Evening star., 1935-10-13
Names of Guard Pistol
Marksmen Are Announced
Indoor Musketry Competition for Militia
Planned-Proposals for Service
Schools Published.
THE 2sth Division Military Polio

TINE 29th Division Military Police
Company, unit OF the Ma
tional Guard Of the District of
Columbia, qualified five pistol
experts, two pistol sharpshooters and
rs pistol marksmen, while the Head
quarters Detachment, Special Troops,
29th Division, reported only one, Capt
Hugh Everett, jr.. according to q re-
port issued by headquarters during
the week.
In the military police unit, the five
who qualified as pistol experts were:
First Lieut.. Merrill d. Reich, First
Sergt. julius Morris, Sergt. James A.
Allen. Corpl. Joseph E. Royston and
Pvt. Charles w. Ball.
Pistol sharpshooters: Pvts.. first
class, Russell 3. Markle and William
8. Maykrantz.
Pistol marksmen: Sergts. Bryan NJ
Dorsey and Horace G. Skinner, Corpls.
George E Cowperthwaite, William T.
Fisher. Russell MacMahon, Thomas
A. Thornhill and Morris Violin:
Pvts., first class, Ferguson F. Bell,
DeMarr A. Canter, Stanley F. Glenn
ents, Albert J. Daniels, Jack H. Far
mer, Charles r. Fisher, Jack H. Gar
ner. Irving E. Holober, James L.
Lands, Henry j. Lemmermann, Will
liam M. Lghtsey, jr., and Peter p.
Panagopoulous; Pvts. Richard H. Aus
tin, Albert E. Cromwell, William A.
Farran, Hubert E. King, Richard A.
Newman, James Parker and Fred
Ruth.
Pvt. Boyd T. McCurdy, on the in
active list Of the 29th Division Mill
tary Police Company. has been or
dered honorably discharged to permit
him to enlist in the United States
Army.
The National Guard Bureau Of the
War Department has announced that
the second annual william Randolph
Hearst Musketry Competition will be
held this year. It consists Of indoor
matches, firing at so feet, the original
targets to be sent in for marking. The
match period is to close March 81,
next. 1t was pointed out that this
competition Is open only to Infantry
organizations, and the hope was ex-
pressed that each Infantry regiment,
separate battalion and separate COM
pany will enter it in order to stimu-
late interest in musketry training.
In the case of Company A, 372d In
fantry, it was said that it having no
organization with which to compete,
may enter q team. in the national
match. Otherwise, only teams which
have won their respective regimental
or battalion matches will be eligible
to compete in the national match.
The purpose is declared to be to
stimulate muSketry training, and to
enable each regimental and separate
battalion commander to select the
company team that is eligible to rep
resent his organization by reason Of
having won the regimental or battal-
ion match.
There will be allowed one team
from each rife company. The team
will consist Of one corporal, squad
leader, who will not fire. and four
privates. first class, or privates, or
both, firing members. Any team not
so constituted will be disqualified.
The trophy now is in the possession
Of the 1e4th Infantry. North Dakota.
National Guard. A gold medal will be
awarded to each Of the five members
of the team that wins the trophy. A
bronze medal will be awarded each
member Of all company teams that
compete in the national match, ex-
cept to members of the team that
wins the trophy and gold medals. to
members Of any team that is dis
qualified for cause, and to members
of the team of Company A. 372d
Infantry.
The National Guard Bureau plans,
it was said, to have eventually $3.50
graduates Of the service schools
There are approximately 1851 gradu-
ates in the active officer personnel
now. The fruition of the plan, which
will take IS years to complete, is
dependent upon available funds from
year to year and the ability of the
National Guard to send properly pre-
pared personnel to the schools. Funds
for the first year are provided in
the Army appropriations act.
The competition of the plan, 1t was
pointed out. will make available in
the several States at least one graduate
of the appropriate service school. for
every company, troop and battery;
one for each battalion and squadron
headquarters; and two for each regf-
mental and brigade headquarters. The
plan also looks forward to an allot-
ment of graduates from the Command
and General Staff School in the
ratio of one to each brigade head
quarters and seven to each division
headquarters. Three hundred ninety
officers will have trained at the
Chemical Warfare School or an aver
age of one per division headquarters
and one for each regiment and sepa-
rate battalion. Four officers from each
observation squadron will have re-