-6S
Lieut.. Thomas. +. McAnaIly.
q. NJ, 4th battalion RI "a 22-61
In the case of the LIST Division, Naval
Battalion, which is also an affiliated or
ganizatlOn, the commander Lieut.. John
Doyle Carmody, has decided to award the
cup to =. NJ (second class c. f. Sniffin,
who made the best record at ordered
practice. over the N. r. A. distances. His
scores were: 200 yards, 81; 800 yards, n
Boz yards, %. Total. 10.
Only ten days remain In which official
scores may be fired. and the hope is ex-
pressed that officers will make special eff
fort TO have men who have not yet re-
ported on the range do So
Capt. King. superintendent of the
ItpOItS liIdt Iilcfc are nOmDeF OF
officers and men who are only a few
points shy OF qualification as marksmen
and sharpshoOters. Maj Bell says
They should look to IT that the def
cheney Is made good. These are fine days
for long-range work, and should be taken
advantage of for making expert qualifica-
ton scores. The list of experts will be
very much increased over that of 1906
The fact should not be lost sight OF
that there were SlJ officers and men who
failed to fire their official scores In 1906, a
record which should not be repeated for
the season OF 1907"
Sergt. c. w. Moore Company G, 1st
Regiment. who has rendered most valu-
able assistance on the range as an in
structor, has been confined to his room
for the past week suffering from a severe
cold. contracted in line OF duty.
Company G.. LIST Regiment, has organ
ized riding club, with Capt j. Harr,
Bean, president. and DR.. r. A. Foster
treasurer. The recent trips taken by tn,
company proved very successful, and re
suited In the securing OF a number of re
eruits. SO II was decided to make the rid
ing club permanent organization. Ar