New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-18
RIFLEMEN TO GO ABROAD.
THE MASSACHUSETTS TEAM WHICH WILL
SAIL TOMORROW.
PROGRAMME OF THE MATCHES ARRANGED FOR
IN SGLAND-SKETCHEs OF INDr.
vIDUAL MARKsMEN,

IN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF md.
yIDUAL MARKsMEN.
Boston, June II cspecisD-ThrOush the untirns
energy and ineill gently directed efforts OF Major
James T. Frost. Massachusetts win send 10 England
= rife team 10 compete this summer with the crack
shots OF Great Britain Wimbledon and other places
IN England To morrow evening. at .. m, the
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Rife Team. number.
ing sixteen men. will leave Boston over the SHORE
Line. arriving In New-York a. II O'Clock the sam"
night. and quartering At tic Sturtevsnt House. On
W,dresisy they will embark on the stesmer city Of
Chicago. OF tn" Imam LIN. They will 80 IN hoavy
marching order, all wearing the United states unit
form, and prior TO leaving Boston viii give mar'h
Ing ,a4tc To Governor Amc> Mayor Hart. Pre'id mt
Asa T. Potter Of the Maverick National Dank- and
President Alden Spca~ OF the Chamber Of commerce.
The team does not go England with the expectation
Of cleaning OUT the Eng'ishmen bu, IT. m mbrrs
hope u make . record that will rchect cmdit on
America and they aso expect to Learn something BY
studying the English system Of rife piac ice and II
gain yalual lc experience.
The arhtcvements IN r~cent years Of the sharp
shoot rs Of he Massachusetts Y,luntcr Nj tia head
the records OF the Army, Navy aud National Guard Of
Amelia. To-day Massachusetts not only holds the
Into-t't: championship Of tie United srates having
for three ycsrs defeated the best National Guard and
MILES nte teams OF the country but at tho annual
compcu ms At Crccdmoor. whHc tn, flower OF Amntt
can rnemen gather under tho auspices OF the NJ
tiouAl Rife Association the representatives Of the
old bay State have for the last thre years borne
away the famous Hilton uOphy,7 eublematic Of
tho military and naval championship OF America do
fcatIng such teens as the Division OF tAc Allan ic
United sses Army and tho states OF New.Y0ik
PornsyvPpa and connecticut. At Cticaso. October
IA and Is. 1887. In the International Rife Tourna
men, the Massachusetts, men, In the face OF many
obstacles and With two sick men, defeated the picked
riaemen OF the Division Of the Missouri United statrs
Army and the states OF Minnesota Michigan Mary.
land and Iowa and won hc fist prize OF 81 900 and
the diamond and gold medals.
The state authorities have Endorsed the movement
OF Major Frost. but did not contribute any money II
was found that ~, 500 would be needed 10 deay all
the expenses Of the European Trip. and Major Frost
has succeeded In raising tho required sum public
spIrited men. Permits have been secured from Eng.
land and France enabling the team TO enter those
countries under arms The special significance OF
this visit to England will be a test OF the service
weapon Of this country For the aS, time the Spring.
field rife viii come into competition In regularly
ranged matches with the English Martinflenry nac.
Of tho pattern, but radically different
IN rfing action, sights; etc.
The understanding now Is that the Masssrhuso
team will meet the BERKSHIRE Volunteers the I'd OF
July the London Rife Brigade on the 3D. the South
London team on tho 4th tho Lussen Volunteers the
9Th, and either the Honorable Artillery Company
the Lincolnshire Volunteers on the 9th. July 9Th the
Massachusetts, naemen will 60 into camp under can
vas at Wimbledon, and remain for two weeks. There
they will shoot IN tho individual matches with all
ers using he English rife. tho Of the Springfield
weapon not being permitted. The remainder Of the
time until July 81, when they sail for home, the Amer
lean team will spend IN visiting London and Paris.
Major James p. Frost, who Is the captain Of the
team and whose enterprise and have carried out
this project Is only thrtythree years old, but has
nearly fifteen years military training. He has boon
connected with tho editorial force Of "The Boston
Globe for about dozen years, and for four hve
years has been the financial editor OF that paper.
Major Frost entered the State Service In 1879 rs a
member Of the Fourth Battalion Of Infantry. was pro.
NOTED TO auartermastsr sergeant few months after
enlistment and was elected second Lieutenant of Com.