Evening star., 1909-05-09

!" States are essential as pre-
- liminary to the REORGANIZATION
of the National Guard or the
District of Columbia under the act Oh
February is last are still at the war
Department The regulations were care
fully drafted at District militia headquar-
ters and ten days or two weeks ago were
submitted TO the department. Until they
are received back, approved. no further
definite steps can be taken to comply
with the law. Gen. Harries is under
stood TO be ready TO proceed just as soon
as the necessary authority is fo:tncom-
ing.
One feature of the reorga nization is
the receipt at headquarters of the first OF
the new commissions which bear the SIG
nature of President Taft. The commis-
sions are of parchment ana preciSeiy
similar TO those provided for oHlceis VI
the army, with the exceptions that Ma
tional Guard of the District of Coiumold
is used, and by and with the advice ana
consent of the Senate" is omitted.
OF the two commissions just received
one is for Thomas S. King, as captain
and aid-de-camp on what is known as
the militia staff, and the other for Evan
w Estep as second lieutenant of the lst
Infantry.
Gen. Harries has every reason to feel
gratified at the thoroughly equipped rihe
range which under his orders has been
provided for the officers and men OF MS
command" an officer on duty at the range
says. THE facilities for instructlng ana
assisting the members of the brigade IN
their work of perfectlnS themselves In
rifle practice, which is the most essen
tial feature of soldiers training. have
increased from year to year until now
1t is the equal, save in number of targets,
to that of the best the country AFFORDS.
The targets for pistol practice are To-
Gated on the extreme left of the rlne
range and afford practice at 1o. -, % ana
~ yards, over which distances it is neces-
sary To fire In making scores for prac-
tice and qualification. In addition 10 the
commissioned officers. members OF the
battery and signal corps are permitted
and expected to perfect themselves In the
use of the revolver. Immediately 10 the
right of these the twelve short ranges or
a0o-yard targets are located. Outside of
the rifle gallery this is the shortest dis-
tance fired over by the soldier In hrlns
his qualification scores, ana score ol
-; in ten shots is required for marks
man and not less than 40 for the snarp-
shooter and expert grades.
The targets for use at the other olS-
tances are six at 3OO five at 800, seven
at 600 and six for the 500 and l,0U YARD
N,
making d total of fifty targets at all
ranges. Capt. King, the superintendent
of the range. is kept busy looking after
the details essential to keeping things In
hrst class condition"
Never before in the history Of the
rifle range was there more auspicious
opening of the rifle practice season, it
;s which n
augurated Tuesday morning by Com
panies A and B, I'd Infantry. Maj Anton
Stephen. accompanied by the two COM
panies, reported at the range at 10 O'Clock
Monday night, the former with one Off
GER and eighteen men, the latter with
two officers and thirty-one men. In the
absence of Capt I. p. Heap, who is still
III of typhoid fever. Lieut.. c. A. Lindsey
was in command.
Company B was commanded by Capt.
S;.niuei Feland, with Lieut.. &. n. Walker
his commissioned assistant.
The qualifications reported up to the
time of the departure of the commands
Wednesday were as follows:
Maj. Anton Stephen, sharpshooter
Sergt. Maj. William b. jackson, MARKS
man.
Company A-Lieut. c. A.. Lindsey,
ruarksman: First Sergt. r. w. Hammer
nan. nlarksman; Sergt. F. j. Rose,
inarksman; Sergt. l.. j. Rose. marksman;
corporal IL. tfdmmef, 1ndThSIndH, fTI-
vate Z. w. Bell, narksman; Private w.
\. Chappaleave, marksman: Private B.
Z. Cox, marksman; Private w. ]. Drury.
;aarksman: Private F. A. Elliott, marks
man: Private II. English, first class;
Private F. Frazier, marksman; Private
B. n. Gibson, marksman; Private r. w.
Gibson. marksman; Private c. Hammer,
lnarksman; Private w. A. Hummer, first
class; Private r. Kelley, third class;
Private W. NJ. Myers, first class; Private
IL nIa al nj
cen marksmen, three first class and two
nird class.
This record is nearly equal to that of
he entire season of 1905, when two ex
perts and thirteen marksmen qualified.
Company B. I'd Infantry-Capt. Samuel
leland, marksman: Lieut.. c. N. Walker,
Inarksman; First Sergt. G.. NJ. Rowzee,
third class Sergt. G. f. Sylvester. sharp
nooter: Corps. G.. w. Garner, F. H. Row
ee. L. K. Winner. nlarksmen: Privates
w. l.. Ashlin, G. G. Auguste, P. L. Bald
'!in, w. {. Boughman; J.. M. Bonniford.
q. 8. Caldwell. II. F. Chezum. L. E.
fisher, A. NJ; Fugitt. a. J. Hall. T. J.
dlleary, marksmen; Private c. E. kem-
er. third class; Privates r. Kilby. T. A.
ling. II. NJ. Littleton. A. ]. McDevitt, ].
u. Morris. r. j. O'Dwyer, L. A. Raicy,
isarksmen: Private r. NJ. Rogers. second
lass: Private f. j. Sauter. third class;
I'rivate W. E. Schwerin, marksman; Pri-
rate G. F. Seyfurth, third class; Privates
j. Ii. Taylor, {. f. Thayer J. A. foos.
,larksmen; total l sharpshooter, 27
,arksmen. l second -clasS, third -class
iien; which is over 100 per cent increase
1ver last seasons qualifications.
Companies G and d of the I'd Infantry
leported at the range camp Wednesday
tvening with full complement of officers
! sieving Companies A and of the same
sgiment.
The qualifications Of Company c are:
apt. T. V. Walker. sharpshooter; First
lieut. r. b. Johnson, marksman; Sec
nd Lieut.. w III. Beckstein, marksman;
irst SerGt. W. II. Klotz, marksman;
orporal E j. Cunningham. third class;
!'rivate +. J. Bapst, marksman: Private
l. a. Cady, marksman: Private L. NJ.
rane, third class: Private w. F. Fill,
nan; Private l.. II. Herman. marksman;
i'rivate r. G.. Herman. marksman; Pri-
ate W. +. Kane, second class: Private
\. +. klotz. marksman; Private A. NJ
I1oveday. second class; Private c. c. Nc
Afullen. marksman; Private C. F. Perkins
iiarksman; Private W. Sweeney, marks
Ian: Private E. l.. Usilton. marksman;
lrivate +. 7. Upton. marksman.
Company D-Captain A. L. Evans.
inarksmau: First Lieut. A. L.. Kitchen
iparhsman: Second Lieut.. J. E. Leeman,
laarksman: First Sergt. G.. Burlinsame.
,xpert: SerSt. j. z. Banes. marksman;
if1vate +. Bonayaries. marksman: Pri-
Tate w. \. Buck. marksman: Private j.
". Franklin. marksman: Private A
Toss. marksman; Private n. Gunther
fnarksman; Private W. III. Hageman
narksman; Private L. +. Justice, marks
nan. Private ,parkSp,on.