Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-08-31
STATE SHOOT.
Fine Shooting on the Muster
Field "Wednesday.


FinA Shnnfin0 m ihA Muster
ioId Wednesday,
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Cnmnanv.
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i 49,, lse>ss.
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49, a..
a "sn o' "J"'saas -
whole OF the camp when the nue0ea OF sns
In. G. 8. N. we're awakened st rievelle
w..,,..,.v a, An, . s.,, a.v.
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A"e onv 0us' saa sS.'
vas the decidedly high wind oiowinS oSes
the muster Geld and scross the range.
Ths result Of this vas that the very bess
-. 80, a..
snoss 10 'ne NA'''"A' ""@'" ,'-'
sslves making missss.
1 HMf in 0Utt0 Oh t0l0 tUH N ~ o. -. uUl
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Ncou'
Lieut.. Chas. u. Morton, the regular
army of,cer on duty ss the camp, said to .
.,... -. ,h. .h.,os,r, w.s.
'~f
nesday
"The shooting mas oeen eood souay-
m.sniAcen, when the wind 10 considered
a. ,,.,s a., ,.... W.. nv.. .rc.,.
anu IN i''''A "''' N'-''
lent fof any osSa"iss"o" 81" ""u" W
credit 70 any.
..yt thu Maine National Guard n 10 b
,,,a....a nv a. ,eu,essntsiivss nov In camp
shs State IA "a be consrstulatsd, I have
| c.refullv watched the men ia camp, Al the
| ,sr,. .rS on the streets Of the town and
thew ARE an excellent elass Of men end con-
tain A. ,ood material a. could BE- desired.
"Ths riaemen ,hov careful instruction,
h,, ~. thing that struck me most was the
hish standard Of individual Intelligence.
Essrv man .hov ed that he understood HE
v.snon
"sIns .xcelle,t feature on the range was
Tho .hsence Of coaching. The men had
sx;asn,lv hem 40 veil drilled that each
tr.v that IA do. This 10 moot praisewos-
Inv for in action II would be impossible 10
coach the men. and those Who were used to
vonM ~ Al 4 sres, dissdvantssc without u.
..On the whole, YOU may cay cay that the
.hootins vas remark able, when II 10 known
,h.s there vas 4 bish cross wind, and that
the soldiers Of the Maine National Guard
will bear comparison with those cf any
.,.t."
The .hootius began with the continuance
~ ,he comu.ny team match. The record
r,.ds Tuesd.y bv the Biddeford company
va not eousiled and out Of the seven best
.cores in the whole match those made by
tho stovbessn Auburn aud Lewiston COM
psnies we're the only ones made Wednesday.
The reason for this apparent falling o6
v.s the bivh wind. Really the second days
80 -. ,ha hest unler the circuust suces,
Ihs cus.,ion a n the winner Of the fisss
r,;,s vss essiIv srttlei a. Company q. Of
sbe Fi,st Resimeut. the Biddeford Light
Infantry. with total Of 1877 led its neas-
a., IN IL hv four poinss,
rhs winner Of the second prize was 1t
ayst !. delicate question. Company y Of
,hs r;rst thr Norvay Light Infantry. and
Comr.nv y Of the Second, the Skow he gan
iyhs Infan,,v. were tied on q total with
,s$ Thev hsd tho s,me number Of bulls
.v.s ~ 1nu,s threes and mlsses and the
a,, -.y duniIcstss escept
..o,v. .'"as. -. ..n,;ns ,vls. The Norvay com
,. unue. ~, -. h.a.r .av.r,.ge wblch ssye
p~.y y.,.S 'i.a. The total of each of its
,..,,,ho,. v.s tvo more than tl,xt Of the
Ss""h...r oo,rsry,. team and the for.
mer won by this sltght margin.
'"sr T,S W" -, ~ ~. is.ds,s cam. thu team
r.n,o.sr,;nv compsny B Of the Second, the
psI w.rs I'M 1usrd. ~ f.ewiston. which won
he fourth prize with total OF $50.
'"S Caa..ny n ~ tho ri,st. The T,lson Light
| S.. - poct,.ra Compsnv G Of the
III. ,ha Auhr,n iivb, Infsntry and
rnr",,.n. ~ ,hs ssme regiment. the
C:is, ra.,S. ~ Av.u,t.- xeya tied On
.".r,s - ~ "a, Ann prize
~. ~, ,,.. s,o,n ,bs TSre ,ock town y ere
awarded Il under the rules, having fewer
| -. th.r company G. and having made no
,n,s.,, while one had been scored agsiast
Tho Gu,rds.
The p,iz.s in hi, match were I've hand
,ora nic,uye. of battle scene,, worth from
Az ,o si0.
900 y.rd, came the company teau shi-mish
match moi unaer the following con..,tion. 1.
Fivs sbot. advancing and Ave Yetr.atng ut
,nhnovn DISTANCES rom $50 yards 10 $50
.,ds' one sbot to ca b alt, nj q B target.
| The greatest crowd WAS that sttracted by
nj. ryst,y copte ,t and the applause was In
os,,i.liv given. Three prize, we've om-
peted for first 1000 rounds anmnp tiob
second zoo rounds ammunition; tn.rd, set
ideal reloadins tools.
The hiyhes, scores was male S Company