Evening star., 1926-09-20
GUARD RIFLE TEAM
/. GETS HONOR MARK
High Scores at Camp Meade
Win Place as Army's Lead
ing Marksmen.

The District of Columbia National
Guard rife team won first and sec
ond place in the Sd Corps Area team
match, held yesterday at Camp Meade.
Maryland, and thus established them
selves as the Armv'S leading marks
men in this section OF the country.
The first and second Guard teams,
With scores of LIS and .10l out OF a
liossible 1.20n, respectively. were
closely followed BY the Tank Corps,
which took third with a score Of l,097.
Fourth honors went TO the Maryland
National Guard team, which scored
1887.
The match consisted of 10 record
shots standing and 10 shots rapid
fire, sitting from standing, at the 700
yard range: 10 record shots prone at
800 yards and sighting and 10 record
shots prone al coo yards. Thus with
a total of 40 record shots it would be
possible for each team member to
score 200 points.
Army Captain Makes 1874 Points.
Capt Severn < MacIaughlin,
Tank Corps. United States Army. who
made a total OF 1914 points. WAS high
individual. His perfect standing score
of 10 bulls eyes was the outstanding
individual feature OF the match. 1t
was singular treat to Tho other rife
men, many Of whom viii never wit
ness another score like it. @ergt.
Joseph a. Crockett. Battery A, 260th
Coast Artillery. was second hiG1 gun
with score Of lse.
The members and the individual
scores of the two District teams were
as fohoWS:
Team Capt. JHst {. Jcnson, G'lard
ordinance Department. lS7; SerGt.
Walter r.. Stokes. Medical Detach-
ment, 121st Engineers. lS7; Corpl.
George l.. Notova, Company f. 121st
Engineers. 1877; Lieut.. Thaddeus A.
Riley. Co. +. 1877; Sergt. Hugh +.
Riley, Co. +. 1855. and Capt. Clarence
S. Shields. Co. r. lS2.
Second team-Sergt. Joseph w.
Crockett. Battery \. 260th Coast Artil-
lery. 100; Technical Sergt. Frank 3.
Kaye, Headquarters and Service Com
pany. team captain, 187: Lieut.. Ed
ward A. McMahon. Company a. l21st
Engineers. 1856; Technical Sergt. Whit
ing y. Lightfoot, Quartermaster Corps,
1S1; Staff Sergt Alex Thill, Ord
ance Department. 179: Corpl. James
NJ. Barry, Company L. 12Ist EnGi-
neers, 118.
NIilitiamen Show Best Teamwork.
In wining first place the militiamen
displayed the best teamwork that has
ever been seen in this section. At no
range did more than > points separate
high and low man. A review Of the
scores shows that the four high guns
on the first team made the same score
of 187, while hte low man, with 1S2,
was only ) points behind. The Tank
Corps team. even though four out of
six of it's members have fired on the
national infantry team and are dis
tinguished rifemen, did not have a
chance to win in the face of such
deadly consistency.
In the individual matches the local
Guardsmen also brought honor to their
organization. Lieut.. T.. \. Mcmahon,
Company A. 12lst Engineers. out
rlassed the cream Of the pistol shoot
ers and won the Sd Corp Area
individual pistol championship. max
ing an average percentage of 800.
Capt &. $. Shields. Company +. 12lst
Engineers, took third place with a
percentage Of 93.5. Col. Oliver S.
Eskridge. Tank Corps, United States
Army, who was executive officer OF
the competition. awarded a medal and
cash prizes to each man.
Excel i'm Individual Match.
Second. third. and sixth places in
the Sd Corps Area individual rifle
championship match were brought
home by Lieut. r A. Riley. Company
+, 121st Engineers: COrpl. G. h. Nota-
va, Company l.. and Sergt. ii. r.:
Riley, Company +, respectively. All
of these men received cash prizes
while the first two were awarded
bronze medals in addition. First
honors went to Lieut.. Davis. l2th
Infantry. United States Army, station
cd at Fort Holahird Md. The course
of fire was the same as for the team
match, but men who have been rec0g-
nized by the War Department as dis
tinguished rifemen We're not eligible
to compete in this match.
In the afternoon the markSmcn
participated in the Chemical Warfare
Service Match. which consisted Of 10
record shots standing and 10 record
shots rapid fire, at the 200-yard range,
all firers being required 10 wear
gas mask. Due to the grOtesQue ap-
pearance presented by a soldier wear
ing a gas mask. spectators nave
changed the name OF this match to
the "ComicaI' Warfare Match.
Most "Adaptable" Man.
Capt. Just &. Jenson. Guard. Ord
nance Department. proved himself the
most adaptable man on the team when
he took third place in this match with
n score of 90 out Of a possible 100.
Private William II. Lane, Company r.,
1olSt Engineers. newcomer on the
team, took sixth place and & cash
priZe, with a score Of 81. Since his
46 out of a possible 50 il the stand
ing position is the highest score he
has ever made. he il strongly tempted
10 wear the gas mask In all future
matches.
The morale of the team has been
greatly strengthened by the enlist
ment of Walter r. Stokes in the medi-
cal detachment of the District of Co
lInhia Militia He IS recognized the
world over as one of the best riaemen
of the present time Twice he has won
The world free rifle championship and
twice he has been runner-up. With two
cold medals to his credit in national
Individual championship matches OF
past wears, he has no superior with
the service rife. At the present time
he is attending the Medical School OF
George Washington University and
coaching the varsity mems and wom-
ems rifle teams.
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