Evening star., 1914-07-19

less than six pounds.
First prize. SO: second. 81: third prize
SO: fourth prize, 81.
Aggregate of three tickets to count Tor
all prizes.
The Brett re-entry pistol match-open
to officers and enlisted men Of the Army;
of New Jersey. Maryland. Virginia and
the District of Columbia. Distance.
fifty yards. Ten rounds on target
Timed fire, twenty seconds to each score
of five Shots
Colts automatic, caliber As. as issued
to the service Trigger pull. six pounds
First prize. Sc; second prize. 81; thlrd
prize. So: fourth prize. 81. Aggregate OF
three tickets to count for all prizes ine
re-entry rapid-fire and pistol matches will
be open daily.
Individual short-range re-entry match,
Open to the members of the National
Guard of Virginia, Maryland and New
Jersey, the United States Army. ana
members of the District of Columbia
Rifle Association.
Twenty shots. in strings Of ten at MT!
yards Rife. any - caliber weighing
not over ten pounds. Sights, any not
Position, prone. Target N. H. A. Count
10 to 8. First prize, 25 per cent OF en-
trance fees; second prize, 10 per cent;
third. 10 per cent, and Ave Of per cent
of entrance fees.
Officers Of the Range.
The range officers detailed to the
matches are:
Lieut. Col. Glendie B. Young. 1st In
fantry: Maj. T. v. Walker, I'd Infan-
try: Maj Clarence v. Sayer. I'd Infan-
try; Maj. Harry coope. ordnance depart
ment; Capt. Edward H. Brian. I'd Infan-
try; Capt. John E. Brooks. I'd Infantry;
Capt. Alvin d. Hathaway. 1st Infantry;
Capt. William w. Cookson, s. A. depart
ment; Capt William H. Beckstein. I'd In
fantry; Capt, Lucien 3; Ernest, I'd lnfan-
try; Capt. Frank w. Holt. ordnance de-
partment; Capt. Harry c. Werlich, I'd In
fantry: Capt. Frank Lockhead, 1st Infan-
try; Capt. Edwin w. Fullam. 1st lnfan-
try: Capt. Clarence L. Adams, I'd Infan-
Capt. Thomas F. McAnally. ordnance de-
partment; Capt. Ralph Alderman. S. A.
department; First Lieut.. Albert B. Weir,
ordnance department; First Lieut.. Alfred
R. McGonegal. 1st Infantry; First Lieut.
Harry c. Caldwell. ordnance department.:
First Lieut.. Richard Powers. ordnance
department: First Lieut.. Russell NJ. Mac
Lehman. Signal Corps: First Lieut.. Jo-
seph E: Eldridge. I'd Infantry; First
try; First Lieut. Wilmarth Brown. I'd
Infantry; First Lieut.. Douglas s. Bliss.
ordnance department: First Lieut.. Will
Lionel Lion LIE G. johnston, First Lieut.. R. W.
Hanneman. Second Lieut.. Harry E. Bur-
ton. I'd Infantry; Second Lieut. Jesse c.
Sweeney, I'd Infantry: Second Lieut.
Francis Martin. I'd Infantry; Second
Second Lieut.. Marsh A. Bodenhamer, 1st
Infantry; Second Lieut.. ]. Ralph Fehr.
1st Infantry; Second Lieut.. Alfred G.
Schmidt. list Infantry: Ensign William
r. Hoefer Naval Battalion, and Ensign
Paul V. Thompson. Naval Battalion.
i X X
Company X, I'd Infantry. had the sub
ject of field firing thoroughly explained
to it last Wednesday evening by Lieut..
Whelan. L. s. A. The company heard
short talk on famous bayonet charge
made by the Japanese during their war
with Russia. after practically working
out the information he had given on fire
effect, and the necessity for the superior
ity of same. This is the second unofhctal
visit Lieut.. Whelan has paid Company K
during the past month. and the instruc-
ton which he gives helps the organiza-
ton to no little extent
About twenty members Of Company X
and three prospective recruits are today
encamped at Colonial Beach. Va, having
day afternoon. The party will return to
this city about IL o'clock tonight.
The re-enlistment of First Sergt. Rob-
ert S. Boyd and the application for MEM
bership of Jack Watskey are reported
by Company K.
Capt. Marlborough Churchill. 5th Field
Artillery, U. S. A., instructor for the lst
Battery, arrived in washington Monday
and is now busily engaged in getting
acquainted with the officers and men be-
fore the battery goes to Tobyhanna next
month.
CAPT. Churchill has been instructor for
officers at the School for Artillery Fire
at Fort Sill. Okla. He was born in Massa-
chusetts August II, 1878, and after he
graduated from Harvard In 1900 was ap-
pointed to the Artillery Corps at large
from Massachusetts. He was promoted to
first lieutenant in 1907 and assigned to
the Sd Field Artillery. He was transferred
to the list Artillery in 1910. In April, 1911.
he was made captain and transferred to
the 9TH Artillery in 1912. He succeeds
Capt Louis T. Boiseau, who was ordered
to his battery at the beginning of the
NIayicap trouhle