Evening star., 1923-10-28
sNAaIONAa GUARD

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This 'filr and winter Will. mark the
beginning. OF ! new ERA In National
Guard affairs In. the District Of. Col
umbta- ::~ sA.rs-S - y
Nowhere in the United States ID
there greater interest In the Ma
tional Guard shown than ia the Dis
fract Of Coiusnbia,9 nor, II there being
more substantial proEress made thsn
here, There are several faQtoss more
or less respoAaibls tor -itsy develop.
rnent In the" District. probably the
greatest, sbsinGsa the aneSuiaKement
given Rythe federar government in
thsSsws sysofEui1taryrleAyesto govern
intnt embfoysss who are members. OF
the National Guard.
Next Saturday will be "big day"
among the local guardsmen The
RtstriGt Of columbia National Guard
and battalion team riSss matches viii
be :held< aess0amp sefmms. Congress
AHslG Htsx Pc, Sand at night a big
sedg aAnGfy and entartafnment has
been /: rraltssd AB >stbe C ..Eompany y
Assoetetiona Which is the oldest and
most <6ctiv company social Grgani-
Firing will commences At am.
with the following courses and con.
served:
Ranges-slow fire: 200 yards stand.
dHg position off-hand. and 600 yards
fire: eco yards only. sitting position
from standing. Ten shots will be
hred at each range, q time limit OF
ten minutes for each score Of ten
shots for record At each range for
the slow fire. and one minute FOR
nre range, will be allowed. .r,et =,
The following type targets viii be
USED Tor the>vartous ranges: 2HO yards
slow fire. type A target; 66p yards
slow fire, type B targetS4 and 200
Yards rapid fire. type D HNet.N The
United States Army rife. seaaiber 80:
kuase rifles viii not be used. Am
munition will be furnished at. the
This match will Be open to any
member Of the Distr.ct5ef Columbia
National Guard, except that. no MEM
| Der who has once won the individual
championship can compete for a
lesser prize. Three competitions Will
eight men from each battalion. one
team of hve men from each company,
and individuals from the entire guard
may compete for the individual prizes
in the individual match.
All entries must be filed at Ma
,tiDnal Guard headquarters. 472 I.
street northwest, on or before Oc-
tober 80. To the person. whether q
me m ber OF team or not, making
the highest aggregate score at the
200 slow. 200 rapid and 600-yard
slew fre ranges. will be given the
'Ht0haQf A0CraTafo Gold MAdulv m
be retained permanently. The COM
pany team making the highest aggre-
gate score will be given the company
championship trophy, and the bat
awarded the battalion trophy. both
to- be retained for one year. Also
prizes will be given for each range.
The following stan for the match
has been appointed: Maj John w.
Ohmane. engineers. Executive officer;
ment, chief range officer: Lieut.. Her.
man H. Pohl. Regular Army in
structor. Lieut.. Clarence s. Shields,
Company. and Lieut.. Roy w.
Keesee. A Company. range officers:
First Lieut.. Robert G. MeCartee. ad-
Edward II. Grove. quartermaster.
Government employees will be
granted military leave with full pay
TO enable them to participate, In
case Of inclement- weather the match
will be held the following Saturday.
After the rifle matches are over.
the c Company Association will
stage an entertainment In honor OF
the winners. Members will meet at
ns at to sG the naee ed w the
surprise stag affair.," to. take place
at $50 After the banquet a busi-
ness meeting Of the c. Company As
sociation will be, held, to arrange
plans for the annual military ball.
the hrst of the gear AT the City Club.
tainments staeedG within. the local
guard organizations this winter that
It has been decided to form a dram
atie club. to provide entertainers
as possible. A meeting was held
last week. at which the. Engineer r
Dramatic Club was formed First
Lieut.. Roy w. Keesee. who has had
charge OF the A Company Players for
chairman; Capt Harry y. lGladman.
commanding Company C. is chairman
Of the advisory board; First Lieut..
William F.. Jorgenson. Company c.,
fs' secretary. and Warrant Officer
Meyer Goldman. leader Of the band,
Is musical director, .r-.s~ -.
l The Nom Commissioned Officers AS
sociation of D Company held dance
in the gymnasium. Thursday night.
Corp. J. F. Miller, Sergts. Edward H.
Stueler and Francis =. .Manion had
charge Of the aHair. ,'-s.f. ~ u -,
The armory drill schedule for Tnes-
day nights provides for close order
drill and map reading.
Non-commissioned Tiofficers' school
will be held Friday night, at 8
% clock, in room 407; under 'instruc-
'tion Of Capt. Joseph c. Sutton.
The entire 12lst Engineers will at
tend the foot ball game between the
Third Corps Army Area and the
Marines at American League Park,
December 1.
George G. Howard. formerly mem
state basket bali player. re-enlisted d
In Company c. last week and will
be on that company's team again
this year. George NJ. Harbin is coach
fof the c Company team and the
team Is playing on Tuesday and
Others Of this team are: Lieut. H.
H. Muir. Lieut.. William F. Jorgenson, i,
sSergts. John A. Schricker and John
"A. Voegler. Corps. J. r. Belt. Lin
coin 8. Jones, e. w. Burg, w. A.
.Knight and L T. Rhea. Capt. Glad
man has announced that he has q
place for few more men Of ath-
letic experience for the basket bail
and other athletic organizations in
that company. Applications should
be made at the armory, 472 L street
northwest, Tuesday night, to Sergt.
John A, Schricker.
Private John M. England OF Company
c has received q commission in the
5RegulAr Army, from examination