Evening star., 1923-11-04
Guardsz,,n7, Scores
AZ u, so at
900 Yards.
Team, Captured All
Honors Except
One II, Match.

Private NJ. C. Richards. a member OF
Company E. won The Evening Star
medal In the annual rife matches OF
the National Guard Of the District OF
Columbia yesterday afternoon a,
Camp Simms. Congress Heights. D.
c., with a score Of ~ out of a possible
so at 500 yards. Richards. but re-
Gently enlisted in the guard. was q
member Of the 23d Infantry during
the world war.
The E Company team swept the
field. winning all honors except one.
First Lieut. Clarence s. Shields, COM
mander of z Company and who has
returned recently from the national
rife matches at Camp Perry. Ohio
demonstrated the value Of practice In
rifle shooting by having members OF
his company win first place In every
entry.
Members Of Team.
The company team was composed
Of Lieut.. Clarence S. Shields, Sergt. j
R. Quade. Sergt, r. L. Longenecker
Sergt. Edward Andrus and Private
Richards, and the highest team score
of $50 points out of a possible 700 was
made by them. They won first places
at the 2o0-yard slow fire, the 200-yard
rapid fire and the 600-yard slow fire
ranges, Lieut. Shields making the
highest score on the range, that won
the company place with a score of 13s
out Of a possible $50.
Corp j. w. Crockett OF Company
A. a member of the District rifle
this year. won the highest aggre-
gate" gold medal with score OF
I40 of $50 Corp. Edward D. Andrus
of E Company was the highest ex-
perienced shot at 200 yards. slow fire
with a score Of IS. and Regimental
the high man among the new men,
with AZ.
Tie On Slow-Fire Range.
At the 500 slow-nre range Corp
J. w. Crockett. an old member, tied
Private NJ. C. Richards. new MEM
ber, with scores of ~ out of so. The
only two perfect scores made were
at the 200 rapid-f1re range, Sergeant
Andrus tying Sergeant Johannes Johannes F. E.
points out Of SO.
The scores of E Company team
were as follows: First Lieut. Clar-
ence S. Shields. 1873; Sergeant j. r.
Quade, 134: Sergeant r. l. Logan
ecker 1877: Sergeant Edward An0rus'
lSl, anu 1ElNdlC ~. ~ -
other high scores were made by
Lieut.. Roy w. Keesee of Company,
Private NJ. w. Dinwiddie of A Com
pany, Lieut.. H. H. Muir, c Company;
Sergeant John A Schricker. c Com
pany; Corp. L T; Rheas G Company;
private J. c. Wheate. B Company;
Sergeant Roscoe s. Aull and Ser
geant Madison r. Smith
The I'd Battalion won the bat
talon gold medal over the LIST Bat
talon. by a score of 879 to 865.
Many Individual prizes and medals
were won and will be awarded at the
armory Tuesday night
Mess was served on the range at
noon. Cooks Edward ]. Henning and
William E. Smithson having charge.
A banquet was rendered the winners
by the c Company Association at the
City Club last night, Capt. Harry e.
Gladman, commanding Company c, ie
president Of the c Company Associa-
ton. Several sightseeing busses
were provided for tour Of the city
Immediately after close Of the
matches until time of the banquet.
Several entertainment features were
presented, the following men of Com
pany c taking part in the perform
ances: Sergt. Henry Lovelace, Master
Sergt. Harry Smith. STAFF Sergt. WILL
fred E. Garlick. Stan Sergt Walter s.
Welsh and Private James r. Belt.