Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-12

THERE ARE No GRIEVANCES
None of the members Of the brigade team
have any complaints TO make to the Hilton
and Soldier Of Marathon matches. The team
did not 60 TO Sea Grit with any idea that it held
a first mortgage on those trophies and conse-
quently. there was no disappointment when
Pennsylvania got away with the honors. Both
the New Jersey and District teams went in to
put up -Oldierly hgh, with soldiers weapons
both used tine service Springfield and the service
ammunition. New York. o: course. used the
qEIck-twis; Remington and special ammuai-
ton Pennsylvania used some OF the service
SpriHSiieids and some OF the special Spring
fields and fired only special high grade alnnu-
nition. Thus was Nee York beaten at her own
game The fact tina, both the District and Jer-
sey held their own a. 200 and 500 yards
showed tina. the difference between factory and
"specihl ammunition not serious at hose
ranges. bus the disp parity showed itself unms-
tak..bi, AZ 600 wards There the special stuff
went night nome. while the service ammuni-
u0n weaker IN the quality Of powder. the
weight OF The charge and the weight of the
bIiie; failed frequently TO hold elevation.
That the men Who composed the District team.
were not inferior 70 their competitors was
clearly ami enthusiastically shown AZ the two first
stage and by the :sct that IL the Soldier OF
Marathon contest the District was but eight
points behind New York at the finish. 1t is
not improbable that by next year the brigade
team viii nc equipped TO be on more
nearly even terms with New York and Penn
sylvania than il now Is.
TiiEIa OWN OK WAS ooRED
New York swooped down on Sea Grit last Fri
day morning in what seemed to be overw helm
ing force. but departed u few hours later in a
mos; transformations manner. When. year
ago. New York won the Hilton trophy from the
DlstTi-t of Columbia some Of the New York pa-
per- made critical reference TO the fact that the
Ff~i fail el..
the vIctOr-. said tina: the Washingtons suiked
and took their dose of defeat with wry faces
How was II this yearl When II became appa-
rent that PENNSYLVANIA had won both OF the big
y X. 4. trophies the New Workers. removed
themselves from the field without any sound
other than that caused by the clanking sword
which iuoTcd around in company with Brig.
Gen NEltlOck. the New York inspector general
OF rife practice. There we're many irst-class
fellows on that New York team and they fra.er-
mixed lovingly with the u. G.. men before the
matches. bu. they find it very difficult to swal-
low the medicine they wanted the District to
tase with a smile.
Bet TIE SPOILERS WERE THERE.
Some OF the Pennsylvania marksmen tried to
work IN Il little sharp practice in the regi-
mental match. Each competitor was limited
TO twenty rounds Of ammunition for each
skirmish run. but misses are easily possible
and rs by the Jersey rules only the lowest shots
are deducted when there are more than twenty
hits on the target two three Of the sixteenth .
team pat few extra cartridges in their pockets.
where the inspecting oaicers eye could not
penetrate. Tkey were not then aware that the
District teams had corps Of spoilers at work.
men who sat at the 600 yards firing point and
counted the humble. OF shots hred BY each man
When each run was completed the adverse re-
port, II there was any. was made 70 the range
officer. But for the ''spotters' Pennsylvanis
would have had 3 score OF l,S4s instead Of
1886. Two New Jersey teams also broke
through the regulations and lost. one FIVE, the
other ten points,
skx. wISoArE on sKIRNrsH FIRING.
''You Washington guardsmen skirmish ad-
mirsbly," said Gen winSate, president Of the
National Rife Association, to 3 District officer
ct Sea Girt. 1T is commendable work, !" the
gensral continued, "for IL is the true soldieriy