Evening star., 1940-03-24
District Militia Officers
Keen for Training in Schools
Group Also Takes Opportunities
For Additional Field Service

SSIVICS
v. Minnick and Thomas G. Newell
corporals in Battery C.
First 1t. Lewis A. Jackson, First
Sergt. Alfred H. Smith, Staff Sergt.
Alva H. Stranger and Sergt. Ed
ward B. McQuade have been Or
dered to active duty for a day in
connection with the annual inspec-
tion Of Company F, 12lst Engineers.
Militia teams are awaiting noti-
hcation Of the results of the chief
Of the National Guard Bureaus in
door rifle matches, which have been
completed.
The winning company team will
receive the title, "The Chief Of the
National Guard Bureaus Cham
pion Indoor Rifle Team. 1940," the
National Rife Association certifi-
cate Of victory and a trophy and
seven medals awarded by the chief
of the National Guard Bureau. The
winning team for the regimental,
separate battalion or separate
squadron team match will receive
the title. "The Chief Of the Ma
tional Guard Bureaus Champion
Regimental Indoor Rife Team,
l94O," a certificate of victory, a tro-
ply provided annually by the Ma.
tional Rifle Association and IL sill
yer medals awarded by the chief
Of the National Guard Bureau.
The winner in the individual match
will receive the title, Individual
Gallery Champion of the National
Guard, 1940," a certificate of VIC
tory and a trophy awarded by the
National Rife Association, and a
gold medal.
In addition, the National Rife
Association has agreed to permit
the scores made in the chief of the
National Guard Bureaus indoor
rifle matches to count also for record
In the national military gallery
championships, which are open to
the regular services and Reserves
as well as to the National Guard.
AS result of this concession, 1t was
added, company and regimental
teams and individual riflemen will
have the opportunity to win the
national military medals and titles
without the payment OF additional
entry fees.
National Guard teams this month
are engaged also in firing the Will
liam Randolph Hearst .Musketry
Competition, open to rifle COM
panies. This also is an indoor
match. The instructions are sent
out secretly to each unit, which is
required to fire it before March 81.
The William Randolph Hearst
Musketry Trophy, now in the pos
session Of the 1st Infantry, Virginia
National Guard. the winner in 1897,
1898 and 1899, will be awarded the
regiment whose team wins the ma
tional match this year. Gold medals
will be awarded to the five members
Of the team winning the trophy.
Bronze medals will be awarded to
the members Of each team winning
regimental or separate battalion
match under all the conditions pre-
scribed.
The following have been placed
on the inactive lists of their re-
spective units. because of business
interference or temporary removal
from the city: Pvts. Harry E. Miller,
William G. Musgrove, John M.
Taylor, Joel D. Waldern, Hallet NJ
C. Ward. Daniel s. Cole, Clifton E.
Crawford and James L. Schmid, all
OF Company F. 12lst Engineers;
Pvt. Francis E. McKeever, lO4th
Ordnance Company: Pvts. Samuel
M. Pullman, Carroll B. Rumbaugh
and Harlow w. Kiblinger of Com
pany A. l04th Quartermaster Regi-
ment: Pvts. John E. Rogers and
Horace r. Zimmerman. Medical De-
partment Detachment, 12lst En-
gineers: Pvts. John A. Poole and
Henry Rosenberg. goth Division
Military Police Company.
Pvt. Raymond E. Halliday, Com
pany A. 104th Quartermaster Regi-
ment, and Pvt Edward A. Bates,
Company E. 12lst Engineers, have
been honorably discharged upon
their own request, each having COM
pleted one year Of service under
three-year re-enlistment.
Corp. Edward C. Ottman has been
promoted to sergeant in the l04th
Ordnance Company.
Pvts. Taylor Smith and Earl
Sweeney. Company E. 12lst Engi-
neers: Pvt. Alton r. Duvall, Battery
G, 260th Coast Artillery: Pvt. Fran
els ]. Goven, Band. l2lst Engineers,
and Pvt. Bernard N. Helfert. jr.,
29th Division Military Police Com
pany. have been placed on the In
active lists because of business in
reference or temporary removal
from the city.
Because Of removal from the city
the following have been honorably
discharged: Pvts. David j. Barker,
Albert M. Clark. jr., and Duke Full
Ter, all of Battery H, 260th Coast
Artillery.