Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09

~ for the ceremony of preservation
"a ton of rifle practice prizes and
"A decorations and service medals and
bars to members Of the National
Guard of the District Of Columbia entitled
to the same in the drill hall Of the Cen
ter Market Armory, Monday evening, the
18th instant Special invitations to at
tend have been issued to the generous
and patriotic citizens Of this city who
donated the prizes for excellence in rife
and revolver shooting by members OF the
National Guard"
The insignia earned for qualification In
small arms practice during the season Of
1907 and the prizes won in the recent
competitions will be presented by Repre-
sentative Halvor Steenerson. chairman Of
the militia committee.
Successful teams and individual VIM
ners of insignia and prizes are to report
to Lieut.. Col Luther H. Reichelderfer, list
Regiment at the drill hall not later than
S:l5 o'clock pm, will be formed by him
and will be under his command until dis
missed at the conclusion OF the cere-
monies. The Brigade Band will parade
for the ceremony.
The ceremony OF presenting the service
medals by Representative STEVENSON will
Immediately follow the awarding Of prizes
and insignia.
Decorations have been earned as fol-
lows:
Twenty-year bar-Col. NJ Emmett Urell,
I'd Regiment; Col Charles H. Ourand, LIST
Regiment; Lieut.. Col. Richard A. O'Brien.
I'd Regiment: Maj. Arthur Brooks, LIST
Separate Battalion: Mai. Anton Stephan,
4th Battalion: Maj. Henry II. Parmenter.
chief Of ordnance. District OF Columbia
militia; Capt. c. Eugene Edwards, Com
pany Z. 1st Regiment; Capt. John H.
Campbell. Company D. LIST Separate Bat
talon; Capt Samuel L. F.. Piper. Com
pany B. 1st Separate Battalion; First
Lieut. Charles A. Meyer. Company E. LIST
Regiment, and Color Sergt. Ambrose COOK,
1st Separate Battalion.
Fifteen year bar-Maj. Glendie B. Young.
Sd Battalion; Capt Harry Walsh. Com
pany A. LIST Regiment; Sergt Bugler Will
liam Fox, general non-commiss stoned staff,
Sergt: Charles E. Groome. Company l. I'd
Regiment.
Ten-year medal-Maj. Frank l.. Averill,
chief engineer, District of COLUMBIA
Militia; Capt. Fred c. Cook. aid-de-
camp, District of Columbia Militia; Capt.
william w Cookson, inspector of rife
practice. 1st Regiment: Capt. Harry
Walsh. Company a. LIST Regiment;
Charles E. Swigart. formerly captain and
adjutant, I'd Regiment: First Lieut.. VIII
son b. Evans 'duartermaster. 1st Separate
Battalion; First Lieut. Edwin H. Neu-
never, jr. quartermaster. I'd Battalion;
First Lieut. Will Fl. Chase. Company d.
1st Regiment: Second Lieut.. James +.
Leeman. Company D. I'd Regiment; Second
Lieut.. oliver C. Terry, Company X. 1st
Regiment: Ordnance Sergt. Joseph 8.
Cornish general non-cOmmissioned staff,
District Of Columbia Militia Commissary
Serxt William 4. Bowling. LIST Regiment:
Sergt. John p. Banes. Company D. I'd
Regiment; Private Samuel f. Compton.
Brigade Band; Private Daniel Dixon,
COMPANY B. fst Separate Battalion: Pri-
vate Robert Hamill. Corps OF Field
Music: Private Lee Price. Company A. lst
Separate Battalion; Private Henry Ridge
lev. Company A. LIST Separate Battalion;
Private George Winsmore, Company b,
1st Separate Battalion. and Private John
P. Yennsy. Company E. I'd Regiment.
Nine-year bar-Maj. Joseph +. HOdsson,
I'd Battalion: Capt. Alexander Summers
Company /. I'd Regiment; First Lieut.
Louis II. Patterson, Company =. 1st
Separate Battalion: First Lieut.. George
p Phillips, Company !. I'd Regiment;
First Lieut.. Arthur L. Kitchen, Company
u. I'd Regiment: First Lieut. Douglass S.
Bliss, quartermaster. list Battalion: First
Sergt. Frank Forester. Company NJ. 1st