The morning times., 1896-10-04

move, and The Times hopes III Will SUI
ceed; but payment will not reach the root
Of the evil
The shooting began Monday with the
First Battalion. Lieut.. A. A. Birney was
the range officer.
The best score was made by private j.
C. Wilkinson, OF Company C, who scored
a total OF / "A points Uut of possible ZOO.
The next best was also made by private
in the same company, j. W. Cline, who
brought in total OF SO. Company g also
had the distinction OF bringing out the
greatest number OF men OF any command
IN the battalion, and II also mad Tie thru
largest score brought in by one oil It's mem
bers, a. NJ. Allison, whose score was l35.
These three scores were the highest made
in the battalion. Private W. h. Ferris, OF
CompaN a, brought in the best In his com
p,ry, 81, and the best marksman in Com
pany B was Private u. knight, whose
score was I21. Indeed, the best marks
men seemed to be privates.
THE OTHER BATTALIoNs.
Tuesday the Second Battalion was un-
able to shoot on account OF the range, aud
will have another chance Thursday-
The Third Battalion took its turn Wed
nesday. Lieut.. L. II Reichelderfer was
officer OF the range. Lieut.. +. l.. Glib
son made the best score-l44 out OF
possible 200. Lieut.. Wean made the sec
O0u Dcsu- stcTluS 80 pbiit>- IN tAS -hoi
tons. five men scored over 1OO points.
The Fouth Battalion was out Thursday.
The staff OF this battalion is the only one
in the Guard which qualified every member
at the gallery, and every member was at
the rfhige. The wind was blowing hard,
aud IL was difficult to shoot. The best
score was made by Lieut. Sabin, l3S.
Major Campbell came second with la.
Later, at voluntary practice ne made l53-
In the Emmett Guard, Company y, Pm
vate Blake took the highest honors On the
score board, and also won the Moore
company medal, contested for annually,
and awarded to the man making the high
est score. In Company d, Private II. a.
Dobson won the company medal for the
best score made by an enlisted man, lU5
beiug his record.
After the regular practice the staff oifi-
GERS held friendly Competition, shooting
i've shots at tie 2t0-yard range. Oct OF
the twenty five points thus made possible,
Lieut.. Jacobs stood first, with 23; Major
Campbell second, with FL; Sergt Byrne third.
with 20 points and Lieut.. Satin next with
I9 points. A number of other Informal
matches were shot off in the several hours
intervening before the home train ar
rived.
Friday the Fifth Battalion, fifty strong,
was at the range. The wind again was
bad. and bull's-eyes were few. The hest
score of The day was made by Lieut. Sprigg,
battalion surgeon. whose ScoreS age gated
131 out OF possible 200. serst. Weir,
OF Company b. made good score, a total
of 11o. while Private Bailey, OF Company
C. rolled up III.
The sixth battalion was at the range
yesterday, and took out TOrty-nine men
The shooting was the best of the week.
IN THE CONVENTION HALL.
Tho Guar1 is once moro in poSspsSi,n t,f
Convention Hall, but how long IL will Te-
main is another question The Guard took
possession october l and will keep right
along until change is ordered. The pro-
gram of last year will bc followed ST. far
as the assignments OF nights are concerned.
IL is The intention OF the management Of
Convention Hall to use il as an ice palace
after the 2Jd of Novembc. :. aud then, it is
probable, something Will he done.
The report or the adjutant general for the
quarter ending september 80 has been pub
lished. Under the heading of casualties the
folio wing is made public:
Reslgned-Peter J Duffy, first lieutenant,
Company D, First Battalion, August >,
1886. Charles II. kettler, second lieutenant,
Company {, First Battalion, July 70, 1896;
Charles E. Swigart, first lieutenant. Com
pany a, Fifth Battalion, July l 1896.
The ollowing-Damed enlisted men--ciev-
en--have been dishonorabiy discharged from
the National Guard during tie quarter end
ing this day: Samuel c. Anderson, private,
Company d, Third Battalion: John H.
Breciit, private, Company b, First Battalion,
Roy W. Dayton, private, Company a, First
Battalion; William E. Dove, private, Com
pany A, Fifth Battalion, James w llunni-
cutt, private, Company Il, Second Bat
.alion; E. F. Marshall, private, Company
\, Second Battalion, j. James Marvel, pr;-
vate, Company b, Fifth Battalion; Ernest
% .,
Battalion; George Pollen, private, Company
a, Fifth Battalion; Howard +. Short, pr-
vate, Company A, First Battalion, and Ed
ward {. White, private, Company 4, Firth
Battalion.
The troubles in the National Rifles seem
to have reached a climax atlaSt. Thursday
evening, at i meeting OF tie company, all
tue old officers, with two exceptions, were
uuStcd and new men chosen. The younger
element, the element which wants an equal
division OF the property, has ma jOrity now,
and there is no telling what other reforms
they viii institute. The corporation meets
Monday night, and the same plans may be
pursued there as in the company meeting.
Capt. j. NJ. Oyster WAS unanimously
re elected captain, and the:i the. fight be-
gan. On some of the officers six ballots
were taken The following was the result:
First lieutenant, Il. B. Young, vice j. o.
Manson; second lieutenant, George ".
Evans, reelected by small ma tority;
additional second lieutenant, John CAM
eron, vice W. p. Boteler; first lieutenant
and quarternaster, Louis Holmes, vice E.
B. Hay; first lieutenant and engineer,
George b. Shontes, vice Miles C. Summers;
first lieutenant and adjutant. II. C. Cum
ningbani, vice w. C. Keacb; first lieu
tenant and paymaster, Joesph II. Gurran,
vice w. X. Ellis; first lieutenant and CON-
niissary officer, F. b. Nichols, vice Thomas
A. Garner; first lieutenant and surgeon,
C. Neil Barry, vice George n. Acker; first
lieutenant and judge advocate, Theodore
j. Pickett, vice G. C. B. Conger.
The officers elected Will serve two years,
so that much is settled. Capt. Oyster has
not decided whether he will accept the re-
election or not. In Company B, Second Rat-
talon, he has forwarded his resignation,
and Lieut.. Mansen IS said to contemplate
resgning In THAT case Lieut.. Evans would
take charge. It-fs hoped@now that Com
pany B Will so right ahead.
NOTES FRMo COMMANDS.
Corp. Stewart of the Engineers has just
been appointed acting first lieut. tenant,, Com
pnay B, Engineer Corps.
The following have been dishonorably dis
charged from the Guard: Private Elra c.
Palmer, Company A, Engineer Corps; Private
c. F. Young, Company A. Eirsl Battalion;
Private Edward A. Compton, Company d,
Third Battalion land Private p. W. B.
Clements, Company A. Fifth Battalion
On account Of removal from the District,
Private Edwin D. Goodwin has been honor
ably discharged from the National Guard
Capt. Charles II 0urand andhasbcenappointed
member Of the brigade board Of cxamIna-
ton. -
Major Ha-fies. inspector general of rine