The Washington herald., 1917-12-03
HOME DEFENSE
UNITS ARRANGE
TARGET TESTS
Ten Men from Each COM
pany Will Be Eligible
to Contest.

That the Home Defense League
Rifles are planning shooting contests
in the near future between represen-
tative teams from the different COM
panies forming the organization was
the announcement made yesterday by
Col. NJ. A. Winter, its commanding
officer.
According to plans now being for
mulated by Capt. Alpheus Winter. in
spector of rife practice for the Home
Rifles. ten men from each company
having the highest scores on a given
date will be eligible for competition
in the team of five that will repre-
sent each unit in the final match to
determine the regimental champion
ship.
Under present arrangement. these
contests will apply only to compeu-
ton over the small-bore. indoor ranges
but il Is almost certain that in due
course Of time the scope Of opera
ton will be extended not only to the
Eastern Market Military Service Rifle
Range, where high-power guns are
used in rapid-hre practice. but Will
also include outdoor matches over the
regulation ranges.
Eighteen Are sharpshoOters.
II /. interesting to note that eight
cen members of the Home Rifles are
qualified experts already, with quite
a number of others knocking at the
doors" Those ranking as such ex-
perts, with scores of 1SO or better out
Of a possible 30. are:
Walter r. Stokes. 1877, Company x:
DIR. George F.. Cook. 1Ss. and James
G. wheate. sr.. 1SS. both Of Company
G: ]. II. Robertson. 1T. Company +;
James /. Lee. 1S5, Company Y; capt.
Alpheus Winter. 1A. Regimental
Seaff; Lieut.. Robert G. Fletcher. 14.
Company T.. Ralph g. Stokes, lSi.
Company X: p. T. Wells. 1s4. Com
pany W: G. r. IIimmler. 1s2. and
George B. CornweIl. Isl. both of
Company C; r. Fl. McGarity. Isl.
Company +; Glen c. Leach, ISL, COM
pany L; Robert NJ. Miller. $50. W. II.
Montgomery. $50. and Harry Wendal.
$50. all of Company n: Harry d. Rud-
diman, $50. Company T. and Harry T..
Dove, 1S0 Company W.
The Home Rifles have thirty sharp
shooters in their ranks with scores
of 1eO or better out of 200 possible.
thirteen of whom have shot better
than l7o, and are rated as follows:
DIR. r. T. ]. Barber. l79, Company
G; Harris NJ. Lyon. 179. Company N:
o. c. Gates. 17S. Company n; Maurice
A. Emerson. lis, Company r: Charles
L. Erwin, us. Company T; d. F.. Will
son, 17S, Company G; J. b. Cooley.
17s. Company T: Harry ]. Rush. l15.
Company NJ: capt. Joseph F.. Ed
ridge. l75. Company T; Edward G.
Speakman. jr.. IA. Company o; +.
\. Turner. jr., 173. Company NJ: X. V.
Reynolds. l72. Company g: John {.
Hyde, III, Company \, and George
L. Skirm. III. Company NJ.
]. !. Lee. of Company Y. was the
only member to qualify as a small
bore expert during the week. register
ing rs out of 200. These three quali-
fed as sharpshooters with scores Of
10 or better: r. V Reynolds. l72. Com
pany c; E. d. Norris. 164. Company
n, and o. c. Gates. 11S Company n.
J. z. Atkins. of Company 5. qualified
as a marksman with 146 out of the 20
possible. The following qualified as
riiemen with scores of loo or better
out of a possible 800:
NJ E. Bullock, ]. H. KoeblitZ. W. II.
Freeland. ]. r. Moss. e. Cecil Hovey.
n. VI. McElfresh. T. Fl. Mumford, Z.
". Lisner. A. A. Davis and f. II.
@~te. all of Company H: w. NJ. Lynch
I'd r. G. Hunte. both of Company
:: ". T. Barwick. Company p; ]. j.
Harvey and w. L. Van Sise. both OF
Company Q; D. NJ. Donfin. Company
Y. and J. l. Fletcher. c. L. Drew and
P. Y. Garrett. unattached.