Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-26
WILL SHOOT FOR PRIZES.

Annual R1He Ffact1ce OF INC second
Regiment at the QUinnipiac Range
To.Day-ProbabIe Makeup of the
Several Teams-The Contest tx
pected to BE Unusually Close and
Exciting.
The Second regiment annual riffs prac-
tioe to day at Quinnipiac range promises to
bs one of the most interesting and closely
contested ever held All the companies
have entered teams and the members of
each team have been selected after num-
Der Of competition shoots as being the best
marksmen in their companies.
Promptly at 8 o'clock the contests will
commence. Four teams are to shoot at
time and the first will be Companies I, K,
D and E. 1t is calculated that they take
until 1870 to shoot OFF their stringe, when
G, G, and H. will take their turn at the
butts. This will take until about noon.
The field and staff teams and teams for
Companies A and B will wind up the team
shooting.
Each man is to be allowed seven shots at
both the 200-yard and 500-yard ranges, but
they are not to be given either sighting or
warming shots. There will be four sepa-
rate contests; namely, the company team
match, short range match and the individ-
ual skirmish match.
The first named contest is the most i'm
portant one. The first prizs in this con-
test is the Captain Bowen cup; the second,
the Colonel Doherty cup, and the third the
Lieutenant Burpee cup. The first prize has
already bean won twice by K company.
When won three times by a company 1t
becomes the property of that organization.
Along with the cup will be given to the
final winner a handsome silver badge to
each member of the winning team. KS
team, therefore, will make a big effort to
land the trophy this year.
In the individual skirmish match separate
teams of four men each will be entsred.
In the short range or individual contests
three regular prizes are awarded-frst, the
Colonel S. R. Smith badge; second, the
Lieutenant Colonel Bacon medal; third !,
the General Ford medal.
There is but one regular prizs in the off
| GERS match, and that is the Colonel Bario
badge.
The prizes, both regular and special, will
| be distributed to the winners In the off
| GERS quarters in the armory this evening.
The men who will compose the Second
| regiment team at the brigade contest to be
i uO1u Ill h0Ib1OIu ASAt HOutu WILL US CuOSCu
by Captain La Barnes from those making
the best SCORES in the company team match.
| The several company teams will proba-
bly, be made up as follows: F company,
Lieutenant Charles Smith, team captain
Captain G. F. McCabe. Lieutenant Clar
encs Damn, Sergeant Edward o, Greuuer
| Qaartermaster Sergeant Alfred Hustled
Corporal Clarence CLARK, Privates CLARK
and Earl: G company, Captain Michee
Greed, team captain; Lieutenant Kennedy
Lieutenant Plunkett, Reagan and Flynn
D company, First Sergeant Harry Young
team captain, Captain Beach, Lieutenant
Morse Sergeant Howard Young, Corpora
| Besbe, Corporal ,Gessner, Qaartermastel
Sergeant Happier and Corporal Nichols
E company, Qusrtermaster Sergeant Rob
ert Walker, team captain, Captain Tucker
Sergeant Lsndop, Corporal Wood Corpora
Henderson, Lieutenant Bailey, ColonelW E
Spencer. Corporal Harry Howard and Pri
vate R. L. Walker; B company, Lieut. Lau
tenback, team captain; Corporal Gutbrod
Sergean Sheen, Captain Harry Mink, Quar-
| termaster Sergeant Wrolen and Corporal
Sypher. Field and staff, Captain La
Barnes, team captain; Colonel Doherty
Major r. F. Callahan, Major Dickinson
Captain T. T. Wells, Lieutenant F. L.
Minor, Sergeant Barbour and Sergeant
| Taylor.
| The officers in charge of the shoot will
be: Major Timothy F. Callahan, chief ex
ecutive officer; Captain g. G.. LsBarnes, l.
P. P. range officer; Captain W. J.
| Beach, D company, Captain Michael Creed,
| G company, and Captain Charles F. Nc
| Cabe, F company, assistant range officers
Captain T. T. Wells, financial officer and
| secretary; Lieutenant Joseph q. Townsend
| surgeon.