The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-01
HEARST AWARD
PRESENTEDAT
F|SHBURNE

SNOne of all the people IN
America wants war, but some
have the vision to see that war
may be forced upon us and have
the patriotism to prepare for
that emergency"
This message from William Ran.
dolph Hearst was read at the
ceremonies which today marked
the awarding of the Hearst Rifle
Trophies to the championship
teams of the Fishburne Military
School. The school teams won
first and second place in the cham
pionship shoot for the Third Corps
Area and were today presented
the Hearst trophies by Maj. Gen.
A. H. Sunderland, chief of Coast
Artillery, u. S. A. General Sunder'
lands son was a member OF 'ie
first team.
Mr.. Hearst's message to the win
ming teams was read by FranKllh
@. Sartwell, chief editorial writer
of The Washington Times, VINO
coupled with the reading OF the
message plea to the students OF
the school to combine their proved
ability to shoot straight and ability
to think straight.
Plea for Good Thinking
Mr.. sartwel told the students
assembled for the final exercises
of the 5O-year-old school:
"TOO many, both in public
and private life, load their men
tai guns and then shoot far wide
of the mark. If public officials
were able today to attain as
nearly a perfect score in men,
tai craftsmanship as you young
men have attained on the rifle
range this cOuntry's problems,
both domestic and international,
would be speedily solved"
The text of Mr.. Hearst's message
follows:
"A nation like the United
States, subjected to the envy
and jealousy of a hostile and
insufficiently civilized world,
should be able to defend itself
against some outbreak Of this
latent hostility into attack. A
democratic nation does not
want q large standing army,
and the only effective alterna-
tive is a competent citizen sol
diery.
'MiIitary training for the
young men Of the nation in
schools and colleges was IA
vored by the founders Of the re-
public, but unfortunately this
plan is not in general opera
ton, The next best plan for
national defense is to instruct
the young of the land by other
means, in the rudiments OF
military training
DEFENSE PREPARATION
"The object Of the annual
rifle shoot is to make Skillful
marksmen of as many young
Americans as possible and SO
contribute in this important
manner toward the defense Of
the country through an eff
Cient citizen SOldiery.
"The trophy is being awarded,
therefore, not merely to the
winners of an ordinary contest
Of skill, but to young Americans
who have most effectively Gull
tivated their mental and physi-
cal gifts toward the possible
defense Of their country in time
of danger.
SIT is being presented not
merely to good marksmen, but
to good citizens, to the young
men whose love of country
leads them to prepare for
patriotic duty"
WINNING TEAMS
FiShburne'S two winning teams
in the craftsmanship contest were
trained by Lieut.. w. B. Shooter.
The student marksmen are:
Richard Sunderland, William
son Clark, j. Dix Riggs, jr.,
Arthur F.. Rawson, David L. Max
well, Eustis L. Poland, jr., Frank
F. Kerpen, Henry L. Stultz, John
Mcclure Bane and Benjamin
Browning.
Presentation of the trophies to
the two winning teams was a fea-
ture of the finals of the school,
which started Saturday and
which will conclude tomorrow
morning with the presentation Of
diplomas by Col. Morgan Hudgins,