Evening star., 1939-04-09
|WhistIing Bullets Herald
Guard Target Season
Local MiIitio Units, as Well as
Other Military Commands, Use Ronge

Already the whistle OF bullets and
the rat-a-tat of rife fire is stirring
the area in the vicinity of Camp
Simms, Congress Heights, D. c., the
rifle range Of the District National
Guard, and 1t will continue we'll
into the fall, according to program
Of instruction which has been
mapped out. Various organizations,
military and civil, also have been
assigned places at the targets.
Maj. Just c. Jensen, Ordnance
Department., and director of rifle
practice of the local militia, has
had his men going over the targets
in the butts, the communication
lines and mess halls, as we'll as
troops quarters, to see that they are
in shape. He not only will have the
duty of ascertaining that the routine
work Of the troops is carried out
without a hitch, but also will have
the duty Of picking the most likely
men for the rifle team to represent
the Guard at various matches, but
also to train these men after they
are selected.
The facilities at the range have
been assigned, so far, as follows:
One Hundred and Twenty first
Engineers, April 80 to July 16,
Sundays; Headquarters Company
29th Division, May l to June 80
Sundays; 29th Division Military
Police Company. May to 81, Sum
days; 1st Battalion, 104th Quarter
master Regiment, April l to May
81, June l to 80 and September l to
30, Sundays: Company A, 372d In
fantry, May to June 80, Sunday
afternoons after 80 o'clock, as ar
ranged by the range officer; 260th
Coast Artillery, June 4 to July 80
Sundays; District of Columbia Ma
tional Guard rife and pistol
matches, october ! to %. Saturdays
and Sundays, all rifle targets, and
on October l only all pistol targets
Headquarters Company, u S. A.,
stationed here. May l to June g.
daily except Saturdays and Sun
days; Sd Cavalry, U. S. A., Fort
Myer, Va, May to June 9, except
Saturdays and Sundays; Cavalry
R. o. T. c., Fort Myer. Va, July II
to %; Air Corps Units. U. S. A., Boil
ing Field. D. c., April 10 to Is and
September 18 to %; Military Police
Detachment, Army Medical Center
Washington, D. c., June IL to Is;
United States Navy, Seaman Guard
Washington Navy Yard, April l to
%; United States Marines, Marine
Barracks, Washington, D. c.. April
l to 80 and August to September
16. daily except Saturdays and Sun
days: United States Marines, Wash
ington Navy Yard Detachment
June IL to July IA and September
IL to %, daily except Saturday aft
ernoons and Sundays; Scouting
Squadron 3, U. S. M. c. Reserve
to be arranged by the range officer;
Washington units, Organized Re-
serve Corps: Headquarters. Wash
ington Reserve Units. May 6, l3. 20
81; June 3, 10, II and "a: October
8. IS, % and %: Field Artillery Re-
serve units, April 2, 9 and Is.
United States Coast Guard, in
Guiding United States Secret Serv-
ice, White House Police, Bureau OF
Narcotics. Alcohol Tax Unit and
Internal Revenue Service. to be ar
ranged with the range officer:
Metropolitan Police, Tuesday and
Friday of each week, except July
%. during the period June 10 to
october 81; United State Capitol
Police, Monday. Tuesday and Wed
nesday of each week, during the
period August l to 81, and October
l to Is: American Security & Trust
Co. guard force, to be arranged with
the range officer; National Capital
Rife Club, April 80 and September
II; rifle and pistol clubs affiliated
with the National Rife Association
on Saturday afternoons as author
lied by the range officer.
Changes in the orders of 1t. Col
Eugene Villaret, U. S. A., who is
scheduled to come here as one of
the Regular Army instructors as
signed to. the local militia, will make
it possible for that officer to arrive
at his new assignment just prior to
the maneuvers. Earlier information
was that Col. Villaret was to be re-
lieved of his present duty, as United
State military attache to Rumania,
on May 81. and was to be given