Evening star., 1926-10-17

individual champion of the company
and the first prize will be q gold
medal, the second prize a silver
medal and the third prize a bronze
medal All officers and men Of the
company are eligible to shoot in the
match, but men who have been men,
bers of a company team or Of the
National Guard general team are only
eligible to shoot for the first place
medal.
On the same day the Tyre match
will be fired, and gold. silver and
bronze medals awarded for first, sec
ond and third places, respectively.
i Only men who have never qualified
are eligible to shoot in this match, and
the course Of fire will be the same as
in the individual championship
match.
For the purposes Of this rifle train
| ing, the service and mounted sec
tions Of the Headquarters and Service
Company have been directed to report
| for drill at AIM, October "a. at the
armory, from whence they will be
transported to the rifle range in
trucks. Luncheon will be served at
the range. This drill, it was an
nounced, will take the place of the
scheduled drill at the armory Octo-
ber 10.
In order to train their sighting
eyes, the men are urged by Capt.
Dunn to report at the rife range each
Sunday between now and October "a
for practice.
He served until April 26, 1899, and
| August II Of the same year enlisted
as private in Company H, 33d
United States Infantry, for duty in
| the Philippines, being later promoted
| 70 n
December 81. 1900.
He subsequently came to the Dis
trict of Columbia and July II, 1918,
he enlisted as a private in Company l
| of the old I'd Infantry Of the local
Guard, being successfully promoted to
| corporal and sergeant in the same
| command, serving until June II, 1912,
when he was discharged to accept a
| promotion by commission to the grade
| Of second lieutenant. When the list
and I'd Infantry Regiments were con-
solidated and designated the Sd In
| fantry, he was commissioned in the
latter, and was in it when the organ
iZation was mustered into Federal
service for duty on the Mexican border
| In 1916. He was mustered out of the
| Federal service on March II, 1918, but
had hardly freed himself Of his uni
| form when the call back to the colors
| for World War service came, and he
was again mustered into the Federal
service April !. 1917. Subsequent to
this he served at Fort Myers Va; Char
lotte, n. c.; Camp Mills, n. Y. and
Camp Dix. He went overseas attached
to the 62d Infantry and later was
transferred to the 9th United States
Infantry, being promoted to captain
In that outfit on October 28. 1918. He
was discharged from the Federal serv.
ice October 6, 1919. While serving
as a captain in France, the postwa
District Guard was being organized
and when he returned to the States he
again became attached. to the local
outfit, entering it as captain of the
Headquarters Company Of the then
5th Infantry, and on August 8, 1920,
was transferred to command Com
pany A, 121st Engineers, and promot-
ed to major. and assigned to command
the 1st Battalion on February 5, 1924
All officers of the local Guard who
have not filed with headquarters a
report of physical examination made
since January /, 1926, have been
directed to report to a medical officer
for physical examination prior to De.
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