The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-29
INDOOR SCHOOL COORsE
FOR INFANTRY OFFICERS
Acknowledgement sale Issues Order
for Compulsory instruction Dur
ing Winter Months.
ARMY OFFICER IN CHARGE
Winter School Designed to Promote
Efficiency and Improve Average
Marksmanship-Ho to Develop
Crack Virginia Rife Team.

Infantry officers below the grade of
colonel, including regimcntal and bat
talon staff officers will be required to
take an indoor correspondence school
course during the winter months. ac-
cording to orders issued yesterday by
Adjutaht-General w. w. Sale. The
school will be conducted by Captain
Arthur NJ. Shipp. United states Army.
Observation-Disclosures assigned to the
Virginia Volunteers and Will begin
on November !.
Orders for the school. attendance
upon which il compulsory. have been
mailed to all officers in the State. While
1t Is confined to line officers those of
the departmental stats are Invited to
take the course. Two different classes
have been arranged for, and officc<i
assigned to them in accordance with
their standing made last year. For the
beginners, a basic course is offered.
while the more advanced will take the
correspondence. or Course C, class.
Il, The object OF the winter school Is
to make the officers more proficient.
Much of the work this year will be to
promote the efficiency of the average
craftsmanship OF the militiamen. and
as n basis for impartink to their COM
mnnds instruction in firing. ii is neces
gary for the officers to become familiar
with the system and method adopted
by the War Department II Is highly
probable that tho summer instruction
next year will he devoted to target
practice on tho State Range. at Vir-
ginia Beach. and it is absolutely neccs-
sary that the enlisted men know how
to handle the rifle.
SEEKS TO DEVELOP
GOOD NSHIP
The development Of each man of each
company as good average shot is
what the military authorities are striv-
ing for. and incidcntly experts will be
t.t.
team In the national match, which will
be credit to Virginia With this I'm
mind, the officers are required to apply
themselves to the mastering of the
principals Of small arms fire.
AS heretofore. the Observation-Disclosures
tor Will assign reading courses for
each month On the 18th Of the month
he will mail a list of questions to the
officers. in the basic class, and on the
last OF. the month to those in the cor
respondence class. The written replies
must be returned within ten days.
Richmond officers who will take the
basic course are: Captain u. l.. Porter.
ordinance officer. First Infantry; First
Lieutenants Leroy L. Brown. Harry
Howell, Daniel L. Coulbourne, and
Lester T. ADellinger. William a. Loving
and james r. Sheppard. Richmond
Grays Battalion, First Infantry: Sec
ond Lieutcnants Bradley J. Boisseux.
Lucian l.. Bass and Charles i. Bigger
Richmond Light Infantry Blues. and
Captain John y. Cloyd. First Lieu en-
ant Robert a. Gray and Second Lieu
tenant j. Wallace Fox, Company II.
Fourth Infantry. Highland Springs.
Correspondence course: Major l.. T.
Price. Richmond Grays; Major L. w.
Bowies. Richmond Light Infantry
Blues; Captains william 4. stack.
James E. Cherry, Alvah Is. Cousins and
Charles u. Coulbourne. Richmond
Grays; Captains John A.. Cutchins,
James McGfaw, William G. Fuller.
Richmond Light Infantry Blues; First
Lieutenants Luther p. Mathews and
Charles A. Rady, Richmond Grays;
First Licutenants NJ. j. James. j. Ran
dolph Tucker r. w. Hicks. ]. G.
Earnest and NJ. s. Hewitt. Richmond
Blues; Second Licutcnants Charles
Chapman. Richmond Grays. and Sec
ond Lieutenants Rudolph a. Seiglc and
James 3. Fuller. Richmond Blues.