Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

The indoor firing score Of Company
e, 121st Engineers, has been certnieo 70
the War Department for consideration
with the scores of militia units through
out the country for participation In the
Chief of Militia Bureaus Indoor Rif1e
Team Match. The certincation was
made. by Capt. j. G. Jensen, who was
designated to conduct the matches
here, and who personally witnessed the
inter-company competitions ana the
final match. The records. together
with the targets, were sent TO the war
Department.
The e Company team, in the
final firing, made a score OF 5,o24:
The members and their individual
scores, follow: Capt. G. 5. Snieids'
368; second Lieut.. william Lane, BAT;
STAFF Sergt. Baxter Smith, 363; Sergt.
Harry Parsons. $3.50; Sergt. Edward
Andrus, 1885, Pvt, first class, Milton
Kurland. 34S: Pvt. Henry Boudinot, 355;
pvt. oscar Siegel, 1862; Pvt. Arthur
Tomeldon, 357; Pvt. Julian Brylawski,
322.
companies of the engineer regiment
participated, 1T was explained, as TINS
is the only unit now in the District of
Columbia National Guard which Is
armed with rifles. The winning COM
pany in the preliminaries, of course,
became the representative for the en-
tire guard, but the officials required this
company to fire another score for GER
tiflcation to the bureau and this was
lower than it made during the fring
of the preliminarieS. At that time T.
scores of the other units participating
were Company B, 1856; Company A,
2, 460; Company F, 1850.
The local team, by finishing first, Will
be awarded the title, Chief OF the
Militia Bureaus Indoor Rife Team Tor
1881" and will be given bronze medals.
The team making the highest score IN
the country will be awarded the title,
champion National Guard Indoor
Rifle Team for 1881" a trophy TO re-
main in the custody of the winning
organization for one year. and silver
medals for each team member.
It was announced by brigade head
quarters that it is anticipated tnat
service medals will be presented at neId
training encampments during the COM
ing Summer. These will be limited 70
medals for 10, Is and rs years. Organ
izatlon commanders have been directed
to submit to headquarters a list OF the
names of men and duration OF service
of personnel entitled to medals during
the camp period. These reports must
reach headquarters prior to April /.
The attention of all commanding OH
GERS has been called to the provisions OF
general orders regarding the wearing
of the new roll-collar uniform only on
Especial occasions such as parades, cere-
monies and social occa%sSSS CT milf
tary character" It II apparent.
memorandum to the Guard says, that
this order is not being strictly complied
with in view of the number o. enlisted
men attending drill in the new roll
collar uniform, The information Is
further conveyed that the order must
be strictly complied with.
1t seems, the memorandum further
states, that the provisions Of the order
regarding the issue of shoes to enlisted
personnel is not fully understood by all
organiZational commanders because OF
the large number of shoes which are
now being turned in on account OF
having been used during one or two
field training periods. The order re-
ferred 10 requires that each enlisted
man on enlistment be furnished with
one pair of new shoes and that the
second pair of new shoes be issued to
the enlisted man concerned Immediately
prior to the frst training camp which
he is to attend Both pairs OF shoes
should be continued in service Tor the
enlisted man concerned during their
entire period of serviceability and 30
long as the man continues in service,
the shoes which we're originally issued
should be repaired instead Of replaced.
Unit commanders are directed TO pay
particular attention to this problem as
funds for replacement of uniforms are
said to be limited and during the cur