Evening star., 1909-06-20
NEWS OF THE LOCAL
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN

oomplshed in the six months OF the
rine practice season of 1908.
This is regarded as an enviable record .
ana is said to evince the interest or the
officers of the command in the subject OF
rifle practice The record of last season $
work shows the qualification of eN-
perts, . sharpshooters and 36 marksmen.
| The record of last Tuesday and Wednes-
days practice shows = experts. q sharp
shooters and ~ marksmen In addition
10 the rifle practice most of the men fired
scores for qualification with the revolver
Much better results would have been OBJ
| aimed with this arm had ii not been for
the very heavy trigger pull. rendering IL
difficult even TO the acknowledged experts
with the weapon TO make qualifying
scores.
Those who qualified with the rifle are
as follows: Experts. Privates c. V.
Chandler and G A. Joyner: marksmen.
Lieuts. +. NJ. Nevils and J. Brent Clark.
First Sergt G. 6. Wilson. Sergts. L. c.
Vogt. j. +. Sirouis and w. C. McDeI-
mott. Corps. G. A. Bennett. W. F. Friel
Z. B. Richmond, II. E. Shilling and c. +.
Mullen. Buglers Casper Orange and 5.
E. B. Blade f. 2. Briscoe, c. c. Barnes.
W. II. Cornish. r. l.. Curtis. J. G. Goet-
singer, D. S. Herzog. !. Hollidge. R. w.
Jones. o. Lee, R. F. LIE Mat. N. P. Nc
]. A. Mangan. j. p. Miller. II. NJ. Mohr.
c. B. Peake, II. Roberts. c. w. Ruhl. T..
r. Scott. f. A. Seltzer. N. H. Settle. ].
Sevick. F: J. Sloan. S. Small. J. II. Smith.
Therine. J. V. Trammel. s. v. Trussell.
L. S. White. w. A. Wilson. II. r. Young.
The pistol qualifications in the battery
follow: Private C. V. Chandler as pistol
men: Lieut.. E. NJ. Nevils. First Sergt. G.
G.. Wilson. Sergts. J. F. Sirlouis and l..
c. VoSt, Corps. G. A. Bennett and Il L.
Curtis. Bugler 8. H Cluxton. Privates j.
G. Goetsinger. l. Houidge, G. A. Joyues,
r. f. LIE Mat and C. b. Peake.
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Companies E and F, 1st Infantry. the
two last companies Of the regiment as
signed for range practice. reported at 10
o'clock Wednesday night. Company z.
commanded by Capt. c. Eugene Edwards.
consisted of Lieuts. Charles Myers and
w. l.. Hazard and thirteen enlisted men.
Company F had Capt. c. L. Brockway.
Lieut.. f. D. Turvine and seventeen en-
listed men on hand. When the order TO
return to the armory was issued. the
officers and men left the range with the
gratifying knowledge that every one OF
them had qualified as marksmen or bet
ter.
The names of E companys aualifca-
tions follow: Observation-Disclosures H.
F. Rees and A. Johnson. Marksmen-
Capt. c. Z. Edwards, Lieuts. Charles
Myers and w. L. Hazard. Sergts E.
Clements and F. Forester. Privates F.
Ballinger. H. C. Brady. O.. H. Easterday.
r. Gibson. A. Mcdowell. o. J. O'Neiil.
7. Rodda. J. Swain and c. B. Zeir.
| Company F-Experts: First Sergt. L. A.
Cole. Sergt. c. c. Dyer. Marksmen: Capt.
c. L. Brockway. Lieut. Z. D. Turvine.
Sergts. T. E. Fawcett, NJ. B. Goodall and
F. Hodgson, Corporal c. D. Pindell. Pri-
Yates Z. L. Lewis w. n. Miller. c. NJ.
! Hunter, H Mattingly. G. H. Thorp. j. P.
| Pollard. F. Lambrecht. w. p. Hutton. &.
w. Fewell. E. l.. Boyer and G. c. Barker.
| Maj. Joseph F. Hodgson qualified as
| marksmen, both with rife and revolver.
| while Lieut.. II. c. Caldwell. l. r. p, and
| @. NJ. Sergt. P. r. Ricketts, OF his staff
qualified sharpshooter and marksman.
respectively.
| The totals for the 1st Infantry by organ