Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-23
SHOOTING EXPERTS
LEAVE FOR PERRY
Civilian and Military Teams
Will Engage in Ma
tionaI Matches.

Ride-shooting experts, both civilian
and military, viii leave Washington this
afternoon for Camp Perry, Ohio, where
they will participate in the annual
matches conducted under the auspices
of the National Rifle Association. Two
teams will be sent from this city, one
representing the National Guard of the
District of Columbia and the other a
civilian team, the members Of which
were selected as result Of competitions
held on the rifle range Of the militia
D. C.
When the civilians completed their
firing on the local range Maj. Gen.
Anton Stephan, commanding the local
militia, certified the names Of the sue
cessful men to the District Commits
sioners, but the latter requested that
the Guard official make the appoint
ments on ther behalf. The civilian
team therefore was appointed this year
by the general, and the members will be
reimbursed at Camp Perry for the ex-
from the Ohio range. It was said at
the brigade headquarters that some OF
the members of the civilian team were
appointed to I'LL vacancies when those
selected as result of the competitions
found it impractical, from personal rea-
sons, to go.
Certified Names Delayed.
In certifying the names to the Com
missioners, Gen. Stephan explained to
them that the delay was caused be-
from the members as to whether they
could go. The members Of the civilian
william Cook, team captain, 17Is
Eighteenth street; Arthur Campbell
1922 Thirty-fourth street; Thomas
Cook, 1903 Massachusetts, avenue;
Stanley w. Dinwiddie, 2li6 o street;
Henry G. Espey, 81 Adams street; VIII
liam Green, 1107 Eleventh street; Her.
bert Theodore Harris, 1922 I street;
Robert Hartshorn, 903 Webster street;
Charles A. Iovirlo, 1928 Eighteenth
street: John McNabb, team coach, 203I
F street; Arthur N. Thomas, TIT Massa-
chusetts avenue northeast; Paul H
West, 1719 Eighteenth street and Alfred
Yeomans, 1924 Nineteenth street.
The team to represent the Nationa
Guard of the District of Columbia
headed by Capt just c. Jensen, Ord.
nance Department State Detachment
who was In charge of the training or
the local range, will leave here this
afternoon on special car attached tc
the regular Chicago train. They are
scheduled to arrive at Camp Perry to.
morrow and win begin practice shoot
ing on Monday, preparatory to entering
the matches. The team Is under orders
to return here on September is.
Militia Team Personnel.
The militia team, in addition to Cant
Jensen. Is as follows First Lieut.
Thaddeus A. Riley, Company e, 12Isi
Engineers, team coach; First Lieut.
Hugh Everett, jr., 121st Engineers
range officer, and the following team
members: Capt. Clarence S. Shields
commanding Company E. 12lst Engi-
neers First Lieut.. Walter r. Stokes
Medical Department Detachment, l2lst
Engineers; Second Lieut.. william r.
Lane, Company e, 121st Engineers:
Master Sergt. Donald A. Falk, Head
quarters Detachment, 29th Division:
First Sergt. william D. Putnam, Com
pany E, 121st Engineers; Staff Sergt.
Alex J. Thnl. Ordnance Department:
Sergt. Louis A. Robertson, Headquar-
tiers and Service Company, 12lst Engi-
neers; Sergt. Franklin r. Brickles,
Company A, 121st Engineers: Sergt.
Harry B. Parons, Company e. 12lst
ordnance department: Sergt. Henry M
Boudinot, Company E, 121st Engineers,
and Corpl. Philip g. Geraci, ordnance
department.
Capt. Jensen has been authorized BY
brigade headquarters to enter members
Of the team In matches. the entrance
fees to be paid from District of CO.
lumbia funds, and he is also author
ICED to purchase special ammunition
for use in the matches and in practice.