The Washington herald., 1917-05-21
D. C. CAVALRY TROOP
Spends DAY OF REST
Men Reach Town After Gruelling Week
on Congress HEIGHT. Range.


Troop B of the District Cavalry spent
Yesterday resting after their return TO
town on Saturday, with Can't Leroy w.
Heron at their head.
her. week, the crack troop has been
N camp at the rife range at Congress
Aeights-practicing with the rife, soins
tnrough mounted drills and getting the
nnishins touches to make it ready TO
answer an instant's call. The troop has
been so thoroughly trained and is SO
completely ready for service that It will
PROBABLY be one of the first cavalry
troops sworn into Federal service.
Aithough the troop has only been or
ganized few months and most OF the
troopers had not had experience with the
sprlngneld army rifle. thirty-nine men
auehned at rife practice-a highly cred
table showing. Corporal Thomas p.
cary. jr:: with a score of 9ls. won a prize
son for the best shooting.
The troop now has a waiting list of
thirty men. over war strength. but few
more men-possibly q half dozen--who
are good riders or good shots, may be
accepted into the troop, II the army doc
tors reject any OF the present members
when the troop Is sworn into Federal
service.
Here Is the roster, not OF the complete
:
last week, and who they are in civil life
some members OF the troop were pre-
vented from attending camp for various
reasons.
Capt Leroy W. Heron. First Lieut.
John W. Thompson, second Lieut..
Il l. krennlin, ssrEeAntS. Dudley
Browne. Murray A Cobb. W. +. BouEh-
ton. Jerome Meyer, Harry I. Kays, AL
len Z. Drake; eorporals, Ross d.
~
Meredith winship, J. n. Strawn, Don
Byron. William J. tJack) Harper,
George Weigle, Thomas P. Gary. jr
and MuterseauEh; huElsr, Thomas ].
Nash. jr.: priVStes Edward A. Dent
John J. Ager. Given. r P, Hall. Jules
e Henderson, : Il Jones Ford H.
Melvin, n. X. PStehell. A. F. Ander-
son, Z l, A Anderson. William Baker,
Charles q. Barnes Robert r. Barr,
FRANK J. barteman. Fred W. Berens,
Walter W BrouEhtcp. Frank J. Buck
ley. Paul : BuIlA Albert J. DeForest.
Norman J. Eckert. y, : Fendrick, J.
Ray Henderson,. G. W. Hughes, Leo
Hughes. Robert I Hughes Reuben h.
Keys, Frank s LillaTa J. william
Leverton. BeveTidEs & Msrtie. Fred s.
Money. W. H Montgomery. Harold H
Morrey. Richard NJ NAZers. FrAAf< H.
H. Nolte. Harold r No-Ihup, William
L. OHuII. Iom Lewis Feyfcn. Eugene
K. Kicker. Julius N Schneider. John
r. Simmons. Frank T. Smith, Joseph
g. Somers. Robert Stewart Thomas C.
Talbert, Ray A. Tull. J C Walker,
Allen r. Wilmington. walter Wood
worth.
At rifle practice the following scores
were made above ISo which Is necessary
to qualify: Lieut.. Thompson, 217; Cor
Doral Gary, 2i6; Seret. Thompson, 212;
Private HaH. 3O5; Private Melvin, 200;
Private Given, 1877; Corporal Muters-
6augh, 1877: Lieut.. Krentzlin, 1876; Private
Berens. 1872: Private Northup, 1s7; Capt.
Heron, 1S; Private Simmons, 1S5; Sergt.
Boughton, $50; Sergt. Drake. $50; Private
Broughton, 179; Private Peyton, 1T3; Pri-
vate Anderson, A. E. l., 173; Private
Henderson, J. E, III; Private Eckert, ia:
Private Smith. 10; Private Somers, 1859;
Private Patchell, 166: Private Henderson,
J. R.. l65; Sergt. Cobb. $50 Private Dent,
l69; Private Wilmington, 16s, Corporal,
Strawn, $50: Private Schneider, AS; Pri-
vate Money. IA: Corporal Weigie. 142;
Private Keys. IA; Private Talbert, 141;
Private offutt, 1873; Corporal Harper, 157;
Private Jones. 137; Private Buckley, 1856;
Private Walker. J. c., 1876; Corporal
Chamberlain, 134: Private Bulla, 49,