Evening star., 1940-01-07
Pistol Competition
Opens for District
Reserve Officers
F. B. |. Provides Use
Of Its Ronee Four
Fridays Eoch Month
Star Staff Photo.

The .45-caliber pistol match fired
last Friday evening at the range of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
between local officers of field artil-
lery and those of service units in
augurated the 1910 pistol competi-
tion that will be participated in by
District Reserve officers of the va
riouS arms and services. 1t. Col. j.
Edgar Hoover, Reserve officer. has
consented to use the range on the
first four Fridays of each month.
Teams of eight officers will compete,
all scores to count.
Team captains representing the
various arms and services partici-
pating in the competition include:
Field artillery. Capt. George L. Hart,
jr.. 3l3th Field Artillery; cavalry,
First 1t. r. w. Castle, 3O6th Caval-
ry; engineers, Capt. c. NJ Borror,
343d Engineers: infantry. Capt. E. C.
MetZeroth, 32Oth Infantry; service
units, First 1t. j. A. Swartwout,
medical, 1920 Service Unit; quar-
termaster, Second 1t. L. X. Cook.
1920 Service Unit: medical, First
1t. T. j. Kelley. 364th Medical Regi-
ment. and military intelligence, First
1t. j. c. Marchant, Military INTEL
ligence Reserve. The Government
model .45-caliber pistol, as sold by
the manufacturer or issued by the
Government, will be used.
The course will include: % two
strings, five shots each, slow fire, S
minutes for five shots at IS yards;
90 two strings. 5 shots each, timed
fire. Is seconds per string at Is
yards; 90 two strings, shots each,
timed fire, II seconds per string at
Is yards.
Other competitions this month
are: January II, infantry and Quar-
termaster Corps: January 10, engi-
neers and military intelligence, and
January 26, cavalry and Medical
Corps Those next month are:
February 2, field artillery and Quar-
termaster Corps: February 9, infan-
try and military intelligence: Feb
ruary 16, engineers and Medical
Corps. and February %. cavalry
and service units.
Maj. Gen. James C. Magee, Sur
geon General of the Army, heads a
group of high-ranking Medical De-
partment and line officers of the
Regular Army, who will attend the
annual dinner to be given by Med
ical Reserve officers of the District
of Columbia at the Army Navy Club
on January 18. Col. Dunlap P.
Penhallow will be POSTMASTER.
District cavalry officers will meet
at Fort Myer, Va, today at $3.50
am. for instruction in horseman-
ship. Quartermaster and finance
officers and those of the 1326th
Service Unit will hold a joint con-
ference tomorrow evening, at which
will be taken up rifle instruction,
company pay rolls and quarter
master mobilization plans. On
Tuesday evening, coast artillery
officers will take up the Organized
Reserves, to be discussed by Brig.
Gen w. E. Shedd, while Air Corps
officers will discuss modern airplanes
and aircraft engines.
On Wednesday evening, field artil-
lery staff officers will take up the
offensive tactics of an infantry
division. while employment of cav
airy will be the subject of the Mill
tary Intelligence Department con-
ference. Engineer officers on Thurs
day evening will discuss the opera
ton of the light pontoon company
and view a training film entitled,
The New Infantry Division" On
Friday evening service units will
discuss the following subjects:
1300th Service Unit, mission of corps
area headquarters in war; 1308th
Service Unit, mission of 13O8th
Service Unit; 1310th Service Unit,
functions of 1310th Service Unit,
and 1920 Service Unit, problem
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