New-York tribune., 1872-08-07
THE GERMAN RGFLEMEN.
FESTIVAL OF THE NEw-YoRK ASSOCIATION AT
UNION HILL.

FESTIVAL OF THE NEw-YORK ASSOCIATION AT
UNION HILL.
The United Schiitzen Association of New
York and New-Jersey organized last Fall and in
corporated by the New-Jersey Legislature. The object
of the Association to procure park for the prac-
ce OF sharphoOng and 80 Of the estate of T. C.
Wright at Ulon Hll n. j., purchased for $4,000,
and laid out at further expense Of $4,000 festival
hail. for dining and dancing shoong-gaery, &c, were
erected and the Park opened 10 the public July Is,
by the Festival of the United schitzen Association
The New-Yorker schiitzen Corps began, on Monday,
the celebration OF its fifteenth anniversary Ceremo-
nies were formally opened in the shooting gallery in
which the principal attraction was the doubleheaded
eagle which is divided into twenty-one parts, the
shooter who hits the last part becoming king Of the fes-
tiyal The Captain Of the Corps John F. ROtman first
fred four shots at This eagle-one fQr the President Of
York and New-Jersey, aud one for the New
Yorker sgatt1ea G2gEg, After this the mem qaI
each man bringing down part of the bird being entitled
to prize The total value Of the prizes Is So Until
eagle there is the grand target on which $50 viii be
prizes will he awarded and the king crowned. The
sciitzen Corps of West Baltimore, New-Jersey, and
jersey City are each represented by numerous delegates
A NATIONAL WIMBLEDON.
BY an act Of the Legislature, passed last year, an
Appropriation of $500 made for the purchase of
rnerange the amount being payable when the National
purpose The Association having raised 6OOO, has
tracted TO purchase 20 acres OF ground the line
OF the Central Railroad OF Long Island, and
at o meeting Of the directors Of the Asso-
ciation at No. 1874 Broadway, yesterday,
it was stated that the ground belonging TO the railroad
had been offered at half the market price in order TO
secure the travel to and from the Range The Company
also agreed TO extend every possible facility to the Rifle
Association and TO build embankment at cost price,
uv,o hat tIo Ordu DpUarTmput
had detailed Capt. Prince to act advising engineer
John A. Church being employed supervising engineer
plan was submitted containing 10 targets admitting
practice each up 10 1000 yards in addition to two
pool targets at range of yards and leaving space
for camp-gound, sites for necessary buildings, anc
for distance drill. The plan was approved by o
unanimous vote The estimated expense for fitting the
Range $685. For the prevention of danger 1t is pre-
posed to erect behind the target two embankmens, o
80 yards long and the other 100 yards both being rs feet
high and five feet wide the top The Central Railroad
offered 10 build such embankments for 1900, and ex-
pected 10 finish them Ia about three weeks
The Committee Targets reported that the cheapest
plan would be to import the targets from England ana
that 90 target Slabs two sample mantlets with num-
ringing bulls trigger testers, &C., had been
ordered. A letter received from Adtutant Gen.
Townsend stating that II his intention, II prac-
tcabe, to have fihe practice thoroughly initiated IN
the National Guard the coming FALL and that as soon
ss the manual OF the Rife Association was printed he
would adopt IL officially.
The following Committees were appointed: finance
-Gens. johnson, Woodward. aud WaId; Recrnils-Gen
shaer and Major Smith, Powell, and Partridge; Prizes
Mr. Peck, Col Cullen, and Gen. johnson. The meeting
adjourned