Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
District National Guard

The police pistol team Of the seventh
precinct has accepted the challenge Of
the National Guard of the District or
Columbia to q pistol match, and the
two teams met yesterday afternoon In
the indoor range of the Georgetown
charge OF Lieut.. L. E. Kelley, while the
Guard team was directed by Capt. J. @.
Jensen, in charge Of the ordnance de-
partment Of the local Guard and direc-
tor Of rife practice.
Two organizations of the local Guard
mustered enough of their members for
drill last week to reach the claSsifica-
ton of superior in attendance. They
were. with their percentages, as follows:
State Detachment, 93.33; goth Division
Military Police Company, 9l.07.
The other units, in their respective
classifications, with percentages. follow:
| Excellent: Headquarters Detachment
and Combat Train, 260th Coast Artil-
| lery, $3.50; Band, 121st Engineers, go
Very satisfactory: Battery I, 26Otn
ment Detachment, 260th Coast Artillery,
TIT; Company A, 372d Infantry, TIA;
Headquarters and Service Company,
12lst Engineers, 1855: Headquarters
Detachment, goth Division, 1891; Com
pany F, 12lst Engineers, 7049; Com
pany G, 12lst Engineers. 10.
Satisfactory: Battery A, 260th Coast
Artillery, 1864; Battery B, 260th Coast
Artillery, 69.35; Company A, l2lst En-
] gineers, 625O.
Unsatisfactory: Battery C, 26oth
Coast Artillery. $3.50; Headquarters De-
tachment, 29th Division Special Troops,
STA; Medical Department Detachment,
| 121st Engineers, 5652; Company Z. 121st
Engineers, 1898; Company d, l2lst En-
i gineers, 52.23.
Very unsatisfactory: Company b.
12lst Engineers, 47.54.
Enlisted men attached to the Ord
nance Department were high In the
scores In the rife competitions held on
the rifle range of the Guard at Camp
Sinlms, Congress Heights, d. c., last
| Sunday.
The 3Oo-yard match was captured by
Sergt Theodore L. Harrell of the Ord
nance Department, State STAFF, with a
score Of 48. He was awarded gold
medal. Second place and q silver medal
went to Second Lieut.. william r. Lane,
Company E, 12lst Engineers. with q
score of 46, and third place, with bronze
medal, went to Sergt. Harry B. Parsons.
Company E, 121st Engineers, with q
score of As. The other participants and
their scores follow:
First Lieut.. Walter r. Stokes, Medical
| Department Detachment, 12lst Engi-
neers score 46; Sergt. Franklin r.
Brickles, Company A, 121st Engineers,
As: Corpl Philip @. Geraci, Ordnance
Department, State staff, AS; STAFF Sergt.
Alex j. Thill, Ordnance Department,
| State Staff, As: First Lieut.. James r.
| Quade, Company A, 121st Engineers, a;
Capt. Just G.. Jensen, Ordnance Depart
ment, State Staff, A; Staff Sergt. Bax-
ter Smith, Company E, l21st Engi-
neers, A.
sergt. Harry B. Parsons, Company E,
121st Engineers, won first place and q
gold medal in the 600-yard match with
score Of 40. Staff Sergt. Alex j. Thill,
Ordnance Department, State STAR, with
a score Of 40, took second and the silver
medal, while third place and the bronze
medal went to Sergt. Theodore L. Har-
rel, Ordnance Department, State STAFF.
The other participants in this match
and their scores were: First Lieut..
James r. Quade, Company A, l21st En-
gineers, 40: First Lieut.. Walter r.
Stokes, Medical Department Detach-
ment, 121st Engineers, 40; Second Lieut.
William r. Lane, Company e, 121st En-
gineers, al; First Lieut.. Thaddeus A.
Riley, Company E, l21st Engineers, 46;
Corpl. Philip G. Geraci, Ordnance De-
partment, State STAFF, As; Sefgt Frank
| lin r. Briclzles, Company A, 12Ist Engi-
neers, As; Pvt. (First Class Milton
Kurland, Company E, 121st Engi-
neers, IS.
As result Of his winning the indi-
v'dual championship match, Sergt. The
/ odore L. Harrell, Ordnance Department,
4 haG Ar trr5,a ee.I ~
champion rifle shot in the District Of
Columbia, and was awarded the Sena-
tors Cup and gold medal. His score
was 341.
Staff Sergt. Alex j. Thill, Ordnance
Department, s sate Staff, with score of
332, captured second place and the
silver medal, while third place and the
bronze medal went to Second Lieut..
William r. Lane, Company e, 121st
Engineers, with score Of $50.
The other participants in this match
and their scores were: Sergt Harry B.
Parsons, Company E, 12lst Engineers,
S29; First Lieut.. Walter r. Stokes. Med
ical Department Detachment, 121st
Engineers, 329; First Lieut.. Thaddeus A.
Riley, Company E, 121st Engineers, 328;
Sergt. Franklin r. Brickles Company
! A, l21st Engineers, 327; Capt. Just c..
Jensen, Ordnance Department, State
STAFF, 325; First Lieut. Edward A. Me-
Nahon, Headquarters and Service Com
pany, 121st Engineers, 324: Corpl.
Philip c. Geraci, Ordnance Department,
State Staff, 324.
Demand has been made on local mi
litia officers for q more prompt report
| Of their attendance at the regular drills.
The demand came from the Militia
Bureau of the War Department, and
was promptly sent to all unit comman-
ders.
The prompt and early receipt In the
bureau of the drill attendance report
the company commanders have been
informed, has become an absolute neces-
sity due to the increasing calls for more