Evening star., 1932-08-13
DISTRICT GUARDS
PRAISED AT CAMP
Col. Fred r. Brown, Corps
Chief, Impressed by e.
ficiency.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO Inc star.
CAMP RITCHIE, CASCADE, MD,
August 13.-Col. Fred r. Brown, officer
in charge of Militia Bureau affairs at
3rd Corps Area headquarters. Baltimore,
yesterday inspected the training activi-
ties and camp facilities of the 121st
Engineers, District of Columbia Ma
tional Guard, and was lavish in his
praise of the citizen soldiers. He in
formed Col. John w. Oehmann. camp
commander, and Lieut.. Col. Julian S.
Oiiff, executive officer, that he had
never inspected an organization dis
playing such splendid discipline and
such willingness to work. He was
particularly pleased with the cleanliness
of the camp and the almost complete
absence of flies in the mess halls.
Praises Marksmanship.
Pvt. John W. Brightenburg, Company
F, who happened to be firing the auto
matte rifle for qualification when Col.
Brown visited the firing line, caused the
latter to exclaim, after witnessing 25
bull's-eyes IL fours and 4 threes, sig
nailed from the pits, Il have never seen
such accuracy; every shot hit the
target
Corp Brightenburg had 10 seconds in
which to fire the 40 shots.
The following small-arms qualifica-
tions were announced by Maj. Clarence
S. Shields, who served as chief range
pistol expert: Sergt. Bolivar B. Bulla.
Company F, 81 per cent; officer for
yesterdays firing, pistol expert, Sergt.
Bolivar B. Bulla, Company F. 81 per
cent; pistol sharpshooter, Second Cook
Alex D. GoodkowitZ, Company E, "a
per cent; pistol marksman, Sergt. Alva
II. Strawmyer, Company F, 70; Bugler
Rocco Fioramonti. Company d, 6S;
First Sergt. Malcolm r. Kenner, Com
pany F, 81; Sergt. Taylor A. Marsh,
Company D, 655; First Sergt William
II. Mattoori. Company D. 81; Sergt.
Adam G. Mouton. Company F. SO, and
First Lieut.. Lincoln S. Jones' Company
D, 602.
Lead Rifle Shooting.
Rifle sharpshooter, Pvt. John D.
Battle. jr., Company Z, 219, and Capt.
Samuel r. Turner, Company d, ala.
Rife rnarksri1en, Pvts. Samuel H. Shea,
1e6; Robert G. Lamasure, 1877; Paul
Joray. 1876; Richard w. Oyster, 191,
and Eugene Petrenko, 190 all of Com
pany e: Pvts. Leonard Smith, 1876, and
Ulysses S. Martin. 100. both Of Com
pany c. and Pvt. Charles G. Geduldig,
Company D, 1872.
Automatic rifle sharpshooter, Sec
ord Lieut. John T. O'Neil. Company d,
4oi. Automatic rife marksnen, Corpl.
Brightenburg, 3e8. and Pvt. First
Glass; Charles A. Bird, Company
d. 345.
The efieient conduct Of landscape
target musketry firing by Capt. Samuel
r. Turner, Company D, and First Lieut..
James r. Quade, Company A, brought
forth praise from Capt. Hermann II.
Myers, United States Infantry, one OF
the Regular Army officers assigned to
INSPECT and instruct the local engineers.
The inspectors stated that he had never
known even National Guard infantry
troops to make such an excellent layout
Of q 1,000-inch range and to hit desig-
mated landscape objects with such
Capt. william r. Jorgensen, Com
pany G, also was complimented on the
machine gun pit, the trench mortar en-
placement, and the barbed wire en-
tangiemer1ts, which his men constructed
in the course Of their instruction in
field fortiflcatipns.
Score Most Hits.
In O skirmish run competition con-
Quoted by Capt Walter Knight, Com.
pany Z, Pvt. Daniel I. Stover scored
the most hits during the advancing fire
at, the silhouette targets, with Pvts. j..
D. Battle. .Fjr.. Francis S. Key and Rich
ard W. Oyster close behind. In the
squad competition, Corpl. Louis c. Bru-
baker nosed ont Corpl. Milton Kurland
by single point.
For the fifth consecutive day, Com
pany A won the company area SANTA
ton flag and established regimental
record, First Sergt. Thomas A. McGaffin
being commended by Lieut.. Col. Oliff,
executive officer. Company E, with
Mess Sergt. Eugene r. Wemple and
Second Cook Alex D. Goodkowitz in
charge Of the mess hall, scored 100 per
cent in kitchen efficiency to tie and
share the flag with Mess Sergt. Andy
D. Flores, Company D.