The Washington herald., 1917-10-14
RIFLES
SHOW PROGRESS
twenty-five Per Cent Of
1000 Members Achieve
Qualification.


past week by members Of the Home
Defense League Rifles in connection
with Improvement In target shooting
over the different indoor ranges Of the
organization. Many who had quaiiied
| already In the lower ciassihcauons
have improved their positions very
materially. two reaching the hSn
standard Of efficiency as experts, with
scores Of $50 or better; i've az sharp
shooters. with scores of $50 or better.
and fourteen as marksmen. w1tn
| scores of 40 or better out Of o possi-
Bile 200
OF the 1000 members comprising the
Home Rifiess. fully Is per cent now
have qualified In the various classin-
cations. while the remainder are prac-
Using zealously, with the result that
additional Qualifications are pouring
IN each week. SO that 1t merely Is a
question OF time when the list OF
those unqualified will have become ex-
hausted. After that. the desire Tor
| further excellence will be uppermost
in the minds of all the shooters.
| Having this phase of the situation
in view. Capt. Alpheus Winter. IN
spector of rife practice for the Home
1 IAlhcss III" Is CA6dBC2 Al W 1859
a schedule for practice over the East
ern Market Range, where the use OF
high-power rifles will be employed.
The pair qualifying as experts dur
ing the past week were J. c. Wheate.
Sr., of Company C, who ran up total
| Of 1Ss out OF a possible 200. making
him tied with DR.. George e. Cook for
second place In the race for regfmental
champion, and Harry Wendal. Of Com
\ pany X. who registered an even lso.
Those qualifying as sharpshooters
with scores of $50 or better from a pos
sible 200. were A A. Fletcher. 165. and
A. F. Reaney, l67. both Of Company
T; H. NJ. Lyon, ISL. Company M: II.
| Y. Atwell. 1s2. Company W. and J. ].
Lee. 1s7. Company Y.
The following qualified as marksmen
with scores of 40 or better out Of a
possible 200: R. w. Black. 143. Com
pany C; H. s. Bowman, l5o. Com
tpany D: H. J. Saaers. AT. Company z;
F. n. Stone, l54, Company x; G. Her
bert, 10. Company n; Capt. John
D. Simpson. $50. and A. L. Simpson,
14e, Company P; C. d. Little. Isl,
Company r; ]. n. Connell, 153. and W.
H. Souder, AS, both OF Company s;
Charles z. Gage. 1i3. Company T: r.
II. Poindexter, is. and A. Dooley.
147. both of Company W; W. J. simp-
sen. III. Company Y.
Following is a complete list Of quail
ifcations for the past week up to
the hour for closing the Poll Theater
and Union Station indoor rife ranges
last night. Those listed herewith will
be presented with qualification badges
by Col. A. NJ. Winter, commanding
the Home Rifles. in the course OF
the regular drills OF the companies
this week:
Company A-None.
Company B-John ]. Crawford. z. c.
Hurch.
Company C-Capt. Roger L. Calvert.
r. W. Black, J. c. Wheate. ST..
Company oh. s. Bowman.
Company E-A. A. Fletcher, A. F.
Reaney. H. J. Saers.
| Company FL. B. Clement. J. D.
Sullivan. G. F. Farquahar.
| Company G-Capt Thomas J. Gates.
C. L. Cooper.
Company K-Hary wendal. F. n.
Stone.
Company L-None.
| Company Nc. z. Holland, q. NJ.
Lyon.
Company Nc. Herbert, W. II.
welty. George W. Hall, A. H. Burton.
Company OR. T. Gahagan, NJ.
Hunter, c. L. Goodman.
Company P-Capt. John D. Simpson,
Maurice Peabody. A. l. Simpson. E.
Keller. W. S. Dodge. Jr.
| Company Q-None.
Company &c. d. Little.
Company S-J. n. Connell. ". II.
Souder.
Company T-Charles z. Gage. T. A.
Hafford.
Company U-None.
Company W-R. H. Poindexter, W.
B. Hipsley. z. H. Lackey, H. Y. At
we'll. A. o. Dooley.
Company Y-Capt. Philip 3. Beach.
W. J. Simpson. W. II. barley. L. {.
Binstead. ]. Fl. Reisinger. George T.
Oliver, r. A. Scott. F. Umhau. A. d.
Henry. H. J. Mcdonald, J. I. Lee.
Regimental Band-V. z. Dorney, r.
IL. Hawley.