The morning times., 1896-12-20
AROUND THE ARhOhT
Gossip of The Week Among D S,TjGt
Soldier Boys,

SululGl Sogp
The rifle practice season has opened In
earnest in the gallery.
q'lIe first of the preliminary shoots came
orrlast week. Monday and Tuesday nights
were company matches and Friday night
the batUahOns shot.
The attendance was fairly good. or
course each company was represented 10y
y team OF five men, but al the companies
were. not represented. Those missing were
Conpanv b. Second Battalion; Company \,
Engineer Corps; and Companies b and Z,
FIRST separate battalion.
THE WINNER.
Coopanv b. sixth Battalion, was the
winner, ma king score Of 221. Company
c. second battalion, the. fencibies, was
riaut in line, and made total OF -l2
i,olntS. The company promises To forge
ri-HJ ahead now and take first place
40 the brigade Everyone was glad to
See them ma kc such a fine showing. Mon
day night Lieut.. George {. Shaw was
range officer. Tuesday night Lieut.. W.
l.. Vale was in command. The scores
made by tue various COMPANIES follow:
Company !. inst EaJJaI .o..-SerEt- A.
Al Nuzzy, "a. SerGt. H. /. LccCh, i3,
Iryatc ". h IRWIN, 20, Private u. II.
Williams. 20. lrIYaJc II. l.. HallCay, "a
Total. l51.
Company b, First Battal.oa-Corporal
II K. AicCabe, So. Private 1. y. Wells 40
Corn ossd j. W klue. a.. Private Ii, /.
Kulput. 81. COP lo.al ". ;. Han, 81.
Total, 1874.
Company {, First BattaliOn-SerGt. A.
Nj Allison, 3s; Corporal W. L. Browne. II;
Corporal J. 4. Wilkinson, 43: Private b.
L Washington, 40; Private 4. j. Erwin,
~. Total, 2l2.
Company -, First Battalion-SerEt u. r
McAvov. Is: Private L. V. Mcintosh, Al;
private l. ". TAYLOR. 3s; Private L. c.
Brown. 4 :: rrINstUe lJur>ey, 33. Iotal, loI.
COMPANY A. Second BaJtalion-Sergt. W.
Z. Thompson, Al; Private L. A Bouiay,
AZ; Private NJ. NJ. Clark, 40; Private q.
X. AICuusr. = /. IuVats NJ. + brHtoi4, 30.
Total, lS9.
THE FENCIBLES.
Company c Second Battalion Capt. {.
s Dnucr, -; Lieut. w -, Mortimer, 4O'
Private W. i. Christ, 43; Private H. ).
Barber. ~; Private J. 7 McClenaaan, 40
Iotai.. -l2-
Company A, Third Battalion Candidate
serg, A. W shilling, SIS; Corporal +. r.
Lacy, 81: Private C- Z. McCdrdy, IA; Prl-
vale }. a Chisholm, 81; private /. j. Pow
ell. 81. Total, lSO.
Company u, Third Baltalion-Second
Lieut. f Il. StutZ, 40; Sergt +. L. Peach,
al: Corporal Harry Patterson, 33; Corporal
Clarence Entrekin, 33; Private Hugh ID.
Rollins, 80. Total, l77.
Company A, f0drih Battalion-IIeut.
Charles j. Harlowe, 30; Scrgt I. +. Nc
Aually. 81: Corp. Walsh, 81: PIisate r.
Blake, 81; Private Martin, p. Total,
167.
Camnanv c Fourth Rattasiou-Capt. F.
. R.,E fF,g
G. +. Thompson, "A orporal, }. c. Ward,
33:PHyate :. j. Gardner, a. Total, 1873
COMPANY D.. Fourth Battali0n-SerGt
W. s. Hodges, SO; Sergt. l.. Evans, 81;
Corporal Thomas. 80 PIi i,ate J. ID. Lee
man. Al: Private II. DodSon, 43. Total
1876.
Company A. Firth Battalion-PrivateG G. G.
Deuni~on. 46; Private Calian, "a; Corporal
Trembly, 81; Sergl. John Kayan, %; Sergt.
Mcleod. 80. Total, 50.
Company Il, Fifth BattaliOn-FirSt SerCt
L. A Acker, 3S; SeEgt. A. B. Weir, 43: Pri-
vate A Totten, -; Private Hutton, 80
Corporal Devine. 3S. Total. 1917.
Company c, Firm Battalion-Ieut. r. II.
RowdIer. 1 4: Sergt c. l.. Bode, &c; Private
T. r. Newman, 30; Private F.. T. Bennett,
a.: Private W r Smith, 81. Total, 1873.
Company ID, Firth Battalion-Capt. George
" England. 40, Corp. J. B Mctinness, 50;
Corp. W. W. Day, %; Sergt. Clarence
Homer, 4 ,; Private Robert L. Much, 81
Total, Isl.
SHOT TUESDAY NIGHT.
Company A, Sixth Battalion--Capt. O.
e. Simmon>on, 80: Sergt. c. +. GrOome
47: Private j. S BAN, Al; Private H. ~
Bennett, AZ; Private Gardner, 81. Total,
2O9.
Company B, Sixth Battalion-Sergt. W
s. Davenport, 43; Sergt. Ernest BairStow
As: Private 4. L. Pile, Al; Private w E.
Bnell. II; Private j. a. Kirk, 40. Total
e27.
Company c, Sixth Battalion-Capt. b. II
streeks, %: SerEt. ]. Z. Garner, 81; Sergt
j. W Garner, 33; Corporal W. Willis, So
Corporal william Sureney, 10. Total, l5l
Company A, First Separate Battalion
sergt. John H Wells. 81: Private c. A
Gibson, ~; Private II. l.. Gibson, 80
Private ]. H. Snow den. 36; Private j. ii
Thomas, AZ. Total, Isl.
Company D. First Separate Battalion
Lieut.. J II. Johnson, 3e; Sergt. Henry
Chasee. %: Corporal II Murray. 33: Private
q II Paine, "a; Private j. s. Ware, Sc
Total. 10.
Company h, Engineer Corps-Pnvate W.
A. Edwards, 46: SerGt. NJ. o. MayCs, "a
Private J. s. Gheen, Al: Private W. II
Rabbit, &c; Corporal f. ". Holt, A. Total
col
Company c. Fncirecr Ccrns-First Sergt
r A Wright, A: Private NJ. b Sturgus, 43;
Private w. NJ. Lamson, 30; Private Lestel
jolt 81; turate W. G. Stewart, 10. Total
f04
First Separate Company v-Private Burke
8; Private w w. Boyer, 40; Trumpeter w.
O. Carroll. sc; Private Matchett, 81: Pri-
vate Green, 32-total; 1874; 5 per cent al.
lowance added-141
Second Separate Company First Sergt
II X Gibson, 20; Corp. R. ID. Weaver, 27;
Corp. W. c. Eckstein, IS; Private T. r. ],
Campbell, 80; Private j ID. Eggleston, 81 =
total. 155.
THE BATTALION MATCHES.
The battalion match of ten men each
was shot off Friday night. 1t was woI
by the Engineer Corps with a total ol
443 out OF a possible 600. Each mar
in the team made over 40 or 40 out of a
possible fifty in his shooting. The Sixth
Battalion team was second in the list, 425
being its score, although the Second Bat
talon was but one point behind it, with