Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-18
THE NATIONAL GUARD
How the District Teams Are Handi-
capped This Year.
NO PRACTICE UP TO THIS TINE
And the Sea Git Competitions
But Two Weeks Away.
NEWS At THE ARMOR ES

Preparations for the departure Of the bri-
gade dnd regimcntaI teams for Sea Girt are
about complete. and when the meeting
calIeI FOR next Thursday evening cloRes
evrry husly and everything Will az nearly rs
possible g., in readiness fpr the brief cam
rai1u. Scv,r boforr have green" teams
bon 4.ut to- part, ipatc ip competitions Of
any Iut urtar,c hut thts year nothing else
cuuII ro done. tor with the Hnrrncks range
completely di=uantloi. aud With the devel-
spp,ont ct strangely Obstructive tendencies
among army authorities supposed To- tie
friendly 4, the national puatd. rife practice
H. rot boon t,unriiis In THE vicinity. S"tni-
n,,usipnaI work mas been done hy iniiVida
usIs at tho Nlatatau ttsll range. hut any
thlrs thHt oven remotely resembles l'Hih
pta,tt,U Was uut 81 The question Tho stun.
hon vac pussiluaiy ptulhHmptlral unll ''n.
HY,u,rt atttrt ~ help Iheto WEI" lhl''
be- tfpphI,F 80 defend aaainHt w" vnrtt"''
elm 81 teams that hpyu hal ih'it a''ln
tpr,t puftpFf uUittra ~ tYhiWlHH, Nht" Tue
I,.U,,,tr i,pt,soutatt,oa have hrou tutu.
f.U.i S. tttsutst IS a. 'hU iUu Nh'h
1tr-aY tspteHH,J cheerful NllllrHn"r' - H,
tstI pturtt," ptl,ii'H'H t' ~" l"'hl .nhnlfa
Tho 49, ..p..t uuH decidedly dIUut f'uNt
huvt,,t tr,r, tH foundation ut"u when '"
boo q suHll pyramid 81 hope, h"t h"t
Uuutit DO o. Ulahr rItr The Utr' iluu ~ - hui'l
uilttt OF tftiitH. 80 ~ HtN A'''' WV ~
Eat. uud r,HtU'ut1l tr'tuf hNl "ihi''"
tTtuIur ant WV, F,HHoptblN Cuuui'ut ~
tu,.raH ruuldru,u that Won lualllh ny
thytr .eytryetu, utt-ttIt this year ~" "ue
know v uat any e the tratnH can ~, 30
Ia co. appearances are Curtrtutd, " Wuuli
Seem aH thuusn the brigade team would
probably o. a stronger OrbHntfdtlun than u
W.. 900 lrti. hat unttl there have been thf"r
81 f1ur daNr of team pTnSticr any estlntato
that can nav &c mpdn - Nkv'S - prove
misleading. ~ b. understood that teams
frpr, $vW Ictucy, Maipr, icnns}l'hhi".
ti,prpld ami perhaps New YORK VIII contend
viii the District team Tor one years pos
sr-~t.u II The hilton Shield AMI the M
ttuuat ttinr AsroCittlun tnteTHtHte trophy. u
Wa hup,i that team from the Depart
mrut 20 the East mish; also be entered
thr annual competitions at Fort Niagara
close on the 18th tnstHnt-hut II Grn. -. -,
howard has authorized the Equalization 81
such team nothing h known about 10 here.
Thr E'inaI Preparatory Meeting.
At the meeting whirh Is 1. be he'll at
Second regiment headquarters HeNt Thurs
DAY evening. commencing at > o'clock, II Is
expected that every member II the teams
AMI all those who have drcid"l 20 ac-
company the teams u Sea Girt Will be pres
.nt There is sim some uncertainty about
railroad rates. hut by Thursday every thinS
will necessarily Le settled ana before the
meeting Is over there will he no possibility
of any misundtUs landing. The program
50 far "a the brigade tenn IL concerned
starts the FIRST detachment next Satur-
DAY wight The second detaC hmcht Will
probably leave ON the following Saturday
night.
disappointment tn the sixth battalion
ConsIIsrahIe disappointment has been
causSl Iy a ruling Of the New Jersey State
Rlnc Association as to the r~gimentaI In
tersttte team match. The regulations say
that this match Is open tn teams Of six
from the rerimental. battalion AMI separate
company organizations Of the National
Gunri Of the United states. or Of the Unite
States army" For two years past a team
from the SIKH battalion has competed In
this match. n turns out that he entry ~
tu,h "a team "a Illegal for the sixth battnl-
iru is q rart ~ tho second regiment ana the
Rsrpni regiment has Its rerua- team Tho
wut1 .ha'tat N is hri ~ tian. Spencer
o. r.f.r 90 i1ttal'unz that are not parts -
frllwante condition quite cumtnou
throughout the National 1uaf1 rio rulrg
vas called fr-th b. tho organizing 81 a
team in The 81, Hri tautlIrn. ts ~ witch
tte tu.atiHn vHu rti''i 'c11 tho team -
d BATTALION wilton is r1rt ~ tesliICnt
TT. ut TIE ilt'1uIr ey ueit eit o." tie
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vun sa,.,,t.,.s- w. We t.rm.ni
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