Evening star., 1926-04-25
District National Guard

57.5S; Company c, 121st Engineers,
57.15, and Company A, 12lst Engi-
neers, 1919.
The 121st Engineers have won the
championship in gallery regimental
rife shooting for the season 1885,
against Regular and National Guard
units all over the country. Capt. Just
| &. Jensen, Ordnance Department, Ma
, tional Guard, has just been appraised
| by the National Rifle Association Of
the result of the computations. These
competitions are fired in the indoor
galleries throughout the country
under official scorers, and the results
forwarded to the National Rife Associ-
alton. Much of the credit for the
result is being given to Capt. Jensen,
who at the time was a line officer
in the 121st Engineers, but on account
of his expert knowledge of rifle shoot
ing Las been assigned the duty Of
training the entire Guard in rifle
practice.
The local Guard, with a total score
of 1891. finished but 10 points ahead of
| its nearest competitor, the 160th In
fantry, California National Guard,
which had a score of 1851. Other
high-score organizations in the coun-
try.wide matches We're: 7th U. S. In
fantry, Vancouver Barracks, Wash,
3,649; 18th u. S. Infantry, Fort Crook,
Nebraska, $3.50; 11th U. S. Infantry,
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind, 1850;
18th U. S. Engineers, Team No. /,
Fort Humphreys, Va, 3.54S, and goth
U. S. Engineers, Fort Humphreys
Va, 3,478.
The following enlisted in the Guard
during the week: Gerald Weinberg.
1923 Eighth street, Battery A, 260th
Coast Artillery: Howard A. Peterson,
| 406 NJ street, Battery A, 260th Coast
| Artillery; James Martin Lynch, 1923
East Capitol street, Headquarters and
Service Company, 121st Engineers;
Saul G. Lichtenberg, 936 Shepherd
street, Company c, 121st Engineers,
and Arthur c. Fisher. 1901 c street
northeast, Headquarters and Service
Company, 121st Engineers.
When the rife team of the local
Guard goes against the team repre-
senting the midshipmen of the United
States Naval Academy at Annapolis,
Md, May 8, for their annual compe-
tition on the Annapolis range 1t will
be better trained in firing than at any
| time in it's history. 1t was said at
Guard headquarters. The Naval
| Academy team has never been de-
feated by the local Guard team In any
of these matches, which have covered
a period Of many years, but 1t was
said that they will find a strong con-
| tingent this year and close score is
promised Capt. Just c. Jensen, Ord
nance officer, is coaching the team
on the local range at Congress Heights.
Company f, 121St Engineers, was
authorized to have split drill" A
part of the company drilled at the
armory Tuesday. while the other part
will report at the Congress Heights
rifle range today, where the members
will fire their service scores.
Pvt. J. J. Mcdonald, band, 12lst
Engineers, has been promoted to ser
geant by Capt. Charles Z. Smithson,
| adjutant. Pvt. first class Bernard
c. Christianson has been promoted to
corporal in Company d, 121st Engi-
neers. and the following corporals of
the same command have been ordered
denoted to privates:. Corpl. James Q.
Afford and .Corpl. jeremiah E. Rison.
All of these changes were made on
recommendations of the respective
unit commanders.
Announcement of prizes and the
schedule of games for the third and
final series of the season has been
made by the National Guard Bowling
League. The prizes follow: Team
finishing first, $50; second, $50; third
$40; fourth, $40; fifth, $3.50, and sixth
$5; high team game, S.; high team