The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-07-21
VIRGINIA CITY WINS
Company D, N. N. G., Captures the
Trophy in the Team Shoot
THE KESsLER FLAG DRILL
To-Day the Result VIII Be An
nounced-The Maneuvsrs We're
Highly Entertaining and In
structlve-At camp Davis.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Bozeman. July 2O-csovernor J. q.
Richards arrived in Bozeman tonight
and is the guest OF Director and Mrs.
;. NJ. Emery at the experiment station
tonight. where a reception Is being
given In his honor. AT s o'clock to-mor-
row morning cavalry Troop A Of BILL
ings will come to town from Camp w.
II. ii. Davis and escort the governor
to Fort Ellis. where he will remain all
day and In the evening review the state
militia there. He will also have the
pleasure of presenting TO the rifle team
making the best score at the rifle range
to-day at Fort Ellis the handsome sill
Yer trophy now in possession OF COM
pany III OF BozeTnan, and tomorrow
evening he Will present II to Company
d of Virginia City. which to-day drew
TO Itself the congratulations OF tile en-
tire regiment OF the National Guard Of
Montana by the score made by the
team from that company Shooting be-
gan at Z a. m at the 2O0-yard range,
with this score:
Company ID OF Virginia City, 205;
Company q of Butte. 1872; Company II
OF E0zeman, 199; Company A OF Great
Falls. 1855, A, rhe 3J0-yard range the
Virginia City team fell behind. Com
E.tny O OF Butte going to the front
and Company II tieing Company D's
score. az follows: u. 1875. q. .0l: II.
is9, and a. 1863. AS the teams went back
10 the 5J0-yarI range II was With but
little hope or victory for Great Falls.
MI ~. q .,I..
tied. There Were o1ly TWO points Diff
ference between them and right here
the excitement commenced, every shot
helng sent home WIKI all the precision
which could be brought TO command
by the men cf thOse three teams, and
nj the end Of the shooting but lit,le
change had been made. Company A
got III points. Company @ lss. Com
pany II ls5 and Company u 1870. This
was only six points difference between
uhe three best Feams. the total score
standing: ID, SIS, II. 5S3; G. $50. The
shoot az 900 yards was: ID, lG6; II. i6s:
G. 15i. and Great Falls, III. This gave
Virginia CITY the trophy. by l3 points
and four points above the score OF $50
which last year won the cup for the
Bozonan team Tae total score was:
COmapny ID of Virginia City. 154. Com
pany III of Bozeman. Iii; Company q
Of Butte. 1886: Company A OF Great
Falls. $50.
Captain Keown's tc,h shot at the 500
yard range was marked a miss. He
claimed that the target was moved
just as he sha,, while the markers at
the next range claim that two stiots
were fired at the same time at that
target. Captain Keowns shot was
three points not allowed. and therefore
his score Is subject to revision. II al
lowed those three points. Captain
Keown will have the best individual
score made to-day. 165 points. but his
score now Is lG2, leaving Lieutenant
French of Company A and X. Elling-
son OF ID ahead with 1873 points. The
result Of the shoot with TIE total score
OF each will be given tomorrow. The
report OF the result of The contest is to
be read at the dress parade tomorrow
| evening.
afternoon was not decided by the
judges at the time Of dress parade. al
though II was reported later that Com
pany r Of Butte had won this. but this
Is not official The result will be given
at guard mount tomorrow morning
and the flag presented by Colonel Kess-
Ter at dress parade In the evening. The
board of judges was Col X. Il. Wall
lace. Col. John r. Miller and Lieut.. II.
v. Bailey. They were surely competent
In every way to make the decision.
which had been imposed upon them by
| their superior officer. Every man. his
uniform, gun, equipments and COM
pany barracks Were carefully scruti-
nized by the judges before the COM
pinies marched out on the prairie for
drill. The companies drilling for the
flag, were: + OF Butte, X OF Anacon-
da. A OF Great Falls. III of Boreman
and OF Butte. Companies B OF Butte
and d Of Virginia City not drilling.
Company F OF Butte drilled first and
| their litter drill was the special fea-
ture OF the afternoon and will probably
go much towards winning the nag.
They then had platoon drilling followed
by advance battle front. with skirmish
line thrown out and double-quick ad-
vance, firing rapidly. charging and re-
treating. This drill was magnificent
sight and almost as stirring as real
battle. + and @ probably lost some on
this last drill. but their previous ma
neuvers were almost perfect. II went
into the skirmish line In splendid shape
but had not men enough for the ph-
toon drill, while Company A was also
handicapped by numbers. II being the
smallest company to enter the con-
test. X Of Anaconda drilled for . vsy
few minutes. not going into the skin
mish line at all Interest in this driil
was much greater than In the shoot OF
the rifle teams for the trophy. and there
ls going to be great enthusiasm by the
lucky company when the winning COM
pany is named by the judges to-mor-
I row.
Col. C. F. Lloyd. who went to Helena
last Thursday. Is again at Fort Ellis.
having arrived this morning. The last
detail Of officers for this encampment
Is: officer OF the day, Z. W. Wynne %
Company G.: senior officer OF the guard.
Lieut.. II. V. Bailey OF Troop A; junior
officer Of the guard. Lieut. James Cor
by of Company u.
Rain at Kansas City.
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