Evening star., 1928-10-14

Members of the National Guard OF
the District of Columbia will be given
an opportunity to show their skill at
rife and pistol firing, beginning Satur-
day at O'Clock, when the annual rifle
competitions will begin on the range at
Camp Simms, Congress Heights, D. C.
All of the officers who have been de-
tailed to assist in carrying out the
matches have been instructed to report
at the arnory Tuesday night to Capt.
j. c. Jensen, Ordnance Department. in
charge of the matches, for instructions
as to how they are to be carried out.
The following details have been or
dered: Capt. j. G. Jensen, executive
officer; Capt Clarence S. Shields, chief
range officer; Capt. F. F. Bernsdorf,
mess officer, and First Lieut.. T. A. Riley,
statistical officer.
Range officers for October 20: Capts.
w. I. Mushake and H. T. Walker; First
Lieuts. w. A. Knight, j. r. Quade, G..
F. Harbin, j. E. Temple, E. A. Mcmahon
and j. D. Powers, Second Lieuts. j. l..
Atkins, j. G. May and w. T. Roy.
Range officers for october 81: Capts.
w F. JorgenSen, S. r. Turner, j. D..
Eggleston. L. M Gosorn, G. E. Smithson,
G. w. Johns, c. Burlingame, w. S..
Welsh. r. T. DAILY and G. L. Evans,
First L<s. L. E. Morris, Hugh Everett,
jr.. Ind L. S. Mann. Second Lieuts. L..
S. Jones, r. P. Mulligan, H. G. Espey,
r. M. King, P. c. COMA and w. F.
Bulls.
Range officers for october %: Capts.
w. 1. Mushade and H T. Walker; First
Lieuts. w. A. Knight, j. r. Quade, G..
r. Harbin, j. E. Temple and j. D.
Powers, Second Lieuts. l.. S. Jones. ].
M votava, j. L. Atkins, j. G. May and
W. T. Roy.
The first match will be the company
team championship, open to one team
Of six shooting members and one team
captain from each company, battery or
separate detachment Of the Guard. Fifty
per cent of the shooting members OF
each team shall be enlisted personnel
which has never fired on any team rep
resenting the National Guard or any
part of the Guard in any rife competi-
ton and who have never participated
ii the national rife matches.
The course of fire will be Course d,
With slow fire in addition shots, Sit
ting, at 300 yards; 5 shots, kneeling,
same distance, and 10 shots, prone at
600 yards, with no sighting shots.
The prize will be a bronze trophy to
be held in the company rooms and gold
medals to the team members; second
place, silver medals to team members,
and third place. bronze medals.
The next event will be the automatic
rife match, which will be open to one
team of two enlisted shooting members
from each company or separate detach-
ment armed with the automatic rife.
The course of fire will be the auto
matte rifle qualification course The
prizes will be bronze trophy, to be
held in the company room for one year,
and silver medals to each member - Sec
Orld place, bronze medals.
The Sunday matches will begin with
the novice matches, open only to those
who have completed their official target
practice for the year 1928 and have
failed to qualify as marksmen or better.
1t viii be followed by the marksmans S
match. which will be open to those who
have completed their official target
practice for the year 1928 and qualified
IS marksmen or better. Then the ex-
pert rif1eman's match, open to those
who are not tyros; the class A instruc-
tors match, open to enlisted personnel
who are ineligible to compete in any of
the above and who have never qualified
as n1arksmen or better, and the class B
instructors match, open to enlisted
personnel who are ineligible to compete
i'll any Of the above matches who have
qualified as marksmen or better at any
time.
Course D will be fired in all of these
competitions.
The matches November 20 will be:
The 3o0-yard match, open to those who
have fired course D since January
last, the course of firing consisting OF
five shots sitting and five shots kneel-
ing with no sighting shots; 600-yarC
match, open to those who have fired
course D since January l last, the
course of fire consisting of only 10 shots
prone, with two sighting shots.
The important match of this day will
be the individual championship match
which will be open to any member OF
the Guard. The aggregate of the indi-
vidual scores made in the novice, marks
mans, expert rifieman's and instruc-
tors matches and the 800 and 600-yard
matches to count.
The winner will be designated "the
champion rifle shot of the District OF
Columbia National Guard"
The prizes will be: For each individ-
ual match-First place, gold medal;
second place, silver medal, and third
place, bronze medal. Bars will be pre-
sented to previous winners.
The distinguished marksman's match
will be open to any member of the
Guard. the course of fire being 2(
shots at 200 yards, slow fire, standing
and 20 shots, 900 yards, slow fire, prone
with no sighting shots.
Rif1emen who are not tyros can only
compete in the expert rifleman, 800
yard, 600-yard and the individual
championship match. In the 300 anc
600-yard matches those who are not
tyros are eligible for first place only
Distinguished narksmen or those eli
gible to be so designated are eligible Il
compete for the individual champion.
ship and distinguished marksrnan'
match only.
1t was explained tyro is a riflemar
who has never been a shooting member
or an alternate on any national match
rifle team. The rife team which com
peted in the matches at Seagirt, N. J.
this year, is considered national riff
team for the purposes, and all per
sonnel which has accompanied a riff
team to the national matches arr
considered as shooting members o.
alternates.
The Regular Army rifle will be used
land it is prohibited that rifle may b.
Iilsed by more than one man. The en-
ltries will close at pm. Thursday, ex
Ieept that the executive od1cer % RlyeI