Morning journal and courier., 1888-10-02
ANNUAL R1FLE TOURNAMENT.
Of the National Guard To Be HeI,
 | Hartford This MnRth.

Or the National Guard To Be Held
 At Hartford This Month.
 The brigade rife tournament of the Con- necticut National Guard will be held at the First regiment rife range in Hartford on Wednesday, October F. The shooting will commence at eight o'clock in the evening, and will be governed by the rules of the Na- tional Rifle association, the prizes to be dis tributed at the armory of the First regiment in the evening. Competition first will be a short range match and open to any member of the National Guard. Each competitor to be 8 regular member in good standing, and to have been such on August 1, 1888. Weap- on, any military rifle issued by the State; trigger pull to be not less than six pounds. Distance, two hundred yards. Rounds, sev- en. No sighting shots. Ammunition. any. Position, standing. Entries, 25c. each; en- tries unlimited. No member can win more than regular prize. Shooting commences at 8 p. m. For this shoot their are thirty six prizes, ranging in value from $2 to $25.
 Competition second, which will be the event of the day, will be a company team match open to teams of six from any com- pany and machine gun platoon, or platoon of artillery, in the brigade and from the field, staff and N. c. staff off any organization in the brigade and from the brigade staff, as one company, from each organization. Each competitor to be regular member in good standing in the National Guard and to have been such on August l, 1888. Weapon, any military rife used by the State, trigger pull, to be not less than six pounds. Distance 900 aRd 800 yards. Position, standing at 200, prone at 500 yards. Rounds, five at each distance. Two sighting shots at 800 yards. Ammunition, any. Entrance free. The first for fbia avauf will ba ba tha yVilcoY Silver Plate companys prize cup, valued at $50, and the "Derby cup,n now held by Company K, Second regiment, O. N. G.. This cup was presented by the Derby Silver company of Derby, Conn.,, st the time the last brigade tournament was held in this State. The conditions regarding it require that it shall be held in trust by the company winning it until won three times by the team from one company. It will then be- come the property of such company.
 The third and last event will be the State regimental match, for which two trophies are offered by the State. The first prize to
 the team making the highest aggregate score | at 200 and 500 yards, and the second prize to the team making the next highest aggregate | sdore The frst prize will be an appropriate solid silver cup; the second prize is not yet \ decided upon. Both prizes to be contested | for annually, and to be held for one year by ! the organization represented by the winning team, and when either trophy has been won three times by the team from one organiza- \ tion it will become the property Of that or. | ganization. A suitable medal will be award. | ed by the State annually to each member ot the team winning the first prize.
 The conditions for such Q match are as fol | lows: Entrance free. Teams of twelve with \ three reserves each man to be member of \ the national guard, enlisted or appointed prior to August 1, 1898. All members to ap- | pear in fatigue uniforms without side arms. Rifle, any issued by the State; trigger pull, | to be not less that six pounds, and to be test
 ed as each man leaves the firing, point. Am- munition, any. Distances, each, two hun ! dred and five hundred yards. Rounds, seven 1 at each distance; two sighting shots at 800 yards.
 Entries for the match must be made in writing to the adjutant generals office before October l, 1888.
 The officers of the tournament are: Brigade tournament cemmittee-Brigadie General Charles P. Graham; Lieutenant Col onel Joseph T. Elliott, assistant adjutant general of brigade; Lieutenant Colonel o. Purdy Lindsley, medical director; Major Al- exander Allen, brigade inspector; Major Ed ward s. Hayden, brigade quartermaster; Ma jor Walter Nj. Wellman, brigade commissaIy; Major Charles l.. Burdett, brigade engineer and signal officer; Major James H. Jarman, brigade inspector of rife practice, 0. N. G.. Captain Charles G. Lyon, aide de-camp brig ade staff, C.N.G.; Captain Alfred M. Parker, aide-de-camp brigade staff, 0. N. G.
 Executive and range officer-Major James H. Jarman, brigade inspector of rifle prac- tice, C.N.G.
 Assistant range officer-Captain sc. King man, inspector of rife practice Fourth regi- ment Captain Andrew Allen, inspector of rife practice Second regiment; Captain James B. Houston. inspector of rife practice First regiment; Captain Thomas H. Allen, inspec- tor of rifle practice Third regiment.
 Lindsley, brigade medical director; Major Harmon G. Howe, surgeon First regiment
 Statistical ofacers-Lieutenant Colonel Jo- seph T. Elliott, assistant adjutant general of brigade; Captain Charles G. Lyon, aid-de- camp brigade staff, c. N. G.
 Financial offcers-Major Alexander Allen, brigade inspector; Captain Alfred M. Parker, aide de-camp brigade staff, c. N. G.