Evening star., 1911-05-28
AlATlONA[ t1sGUARD
] District TX "a COLUMBIA

qualified as marksmen or better, and nine
new men nuai ned as marksmen. Company
l. Lad fifteen men firing. and fourteen
or them qualified as marksmen or better.
DIX out OF seven new men qualified. Com
pany had twelve men firing. and ten
qualiied as marksmen better. Five
new men qualified as marksmen or better
| out of six.
| The military mass to be held in the
Monument grounds this morning at 10
O'Clock Is under the auspices Of the Span
lish War Veterans, In memory of the SOL
ifers, sailors and marines who have
talien In defense of their country. The
appearance OF several organizations OF
rhe National Guard of the District Of
Columbia Is expected. although the ap-
pearance Of any national guardsmen In
the mass and In the preceding parade is
entirely voluntary No orders from bri-
gade headquarters have been issued on
the subject. In the order issued by the
grand marshal the first division OF the
parade will be commanded by Col
Charles II. Ourand. 1st Infantry. The
1st Infantry. I'd Infantry. 1st Battery
Field Artillery. Ambulance Corps. Sig
nal Corps and Naval Battalion are sched-
uled TO parade. in the order named. The
parade will start at Pennsylvani avenue
and Sd street northwest at o o'clock a. m.
: i
Company +. lst Infantry. will be guard
or honor at the mass Company G. I'd
Infantry. will report for guard duty.
Herbert Austin Davis, 1907 Q street
northwest. OF this years graduation class
at Purdue University. and G. NJ. Thele.
l125 Fairmont street, OF Cornell 1911
have been reported by the War Depart
ment to District militia headquarters as
distinguished in tactics and military
science An effort will be made to in
terest these two coliegians in the Ma
tional Guard
Range officers for the Senatorial trophy
match tomorrow and Tuesday have been
announced as follows.
Lieut. Col. Glendie B. Young 1st In
fanty: Lieut. Col. Anton Stephan, I'd In
fantry: Maj. Alex Summers. I'd Infantry;
Maj. George l.. TAFT. 1st Infantry; Capt
Harry f. Burton. Cd Infantry; Capt
partment: Capt. William w. Cookson.
small arms department.: Lieut.. Franklin
s. Durston, Naval Battalion: Capt Frank
w. Holt. ordnance department: First
Lieut.. Thomas F. McAnally. ordnance de-
partment. First Lieut.. Ralph Alderman
ordnance department: First Lieut.. Rich
ard Powers. 1st Infantry: First Lieut.
Louis A. Clausel. I'd Infantry: First
Lieut.. John Doyle Carmody. ordnance de-
partment: First Lieut.. Harry c. Cald-
well, ordnance department: First Lieut..
Harry f. Stambaugh. I'd Infantry: First
Lieut.. Clarence l.. Adams ID Infantry:
Ensign Percy M. Smoot Naval Battalion
Ensign Marion c. Donk, Naval Battalion I;
Second Lieut.. Herbert c. Earnshaw. I'd
Infantry; Second Lieut.. Henrik c. Calm.
ID Infantry: Second Lieut.. Wilmarth
Brown. Cd Infantry: Second Lieut.. Ches-
ter NJ. Reich. I'd Infantry. and Lieut..
Thomas Brown, 1st Infantry.
X
Upon looking over the scores made
at the ordered practice this year on the
rifle range by members Of Company K.
I'd Infantry. Capt. l.. B. Ernest, COM
manding. is especially pleased with the
scores made by men who had never
fired before. Those deserving special
mention, according to the captain. are
Privates A. f. Bran. H. A. Boswell. A.
$. Eaton. j. r. Gibson and M. X. James.
The older members of the company also
| made great improvement in their
scores OF last year. This was especially
noticeable in the case of Private w.
r. klotz. who did not qualify last year,
and this year easily passed the low
ranges. making a score that places
him within easy reach of higher quail
fication.
With the opening of the season on
the rife range. the indoor matches Of
Company X came to a close, with the
team of Corp. Frank c. Martin in the
lead. These matches were very close
Corp Martin was able to place his
team In the lead. The members of the
winning team are Corp. Martin (cap-
tain). First Sergt. Boyd. Privates
Forbes Barclay. Hutchison. Hutterly,
A. j. Klotz Love and Williams.
X
With an excellent record to his
credit. First Sergt. Robert S. Boyd OF
Company X. I'd Infantry. completed
three years of service May 26. 1911
Sergt Boyd enlisted in Company X
May 81. 1908. and has been steadily
promoted to his present position. He
Is to re-enlist aand continue In his
important position. Other former mem
bers OF the company are to re-
enlist IT is said. Among them are AL
len l.. Barnard. A. j. Jordon, Karl E.
Krumke and H. e. Richardson These
men all left with good records. and
Capt. Ernest says he will be glad to
have them return.