The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-09
ON SAVANNAH's RIFLE RANGE.
TALK OF INAUGURATING An An
NUAL INTERSTATE SHOOT.

The Success of savannah's Team at
Sea Girt starts the Idea Of Bring
ing Other Teams 10 Savannah.
Some Members of the Team tx
Pacted on the Kansas City To-day.
There VIII He Demonstration in
Their Honor when They All Re
turn.
The Kansas City which will arrive from
New York this afternoon or tonight will
bring back several members Of the Sea
Grit team. Recorder H. Z. Wilson, Capt
). c. PosteH and NIessrs. Screven, Burpitt
and Myers are supposed to be on board.
Some Of the team remained in New York
to see the great yacht race and others scat
tered for various trips throughout the
north. 1t is not known whether the trophy
will be brought down on the steamer or
whether it will be sent here by express.
There will be no formal demonstration,
though there will doubtless be many of the
friends Of the sharpshooters at the wharf
to welcome and congratulate them.
Capt Williamson wired Col. Garrard
advising that any formal demonstration
members of the team to the city. Col.
Garrard said yesterday, in speaking with a
Morning News reporter, that there would
certainly be a demonstrate of some kind
later on to show the appreciation of the
military of the work done by their rep
resentatives at Sea Girt. 1t has not been
decided, he said, what form this demon
stration Will take, whether public recep-
ton or a gathering Of the military. This
Will be decided after d consultation among
the military officers II is proposed to
place the trophy on exhibition where
everybody interested will be given an op-
portunity of seeing it.
The work of the team at Sea Girt will
have far reaching results" said Col. Gar
rard. arrangements will doubtless be
made for an Interstate shoot here next
spring. According to all reports we have
a much finer range here than the one at
Sea Grit, superior, perhaps. to any other
range in the country. 1t will be, at any
rate, when the work is completed My idea
is that we should arrange for an inter-
state shoot here in April. April is, in my
opinion the most pleasant month Of the
year with us, while 1t is undoubtedly one
of the most unpleasant at the north, be-
ing just at the breaking up of winter. 1t
Will be a convenient time for us and con-
venient also for the northern military men
to come south.
All INTERSTATE SNOOt at savannah Will
prove a much better attraction than a
May week, in that it would bring people
here from all over the country and who
would remain here for several days at
least. All the northern teams which COM
peted with Savannah at Sea Grit would
he likely to accept the invitation, besides
many southern teams which would be sure
to come to Savannah. Interest in sharp
shooting among the members of the ma
tional guard is generally on the increase,
and with the advantage of the range which
we have ana the military spirit here we
can make such an interstate contest an
annual event. The spring shoot at Savan-
nah could be made to correspond with the
fall shoot at Sea Grit, and 1t would come
to be so understoon by the military men
all over the country. Trophies to be con-
tested for annually would have to be pro-
vided and to do this we should have to
call upon our business men for aid, which
they could well afford TO give, as the April
contests could be made to take the place
of the May week festivals, and 1 think
would prove to be much more
satisfactory from every point
of view This matt& will be dis
cussed among the military men during the
winter, and I think 1t very likely that
something will come of it."