Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12

short Friday. about two hours being
given over to harness drill. exposition of
the points Of the horse. gun cleaning and
! work In dismounting and assembling the
firing mechanism Of the pieces.
| Capt. T. S. King made an inspection Of
the armory with a view to the installa-
ton OF pistol range. The battery hopes
soon to have this in operation.
Among the visitors at the arrnory were
Capt. Eubanks of the Atlanta Battery
and A. l.. Richards, formerly q sergeant
OF infantry in the Georgia National
Guard.
A recruit. r. r. CLANCY. was mustered
| in.
There will be drivers drill next Fri
day night, horses having been secured.
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| Company X, I'd Infantry e. NJ c. A.
Cadets, held a rifle match last Wednes-
day evening after drill, using the new
Hollif1eld target practice rods. The four
teams which competed were closely
matched, each being headed by a member
Of the team which represented the COM
pany at Seag1rt last year and being COM
posed OF the commissioned officers
! and privates of the company. The scores,
by team, were as follows:
| Sergt. Maupin's team five men firing,
100; Sergt. Hutterly's team (seven men
frlng). 14s; Corp. Stark's team ten men
fring). 2l5: Corp Martins team eight
men firing. 1860.
sergt William G. L. HutterIy and Pri-
vate James 7. Hutchinson Corp. Mar
tins team both made a possible 25 The
| officers OF the company, Capt. IIucien Il.
Ernest and Lieut.. Wilmarth Brown,
We're judges.
similar matches during this winters sea-
son. The scores by team made in these
matches will be totaled just before the
| rifle range opens next spring. and to the
presented a handsome trophy, on which
| will be engraved the names Of the men,
| berS Of the team.
The basket ball team Of Company X
Hospital Corps team last Monday night.
The practice OF men playing on the
| team has begun to show. and under
| the management of Robert S. Boyd 1t is
ket ball championship Of the guard. The
men playing with the team are Robert s.
| Boyd, captain; Ivan II. Gore, William f.
| Seltman, William c. Curtis, Andrew. Hut
teriy. Perc!yal W. Gibson, E. S. Jordan,
George G. Payne ana Asa f. Bran.
Preparations have been started by Com
pany K in anticipation Of the annual in
spection by regular army Of1icefs in April
it is believed that the company will make
its usual creditable showing.
The non government employees Of Com
| pany X were paid off last week at the
Center Market Armory by Maj. Boyd
Taylor Tor the six months ended Decem-
Der 81. Much satisfaction was expressed
| by the men upon the additional pay re-
ceived by them for rifle qualification on
the rifle range last year. and 1t is thought
that this additional pay will have a very
noticeable effect upon the number OF rine
qualifications on the range this year.
| Capt Thomas s. Kings promotion to
succeed the late Lieut.. Col. James e.
| Bell as head Of the department OF small
arms practice OF the National Guard Of
the District Of Columbia Is looked upon
as we'll deserved. He has had nearly
| thirty-three years Of military life and
recently had been closely connected with
| rifle practice. He was lieutenant and in
| spector OF rifle practice and subsequently
captain and inspector Of rifle practice.
! Capt. Kings military record covers If
teen years In the United States Army
:. and seventeen years In the National
Guard. He was with the volunteer army
| for several months during the Spanish