The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-06
CADETSBACK FROM CAMP
TaN RESULT OF THEIR PRACTICE
AT THE BUTTE.

The Average Score the Highest Mad Q
By Any Company in Camp Northen.
Some of the Crack Shots of the
Company-The Way the Boys Wound
Up the Fourth - The Company's
Cooks.
The Cadets returned yesterday from
Camp Northen, where they spent the Fourth
at the rifle butts. They report having had
a good time, and wouldn't object to repeat
ing it if the opportunity occurred.
The Cadets arrived In Griffin Sunday
morning at g o'clock and marched out to
Camp Northen at once and took charge OF
the tented street they occupied few weeks
ago with the regiment Quartermaster
Cowan, with his assistants, Banks, Ennis
Strobhar, Willink, Tuberdy, Sinclair, Lebey,
Penton, Workman, Ward and Collins, took
hold Of the kitchen at once and prepared
breakfast for the company in the mess hall.
The detachment proved as efficient in cook
ing as in handling guns and made capital
housewives Their cooking was of such ex-
traordinary quality that they were kept ct
the pots during the comp8ny's stay In camp
and were voted the thanks of their comrades
for domestic qualities and recommended to
y
to make useful husbands.
AT THE TARGET.
The Cadets spent Sunday quietly In the
camp, resting after their nights journey.
At 10:30 O'Clock every man was in bed. The
regulars awake ed the boys at 1870 o'clock
Monday morning. After dressing and in
MIGRATING themselves with hot coffee and
hard tack they went at once to the rifle
range and began the attack on the target
from 200 and 800 yards They remained
until O'Clock, when they had breakfast,
after which they returned to the range and
resumed until II O'Clock, at which time a
heavy rain, shutting out the butts from
view, drove them into their tents.
At O'Clock the firing was begun again,
and continued until $3.50 o'clock. The boys
were caught in a second storm this time,
and the practice was finished amid q
drenching rain, which soaked the soldiers.
THE SCORES.
The shooting was at 300, 800, 500 and 900
yards. At 200 yards, out OF a possible score
of 25, 40 men shooting, the average score
was 1872. At 800 yards, out OF a posi- BILE
score OF 25, the same number of men shoot
ing as at 200 yards, the average score
was 90. At 500 yards the possible
score being so, 81 men qualified and the
average score was 22.7. At 800 yards, with
possible score Of %, only 2 men qualified
and the average score was IL. The highest
score at 200 and 800 yards was made by
Sergt. J. F. Mallery, Al. The highest
SCORE made was IS, by Private
G. w. Strobhar counting the 200 800
and 500 yards contest and the skirmish firing
The highest scores i'll the skirmi,h firing
were %, made by Lieut. Nell and Private
Urquhart. The average score was the
highest made by any company since the en-
campment opened. The shooting was thor
oughly satisfactory to Capt. Brooks and
the other officers of the company, and to
the Cadets themselves.
TIE CLOSING EVENTS.
After changing their clothing the Cadets
arranged grand Fourth Of July celehra-
tion consisting of field sports in the nature
of foot races, wheelbarrow races, jumping
contests, etc.
When the time for departure came the
buglers of the Fourth artillery rendered
their services to Capt. Brooks as an escort
to the depot and to furnish the marching
music for the company. 1t was accepted and
the Cadets marched down the hill and
through Griffin to the music of patriotic
national airs, which attracted crowds of
people to their doors, and gathered q large
assemblage at the depot to see them off.
Capt. Field, Lieut.. Satterlee. Lieut..
Haynes and Lieut.. kendry marched with
the Cadets.