The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-31
REMARKABLE SHOOTING.
Records Made with Pistol and Carbins
by Sergeant Henser.


There is soldier in Troop G, Of the
Second cavalry, at Fort Wingate, who
bears the distinction of being the best
shot in the United States army. He il
Sergt. Henry Henser, and not only is
he thorough cavalryman in every
sense of the word, a perfect carbine anG
pistol shot, but he has had some al.
ventures that few men would have
lived through. l saw the sergeant the
other day in his comfortable quarters,
and obtained a record of his wonderful
shooting, as wella the story of a desper-
ate battle he had for his life in Arizona
in 1890, near Fort Huachuca.
Sergt. Henser has served as soldier
for almost nineteen years. He is
powerfully built athletic man of about
3S years of age, and thoroughly good
| fellow, so his comrades say. His record,
as given in Wingate (Ariz) letter, as
marksman began in 1885 at Vancouver
barracks, where he shot on the depart
ment team, or, rather, in preliminary
| shooting for position on the team, ana
secured first place, in 1887, in the da
partment of the Columbia shoot, he
was No. 16, with a score of Asa points,
In the following year he raised his score
to 51S points, scoring fifth, although
there were but seventeen points
between him and the winning
score at that shoot. All these compe-
titions were shot with the military
rifle. After 1883 he shot entirely with
the cavalry carbine. In 1889 at Fort
| Wingate in the competition of the de-
partment of Arizona and California, at
which the most skilled marksmen from
the various posts in that department
were shooting, he scored SAB points,
winning the department silver medal.
During the same competition he shot
on the pistol team, winning the bronze
| department medal for revolver shoot
ing, scoring 1875 per cent. This score,
with the former ones he had made,
qualified him as a distinguished marks
man, and gave him the handsome gold
medal signifying that rank by the gov
eminent.
In a competition for place on the
army team of 1890, when marksmen
were to be selected for the great army
team shoot. he scored 557 points
against Capt. Kerr's 567. He was
therefore prevented from shooting on
the army team that year, and it was
Notifying to him later on to learn
! that Capt. Kerr won the army medal
by 557 points, the very score he had
| mazda in tho pra1i,p in q r.iac II tauub+
! him a lesson, however, and he grimly
| declared that in future the man who
disqualified him would have to do
some shooting. He proved this year
| later, for, Notwithstanding the fact
that he had almost been torn to pieces
in December, 1890, by a silver-tip bear
| he won third place on the army team
and secured the first prize there,
winning a handsome gold medal, more
than seven ounces in weight He
scored ass points III the army team
shoot
In the Distinguished Marksmen's
team shoot in 1892 be won the cele-
brated Buffalo" medal, huge gold
adornment sought after more, perhaps
than any other insignium of marks
manship to be found in the army. 1t
is larger than the governments
gold medal awarded to the win
ner of the army team shoot, and
it has to be won from the most distin-
guished marksmen in the service He
scored 600 points in this shoot. In the
same competition in 1898, at Fort Sheri-
dan, he again won the Buffalo medal
with a score of 5S2. Some one tam
pered with the sights of his carbine
at this shoot and after he commenced
to fire he had to take new carbine.
about which he knew nothing. He
found that it shot a trifie too high. He
allowed for this, and won first prize
in spite of the Vaccinations of his enc
mics. Again in last years shoot he
captured a greatly priced Buffalo"
medal, and now has three of them, in
addition to the first prize medal of the
government for the army, and less valu-
able decorations enough to cover his
breast. He has made the highest
scores in skirmish ever attained, name
ly, 10, III and 1874 out of possible 200
points.-Boston Traveller.