Evening star., 1926-10-03
District National Guard

silver medals: second place. bronze
medals and cash prizes. Entrance
fee. S6 per team.
Automatic rife match, to be fired
| November 6. 3 am: open to one team
of two enlisted shooting members
/ from each company or separate de.
tachment armed with the automatic
rifle: course of fire, qualification
course, automatic rife; prizes to the
winning team a bronze trophy, to be
held in the company rooms for one
year, and silver medals entrance fee
81 per man.
Novice match, to he fired November
Z, s am; open only toA members of
the Guard who have completed their
official target practice for the year
! 1926 and have failed to qualify as
marksmen or better; course of fire,
| course ID.
Marksman's match, to be fired No
vember 7, am; open only to mem
| bers of the Guard who have COM
| pleted their official target practice
| for the year 1926 and qualified as
marksmen or better; course of fire,
! course d.
Der Z, 8 am; open to all members of
the Guard who are not tyres: course
of fire, course d.
Instructors match. to be fired No.
vember Z. 8 am; open to all mem
bers of the Guard who are ineligible
to compete in any Of the above
matches, course of fire, course d.
300-yard match, to be fired Novem-
ber Z, am; open to any member of
the Guard who has fired course D
since January ], 1926: course of fire,
five shots sitting, five shots kneeling.
with no sighting shots.
600-yard match, to be fired NoVem-
ber Z, s am: open tolany member of
the Guard who has fired course ID
since January l, 1926; course Of fire.
10 shots prone and , sighting shots.
Individual championship match. to
be fired November Z, am: open to
any member of the Guard. The ag
gregate of the indt tvidual scores made
in the novice match. marksman'S
match. experts match or instructors
match and the 800 and 600 yard
matches.
All individual matches are open to
all personnel commissioned and en-.
listed prior to the date Of the target
practice order.
Examinations. - Rifenen who are
not tyres can compete only in the ex-
pel-ts' match, 300 yard match. 600-yard
match and in the individual champion
ship match, and in the 300-yard match
and the 600-yard match are eligible
to win first place. Only distinguished
marksmen are eligible to compete for
the individual championship.
Members of the national match
team are not eligible to compete in
this match. The prizes for each in
dividual match are: First place, gold
medal; second place, silver medal:
third place. bronze medal Bars will
be presented to previous winners.
Cash prizes will be distributed on
the first drill night following the
matches, according to the following
schedule: First prize, % per cent OF
entry fees; second prize. 20 per cent
Of entry fees: third prize. 10 per cent
of entry fees; fourth prize. 10 per cent
of entry fees; fifth to tenth place, In
elusive, each 5 per cent.
1t was announced that the target
range will be open for voluntary prac-
tice with markers on duty on OCTOBER
81 and November" 3 and 4.
The first formal application from an
enlisted man OF the local Guard for
permission to take the competitive eX-
animation for the selection of a. can
didate from the militia for appoint
ment to West Point next July has
been received at brigade headquar-
ters, and it is expected that others
will follow shortly. The first was re-
ceived from Sergt. Edward d. An
drus, Company +, 121st Engineers.
He is at. present colonel commanding
tbo local brigade of high school ca
dets has been a member Of the local
Guard for several years. and during
the recent encampment at Fort Hum
phreys he was one Of two sergeants
selected to drill the new men IN tho
,ocruit co,nnany organized at the