The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-17
TROPHY ON ITS WAY SOUTH.
THE SOLDIER OF MARATHON EX-
PECTED IN SAVANNAH TODAY.

IL VIII he on Exhibition for Some
Time Before 1t Is sent to the Expo
sition-A Complimentary Letter
From Adjt. Gen. Stryker of New
Jerscy-He Sent the Trophy to Capt.
Williamson at the Request of AGJt.
Gen. KeII.
The Soldier Of Marathon" the trophy
won by the Georgia or rather the Savan-
nah rifle team in the interstate match
on the Sea Girt range. win probably ar
rive in Savannah to-day.
Capt. W. W. Williamson, who was IN
command of the Georgia team, received
a letter from Adjt. Gen. Stryker of New
Jersey yesterday. dated Oct. IA, and stat
ing that the trophy had been shipped to
him by fast freight that day. This, Capt.
Williamson calculates. will bring the
trophy to Savannah by this afternoon or
tomorrow morning at the latest. 1t ap-
pears that the trophy was sent direct to
Savannah by the express desire of Adtt.
Gen. Kell, who wrote Gen. Stryker ask
ing that it be sent to Capt. williamson.
In his official reply to Adjt Gen. Kell,
however Adjt. Gen. Stryker states that
the trophy was forwarded to him, which
means that ii was forwarded in accord
ance with his instructions. In his letter
to Capt. Williamson Gen. Stryker en-
closes a copy of his letter written to
Adjt Gen. Kell with regard to forward
ing the trophy. The letter is highly COM
plimentary to the Georgia boys and is as
follows:
State of New Jersey, Office of Adjutant
General, Trenton, Oct. IA, 1S95.-Gen. John
Mcintosh Kell, Adjutant General State of
HCrfn A al civ.
me great pleasure to forward to you to-
day the trophy won by your team this
year at Sea Girt, In the interstate military
match shot under the auspices Of the Ma
tional Rifle Association Of America. The
trophy, Soldier of Marathon" has been
competed for annually during the past
twenty years, and has been won and held
mainly by states which have given a large
amount of time and labor to the educa-
ton of a state team. For the first time in
the history of rife practice the trophy
goes to the south, and your team of gal
liant GeOrgians, who made the effort in
1884, led all competitors in the match this
year, by score which has seldom been
equalled in these competitions The best
rifemen Of the states of Pennsylvania,
New York, New Jersey, and the
District Of Columbia We're their
~ gratifying for me to be able to say to
you that the team from the state of Geor-
gia, eXcelled the teams from all these
states in this competition. New Jersey
welcomes her southern friends to the com
petitions held on the Sea Girt range, and
cOngratulates them upon their victory.
Very respectfully,
William S Stryker.
Adjutant General.
It has not been decided yet Just what
will be done with the trophy on its ar
rival. There Will be a meeting of the
Sea Grit team at the Guards arsenal to-
morrow night, when the matter win be put
before IL and some action taken. Capt
Williamson says. however. that it wiz be
exhibited here for some time before any
thing else is done with it. Then, per-
haps, it viii be sent up to Atlanta, and
placed for a while in the Savannah ex-
hibit at the exposition. 1t will then be
brought back to Savannah and kept here
until the Georgia boys go on to Sea Grit
and win il again. Now that they have
got it, it is not likely that they are go
ing TO let 1t slip very easily
Sergt A. S. Eichberg, one of the mem
bers of the team, has a handsome photo
graph of the trophy. which he has been
exhibiting to the friends of the team pend
ing the arrival of the original. 1t shows
the figure of the reclining soldier, upon
pedestal, with appraised hand while upon
the base of the pedestal are the plates
bearing the inscriptions of those teams
which have been successful in the con-
tests for the trophy for twenty years past.
No doubt. there will be many who will
want glimpse of the soldier as soon as he
arrives and is put on exhibition.