Evening star., 1932-10-31
MUSHAKE WINNER
OF PISTOL MATCH
Also Leads His Company to
Victory in SmaII-Arms
Competition.

Brilliant pistol shooting by Capt,
William I. Mushake, Company B, l2lSt
Engineers, District Of Columbia Ma
tional Guard. enabled him not only to
win the individual championship match
and gold medal. bat to lead his COM
pany to victory in the pistol team
Championship event at the annual
small arms competitions held yesterday
at Camp Simms
Ninety-four militiamen and u teams
challenged Capt MuShake's 1857 per
cent average and his teams 26261 per
cent total. both of which were fired
during the first relay, but only Lieut.;
Hugh Everett jr, Headquarters and
Service Company. 12lst Engineers. who
holds the course record Of 97.67 per
cent, and an aggregation from Com
pany E, same regiment, could even get
close. Everett scored 1888 for silver
medal honors and Company E totaled
262.00 for second place.
Win Bronze Medals.
Capt. Just c. Jensen, Ordnance De-
partment. State staff as well as his
Ordnance Department team, took bronze
medals with percentages of 9433 and
25788, respectively.
The 260th Coast Artillery. anti-air-
craft. which entered four teams, found
that it was much harder TO hit s.
inch bulls-eye, IS yards away, with q
2-lnch bullet than 1t was to pick up
an enemy alrpl3ne. 10000 feet up, with
a 30-inch searchhght. Battery A topped
the Artillery and landed in seventh
place with a 225 05 tally.
Sergt James R. Mitchell. Company A.
12lst Engineers. scored 1851 per cent to
OutdiStance 63 competitors and to win
the gold medal in the novice match
An 8472 by Second Lieut.. Edward L.
Hamilton, Company B. same regiment,
was second, and an 8072 by Staff Sergt.
Howell K. Stephens. Headquarters De-
tachment. 29th Division, took the bronze
prize.
Individual Winners.
The individual medal winners in the
team match are as follows:
Company B. 12lst EngineerS-Capt.
Mushake 1857; Corp. Harold P. David
son, $780, and Pvt. Frank j. Romph,
T744; total, 262.6l.
Company E. 12lst Engineers-Staf
Sergt. Harry B. Parsons. 1888: Sergt
Baxter Smith 9217, and Sergt Henry
NJ Boudinot, 76.O; total, 1920.
Ordnance Department. State Detach-
ment-Capt. Jensen, 9433; Sergt. Theo-
dore L. Harrell. 87.78, and Pvt. George
F Kern, 1871: total. 25788.
The following teams also competed:
Company F, 12lst Engineers, 25O.5;
Company A, same regiment. 245.39;
Headquarters and Service Company,
same regiment, 5.33; Battery A, 260th
12lst Engineers, 2l617; Company D,
l2lst Engineers. 215.05; Battery c,
260th Coast Artillery. 2l46; Headquar-
ters Detachment. 260th Coast Artillery,
2o8 "a, and Battery B, 19805.
Citizen Soldiers Qualify.
All firing over the qualification course
prescribed by the War Department for
dlsmounted soldiers, the following citl-
zen-soldiers earned the right to wear
Insignia appropriate to their grade.
Pistol Experts-Capt. Mushave. 1857;
Lieut.. H Everett, jr.. 95.33; Capt. Jen-
son. 9433: Staff Sergt. H. B. Parsons,
1888; Lieut. Thaddeus A. Riley, Head
quarters, l2lst Engineers, 93l7; Lieut..
Edward A. Mcmahon. Headquarters ana
Service Co., same regiment, 92.83; Serst.
Baxter Smith, 9217; Maj. Clarence S,
Shields, 12lst Engineers, 90.61: Lieut..
Donald A. Falk, Co. F, same regiment,
9O.56; Corpl. John w. Brightenburg,
same company. 9028: Corpl. Harold P.
Davidson, S95; Corpl. Louis A. Barr,
Battery E. 26Oth Coast Artillery 08.l7;
Sergt. Theodore L. Harrell. 87.78; Capt.
Fletcher F. Bernsdorff. Quartermaster
Corps, 87.79: Sergt. James R. Mitchell
1851; Lieut. Anthony B. c. Graves
Battery A. 260th Coast Artillery, $3.50,
and Lieut. James R. Quade, Co. A, 12lst
Engineers. 1922.
Pistol Sharpshooters.-Le Edward
L. Hamilton, 84.72; First Sergt. Charles
II. Beahm. Battery c, Coast Artillery,
1888; Sergt Robert Mooney, Headquar-
ters Detachment, same regiment. 81 F.;
Lieut.. William r. Lane, Co. E. 12lst
Engineers, 81 80; Staff Sergt. Howell K.
Stephens, 80.72; Lieut.. Franklin r
Brickles. Co. C, 12lst Engineers, 80.66;
Corpl Thomas G. Oyster, Co. E, same
regiment. 8061; Sergt Raymond L,
TAYLOR. Co. D. 1911; Corpl. Leo c.
Streitberger. Co. E. 1872, and Pvt. Carl
H. Pohlig. same company, 1857.
Pistol Marksmen.
Pistol Marksmen.-Pvt Frank j.
Romph. 7744, Sergt. Henry NJ. Bou-
dinot. 76O: Pvt. George K. Kern, 1913;
Lieut.. Luther B Hall Company c, 12lSt
Engineers. 1873; Sergt. Caesar Car
bello, Headquarters and Service Com
pany. same regiment, 7494; Pvt. Milton
j. Kurland, Company E, who Won the
gold medal in the markSmar'S rifle
match last Sunday, 74.61; Sergt. Wal
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