The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-31

Lieut. sattsrles Wn1 EncouraEs the
Estapllshmeatof oDsHsar saVannah.


Lieut. sattsries Wni EuconraEs the
Establishmeatof onsE Near Savannah.
The savannah militia. or those nnem-
.bers Of x > no fake most interest in rine
prlctiee. &re enthusiastic OYER The project
% estahiishing aresuiation riae range
near tha cry, ana they have received
much erseura cement "a the work from
Lieut. G. =. ssttsrlesf INSPECTOR general
Of rife praetes in the ssste.
The idea ~ to establish the range ont on
the line OF me ely and serbcrban railroad
where a good place Tor the purpose has ~
ready been selected. and place that on
account of ne sirest.car service win be
easy Of access. n IS UNDERSTOOD that this
place mas already been leased for a term
Of years OF tlzat orr an eeTnefits for a lease
have been entered Into. and an that U'lil
be necessary IS 70 lay out and establish
the.ranges =
The plan contenIplates ranges from 100
70 loeo yards m length win the 200, 600
500, ~ Sard ranges and al intervening
rangss between, nose OF lee and 1O00
yards. The troops here, or that portion
81 them interested n rife practice, Wi
have 70 see u the leasing OF the, grounds
the leyelin8 Of the ranges ana cons true
ton Of the butts, After this Lieut.. SAT-
teriee Gays be WI. Sec to It that the state
furnishes an the targets, apparatus am
pltnttion and eyeFEtliins else Necessary
70 The quinrnqnt 81 the ranges.
Il ilnd a strong spirit in favor of this
movement here " Lieut. Satterlee said.
land 4 want to encouraga 1t All can.
There Is more interest taken insriae prac-
tlce right here, than in all othert Sections
~ ne state combined, and the state should
and viii, think, DO al IN It's power to
sBeyides FURNISHING. the eqapmeat for
the range as soon as. an arraneeInents for
its tablishrnent have been made ] shan
have II declared the official range for the.
troops IN this section Of the state, and on
4 they can Quality as marksmen, sharp
shooters or IN The other grades the same as
on the only oihcia1 range now IN the state
which Is near Griffin at Camp Northen.
~ VIA be an encouragement to the
men IN this section 40 establish an Official
range here The day Of prize shooting is
past ana gone. The practioe is a per
functory one and ts'gone almost as soon
as the prize IS flw arded. The .nlarksman
who receives offcial recognition from the
state feels that he has earnedr something
which will be Of more than passing SER
wee to him. and It Is my earnest hope that
this rapse viii be Established and in oper-
q ton within few weeks. It's regulations
VIII be the same as those on the official
range at Grimm and he qualifications of
those who practice there will be identi-
ecaIs' $50
It IS not likely that there viii be any
'trouble about tire early establishment Of
an official rife ranse just out
side fof Savannah 1.-THE rife
shots 1n the military companies
here are enthusiastic over the project, and
with the encotre cement they viii receive
from the state they will want to hurry it
forward 70 an earlyt completion. with
such facilities as II would AFFORD there is
no doubt that Georgie could send a team
TO Seagirt, n. y. that would carry off
more hpncrs than were secured last Sep
tember. Though the men did exceptionally
well on thai occasion.