Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-14
District National Guard

/ Amateur Athletic Union, at Q meeting
| to be announced later, it was announced
at brigade headquarters.
invitations have been sent out by
Mai. Gen. Anton Stephan. commanding
| the 2sth National Guard Division, to
| the members of his staff attached to
| the National Guard of Maryland and
Virginia to attend an assembly Of the
! division staff at the armory here, at
o'clock. on the morning of April ~, for
| the purpose of working out war game.
| This is one Of the periodical divisional
assemblies for training purposes. they
being held there, In Richmond ana IN
] Baltimore, in rotation.
n was said at the division headQuar-
ters here that plans have not been COM
pleted for the meeting, but that IN ad-
dition to the war game there Will be
Entertainment provided for the otncerS
who attend, probably ending in dance
at night.
Plans are being formulated by Capt.
J. C. Jensen. ordance department., IN
charge of rifle shooting training in the
local Guard, for the formation OF tne
rife team to represent the Guard In
various competitions during the coming
Summer. It was announced at the
brigade headquarters that he has called
| a meeting of all members Of last years
team and aspirants for this years team
at the rifle range at Camp Slmms,
Congress Heights, D. c., Sunday.
! The work Of training will begin i'm
mediately. for the Guard will have Its
annual contest at Annapolis with the
| midshipmen's team from the Naval
Academy, which will be held early in
May. The local experts hope to repeat
their defeat of the midshipmen again
this year. Last year was the first time
in many years that they were able to
overcome the crack shots Of the Acad-
envy, it was said at the headquarters OF
the local militia.
It was announced that the star
gagged rifles which will be used by the
team in practice for defending the
Hilton Cup, which it captured at the
national matches at Camp Perry, Ohio,
last year, probably will be received at
the range this week and will be i'm
mediately put in service These rifles
are only issued By the War Depart
ment on certain occasions.
However, Capt Jensen has recon-
mended to the headquarters that efforts
be made to have the War Department
allow the teams to keep the star-gauged
rifles which are issued to them each
year at the national matches until the
years matches. when they can be
turned in for new ones. 1t was pointed
out that under the present system the
team members have to turn in the rifles
they use at the national matches upon
their completion. The present system,
1t was said. prevents the team from
getting much valuable practice during
the early Spring, while waiting for the
special rifles to arrive from the War
Department.
Only one organization in the local
Guard succeeded in reaching 100 per
cent in attendance last week, and this
is one of the consistent organizations
which is usually found in the top
classification of superior. 1t is the
Medical Department Detachment Of the
26oth Coast Artillery, a unit so small
in personal numbers that If one man
stays away it knocks off about IL
per cent. The only other unit in the
Superior classification also is Coast
Artillery outfit, the Headquarters De-