Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-02
TRYING FOR BULL'S-EYES.
First Day of the Regular Fall Rifle
Meeting.

Meeting.
Better shooting weather than that afforded
the National Guardsmen who went down to the
Washington barracks range this morning could
hardly he found at any season of the year. AT
no time was it unpleasantly cool nor
was there sufficient sunshine to an
noy even the most particular. 1t was
the opening day of the regular fall rifle meeting
and nearly one hundred competitors were ready
for business when the hour arrived Nine
o'clock was the time set for the opening of the
Merchants match. The crowd assembled at
the 200 yards firing point answered roll call
and as soon the target assignments were made
Lieut.. Perry ordered commence firing
Lieut.. Perry had journeyed over from Fort
Myer to pu. in day of genuine hustle range
officer. He carried out his contract admirably
and strengthened the ties which bind the Fort
Myer garrison to the District National Guard.
Of course everybody who entered was not on
hand when clock sounded. Some of the
boys could not get away from work; others
oversight. 4 few crawled in several minutes
late. but they could not be permitted to shoot
The folio wing named were the competitors:
THOSE WHO SHOT.
Private F. n. Wells. company b, first battalion
Private E. L. Phillips. company A. first bat
TALON; Private Joy Hill, first battalion;
Private Il. A. Hales, first battalion;
Private II. l.. Birmingham, first battalion
SerSt. c. E. Haines. company c, first battalion;
Sergt. Harry f. Baden. company c, first bat
talon; Pvt. C. NJ. Clark. company c, first bat
talon; Pvt j. NJ. Farley. company c, first
battalion; Pvt. c. VI. limbaugh, company c.,
first battalion; Pvt. E. S. Wilcox. cycle com
pany; Col. Sergt. Theo Talmadge, sixth battalion:
Com. Sergt Chas H. Laird. second regiment:
Sergt. ID. Freeman, company A. first separate
battalion; Pvt. Walter Z. lombard. light bat
terry A; Capt. S. Rollins, company d, third bat
talon; Pvt. Walter Cash, company edo: Sergt.
c. Russell. company D, do. Capt. NJ. Appleby,
company b. do; Sergt. F. VI. Bumpus, company
c, do; Pvt. 81. Dickinson, company C, do:
Pvt. Joseph b. Murray, company c, second bat
talon; Pvt. A. s. McClain. Pvt. G.. ID. Els
worth Capt. b. F. Odel. Pvt. H. Blanton,
Sergt ". L. Buell., Corp. W. s. Davenport
Pvt. ]. E. Swigart. Pvt. w. NJ. Garrett and Pvt
P. J. Byrne. company B, sixth battalion;
Pvt. J. A. Kirk, company b, sixth Battalion;
Capt. q. b. Young, do; Pvt. II. II. Liezear,
do; Pvt. b. 2. Carleton, do; Pvt. Geo. G.
Shaw. do: Sergt c. W. Dickey. do; Pvt W.
A. Edwards, do; Pvt. William E. Harvey, do;
Corp. W. q. Steward, Pvt. W. E. Colladay, Pvt
A. E. Middleton, First Sergt G.. q. Dennison
Pvt. c. W. Hecox. Pvt. S. B. Wetherald, Pvt
5. l. Scott. Corp. P. W. Blazer and Pvt. G. W.
Alberto, engineer corps; Pvt. E. Murphy, COM
pany c, sixth battalion Pvt. E. NJ. Andrews
company d, third battalion; Corp. Z. E.
vannorsdel, company ID, third battalion;
Sergt. f. VI. Overacker, company ID, third bat
talon; Sergt W. C. Whip, com pany A, sixth
battalion; Pvt. Charles W. Linnell company A,
sixth battalion; Corp. T. T. Page. company A,
sixth battalion; Pvts. A. W. Smedberg
J. W. Conard, F. A. Thuee, George
Flick and c. S. Beatty. troop A; Sergt.
J. I. K. Plant, company c, fourth battalion:
Corp. C. C. Dyer. company C, fourth battalion;
Pvt. J. Gercici. company b. fourth battalion;
Pvt. w. L. Place, company b, fourth bat
talon; Pvt. E. X. Ferry, company II.
fourth battalion; Serg. W. S. Hodges. com.
Pany d, fourth battalion; Corp: J. G..
Reagan, company A, fourth battalion;
Pvts. J. VI. Walsh and T. D. Daily, company
fourth do: SerGt. ]. McAnelly. company A,
fourth do; Pvt. +. II. Phillips. company d,
fourth do; Sergt Theo. Lang. company b,
sixth do; Serg;. +. V. Walker, compay A. sixth
Sgt. j. A. Salmon. company ID. sixth do. Pvt
+. ID. Hester. company c, second battalion
Pvt. b. b. S. Phillips. company c, second do.
The Merchants match concluded at IL
O'Clock. but the scores will not be tabulated
probably until tomorrow, SO the precise win
ners cannot now be named.
THE COMPANY TEAM MATCH.
There was an hour of eating and resting and
then the company team match opened. Eight
teams we're at the firing point. They were from
platoon c, engineer corps; company b, fourth
battalion; company c, second battalion; COM
pany b, sixth battalion; company A, sixth bat
talon: company c. first battalion: company ID,
third battalion; company A, fourth battalion.
COMPANY d, SIXTH BATTALION, WON.
The match was won by company b, sixth
battalion. Lieut Tomlinson team captain, by a
score of 90. Platoon c of the engineers WAS
second with 96, company C, second battalion,
was third with IS. The other scores were COM
pany A. sixth, IS; company e. first, 81; COM
pany d, third, 80; company A. fourth, II;
and company b Of the fourth-shooting four
men only-55. Lieut.. Graham gave five of the
good men Of platoon an opportunity to show
what they could have done had they been allowed
| to enter. They put up l04.
The battalion team. the separate company
team and the Washington" matches occupied
the balance OF the afternoon.