Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-25
point and to and from the targets Just q
soldiers should be marched.

WHERE ARE THE SCORE cAspsf
An inspector Of rifle practice writes 10 this
department Of TIE sTAl to ind out, II - be
possible, Why % few company commander
bring with them to the gallery the company
score cards. General Ordsr No. 81, December
| 2, 1889. eay on the subject Of score carda: AT
ing officer Of each organizstion psrtio.pasinE in
the practice will hand to the inspector Of rife
practice q score card Inscribed with the names
Of the men present. At the close Of the prac-
tice the inspector will return the score card to
the commanding officer with the score Of each
man entered thereon with an indslihls pencil
and certified to by him."
NEXT WEEKS SHOOTING.
The rife practice schedule for the coming
week is as follows:
Monday-Meeting Of inspectors Of rife
practice at brigade headquarters
Tuesday-Company c, second battalion
Wednesday-Company C, first separate bat
TALON.
Thursday-Second separate company.
Friday-General staff and the field and staff
ments.
Saturday--Engineer corps.
NOTES.
Capt. James e. Bell, the seconds inspector Of
rife practice, is making good use Of his rife
committees. He has called q meeting Of the
committees for the entire regiment. to be held
a. regimental headquarters Thursday evening
at 1880. He has requested every man to be
present and to be prepared to submit and dis
cuss plans for securing full scores, to date. from
those who have not completed the three
months practice. He will also want to know
where every man in his regiment stands as TO
voluntary practice scores and will endeavor to
bring up those who are short but few points
The presentation Of sharpshooters' crosses
and marksmens buttons to the second regiment
will not take place until the first week in April
This slight delay is due to the fact that the
great hall over the K street market, in which
the regiment will be reviewed by Gen. Ordway,
is being painted and cannot be made ready for
the ceremony before the time indicated.
Before the close Of the month targets snd
discs will be placed in the rife gallery and the
various drill halls so to afford company COM
manders all the facilities they need in teaching
their men how to mark. The information thus
acquired will be needed during the coming sum-
mer.
Information as to the prospective trip of
provisional regiment to Chicago some time
during the exposition period IL . little scarce
just now because the railroad companies have
will give the regiment transportation. Every
effort Is being made to find out just what the
roads will do, because until the rate is fixed it
cannot be known how many men will 60.
The rifle gallery will be open every day, ex-
cept Sunday. from to o'clock p. m. for vol
untary practice. Ammunition will be furnished
on the payment Of one cent for each round. An
inspector of rifle practice will be in attendance
and, on request, will certify scores to the cap
tsins Of companies, to be credited as part Of
the required practice.
In long distance marching competition be-
tween ten squads of the Royal Iriah Rifles, each
comprising non-commissioaed officer and
eight men, the winning team accomplished the
journey in four hours, thirty-ssven minutes
and fifteen seconds, or at the rate of four miles,
two furlongs, 14O yards per hour, one Of the
best. If not the best, on record. The longest
time occupied by any Of the teams was four
hours, tfty-seven minutes. which gave aver
age OF over four miles an hour The average rate
for the whole of the teams was four miles, one
furlong and 100 yards per hour The greatest
ion by the competition.
Inspectors Of rife practice will probably re-
member without having to be reminded thereof
that the regular monthly meeting Of inspec.
tors will be held at brigade Headquarters on
Monday evening. Several matters of import
ance are to be discussed, and it will be to the
best interests Of the brigade il every officer is
present at s o'clock.
The District National Guard ts to be repre-
sented at the great naval rendezvous at Hamp-
ton Roads. Especial attention is Just now being
paid to the training of homing pigeons and fol-
lowing out this practical piece Of work. Gen.
Ordway has appropriated q sufficient sum Of
money to encourage Lieut.. Munson Of the
engineer corps, who will open up communities
ton by pigeons between Norfolk and this city.
Some interesting experiments are to be tried.