Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-07
.BEGIN THE ANNUAL MATCHES
DISTRICT NATIONAL GUARDS
MEN FACE THE TARGETS.
Henry F. Rees Leads in Merchants
Contest, While K, I'd Regiment,
Lands Company Competition.

With shooting conditions ideal the an
nual fall rifle matches Of the National
Guard Of the District of Columbia were
inaugurated at 0 o'clock this morning on
the range near Congress Heights. The
weather was perfect. A slight breeze
was blowing across the range and shortly
after the first match was started the sun
passed behind the clouds. which dimin-
ished the intensity Of the rays and aided
the shooters in their work.
When the first match was called omre
than one hundred and fifty members Of
the guard who have never performed
duty with the brigade rifle team. either al
principals or alternates. assembled at the
200 yards targets and the Merchants
match was under way. Each contestant
fired seven shots. the possible score being
80 points.
The prizes were contributed by mer-
chants Of the District Of Columbia to the
fifteen highest men. the highest man hav-
ing first choice.
Rees Wins Merchants Match.
Henry F. Rees. Company E. LIST Reg
iment, finished in the lead. with a score
Of 81 out Of a possible 35.
The other prize winners and theil
scores were: Second. E. r. Tilley
Company E. I'd Regiment. 80
third. c. Burlingame. Company d, I'd
Regiment. %; fourth. d. p. Devine, Sig
nal Corps. %: fifth. c. Thigpen. LIST Divi-
sion. Naval Battalion. %: sixth, Frank
Compton, Company B. LIST Regiment. O.
seventh. ]. r. Fehr. list Division. Naval
Battalion. %; eighth. H: F.. Richardson.
Company D. I'd Regiment. %: ninth. H. ].
Hemingway. Company X. I'd Regiment
%; tenth. Isaac N. Powell. Signal Corps
70: eleventh. o. Hammerbacker. Signal
Corps. %; twelfth. H. c. Calm, I'd Reg
iment. N. c. Staff. %: thirteenth. w. b.
Gill. Company E. I'd Regiment. 20; four
teenth. Clarence L. Adams, Company G.
I'd Regiment. %: fifteenth. H; G. Earn
shaw. Company E. I'd Regiment. q.
Following the merchants contest the
company team match, open to one team
each from the companies Of the District
National Guard, at 200 yards, ten rounds
per man. was started. The prizes wer,
SIS. first; SO. second: $. third. and 81,
fourth.
Co. X, I'd Regiment, a Winner.
Company X, I'd Regiment, won with q
score Of 2O7. The members of the team
and their respective scores were: Sergt
s. H. Richardson. AZ: r. Hemingway
AZ; Lieut.. F. d. Lakeland. 40; Sergt c.
N. Reich. AZ: Lieut.. L. A. Clausel, Al.
Carl Bischoff. Company B, LIST Regiment
was high man, with score of 48 out Of q
possible 30.
The other companies and their scores
were: second. Company B. LIST Regiment
2O4: third. Signal Corps. 2O2; fourth. Isl
Division. Naval Battalion. 1877; fifth
Company I LIST Regiment. 1877: sixth
Company G. I'd Regiment 1875: seventh
Company E. I'd Regiment. 1874: eighth
LIST Battery Field Artillery, 1872; ninth
Company I. I'd Regiment. 1911: tenth
Company F. ID d Regiment: 1870; eleventh
Company G. list Regiment. 178: thir.
teenth. Company F. LIST Regiment. 172
fourteenth. Company c, I'd Regiment, Ito
fifteenth. Company A. LIST Separate Bat
TALON. 148: sixteenth. Company B. &c
Regiment. IA; seventeenth. Company B
LIST Separate Battalion. 143: eighteenth
Company D. LIST Separate Battalion. 40
nineteenth. Company A, I'd Regiment, 1877
The novice match was the next event,
which was open to enlisted men wht
had completed their official score for the
year 1908. excepting those who had quail.
fed as experts. The distance was 2OC
yards. five shots each man. The prizes
were IS. 81. s. and thirteen Of 81 each.