The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-19
sHARPSHOOTING DONE BY COM
PANY TEAMS ON THE LAKE
VIEW RANGE.
COMPAND | THE WINNER,
WHILE PRIVATE OLSON OF COM
PANY G CAPTURES THE HIGH
SCORE BADGE.
THEIR SABBATH DAY IN CAMP.
Bows In Blue VIII Attend Religious
Services and Entertain the
Host of Visitors.

Special to the Globe.
CAMP LAKEVIEW, July 1S.-This
was sharpshooters' day at Camp Lake.
view.
The First regiment company tour
nament was fully up to the expecta-
lions of the most uninterested marks
man in camp.
At o'clock this afternoon the call
was sounded, and shortly after the
ten sharpshooters who had been Sc
lected by the respective captains
marched out on the parade ground,
headed by the Watson band. Lieut..
Catlin, the First regiment judge advo-
cate, had charged of the formation.
The popular band started up a thrill
ing two step, and the stuff was off.
Lieut. Catlin turned the sharpshooter
squad over to Lieut.. Falk, inspector
of small arms practice. Targets were
chosen by a shake of the inspectors
hat and after the proper amount of
instructions had been given every
thing was ready for the big rifle meet.
There were just an even hundred
men who took part in the noisy target
plunking contest. Seven shots were
given each man from the 200 and from
the 50O-yarQ ranges.
There was a big crowd of spec
tators on hand, and among the wear
ers of the blue were to be seen a good
sized sprinkling of Fort Smelling Of
ficers. Every man was in the pink
of condition and prepared to shoot for
his life.
The weather was none too propi-
tious, and the counter currents inter
fered with the direction the projectiles
took. There were all kinds and de-
grees of interfering winds, and these
irnpediments played havoc with the
aggregate score of every team. The
patient sharpshooters would no sooner
get their wind gauge in one position
than a counter wind would whistle
and the whole thing would have to be
done over
The shoot started at the 200-yard
range at 2:2O, and doughty Capt. Bean,
of Company D. was the first man to
burn powder. The veteran militia cap
tain toed the 200-yard line, got his
eagle eye on the black mark in the
target, and blazed away. The captain
didn't hit the "heifer's" eye, but he
was awfully warm, and the scorer
tains column.
Capt. Masterman, who halls from
the prison town with Company K,
stood in the lot next to Capt. Bean,
and started the ball rolling by punch
ing hole right straight through the
buIlseye Then there was a fusilade
that would do. credit to a good old
fashioned sham battle
Col. Reeve, who has done so much to
make the tournament a success, was
one of the officials of the day, and man
ifested as much interest as any man
in camp. Maj. T. c. Clark, of the
medical corps. acted as otticiol score
keeper with Lieut.. Steele, staff, and
Lieut.. Wheaton, medical corps, as as
siStants.
When the work at the 500-yard range
had been completed the sharpshooters,
In regular formation. marched to the
celenel's tent where the winner and the
aggregate scores were announced.
Company I, -of Minneapolis, was
found to be an easy winner, and the
beautiful silk banner was duly pre-
sented by Lieut.. Johnson, in behalf of
Col. Reeve.
Private Olson, of Company G, was
awarded gold medal for obtaining
the highest Individual score Lieut..
Johnson stated that the banner would
have to be Won three successive years
before becoming company property
The members of 1 company simply
went wild after the score was an
neunced, and Capt. Corriston, on the
shoulders of his men. was carried
around the streets CT the regiment.
The aggregate scores of each company
are as follows: "a" 1893; "B," 81:
&C." 451; D. 400; e. 1928; "F.' 464;
ct" ATS; ;" $50; IT, 5S4; tx" 46i
The individual scores of each company
are given below:
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