Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-23

employees of the government or
the District. will be paid this
week for service during the SIX
months ending December 81 last. Tues
day the I'd Infantry will be paid at )
o clock in the Center Market Armory and
the list Separate Battalion at O'Clock
in it's own armory. The medical de-
partment will be paid at the Center
Market Armory at s o'clock Thursday
and the Naval Battalion aboard the T.
S. S. Puritan at $50 O'Clock. The LIST
Battery Field Artillery, will be paid FIJI
day evening at o'clock, the Signal corps
company at SD and the 1st Infantry at
$50 o'clock. all in the Center Market
Armory.
Adjt Gen. s. Z. Smiley, District. of
Columbia Militia, has been at Atlantic
City for the last week and will remain
two weeks longer. During his absence
Maj c. +. Cook, adjutant generals de-
partment, is acting adjutant general OF
the brigade.
The acting inspector, of small arms
practice having at last procured all OF
the company returns has prepared his
report which should have been in the
War Department more than Il month ago.
The report shows an increase in brigade
figure of merit of 10 per cent which 1T Is
stated is scarcely as large as was ant,cl-
pated, in view Of the strenuous efforts OF
the officers of the department of small
arms practice and the exceptional facli-
ties at the disposal of the guardsmen.
The lack of interest on the part of some
of the company officers is quite manifest
In the large number of fourth-ciass men
which is shown by the report, there be-
ing total of $50. OF this number 122
are carried on the rolls of three compa-
MES of the 1st Infantry, which accounts
for the reduction of the reglmental tig-
ure of merit from GO.37 to 1910 The rec
ord of Companies d, f, *, l. and NJ show
gratifying increases over last season s
record, as does that of the regimental
staff.
The increases in Companies D and F
are from 1861 to 1000 and oS.41 to I2.u3.
respectively
The regimental totals of the LIST 1nfan-
try are:
Expert riflemen, 80; sharpshooters q;
marksmen, 80; first class, IL; second
class, Is; third class, 64; fourth class,
25o: total firing rife. 421: firing pistol, %.
The veteran company of the guard
Company G, I'd Infantry, commanded by
Capt. c. V. Sayer, IS the banner organ
lzatIon for the season, with 1855 as its
figure of merit.
The total of Capt Brians company, E,
I'd Infantry, is 1892, and that of X Com
pany 102.12. which. however, is not equal
to it's record of last season, when 1t stood
at the head of company organizat. ons,
with 127.66 to it's credit.
II ntnty cor mic &c
which did not gain in ngure of merit. The
most substantial gain was made by the
staff which increased its figure of merit
from 1922 to 1850, while the regimental
figure of merit was increased from r.
to 1919.
The regimental record of the I'd Infan-
try follows: Expert r.fiemen, H.. sharp
shooters, IA; marksmen, 81; frst class,
II: second class, II; third class, 1o1;
fourth class, 100; total, firing rifle, 54l !;
firing pistol, u.
The most gratifying and substantial
gains in figure of merit are noted in re-
ports of the Naval and list Separate bat
tal.ons, the former showing an increase
from 4s.9o to s1a2, and the latter from
1871 to 1850 Each division and COM
pany added its share to swell the total.
but the 4th divisions increase from 2o.sS
to rs 40 and that of Company c, 1st Sep
arate Battalion, from 44.63 to 1871. were
the greatest
The LIST Battery, Field Artillery, in
crea sed its record from 63.7S to 61.a2,
while the Signal Corps Company showed
a falling off to 500 from 1882.
The number of quail ficationS in the bri-
gade follow: Expert rifiemen, 143: sharp
Shooters, 80; marksmen. 977; first class.
A.; second class. SIS; third class 2lS;
fourth class, $40. Brigade figure of merit,
6s64 Total firing rifle, 14.73; total, firing
revolver, 49,
"A separate report in every case OF
| failure to qualify will be required of each
company commander, that the RESPONSE
bility for such failures may be located.
This is part of paragraph 1. general or
ders No. t. series of 1909, and was issued
to discover the cause for the large num-
Der of fourth-class men borne on the
rolls There were more than 100 in IS0S.
The list of fourth-class men will be for
warded to company commanders and the
$50 letters of explanation Will receive
very careful scrutiny to discover why
these men were not present at ieast
once on the range during the SIX months
it was open for their accommodation.
A news item from the Pennsylvania
National Guard states that Col Logan.
commanding the 18th Pennsylvania In
fantry, has decided that men who can
| not shoot shall no longer 1ncumber the
| ranks of that regiment.
Ten companies reported at the rifle
gallery and took parts1 the first COM
petition of the season, and some excellent
scores were made. Capt Iteldenfeich
| was assisted by Capt. Cookson as range
officer. The company totals follow: Com
pany G, I'd Infantry, 2O9; Company b.,
1st Separate Battalion, Dos; Company d..
| LIST Separate Battalion, 2O5; Company *.
| 1st Infantry, 1913: Company |. 1st lnfan-
| try 1876: Company d. I'd Infantry. 1916;
Company E. LIST Infantry, 1870: Company
| A, list Separate Battalion, 1875; Company
| A, I'd Infantry, 1874; Company l., list In
fantry. 1872; Company Fl, 1st Infantry.
| 1S9; Company f, list Infantry. 1S5; Com
pany C. LIST Separate Battalion 155. Com
pany G., 1st Infantry, 100. Attention was
b, I'd Infantry, to be represented in the
match, as required by orders. The scores
| of members of team representing Com
pany c. I'd Infantry. were: First Lieut..
| George r. Phillips. A: First Sergt. Harry
w. klotz. ~; Sergt. Alfred J. Borland.
| 10; Corporal Mark NJ Moran. AZ. and
Private Herbert a. Cady. fl. Total, 200.
| First Lieut. Thomas f. McAnally will
be in charge of the second series of COM
pany matches, which take place tomor-
row night, in which the following COM
panies are scheduled to participate: Com
papies A, B, c and D, 1st Infantry: E,
F, G, H. !, K, l. and NJ I'd Infantry;
divisions of naval battalion and signal
company.
| Private A. n Johnson, Company f,
| list Infantry. who has expressed himself
| as much interested in the development
| of gallery practice, has offered a gold
medal to be awarded to the enlisted man
experts and sharpshooters of record ex-
| cepted) who makes the highest aggregate
score in regular ordered practice during
| the months of February and March. The
tGp~y hot 10 ha l<.