Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-10
FIRST COMPANY, C.A.C.,
! EXPECTS BIG GUN DUTY
Recruiting Goes on Briskly, as Com
mand Will Be Called to Active
Service on July 10.

I8t company, coast ATtlllery
National Guard of the District OF CO.
lumbia, will be the next District troops
to be called to active service. July 10
having been designated. work at the
recruiting station for this unit, at 913
r street. still continues to be brisk
That there is not the slightest POSSIBLE
ity of. the corps being called out as
anything but coast artillery or sent
abroad as anything but heavy artillery
is a salient point emphasized by First
Lieut. Howard W. Hodgkins OF. the unit
The coast artillery will be called out
ten days ahead of all other units.
The recruiting station formerly main
tanned in 18th street had to be closed
as the building has been torn down.
and but one station, on street, Is
now open.
A Few Vacancies to Be Filled.
The 1st Company had about reached
its full strength last week when orders
came through to discharge a number of
men then on furlough at the officers
training camp at Fort Myer, SO that
there are still a few vacancies in the
company. and when they are filled re-
scruiting for the second company will
/. be continued. This second company
has been authorized by the War Depart
ment and its organization directed.
The coast artillery branch of the reg
ular army has been full for a month or
more and the coast artilley companies
in most OF the state organizations are
also at war strength. SO that the op.
,portunities to get into this branch of
the service are very limited.
While no official announcement has
been made, 1t Is generally understood
on good authority that considerable
number of companies of regular coast
artillery will accompany the first ex-
petition to France to handle the heavy
mobile howitzers. which are very SINH
lar to our coast defense mortars. 1t is
reported that the National Guard Coast
Artillery will at first take the places of
the regular forces which will go to
France and will be located at the coast
forts, but later. when the 10000 men
of the draft forces or national army
who are to be assigned to the coast
artillery are trained. many National
Guard organizations will probably see
active service as mobile heavy artillery
in France.
To Go to Fort Washington.
The two companies of the District
{. Coast Artillery. 1t is stated. will not go
direct to their present station. at Fort
Washington, which is twelve miles
: down the river. The LIST Company is as
signed to a battery of two ten-fnch
/. fort. while the I'd Company has not as
: yet been definitely assigned to bat
terry.
' The figures have just been announced
on the rifle practice recently held by
the LIST Company at the Congress
Heights range. and it is found that the
figures made last year. when the COM
spany won the national defenses and
figure OF merit trophies as the best in
the local guard, have been bettered this
year. The list Of scores follows:
Holdover expert rinemen. Sergt. James
A Ryan. Corp. Arthur ]. Gronna, jr.,
and Private Harry S. Richardson; ex-
pert rifiemen. First Sergt. N. B. Grain,
1887: Corp. j. E. Larson. 231; Capt. Wal
ter w. Burns. 229: Sergt. c. S. Shields.
225: Corp. E. B. Lightfoot. 219; Private
n. Norris. 21s: Private c.. H Stewart.
SIS: Private D. L. Alexander. 2l4; First
Lieut. Howard w. Hodgkins. 213, and
Private P. A. Thompson. 30. Sharp
:: shooters. Sergt. w. H. Harrison, EOS;
Mechanic r. o. Eliason. 207: Private W.
g. Bates. 2os; Corp: L. W. Teller. 2o5;
Corp. N. s. Meese. goa: Private Knight.
.182: Sergt. r. C. Doyle. POI: Corp. E.
Stewart. 200: Private ]. r. Hoge, 1893;
Private BaninNer. 1871: Private w. C.
sHoer. 1873; Private B. P. Robson, 1873
! The following men made better than
s16e and qualified as marksmen: Sergt.
B. p. Steele. Corp. J. c. Rogers, Me-
chanic NJ B. Bradley. Cook NJ. Hale
and PrivateS H s. Abel. Carow. Cas-
Ely. D, K; Diller; H. n Dinwiddie.
r R. Johnson. r. NJ. Lepper. NJ. ].
Lyons. D. Marthinson. D. L. Maxson, c.
L Myers. F. p. Miller. W. w. Marin, jr.,
p. E. Taylor. II. v. White, A. R. Win
gate and R. F. Wood. Several men also
qualified in the lower grades of first
the winning of the trophies.
The name of John w. Winner, jr., was
yesterday added to the roll of the COM
pany.