Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
District National Guard

For the purpose of firing their an
hual rifle competition with the future
admiralS Of the Navy, a rifle team, rep
resenting the National Guard of the
District of Columbia yesterday went to
Annapolis. This is a special team, or
ganized for this purpose, and, it was
said at brigade headquarters, that the
team sent yesterday does not represent
the final makeup of the personnel: of
the team which will be sent to the
national rifle matches at Camp Perry,
Ohio. this year for the big shooting.
Almost every Sunday scores Of men
are firing on the local Guard rife
range at Camp Simms, Congress
Heights, D. C., in an effort to get an
assignment to this team. Only the
best shots will be picked for the big
team for the national matches.
The team which went to Annapolis
yesterday is made up as follows: Capt
Just C. Jensen, Ordnance Department,
team captain; Capt. Clarence S. Shields,
Company E, 12lSt Engineers; First Lieut..
Thaddeus A. Riley, Company E, 12lst
Engineers; First Lieut.. Edward A Nc
Mahon, Headquarters and Service Com
pany, T21st Engineers; Staff Sergt.
Alex j. Thrill, Ordnance Department,
State staff Sergt. william r. Lane,
Company E, 12lst Engineers; Sergt. j.
Prescott Blount, Battery A, 260th Coast
Artillery Corpl. Philip G. Geraci. Bat
terry A. 260th Coast Artillery; Corpl
Louis A. Robertson, Headquarters and
Service Company, 121st Engineers;
Corpl. Eugene Ross, Ordnance Depart
ment, State staff; Corpl. Carl Santilli,
Battery A. 260th Coast Artillery; Pvt.
FIRST clasS) Arthur A. Tomeldon, Com
pany A, 121St Engineers; Pvt. Harry B.
Parsons, Company e, 12lst Engineers;
n, FIrl, \
12lst Engineers: Pvt. Theodore L.
Herrell, Company E, 121St Engineers;
Pvt. George L. Garland, Ordnance De-
partment. State staff, and Pvt. Elmore
w. Seeds, Headquarters and Service
Company, 12lSt Engineers.
The duty performed in connection
with this assignment was without pay,
except that Government employees were
furnished with service cards in order
that they might get military leave to
participate in this event, which has
been an annual custom for many years
In the local militia.
Teams for the local Guard Jared very
well in the corps area competitions in
small caliber indoor rife matches con-
Quoted under the auspices Of the Ma
tional Rife Association, according to
figures compiled by the association and
made public at local brigade headquar-
tiers.
Company D, 121st Engineers COM
manded by Capt. Clarence S. Shields,
topped the list in the Sd Corps Area,
which comprises this city and the States
of Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania.
The total score of the team from this
command was 1906. The Headquarters
and Service Company, 121st Engineer
Regiment team, took third place, with
Of he fof0 ainf1fh
place, with a score of 1882, and Com
pany D, 121st Engineers, tenth place,
with a score of 3,149.
The highest score for the entire colln-
try was made by Company K, 38th
United States Infantry, at Fort Doug
las, Utah, with a score of 1926, so that
the local Guard high-score team in the |
Sd Corps Area was only comparatively |
few points behind this team.
These matches are fired in the indoor |
rife ranges of the respective units and |
the results reported to the headquarters |
of the National Rifle Association here.
In an effort to attract to the ranks |
of the local National Guard young men |
who are graduating this year in the Re- |
serve Oflcers' Training Corps schools |
these people telling them of the oppor |
tunitieS. The names have been fur
nished by the War Department.
Practically all of the members whose |
names have been received are medical !
students and the following letter has
been sent to them from the local
brigade headquarters:
This office has been advised by the
Militia Bureau that you will graduate |
this year as a member of the Medical
Reserve Of1cers' Training Corps and in
this connection your attention is in
vited to service in the Medical Depart |
ment attachments in the District of Co.
lumbia National Guard as a means of
securing practical military service in |
your branch.
"At the present time there are no va |
cancies in commissioned grades in the |
Medical Corps of the District of Column |
loia National Guard However, such |
occur occasionally and the |
possibility of commission in the Ma
tional Guard at that time would be |
greater if you were already member !
OF the Medical Department.
Capt. Edward c. Morse, in command |
of the medical department of the 121st |
Engineers. is at the armory, North Capt. |
toll and D streets, on Tuesday evening |
of each week. Capt. Stewart M. Gray |