The Washington times., 1894-10-28
DISTRICT MEN BEST SHOTS
Local Riflemen Easily Won Yesterdays
Match at Marshall Hall.
GOOD SHOOTING By BOTH TEAMS
On the Homeward Trip OF the Steamer Mac
alester the Hospitality Of the New Jersey
Boys at Sea Girt Last Summer Was Reoip-
rocatsd by Washington Guardsmen.

New Jersey rifiemen are awfully jolly fell
lows, and may be able to crack mosquito on
the wing ten times out of ten, but they don't,
for all that. shoot in quite the same class
with the District team.
At all events they lost the match at Mar
shall Hall yesterday by 81 points, the total
scores of the teams being 1,296 and 1855.
1t wasn't the score, however, that was
chiefly discussed by the crowd Of good fell
lows who returned at o'clock last night to
the city on the steamer Manchester. A iollier
lot of warriors-on a peace footing-never
gathered on the lower deck of river steamer
to the clink Of glasses and the jingle OF knife
and fork.
All the afternoon the crack OF the rife had
sounded on the government range. The two
teams arrived at Marshall Hall about noon
on the Macalester, and at once set to work
knocking out bull's-eyes With slight inter
mission for lunch. firing was kept up until
nearly dark. Shortly after o'clock the Mac
alester arrived with new contingent from
Washington and a load of refreshments, tan
gible evidence of District Guard hospitality
and the tired marksmen, victor and van
quished alike, spent the two hours consumed
on the home journey In having good time
Caterer John Croghan served the lunch
which was excellent in quality and plentiful
in quantity-at least until the New Jerseyites
fell on 1t with their mosquito appetites. Con
spicuous on the table from which lunch was
served stood a center-piece OF carved Ice.
The other decorations were chrysanthemums.
BEGAN THE sPEEoH-MAKING.
After lunch some of the fellows fel. like
speech-making. Major. George q. Harries
encouraged the idea and led of with whoop
that looks breezy enough in cold type, but
sounds like the internal regions when let
loose on the lower deck with score OF Dis
trict Guards lungs behind it. This was what
Major Hqrries and his friends had to say:
I'D. C. rifle team-D. c. rifle team-D. @.
N CD. G. n. G.-Snap-bang-bull' s.
eyer'
1t was a sort of resume of the days events
that went to the hearts and pierced the ears
of ali hearers.
Major Harries made several other speeches
after that mostly to the effect that somebody
or other ought to offer a few remarks, which
was responded to by Gen. Spencer, captain
of the New Jersey team; Col. Moore, Major
Van Cleef, Sergt Dietrich Major Mcintyre,
and Gen. 0rdway. Col. Moore recalled war
history in which Jerseyites were credited with
having marched down Pennsylvania avenue
with the first fully equipped regiment, and
concluded by invoking perdition on her mos
quitoes and blessing on New Jersey. The
colonel was wildly cheered.
o. /. Pruden, assistant private secretary to
the President, was good-humoredly asked for
his views on the political situation in New
York, and his polite declination was punished
by three laundering cheers for Hill.
WIND AND sun UNFAvoRABLE.
The match took place on the Government
range south of Marshall Hall. Lieut.. Thomas
S. King had charge of the arrangements, and
Capt Guy Delaney Walker, of the Sixth
New Jersey Infantry, was range officer. Wind
and sun were slightly untavorable, but some
excellent scores were made, Private Scott, ol
the District team, securing 140 points out OF q
possible $50. This was the highest score.
The lowest was ia, made by Col. Owens, Of
the New Jersey team. The colonel was pre-
sented by Col Early and Capt. Parmentei
| with gilded sheet-iron donkey decked with
| blue ribbons, and inscribed: "To shout j:
nothing; the rest is everything-a reversal o.
| Napoleons epigram: ITO shout Is everything
| the rest is nothing"
The District team was made up of the fol-
! lowing members of the District National
! Guard: Major George H. Harries. team cap
| tain; Privates S. l. Scott and S. B. Wetherold
Lieut.. G.. B. Young, Private II. II. Leizear
/ Commissary Sergt. ]. NJ. Stewart, Corp. NJ
| Appleby, Capts. J. E. Bell, W. II. Meyer, ant
| J. NJ. Pollard, Sergt- c. w. Dickey, and Col
John A. Kirk. alternate.
The New Jersey team was composed as FOL
lows: Brig. Gen. B. ". Spencer, team cap
tain: Coils. John C. Owens and A. R. Kuser
Private John Kuser. Sergt. August Dietrich
Capt. A. II. Graf, Privates William Hayes
and John Ransom, Col. w. F. Decker. Privat,
Theodore Beck, and Major d. A. Currie.
SCORES THAT WERE SHOT.
The scores are as follows: