The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-24

The RIFLE MATCHES
Elaborate Preparations for
the State Association
Contest.
REGULATIONS FOR COMPETITION
Dates Of the Matches-A Success
full Affair Assured-Associa-
TONS History.

day, September z, to Saturday, Septem-
Der Z, inclusive, is the time set for this
years meeting at Sea Girt of the New
Jersey State Rifle Association. 1t will
be the fifth annual affair of the kind
given by the organization, and, like its
predecessors, will attract expert rifle
men from all over the country, including
the crack re~gimental team shooters of
the National Guard of seven. States, the
District of Columbia and the United
States Army. 1t is likely, too, that the
team shoots will be more interesting
this year and more sharply contested
than ever, from the fact that the per
mament ownership of some of the tro-
plies will be determined. This is nota-
bly, so in the case of the Interstate
Regimental match, which has been won
twice by the First Regiment, D. C. N.
G., and twice by the Engineer Corps,
D. c. N. G.
The officers of the association are as
fohows:-Presidents Hon. George T..
Werts; Vice Presidents, General William
&. -Heppenheimer and William Hayes;
Executive Officer, General Bird w. Spen-
Ger; Secretary and Statistician, Captain
Delaney G. Walker; Treasurer, General
Bird w. Spencer; Superintendent Of
Range, Captain James L. Bodwell; Di-
%rectors, George T. Werts. Colonel An
thony R. Kuser. General William C.
Heppenheimer, Genera Edward P. Mea-
sy. Willl nbaod Hayes s General Bird "
Reid, John J; Toffey, Richard B. Read
Ovens. Colonel William F. Decker. CAP.
tain Delaney G.. Walker, John l.. XII
ser, Div Kelly, and Captain Gilbert S.
ORGANIZATION INCORPORATED.
The organization was incorporated
March Il. 1873, and held its first meeting
To ton of range. Of ne ana5 E Esaf GR the & OLD eon R {
was made with the State for the use
Of the range by the National Guard
son, only members of the National
Guard of New Jersey competing at the
annual meetings of the association. In
range at Sea Girt, the lease with the
association was cancelled and since the
the State troops nave practiced at Sea
In 1891 a. meeting was held in Trenton,
the attendance comprising members of
the association. officers of the National
ested in rifle shooting, and a new asso-
citation was formed for the purpose. of
s wifS tss rae tea The a late S a%oserno maf Eeen
Abbett was elected president and General
Bird w Spencer was made treasurer.
T The first meeting me Ing s sfter the nsng reorg 9 ia
Grit from August "a to 20, inclusive, in
1891, and contrary to predictions it was
a gfeas 81 suc fbe Eas IT WAS sts abso II the wb hEs5
the kirmish drill figured in competition
as laid down in the United States Army
regulations.
The following year arrangement were
made with. the National Rifle Associa-
ton, whereby the New Jersey State Rifle
gramme the matches Of that ASSOCIATION
at creedmoor. n. r. In TIE Eight Of the
Jersey State Rifle Association has CON
Quoted the competition of the National
Rife Association, 1t is now agreed that
these t~ime-honored matches. The sea-
son of 1894 was a red-letter year in the
associations history. At the beginning
the use of its members on the range a
handsome and commodious clubhouse.
At the annual meeting. success was
seven States being represented in. the
team shoot, among them being Maine
and Georgia. In short. the New Jersey
awake policy, given renewed interest to
R Rl9sa5k FOR scoMPETITIoN;
in the coming meeting the Department
of Rifle Practice of the State of New
Jersey has issued the following cir
The competition will be taJ between
m feanas Of Of the h National Guard Of New
men each from the regimental and bat
TALON and separate compan organlZa-
tons Of the National Guard Of the
The team competition. proper will he Of
two days duration. and win be governed
in all respects, except as as h ien yer
small arms now in force in the United
States Army: the team making the high
est a~gg,regate scores for the Two days 70
ton. Scores Of individual msmbers Of
for the information Of all conesrn ned, 10
competed for under these regulations,
and win be awarded to the organizations
whose team; for the TIVE We days AZ b Of the reg
~gregates in each match.
The organizations so winning the same
will be entitled to sh ho1d theme them for g one
subject to composition and be returned
to the control of the executive commit
ORGANIZATIONS winning these trophies
three times (not necessarily in success
sion) will be entitled to hold and W
New Jersey trophy won in 1891 by
First Battalion. 1892 by Second Regiment.
1898 by Second Regiment. 1894 by Second
Interstate regimental trophy won in
a.. in 1893 by Engineer Corps. D. G. N
O.; in 1894 by Engineer Corps, D. G.
The acknowledgements of the several
States whose ORGANIZATIONS participate
IN the competition will forward to the Off
Ger in charge of the composition a duly
certified service record of the several
principals and alternates Of their teams.
including team captain and team coach:
are bona fde members of the NATIONAL
Guard of the State from which they
come. and hat they have been duly
commissioned or enlisted in the military
than six () months Immediately. preced-
ing said competition: provided. that any
time not exceeding thirty 500 days which
NAV have elapsed between a prior term
of service and the current term shall not
be considered as i~nterrupting continuity
of service.
Thsre will also beoheld pool and indi-
yidual matches on the Standard Ameri-
can target at 200 yards. as we'll as the
competitions heretofore held by the Ma
Creedmoor. which will be more fully ex-
Jersey State Rifle Association.
The State of New Jersey will furnish
tents. cots and blankets to all teams
Iocated on the grounds at which good
meals. at reasonable prices. cen be Oh
tained. The State will also furnish
transportation to teams from New Jersey
REGIMENTS.
be the programme Of practice and COM
The names of the principals and al
terpates. in the order in. which they are
to IRE. both at known, distances and as
skirmishers, will be submitted to the ex-
~ont,tiua offfrer nv the team captains on