Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08
NEWS OF THE LOCAL
NATIONAL ,GUARDSMEN

- - AL James T.. Bell, inspector
~ general of rifle practice. Dis
u"n trict of Columbia Militia has
received only two reports OF
target work covering the
season ended October 81. The first to
come was that Of the staff of the Sd
Battalion, I'd Regiment, which shows
that Maj William E. Harvey, Lieuts. L.
II. Heidenreich, Frank w. Holt and C.
II. Bowker and Quartermaster Sergt. j.
II. Cole qualified as expert rifiemen."
Sergt Maj r. A. Rosebery and Hospi-
tai Steward n. p. Butler qualified as
"marksmen." These qualifications place
the individual figure of merit at 171.34.
being an increase over last season
record, which was 144..S.
The second report is that Of Cor my
Z, I'd Regiment, which shows that forty
out of the forty-six officers and enlisted
men reported at the range and fired
scores for qualification.
The following qualified as expert rifle
men: Capt. Edward II. Brian. Sergt.
Frank L. Schlosser. Sergt. Charles r.
Hutchinson, Sergt. Herbert c. Earn
shaw. Corp. Richard l.. Tilley and Pvts.
Edwin r. Tilley, Arthur B. White, Wal
ter B. White. William w. Woodward
and John +. Tenney.
The only sharpshooter is Corp. Alfred
X. Gilmore.
The twenty five marksmen are: First
Lieut.. John c. Whitaker, Second Lieut..
Lucine 3. Ernest, Sergt. Henry A. Win
gate. Corp. James P. Sayer. Pvts.
Charles r. Bopp, Joseph NJ. Beasley.
Isaac Funk, Robert F. Gill. Wilburd D.
Gill; Edward Hamilton. Geo. 5. He'll
muth Edmund w. Howard, Regain Hen
derson, Charles A. Keefe, Maurice NJ.
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Chesney, George w. Mills William I.
Phair, George Regis, James B. Shugrue.
Jesse &. Sweeney, Charles G. Tolson.
James II. White and L. Milton Whip.
The report shows one qualified as
first and three as second class men. The
individual figure of merit C1O3.3O
shows a marked increase over last
years record, which was 15.43.
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Capt. Kings report as superintendent
of the rifle range shows that 1,2S3 Off
GERS and men fired their official scores,
Of which number 129 qualified as eX-
pert riflemen, 43 as sharpshooters and
70 as marksmen. These figures show
an increase of 1877 marksmen over the
record of last season. but decrease of
three experts and ten markSmen for the
same period.
One HuHuTcu anu -HIIc HuoIe eu
their scores this season than last. and
much regret is expressed at the large
number of fourth class men which the
reports will show, as received
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The list of expert revolver shots, who
qualified during the past season. is given
by Maj. Bell as follows: Lieut.. c. NJ.
Putnam, Signal Corps, DO; Lieut.. W. NJ.
Farrow, LIST Bat. I'd Regt., 223; Lieut.. F.
H. Heidenreich. Sd Bat. I'd Regt., 2222;; Maj.
G. B. Young 222; Sergt Mai. P. c. Bis
choff. o21: Mai. J. f. Bell, 2lS; Lieut.. L.
A. Clausel, Company X, I'd Regiment.
21s; Lieut. r. Alderman, 1st Battalion,
1st Regiment. 21S; Capt. Forsythe, Phi;
derfer, o13: Lieut.. Johnson. Company G.
LIST Regiment. 211 Lieut.. Holt. Sd Bat
TALON I'd Regiment, 200; Capt. Riggs,
2Oa: Capt. Smith, o09: Maj. Harvey. 2O9:
Lieut. NJ. B. Hodgson. Company F. I'd
Regiment 200: John D. Wade. LIST Di-
vision Naval Battalion. DOS: Capt. Cook
son, 2o7: Surgeon Caldwell, 2O7: Lieut..
Johns, Company /. 1st Regiment. 2O6;
Lieut. Weir. I'd Battalion. I'd Regiment.
2O5; Sergt. Chandler battery, 204: Sergt.
II. G. Ianham. general N.C.S.. 204: Lieut.
Lakeland Company X. I'd Regiment. 2O4
Lieut.. McGonegal. Company c. 1st Regi-
ment. a03: Capt. Walker. 20a: Capt. Heap.
I'd Battalion. I'd Regiment. POI: Woman ].
r. Fehr. Naval Battalion. 201; Capt.
Brooks. 3O1: Sergt Hammerbacher. Signal
Corps, 2O1; Sergt Cole. Sd Battalion I'd
Regiment. 200; Lieut.. McAnally, LIST Bat
talon, I'd Regiment, 200. and Capt. O'Hal-
loran. 200.