Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-08-09
COMPANY NJ. RETURNS
IN HIGH SPIRITS
No Company Has Done Better
Work at Rifle Range This
Year--Its Personnel.
SPLENDIE ORGANIZATION.
Capt. Myers Makes High Score Of 226
POints---Local Militia COmpli-
mented for Excellent Work.

Company NJ, First Regiment, the An
napolis organization of the Maryland
National Guard, returned to its home
on Saturday afternoon in big spirits
over the splendid showing made in the
rifle practice and field work at Saun-
ders Range during the week
II was admitted by the officers of the
camp that the tour OF duty had been
a rigorous one. and that the work was
of such a kind that twice the period
would have been devoted to il ordina-
rily. bat the spirit of the men was fine
and the large majority of them would
like TO have had the camp last longer
No company has done better work on
the range than Company M,though the
tact that it is not recruited to its full
strengah prevents its figure of merit
from being so high. There are fifty
six members of the company (officers
and mem and forty-eight of these
have qualified as first classmen or bet
ter. The figures are Experts, A.
sharpshooters, s; marksmen, %; first
classmen, Is. Several of teose who
have not qualified have arranged TO 90
to the Range later, and the total is
likely to be increased.
This is a splenlid showing for Com
pany NJ, and it is well for the people
of Annapolis to understand htat the
organization is splendidly instructed.
and would rank with the best i'm the
State except for the fact that it lacks
about fifteen men to be fully recruit
ed. This would not be the case If
some parents and employers in An
napolis did not discourage young men
from enlisting.
Local officers know of many cases
where desirable young men are anx-
ious to enlist in the Company. but pa
rents refuse their consent, or they
meet with encouragement from their
employers, or are dissuaded by their
associates. In view OF the fact that
the National Guard offers the only
means of training our young men I'm
rifle shooting and field duty, outside Of
the regular establishment, and- that
there will be dire need of men train
ed in these particulars if the United
States ever was forced into war, IL a
most unpatriotic act to influence any
young man against enlistipg.
With the active help of the citizens
of Annapolis, the Company would read
lily be recruited to its limit this fall
and the members of Company NJ would
be in line to win the National Defense
Trophy next lear.
The qualifications were: Capt. L.
n AIUnPG OF I n
ply, Second Lieutenant o. VDawes:
First Sergeant Laurens Claude. sharp
shooters, Musician II. j. Franklin.
Artificer T. Miller, Privates C. Clark
p. Dogge, ". l.. Meriken, j. II. Owens
u. Schultz w II. Ward: marksmen
Sergeants G. w. Mitchell. w. A. Nit
chell, j. r. Boone, A. u, Holley, Cor
porals j. II. Barrett, V. IT. Linton, G.
I. Hall, Privates G.. Il. Collins. ]. II.
Cranford. c. H. Denver, c. r. Deitch.
g. l.. McCollester, c. e. Mitchell. J. H.
Musterman, |. j. Parkinson. j. l.. Sa-
Grey. r. II. Saffield, j. NJ. Sands. S. w.
Sears, G. W. Stallings, g. n. Tilehman.
j. ID. Worthington, II. II. Elliott: first
classmen, Corporals e. L. Brock, II +.
Myers. r. w. Golden. Privates b. An
derson. F. NJ. Casey, G. w. Craig. A. +.
Crawford, w. r. Sears, H. n. Stinch-
comb. I. c. Worthington, J. w. Hyde
and T. b. Golden.
CaptainMyers made the highest score
of anyone shooting during the week
226 points. The shooting of Company
NJ far exceeded that of any other com
pany of the Third Battalion Com
pany NJ qualified but thirty-six men
last year, against forty-eight already
this year This fine improvement is
due altogether to faithful instruction
and practice on the indoor range
Lieutenant Dawes has had special
charge of this work.
During the week Company NJ was
specially complimented by the instruc-
tors on the excellent work i'm the field
including alvnace guards. .outposts and
combat. Lieutenant Murphy had
charge of the advance party which was
attacked at it attempted to cross the
bridge at Marley creek. He acted with
promptness and judgment, deploring
his advance party on the banks and
covering the crossing of this point as
they raced across the bridge one at a
time. The point was able to take DO
sition on the other side and permit the
crossing OF the advance party by
squads, the march of the main body
continuing uninterruptedly. this being
the chief purpose of the advance guard
General Gather. the brigade com
mander. specially complimented Ser
geant Andreas Holley and Private Jno
Hyde for their work in getting so near
TO the attacking party on Friday that
they heard the dispositions of Major
Markey. its commander. aid commu-
nicated them TO Captain Myers. Cen
erai Gather said that it was the best
piece of scouting he had ever seen nar-
formed oy members of the Guard--a
remarkable compliment
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