Evening star., 1914-11-15

| dudru tne DlStT1Ct OI
by an ordnance officer of the United
States Army. Lieut.. c. 7. Richardson,
and the armament foreman. w. II. Car
penter, will be made tomorrow.
| This inspection relates entirely to the
lmateriel. its working order and the con-
ditions of the same as to its care and
repair. Injuries to the materiel are
looked for and noted In order that they
may be remedied, thus keeping the bat
| terry ready for instant service il desired
The sights and other instruments are
also to be readjusted at this inspection.
Such inspections as the battery will un-
dergo is but one of the methods of the
army for keeping ready for quick service
all of the materiel in the hands of the
regular army and organized militia
In connection with the inspection the
following order was issued yesterday
| from militia headquarters:
For the purpose of preparing the 1st
| Battery, Field Artillery, for inspection
the following named officer and enlisted
| mer will report to the commanding
officer. 1st Battery. Field Artillery, Mon
day. the 10th instant, at s o'clock am.
Capt Louis c. Nogt, First Sergt. Homer
NJ. NOhr. Q. NJ. Sergt Edward L. May,
Sergt. Edward b Simonds. Sergt- Wal
lace j. Cousins. Sergt. Maurice p. Nc
Grath, Sergt. George V. Blakeney,, Corp.
John A. Hebrew, Corp. John H. Smith.
Chief Mechanic Gustav Anderson and
Mechanic Max a. Walther.
The following named enlisted men
have been ordered honorably discharged
! from the National Guard:
His own application: Sergt. J. T. Es-
! tes, Field Hospital: Privates John NJ
Flynn, Edward a. Harris and Dennis A.
Shields of the 1st Battery, Field Artil-
| lery; Musician Richard +. White, Com
pany \, I'd Infantry; Private II. G. Ell
Frank Mills. Company f. I'd Infantry;
Private Christopher c. johnson, Com
pany b, list Separate Battalion.
| To re-enlist in the Reserve Corps:
| Private y. y. Wantz, Company G, I'd
| Infantry.
Removal from the District: Privates
lanes T. Gaynor. Harold J. Jenson.
and AIillard F. Thrift. all of Company
f. I'd Infantry; Corp W. E. Myers. Pri-
| Yates Cecil G. Kane, Jack Watskey and
Arthur G. Schooler, all of Company X,
I'd Infantry.
| The following named enlisted men
have been ordered discharged from the Ma
llonai Guard without honor on account of
| being absent without leave from their
| commands for three months: Privates
Milton Detweiler. Company F., 1st In
| fantry; Charles NJ. Weeks and William
a. Lambert of Company F. I'd Infantry;
| i'rlvates Robert Mccullough and John
ME Watkins of Company B, 1st Sepa-
rate Battalion.
a meeting of the District of Columbia
Rifle Association was held at 1st In
III,
with the president Capt. Edwin w.
f,ullam, adjutant 1st Infantry, in the
chair.
The meeting was well attended and
plans Were made for active shooting
season at the gallery range in the Cen
ter Market armory.
1t was decided to enter teams in the
National Rife Association Interclnb
League competition. in which rifle clubs
from all sections of the country COM
pete. For the past two Years the team
representing the District of Columbia
Rifle Association has finished in second
place. but this year determined effort
will be made to bring the championship
to the District of Columbia.
The team tentatively selected to shoot
| in this league will be Capt. F. w. Holt,
Capt. Ralph Alderman. Lieut.. Lionel LIE
G. Johnson. Lieut.. A. G. Schmidt Lieut.
Edgar H. Gerber, Lieut.. II. H. Leizear.
Sergt Ollie Schriver. Sergt. c. E.
Groome, Sergt. O. d. knight and Sergt
Frank ]. Kahrs.
The association also voted to enter a
team in the Short Pange Rifle League,
as the National Rife Association
League also with headquarters in this
city.
This team has been tentatively Sc
ton. Lieut.. p. L. Johnston, Lieut.. J. r
Fehr. Seret Jos. Schriver, Sergt J.
D. Hood, Sergt. NJ Quade, K. Schmidt
=. l.. Gibson, y. L. Johnson and p
johnston.
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The Officers Revolver Association, of
which Maj. George l.. TAFT. 1st In
fantry, is president, has planned for
an active season on the gallery range.
All of the officers of the District Ma
tional Guard are members of this or
ganiZation.
The secretary, Lieut.. J. Ralph Fehr.
will shortly issue {. schedule of prize
shooting matches for every Saturday
night of the indoor shooting season.
The feature will be the monthly mer-
chandise match for three prizes.
All shooting is with .22caliber pistols
furnished by the association.
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a turkey shoot at the rife range in
| Center Market Armory next Saturday
night is causing great interest. among
the shooting men in the National
Guard
The officers Revolver Association and
the District of Columbia Rifle Associa-
ton are conducting the shooting, which
is open to everybody.
The range officers in charge will be
Capt Thomas F. McAnally and Capt.
Ralph Alderman.
Shooting will begin promptly at
| o'clock. The gallery practice Spring
field rifle will be used, all shooting at
seventy-fve feet on National Rifle As
sights Entrance fee. 25 cents. There
will be turkeys galore and no doubt
many a THANKSGIVING table Will be
eracae by q fat turkey. the result of a
/ keen eye and steady aim.
| The Military Basket Ball League of
| this city. composed of teams from
4 the National Guard of the District of
! Columbia and from the various United
States Army posts near Washington,
| was organized at a meeting held in
! the headquarters of the LIST Bat
TALON, 1st Infantry, y. c. D. c., last
Wednesday night
| ing the regular army and District Ma
| tional Guard, as follows: Post team,
! Fort Myer. Va: Engineers. Washing
I ton barracks. u. c.; Hospital Corps.
Walter Reed Hospital; Post team, Fort
/ Washington. Md. tartillerYJ: LIST Regi-
rcnt, y. 6. ID. C; I'd Regiment, n. q.
/ y. e.
/ The following officers of the league
We're elected at the meeting: Presi-
dent Capt. Conrad Praetorius, N. q.
4 D. c.; secretary and recorder, William
| II. Bachschmid, assistant recorder,
Samuel j. Denman: timer, Joseph
! Hodges: treasurer, Paul +. Bachschmld.
| and chief umpire, W. F. II. Hughes.
| The board of control is composed or
| Mai Holloran, Medical Corps, U. S. A;
| Can't Frank Lockhead, 1st Infantry, N.
/ q. d. e; Capt. w. NJ. Beckstein. I'd In
| fantry y. G.. ID. c.; Lieut.. Frank Schlos-
| ser. "a Infantry, n. G. d. c.: Lieut.
! James Il. Jones, 1st Infantry. N. g. d.
IC.; l.. NJ Smith, Post Y. NJ. C. A, Fort
Myer, Va; Lieut.. John Carruth. Corps