Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-27

Congratulations on the achievement.
of the rife team which represented the
national Guard of the District of Co
luu,bia at the recent matches Of the
National Rife Association at Camr
Perry. Ohio, have been received from .
number Of sources by Maj. Gen. Anton
stephan, commanding the local militia
and the 29th National Guard Division
Comprising the citizen troops of thi,
Brig. Gen. Milton A. Reckord. COM
manding the Maryland National Guard
and executive vice president of the Ma
tional Rife Association, in q letter tc
the general, said:
Permit me to extend by congratula-
tions to the District Of Columbia Ma
tional Guard for the wonderful showing
made by their team In the national team
match at Camp Perry. 1t is gratifying
to me to see representative of the
National Guard well UP among the
leaders and feel you are to be compli-
mented upon the result"
MY sincere congratulations to the
rife team, to the 12lst Engineers who
furnished the bulk Of the team, to the
whole guard and to you upon the splen-
did work done at Perry" wrote Lieut.
Col. Frederick H. Smith, u. s. Army
former adJutant general Of the local
militia, and now detailed at Fort Nc
Clellan, Ala. That trophy can be hung
somewhere now and not stored as we
had 1t most Of the time before"
Edgar u. Shaw, secretary Of the local
Merchants d Manufacturers Associa-
ton, W. tie as follows:
"On behalf Of the Merchants b Man.
ufacturers' Association, wish to extend
to you, and through you, to the rife
team OF the District Of Columbia Ma
tional Guard, our hearty congratulations
for its remarkable achievement In
winning, for the second time, the coveted
Hilton Trophy at the recent National
Rifle Matches at Camp Perry, Ohio.
To have won this honor twice in
competition with over 100 teams from
various parts Of the country is indeed a
great achievement and indicates fine
training and most able leadership.
THE members Of the Merchants q
Manufacturers Association are proud of
the enviable record Of our local National
Guard and extend to you our sincere
congratulations"
The team was headed by Capt. Just
G. Jensen, Ordnance Department, in
charge Of rife training In the local
Guard.
The scope Of the examinations which
must 70 b8kcu W OulA8bSQ men Oh bI1S
National Guard who are seeking APP
pointment to the United States Military
Academy ct West Point through that
branch of the service has been made
public by the local Guard. The exami-
nation for the local citizen soldiers will
be conducted by the United States Civil
Service Commission at Tempo Building
No. /, Eighteenth and D streets, begin
ming ct o'clock on the morning OF
October 81.
Members of the National Guard de-
string to take the examination must
make formal application to the COM
manding general Of the local Guard
through their unit commanders. Ap-
pointments are restricted to the enlisted
personnel These examinations are only
for the purpose Of selecting candidates.
Successful enlisted men, In these ex-
aminations, must take the regular en-
trance examination later.
The subjects required are algebra,
plane geometry, English composition
and literature. The time for this part
of the examination will be limited to
three and one-half hours. Following It
there will be a half hour intermission,
after which there viii be q two-hour