Evening journal., 1922-08-11
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Compete For Rife HOnors

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Compete For Rife HOnors
The contestants who are compet-
Ing for the rife team which will be
taken TO Camp Perry Ohio In Sep
tember TO represent the 19sth artil-
lery In the national rife shooting
contest have made excellent records
so far. The elimination contest Is
being shot on the range with targets
500. 500 and 400 yards distant. Each
battery Is allowed three men In the
local contest and each team, both OF
civilians and soldiers. will be allow
ed ten men IN the National Contest.
The latter contest Is an annual AFFAIR
and will begin Saturday. September
p.
The ten highest scorers were:
Lieutenant Edward a. Walsen, Bat
terry A. led the field OF contestants
in scoring with ~ out OF possible
so points: Major David NJ. Salter.
OF the Administrative staff. was a
close second with a score OF 40;
Sergeant Fred Baker OF Battery f.
and Private Hubert Davis, Service
Battery 4s each; Sergeants f. s.
Salter. general stan. and James Nc
Donald. Battery p. 40 each; Ser
geant L. l. Walls. Battery II. 80;
Corporal Elwood Rossell. Battery II.
as: Lieutenant II. X. Roscoe. Bat
terry G.. Captain Harvey c. Bounds.
Service Battery, Lieutenant c. r.
Banning. Battery r, and Corpora
Louis Dunn. 81 each.
other contestants were; Segt. r.
A. Tazwell and Pvt. F. T. Butler;
Battery B-Sgt. 3. F. Schuebrook'
Pvts. II. p. Thompson and y. Sine
one. Battery Cit. Warren Bald
win. Sgts. Alfred Denny and Joseph
Barker; Battery D-Corp. Walter
Parker and Cook Lawrence VIII
liams: Battery E-Lt. J. W. Davis
and Dewey Reed; Battery F-Sgt
c. z. Smith and Pvt. II. Stayton;
Battery G-Sgt. John J. Ashton and
Corn. Clifford Artis; Battery HI
1t. w. 3. Weggenmsnn; Headquart-
ers Battery-Sgts. w. F. Peterson
and George f. Stewart, and Corp.
A. Mitchell: Service Battery-Lt. j.
W. Klndell and Pvt. Hubert Davis; /
Combat Train-Sgts. William
and Warren Baldwin; Medi- /
cal Detachment-Capt. A. King
Lott Sgt. n. A. Emerson and Pvt
D. =. Smith.
While visiting her two brothers, /
f. and w. II. Simmons, |
privates in Battery G. yesterday af-
.ernoon, Roberta. 6-year-old daugh-
.er Of Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. Simmons,
u Dover, fell and broke her left
,rm. She was given treatment by
members OF the medical staff at the
amp.
Lieutenant Warren r. Baldwin,
II Battery c. who was slated as gun
pointer in the IS m.m., anti-aircraft
this afternoon, will
,e unable to take his post, owing to
slight illness, which has confined
lin to headquarters.
Soldiers OF the 19sth Artillery had
treat last night when the motion 7
,icture. The Idle Rich" was shown
or their entertainment through the
ourtesy of the Topkis-Ginns Theatre
company of Wilmington. The pic
ure was in charge OF Frank
.iltchell. religious secretary of the
Z. NJ. c. A.
Lieutenant r. J. Ford, OF Battery
:. is officer of the day; Lieutenant
v. S. Weggenmann. OF Battery II. is
ficer of the guard, and Sergeant
iajor J. Hamilton Smith, Jr.. viii
mount guard at 4.30 o'clock.
Repairs for the airplane which
vas damaged in landing at the camp
esterday, arrived today and are at
he John G.. Briggs farm about two
niles below New Castle. The air
,lane will be taken from the camp
o the farm and repaired there. The
machine is in charge of Captain /.
;. Jacobs. formerly a resident OF
Newark and for many years an Of
icer Of the National Guard OF Della
yara a.