Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-05
The order of teams at the finish and their
respective aggregates is herewith given:

Georgia 1,043
District Of Columbia. .l.037
Pennsyvania ..................... ...l'0oS
New York. ........................ WI
New Jersey. ..-......-............ ......... u.s.
The Alaska Teams Skirmish Run.
1.-THE" feature Of the days proceedings
occurred too late for most of the people
who visited the range for the purpose Of
witnessing the shooting. It was the first
skirmish run of the first Alaska cavalry
team, ROBBED in red blankets, artistically
draped, and wearing the quaint headdress
common to the jewellers In the Valley Of
the Yukon. They made their appearance
on the range just as the other competitors
were completing the days work, and were
greeted with an outburst of vocal enthusi-
asm such as has not been heard In con-
nection with the incoming or outgoing Of
any of the other teams.
Immediately preceding Capt. Day, who
was team captain, was Trumpeter Carroll.
and until the 600-yards firing point was
reached, where the run commenced. the
trumpeter blew marches and calls such as
to him seemed fitting. concluding with
Church CALL" to the solemn notes of which
the blanketed team moved as sedately as
a funeral procession.
Then a photographer gathered unto him
self wealth by securing g. picture OF the
immortal detachment, which is composed
of survivors of one of the finest cavalry
regiments ever mentioned In connection
with the history of the late unpleasant
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has never been seen at Sea Girt, or, for
that matter, anywhere else. The number
of hits on each target was fully three
times as many as has ever before been
country. 1t Yves marvellous exhibition OF
skill and endurance, and the Alaskans
were warmly congratulated upon their re-
turn to camp.
Visited by Gen. Miles.
There were distinguished visitors on the
range. They came down mainly for the
purpose Of seeing the team from Governors
Island do its skirmish, but before the Skin
mish work commenced the party from the
island found it necessary to return to New
York Those composing the party were
Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Gen. Van Vliet,
Gen. c. G. Sawtelle, assistant quartermas-
ter general and chief quartermaster De-
partment of the East; Col. Thos. Barr,
judge advocate general of the Department
Of the East; Col. VIM. Worth, thirteenth
United States infantry, commanding Gov
ernor's Island; Mrs. Worth, Miss Harris,
Capt. JAS A. Allen of the signal corps and
Capt. Michler, aid-de-camp to Gen. Miles.
Gen. Mics was evidently much interested
in the work of the teams from Georgia and
the District of Columbia. He occupied a
camp stool Immediately in rear of the Dis
trict men for some time, and was as much
delighted as any one else with the big score
put up by Corp. Carlton of the engineers.
Gen. Van Vliet was also busily engaged
in roofing for the Washington boys, but
like all the others from the national capi-
tal he was a good-natured loser.
Col. Barr, another Washingtonian, would
have given something handsome to have
seen the District boys win. but he accepted
the situation gracefully, and Joined heart
lily in the applause which followed the con-
clusion of Georgia's score.
Capt. Parmenter. the District teams
auartermaster, escorted the regular army
contingent around for a while, and Col
Theodore Mosher, the Districts adjutant
general was also active in seeing to it that
the guests Of the day were attended to.
Capt. Day had charge of the ladies, and
was envied by everybody on the range.
Gen. Ordway Arrives.
Gen. Ordway arrived tonight and, in
company with Col. Mosher. came over to
camp from the Beach House some time
after supper. He will be here today for
the purpose of encouraging his men to do
their best in the Hilton trophy match.