Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10


of the National Guard of the District
of Columbia for the season of 1927
and 1928. Under the direction of Capt
J. c. Jensen. Ordnance Department,
members of the Guard will fire on the
range at Congress Heights today, and
the % highest score men will be Sc
leCted for further try-outs from which
the team will be selected. The firing
on the range today will serve double
purpose, as men striving for the team
will fire the regular qualification
course required of all members of the
Guard. Every effort is being made
this year to increase the interest in
rifle practice, and it is the plan laid
down by Maj Gen, Stephan, COMMAND
ing the Guard, that every man in each
unit should at least qualify in the
small.arms course before the end of
the year.
BY virtue of having won the cham
pionship of the Sd Army Corps area
in the regimental gallery team cham
plonship. the team representing the
National Guard of the District has
been selected to represent this area in
the national competitions, with one
team from each Army corps area.
Teams from regular as well as the
National Guard units are entered in
these matches.
The team which won the match is
composed of the following members
of the 121st Regiment of Engineers:
Capt. Clarence s. Shields, First Lieut..
Thaddeus A. Riley, Sergt. Hugh f.
Riley, Sergt. John A. Schricker, Sergt.
Henry Espey, Sergt. Baxter Smith,
Corpl. George +. Votava and Pvt.
first -class) George B. Campbell.
In these matches, Company f., 121st
Engineers, won the company team
championship This team consisted
of all those serving on the regimental
team, with the addition of Pvt. Will
liam r. Lane.
Maj. Gen. Stephan visited the ar
mory Of the 260th Coast Artillery, at
Water and o streets southwest. last
Thursday night for the purpose of
presenting to the organization the
gunnery trophy which it won during
its annual encampment at Fort Mon
roe last Summer. He also presented
to Battery A of the same unit the
trophy for having passed the best an
nual Federal inspection made by Col.
Russell p. Reeder, U. s. A., from Fort
Monroe, Va. Both units composing
the organization passed with high
averages, but Battery B topped the
other by few points.
The relative standing of units
composing the 121st Regiment of
Engineers during the recent Federal
inspection of Capt. John A. Ballard,
u. s. Army, on duty in Philadelphia,
but who was ordered here for the
purpose, follows, together with the
general average for the inspection:
Company f, 1856; Company G..
82.17; Company ID. 80.43; Company
A. 1869; Headquarters and Service
Company, 1888; Company F.. 70, and
Company B, 1925. All the units
were given a rating of Every salts
factory" with the exception of Com
pany B, whose report bears the no
tation satisfactory"
Units of the local Guard have been
authorized by Gen. Stephan, as a
part of the plan to encourage inter-
est in rifle shooting, to conduct rifle
practice at the Congress Heights
range as armory drill. Members of
units firing on the range at any time
will be given credit for an armory
drill. Arrangements have been made
so that sleeping quarters will be
available in the barracks on the
range on Saturday nights, so that
men may go out and be on the scene
to begin firing early on Sunday
mornings.
1t was pointed out that by utiliz
ing Saturday afternoons and Sunday
periods units will be enabled to COM
plete two weeks drill on these two
days. Subsistence will be furnished
the men while on the range.
Pvt. Francis f. Cole has been or
dered transferred from Company c.,
121st Engineers, to the Headquar-
tiers and Service Company of the
same regiment.
Corpl. ROLAND r. Rushlman, Com
pany F, 121st Engineers, has been
ordered reduced to the grade of
private. In the same unit Pvts.
Thomas A. McGaff1n and Donald r.