Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-06
CRACK SHOTS OF THE GUARD.
The Rifle Contests Yesterday-Results
of the Battalion Match.

OF the battalion Match.
"And while this beautiful badge has a great
intrinsic value there is attached to the winning
Of 1t another and a greater consideration. 1t
is presented by The EVENING STAR Newspaper
COmpany-s substantial token Of that COM
pany's interest in tho guard Now, The EVEN
ING STAR is the newspaper which represents
the people Of the District Columbia, is their
true exponent, reflects their views and gives
voice to their sentiments and wishes. Coming,
therefore, as this this badge does, from The
EvESIS6 STAR it comes from the people OF our
city, whose faithful representative The STAR
ever is"
Gen. 0rdway said that, and he said it when
he was presenting The EVENING STAR badge to
Capt. W. i. Cash at the barracks range yester-
day afternoon. IL was said to the winner in
the presence Of hundred National guards
men and was heartily applauded
Then Capt Cash made a pleasant iittie re-
Spouse. received another round of applause,
pinned the gold emblem Of victory on his
breast and went to the fring-point to see how
the battalion teams of the first regiment we're
being, oy lot, assigned to targets
THE BATTALION MATCH.
The battalion match was a most interesting
contest, but it was less interesting than it
should have been. Neither the third nor the
eighth battafons sent teams-neglect for
which no one seemed to be able to find any
excuse. Each team consisted of five enlisted
men and each company in each of the six bat
talIons that came up to the scratch had ut least
one representative facing the targets. In the
rear Of the firing points were many enthusiast
TIC guardsmen, not members of teams, who
we're not slow to give expression to their
delight or disgust, as the case may be. This
match was under he supervision of Mai. ]. NJ.
Pollard, inspector ge2 e Al of rifle practice, and
when II was all over tbs result was announced
by him as follows, muc to the qualification Of
Maj. OBrien and bis command:
THE scoREs
Fifth battalion-Private Doyle, ~; Private
J. NJ Smith, "a; Sergeant Edwards, 20; Private
Murphy, 80; Private Cash, 80. Total, 1856.
Sixth battalion-Private Lucas, IS; Private
Flick, "A; Private King 30; Sergt Phillips. "a:
Corp. HutterIy. 29-total. 13l.
Second battalion-Sergt Mcintosh %; Pri-
Nate Searle, -; Private Bracket. "a; Sergt
Crist. 26; Corp. Vermillion, 22-total, lis
Fourth bsttalion-Sergt Smythe, 90; Private
Walsh, IA; Corp. Fitzhugh, "a; Private Rob-
erts. y; Sergt stephan, 25-total, III
First battalion-Private Watson. p; Corporal
Janzek, %: Private Welles, %; Private Phillips,
~; Sergt Wise, 21-total, 113.
seventh battaion-Sergt. Swaiies %: Serpt
Freeman, 26: Sergt Webster, 81; Private kemp.
b. Private Matthews, 10-total, Sc.
The trophy won by the fifth was Q very hand
some bronze clock, presented by Gen. Ordway
1t will tick on table in Maj. O'Brien's head
quarters from henceforth.
COL CLAWS ACHIEVEMENT.
The mere statement that Col Clay made
ninety-three points In The STAR match did not
do the veteran justice. The loss of an arm
compels the colonel to use . carbine, and his
chances with that weapon ut the longer ranges
are much fewer and more uncertain than were
those OF the men who used the regulation
Springfield The allowance for carbines when
IN competition with rifles is 10 per cent, and
thIs gives the colonel a total of l02