The morning times., 1895-09-15
DISTRICT SOLDIER BOYS
One Weeks News and Gossip
Around Local Armories.

The brigade team is home from Sea Grit
It won prizes and broke records. Monday
night the members W ere welcomed by nearly
the entire brigade, Thousands of citizens
and lots of red fire.
The record made during the weeksshootat
Sea Girt is something to be proud OF. The
brigade team won the Hilton trophy by
score OF 1897, breaking the worlds rec
ord by one point. The Engineer Corps won
the interstate regimental match by score
away ahead of anything ever made In tbs
contest before. DIR. s. l. Scott, of Company
H, Engineer Corps, won the Wimbledon
cup; Private George Cook, the Hays' medal;
Lieut.. A. o. Hutterly the first prize in skir-
mish run, breaking the record by making
80 out of a possible 100; and Lieut.. Young
the prize In the inspector OF rifles contest.
This is not bad.
The team reached Sea Girt all right, and
the Sunday spent there was day OF rest.
Not a shot was fired. The time was put in
at Asbury Park, Long Branch and other
watering places. The ladies accompanying
the party were: Mrs. Birney, Mrs. Par
menter, Mrs Young, Miss Stewart, Mrs.
Sneeden, Mrs. Hodges and Miss Vail.
Since their return the members of the team
say they had but little time for pleasure.
Mo nday's programme, when no prizes
were shot for, is given as an example of
how their time was occupied. In the morn
ing the team shot ten rounds at 200 yards,
and all who were members OF a regiinental
team shot ten more rounds. In the after
noon 1t was the same thing at 500 yards.
While waiting around for ones turn, time
passes rapidly, and these two practices
took up ali the time of the men.
The first shooting was for the interstate
military match, and the District lost it by
few points. Ma jor Pollard, the crack
shot of the District, made miss at 800
yards, and then followed by 8. The first
shot was due to q defective cartridge.
He should have made 46 without any trou-
bic, and instead only counted up 40. This
lost the match.
PLEASED WITH GEORGIA.
The District boys, though, were i'm
menseiy pleased that the Georgia team won.
The two teams formed quite an attachment
for each other while there, and the District
representatives gave the Savannah boys
more than one good pointer. The latter
have invited the brigade team to visit them
on February %, and 1t is possible this
may be done. The Savannah team has one
OF the finest ranges in the country, pres
ent from the city. The good influence
of Georgia's winning this match can scarce
ly be estimated. Already it has braced up
the Southern guardsInen in every State.
1t was at Major Pollard's earnest sug-
gestion that the team which shot for the
interstate military trophy was changed.
The team as it stood the first day consisted
of Privates Scott and Wetherald, Sergt.
Dickey, Private Cook, Private Lizier
and Corp. Carlton, Capt. Bell and Lieut..
Laird, Sergt. Stewart and Corp. Appleby,
Major Pollard, and Lieut.. Butterly. The
change consisted in substituting Private
Graham for Max Pollard. Private Gra-
ham made the best individual score on
record, 90 out of a possible los, and the
match was won.
Lieut.. Hutterly was the last one to shoot.
At 200 yards n tough wind was blowing,
and the score made was one which the
boys would not boast OF. At 800 and 500
yards they crept up, and when Lieut.. Hut
terly commenced every one, except the
lieutenant knew that 1t depended on him
whether the record was broken.
~ want you to make 32, lieutenant"
said Mai. Harries.
I'm going TO hold on the bull 8 eye every
shot," was the response. But the lieu
tenant did not do quite so well as he ex-
pected, and only made 80. This, though,
was enough, and the total went one better
than the record. Then there was hand
shaking and congratulations. The boys are
not through h feeling good yet.
Private Graham is one of the original
members OF Company A, Engineer Corps,
and was largely instrumental in building
it up. He was lieutenant in command of
the first platoon for two years. He is
great shot.
THE RECEPTION.
The reception given the team on its re-
turn was worthy OF the occasion. The
First and Fifth battalions turned out, as
well as q provisional battalion and the
first separate battalion. The parade was
under command of Lieut.. Col. Walton, and
he had for aides Capt. Hudson, adjutant
First Regiment; First Lieut.. Beatty. Troop
A, and First Lieut.. Robbins, Light Battery.
At the armory-Maj. Harries made an ad-
dress to the team, thanking them for their
good work. The team cheered Maj. Har-
ries, and Capt. Parmenter then took them
all out to lunch.
large number of the boys left Sea Girt
Saturday. Capt. Bell saw the yacht race
and others spent the time at Long Branch.
All met at the Pennsylvania depot at
O'Clock Monday. The emblem of victory
was three brooms tied together and trans
parency bearing the inscription, "The
Worlds Record, 1,097."
The Fourth Battalion will be inspected
In person by Mai. Campbell on the 30th.
2sth, and he intends to see what the COM
mand looks like. The inspection ordered
of companies and company property has
been finished and the result forwarded
to headquarters.
Lieut.. Kingsley is still acting as quar-
termaster, and Will continue TO do SO until
bis resignation is accepted. Lieut. sabin,
Inspector of rifle practice, has received
leave for thirty days. Mai. Campbell left
yesterday for Knoxville to attend the
annual camp of the Sons of Veterans.
He will be gone all week.
The practice march OF Troop A to Great
Falls last Saturday was a great success.
Thirty five troopers took the march under
command of First Lieut.. Beatty. They
started from the armory at O'Clock and
reached the Falls at midnight. They
slept under the trees and on the porches
of the hotel with their saddles for pillows.
On the march up, as well as back, the
troop was put through certain evolutions.