Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-28

five subpoenas were made at the Sd In
fantry headquarters last Tuesday night
and were given to non-commissioned Of
ficers for service upon the offenders dur
ing the week.
In order to take care of this great num-
Der of cases two additional officers have
been designated to try these men By sum-
mary court The three officers who will
preside over the three courts which will
meet Tuesday night are Maj. Joseph F.
Hodgson. Maj Wallach A McCathran
and NAL Alexander Summers, the three
battalion commanders of the Sd Infantry.
Capt Edwin W. Fullam. adjutant of
the Sd Infantry, said last week that if any
Of the men fail to appear at the time and
place named in the orders of appearance
bench warrants will be issued and sent
to the United States marshal for the Dis
trict of Columbia for service. These
bench warrants give the marshal power
to confine the offenders until wanted by
the summary court.
Col. Glende B. Young, commanding the
Sd Infantry, was on leave of absence dur
ing the week. leaving Lieut. Col. Anton
Stephan temporarily in command of the
local brigade.
After many years of service during
which he taught thousands of young men
of the District of Columbia how to han!
die rifle and how to shoot straight, Maj.
W W. Cookson has retired from the Ma;
tional Guard of the District of Columbia.
He received his commission as major just
before he retired, by virtue OF the fact
that he had remained in the grade of cap
tain for ten. years
Mai Cookson's skill with the rife has
won him hundreds of dollars in cash and
12S gold medals taken in matches held in
all parts of the country.
Born in Portland. Me, in 1870, Maj.
Cookson saw his first military service
with the National Guard Of Maine, in
which he enlisted in 1886. In 1889 and
1890 he won championships for being the
best individually drilled man. He served
as color sergeant the staff of then
Gov. Edwin c. Burleigh of that state,
and went with him to the opening of the
Columbian exposition in Chicago in 1892.
While in the guard he devoted much
of his time to rife practice, and in 1894
he won his first medals at Walnut Hill,
Mass. In the same year he went to
Seagirt, where he shot against the or
ganiZation of which he later became a
member. the National Guard of the Dis
trict. He came to this city in 1895 to
accept a position as a plate printer in
the bureau of engraving and printing
and still holds that position. In the
same year he became a member of the
District guards rife team which again
went to Seagirt.
He won the military tactics individ-
ual championship of the state of Maine
twice and on two occasions was the
rife champion of the District of Column
bia. In 1903 he was given the credit
1xt.1
United States. He was a member of
the "All-American" team two years and
is marksman of international note.
In 1902. while attending the interna-
tional shoot at seagirt. Maj. Cookson
was invited by Sir Henry Tine, the
long distance rifeman of English fame,
to visit England and compete for the
championship of the world. After his
success in winning from the champion
of Australia, Sergt. McCauly, Mai
Cookson was invited by Lieut.. Col Mac
Pherson of Canada to visit his coun-
try and compete with the crack Can
adam rifemen.
Maj. Cookson won the so-called in
spectors' match at Seagirt in 1904 The
District of Columbia rifle team, at a
contest held at Fort Riley, Kan, in the
same year, distinguished itself by win
| ming six places in competition with
nineteen other teams composed of
picked men from various sections of
the United States. including representa-
| tives from the regular army and navy.
Maj. Cookson led the District team in
the national shoot there and won sixth
place out of 22s. His score was SO out
| of 100, at 200 and 500 yards, rapid fire
which allowed but l minute and 20 sec
| onds in which to fire twenty shots
For the past seventeen years he has
| been instructor of rife shooting on the
| rifle range of the National Guard Of
! the District of Columbia at Congress
| Heights. He has just completed his
| thirtieth year in the National Guard.
officers and men of Battery A, Field
Artillery, were out Sunday practicing
| the war game in Potomac Park and on
Analostan Island. They were drilled
| in scout duty and telephone work.
Capt Louis C. Vogt and several mem
| bers of Battery A were out Thanksgiv-
ing day for mounted drill.
| Battery B is gradually getting itself
| in shape The material and equipment
| has arrived and is being slowed in the
quarters which have been assigned it
in the 1st street armory.