Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14
NEWS OF THE LOCAL
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN
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qualify as sharpshooters. Capt. Brian re-
auiring only one point to place him in
that class.
Company F qualified one sharpshooter
Capt. Dufie-and fifteen marksmen.
several Of whom will soon shoot them
selves into the advanced grades. Lieut.
Hodgson, with the scores made in volun-
tary practice on the range. has q total OF
800 points to his credit, which places him
| in the expert class.
capt. Clarence " Saver. with his COM
pany of Spanish War Veterans Company
G, I'd Regiment. and Company r. Is,
Regiment. reported for duty Wednesday
night. the former with one officer and
twenty-seven enlisted men, and the latter
with one officer and fourteen enlisted
men.
The general staff officers and members
of the general non-commissioned stan
reported for duty Thursday and Friday to
fire their oficial scores. Those present
from the general staff We're Lieut. Col
Smiley. Majs Bell and Parmenter and
Capt. Z. Fred Cook and from the non-
commissioned staff Sergts Fox, Burrows
Cornish. Lanham. Hartnett and Souther-
land and Hospital Steward Weller. Maj
George Henderson. surgeon general, is
permanently on duty at the camp
Maj. r. Douglas Simms OF the I'd Bat
talon of the I'd Regiment was in COM
mand Of the camp Wednesday night. and
remained on duty until Friday morning
Adjt. Gurton. Quartermaster Wier and
Sergt. Maj. Hall were also present Col.
z. HI. Ourand and his quartermaster.
Capt. Robert Cook. fired their scores
the former Friday and the latter Thurs
day. For the first time since the camp
was instituted the entire course was fired
within the two days assigned to these
commands. Capt. Savers company quail
fled two experts. three sharpshooters and
fifteen marksmen. and Company F. LIST
Regiment, nine marksmen. Sergts. Lam
ham and Hartnett of the general nom
commissioned staff qualified as experts.
The feature of Thursdays shooting was
he magnificent score made by Lieut.
Col. Smiley. the new adjutant general.
who. with a strange rife and no pre-
vious practice, put up a total of 49,
at 100. A. at 800 and * at 800 Yards
which places him in first place for the
brigade medal. 1t was thought that the
score of 100. made by Capt. Heap, which
up to the present time was high. would
not be beaten. 1t has also been demon
strated that Col. Smiley is an expert
shot with the revolver.
Maj. Simms finished his qualification
scores i'm the marksman's class with both
rife and revolver.
Mai and Mrs. K. H Neumeyer. accom-
panied by Misses Elizabeth and Ada Neu-
meyer and Miss Bessie Murray of Baltf-
more. were visitors in camp Thursday
afternoon and evening.
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Maj. Alfred P Robbins is rapidly de-
veloping the candidates for the brigade
rife team and expects to secure an ag-
gregation that will give a good account
OF itself at Camp Perry and Sea Grit.
Capt. William W. Cookson, one of the
prospective team members. has been or
dered to the seashOre by his physician on
account of illness. This eliminates one OF
the most promising members Of the team
from the matches. The old-time shots
like Col. Reichederfer. Majs. Young and
Harvey. Sergt. GroOme and Private APP
pleby. being also out of the running. will
necessitate developing some of the younger
members of the guard. and the advent of
the new blood for the teams is being
watched with considerable interest. Conn
panies I. X. l. and NJ. I'd Regiment, which
comprise the Sd Battalion of that regi-
ment. will occupy the camp the present
week.
Capt Thomas s. King. superintendent
of the range, is suffering from a severe
cold.
Lieut.. Ralph Totten. Company NJ. ID
Regiment, who is rendering valuable as
has Just been notified of his appointment
to a consulate Office In Santo Domingo.
He will leave for his new field OF duty
early in July.
The members Of Company X. ID Regi
ment, in charge Of Lieuts. Lakeland and
Chansel. were the guests Of Edwin Yost
at his farm near Falls Church Va, re-
Gently. The guardsmsn proceeded to the
farm by electric cars late in the evening.
Sa1 NeH up at an early hour In the