The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-28
ONE TARGET MORE
The Attendance at the
Marion Range Makes
This Necessary.
TROUBIE IN KEEPING TALLY
sgw sosihq
More Scorers Nceded--Th Increase
~ II Companies Responsible for
. This State of Affairs.
TROUBLE IN KEEPING TALLY

The Fourth Regiment range at Marion
experienced another busy day on Saturday.
The fine weather brought out an unusually
large number Of marksmen, and as early as
half-past two O'Clock, a half hour after the
range was opened, the range master had to
arrange a list SO that the men could shoot In
the order they arrived. Heretofore the
marksmen crowded in between half-past
three and four o'clock, but on Saturday they
arrived carly, and up to six o'clock not one
of the targets was allowed to remain idle.
The need of another target was made appar-
emit, and If the officers of the regiment
wan to make themselves popular with the
members of their command they should
provide one The officers lave always hest
tated about adding another target, as they
feared that if they erected one the markers
who lave to be employed to manipulate it,
would be idle the greaser part of tho season.
There Is no doubt now but that the large at
tendance which has marked every day of the
present season will be continued, and there is
no doubt bnt that the attendance will be
even larger when the Saturday half-holiday
season begins. The officers should take into
consideration that there are three more com
panies in the regiment than there were this
time last year, and that the member of the
new companies are losing NJ time in perfect
ing themselves In the use OF the rifle.
NEED OF MORE SCORES.
Another matter that should be given i'm
mediate attention is the system OF scoring.
On Saturday Captain Graft who oficiated as
scorer found it impossible to correctly tally
all the shots on the target. The Captain was
assisted by a member of one of the compan-
les who called off the shots as they were
made, but even with this assistance the Cap
tain could not keep the scores correctly. To
keep a correct tally of all the scores there
marksmen would also be better pleased If a
member of the Range Committee would
watch the markers at the targets and see
that each shot is marked correctly.
The conditions for fine shooting on Satur-
day were the best that the marksmen have
had this season, and as q result there was q
vast Improvement in the scores. The light
was very good and there was scarcely any
wind. The honors of the day were captured
by Lieutenant Abel P. Brown of the Gun
Detachment, who duplicated his excellent
score of A made the previous Saturday.
Captain Burnsted of Company A put up the
creditable scores of AZ and Al. Corporal
Drayton of Company A, who leads for the
Second Battalion Majors Badge with the
score Of 40, also duplicated his leading score.
Sergeant Harry Rink of the same company
also made a score OF 40, but as be has a score
of 42 made last season, he does not tie
Corporal Drayton for the badge.
Captain Charles Stelle of Company B, who
captured the lead for the First Battalion
Majors Badge with a score of IS, improved
his lead by advancing his score one point,
There are no changes in the other contests.
THE SCORES.