Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-25
SAINT JOHNS
LADS MAKING
FINE SHOWING
Members Of Officers Training
Corps At Plattsburg AL
most Though
SOME ANNAPOLITANS
AMONG THE STUDENTS
Work On Rife Range Has Been
Particularly Gratifying To
The Commandant

st. Johns College students. and An
napolitans and Anne Arundel Coun-
tians undergoing training at the Re-
serve Officers Training Corps Camp
at Plattsburg, have made a fine rec
ord according to announcement just
made from that point
The units from about 40 colleges.
including about 5000 students, mobil-
lied at Plattsburg on June Bird, and
the training comes to an end on the
night of July End. BY $3.50 the next
afternoon all will be on their way
home.
In addition to the list of 81 st.
Johns students, among whom are six
Anne Arundel Countians, the follow
ing lads are among the record MAX
ers: John F. Jones, of Davidsonville.
from Maryland State College; and
Raymond Stone, Jr., of Annapolis,
credited to the Virginia Military Insti-
tute.
The st. Johnnies from Anne Arun-
del and Annapolis included are:
Joseph S. DiGorgio, Jessup; George
H. Hopkins. 297 West street, Annap-
oils; Edward A. Snader, 219 Hanover
street; Richard II. Torovsky, 219
Franklin street; George F. Wohlge-
muth, 337 West street, and John w.
Wood, So Shipwright street
The War Department having made
no announcement as to the future of
Plattsburg as a camp, the students
are in hopes that the General Staff
will realize that the colleges from
which these men come have closed the
college term and the students are
as one of the army officers put it.
liable to become little rutsy on what
knowledge they have gained in milf
tary science and tactics" and this is a
belief quite general with the students
themselves. From conversation with
groups of students it is gathered that
close to 80 per cent of the present
training force would take another
month or even two of outdoor train
ing at Plattsburg If given the oppor-
tunity.
Three of the five battalions have fin
ished work on the rifle range, and the
other two, the first and second bat
talions, will shoot this week. The rec
ord shooting is at 200 and 800 yards,
and at targets representing the head
and shoulders of a man supposed 10
be leaning over parapet. These tar
gets are sprung up and down from
withing a trench at one minute inter
walls, and the student, at rapid fire, is
to make as many hits as possible.
Because some of the colleges have
been in a position TO give their stu
dents rifle practice before sending
them to Plattsburg and others were
unable to do so. Col. G. +. Dentler,
camp commandant, refused to permit
the publication of names of students
who have made fine scores. The COM
mander says that in the regular army
one expert shooter has made the rec
ord of 80 hits in 80 shots at 300 yards,
and army officers consider that 20 hits
in from 20 to % shots is excellent. He
did not expect the students, because
of their lack of practice, TO do much
| better than 10 hits in 20 shots, but has
! been agreeably surprised.
Eight students from Baltimore, two
from Annapolis and two from Wash
ington recorded II hits in 19 shots,
though one of the Baltimore men re-
quired 20 shots.
This is mighty good shooting for
new men," said Colonel Dentler.