Evening star., 1923-08-05

1923 only: To be eligible as COM
petitor, an officer or emitted man must
Deiong to a company or similar or
ganization armed with the rifle as
provided for in prescribed tables of
organization, in which not less than
20 per cent of the initial enlisted
strength shall have completed the
prescrbed course at target practice
the preceding or current target year,
provided that the above percentage
Will also apply to companies or SINH
lar organizations where portions only
thereof are armed with the rife ac-
cording to prescribed tables of or
ganization. Machine gun companies
are not organizations armed with the
rihe within the meaning Qf these pro-
visions.
There must be present and partici-
pating on each and every day of the
competition at least forty competi-
tors, except in states where the num-
ber of organizations armed with the
rifle is equivalent to not more than
two normal infantry battalions or
similar units, and in such states the
number of competitors. under the
same conditions. must be at least
thirty. No officer or enlisted man
shall be eligible as a competitor who
during the year in which the compe-
tition is held or during the prescribed
target year has not completed the
prescribed course of rifle practice, or
in the case Of pistol competitions who
has not completed the prescribed
course of dismounted pistol practice.
More than 1000 young men of f>this
corps area t3d) have completed their
seasons military training at the big
training center at Camp Meade as
members of the citizens military
training camp.
All four classes. Reds, Advanced Reds.
goodly proportion. The 18th Infantry
and 34th Infantry formed the basis of
the organizations of the camp. The
candidates were assigned To the regular
companies OF these two regiments. each
OF which acted in the CAPACITY of "A
parent organizat ton and devoted it's en-
tire time and attention to making the
camp the success that il was. The can
didateS were quartered and messed in
barracks adjacent to the parent com
pany to which they were assigned and
To all intents and purposes formed "A
part Of that company. The course of
training prescribed by the War Depart
ment was carried out in detail, with
the addition of several activities tackled
on after tho program was out and for
which no additional time had been al
lotted.
a board of officers was convened early
IN tht camp and they have been watch
ing the work of organizations and in
dIvlduals. Periodical tests have been
made and based on this personal oh
servatinn and the tests the board ar
fiFen at conclusion as to the best
framed candidate of each class the best
squad, section. platoon and company in
the camp. This was determined for
each branch of the service represented
AT the review for Gen. John /, Hines
inc individual winners of this com
PetItlon were presented with hand
some medals indicating their class and
achievements
ON the rife range more than so per
cent of the young men qualified as
marksmen or better in the speciaj
course OF firing that had been ar
This Is the third year Of the citi-
Zens military training camp and il is
estimated that the result attained
uance of the plan of training tbe
youth of the country and make il A
permanent feature of the prepared
ness measures of the nation. After
their months training these boys go
back home with some idea Of the
magnitude of the problem of boil
individual and organization training
for war and they have the satfsfac-
tion of having done ar least "A part
of their duty toward their country
Local reserve officers have sent their
congratulations Ia Mai. John Scott.
the local executive officer for the
organized reserves. His son was one
of the honor students of the camp
and Maj. Scott expects to receive his
lieutenant colonelcy within a few
weeks. Much of the success of the
District of Columbia complement at
the camp is due to the untiring work
on the part of Col. Leroy HERON.
nding the 3I3th Field Artil-
lery. who was chairman for the Dis
trict on the citizens military train
ing camp committee and had charge
Of the recruiting.