The morning times., 1896-12-08
RIFLEMEN RECEIVE PRIZES
Awards of the 1896 Matches Made
Last Night.
Interesting Military Ceremony Car
ried Out at the National
Guard Armory.

A large company of the members and
friends of the District National Guard
gathered at the L street arrnory last night
to witness the presentation OF awards TO the
winners in the rifle matches OF 1896.
The competitors marched into the hail
| under the escort of the Second Regiment
band and full company OF details from
the regiment at large. Lieut.. Col. Walton
was in command OF the parade, which W as
formed under the direction OF Capt. James
L. Mack, of the Second Regiment. The
entire escort was in full dress.
The winning contestants lined them
selves at one end of the long hall after
they had been escorted from their various
| quarters and the presentation began. Begin
ming with the Merchants match there were
| twenty five awards distributed to the fol-
| lowing guardsmen: Color Sergeant Wilcox,
! Privates Crisp, Edwards, Steward, Cola
| Gay, Farrow, Campbell, Lecman, Bush,
! Wells. Ball, McCienehan, Buell. Kline, Eggles-
| ton, Britain, Irwin, Ellsworth, SergeantS
Mclaughlin Lanham, Bailey, Allison, Dyer,
and Trumpeter Carroll.
| In the company team mat eli the prize was
handsome clock, and was won by thetednI
! OF Company =, Second Battalion. The
battalion match was also won by the team
| of the Second Battalion, and the prize here
was a clock The First Regiment won in
! the regimental match and received the
| trophy, a clock.
In the separate company match the First
| Separate Company was winner with a
| total score OF niiIety-two. The Fourth
| Battalion team was winner in the volley
! skirmish match, where the prize awarded
| was $50.
| In the May match the prize was hand
| some gold medal, won by c, McC. Taylor.
| Capt. Henry May, the dol or OF the prize,
presented it to the marksman.
| Privare McClenahan was the winner of
| The gold medal offered prize in the
| Washington match. Mr. JohnH. Magruder,
the giver of the prize, personally awarded
| il last night.
| Capt. E. C. Edwards, representing the
| firm Of r. Harris & Co, presented their
| valuable wards in the Harris trophy match.
! The winner of the first prize was Private
! c. McC. Taylor.
| Private s l. Scott was awarded the Star
| prize as winner of the match of the same
| name. The trophy was presented by Mr.
j. Whit Heron.
The prize in the Senatorial match is n
| large silver cup. presented by twenty-one
| Senators. Sergt. W. w. Cookson was the
| fortunate winner.
Those who won the two highest scores
| in the distinguished maTksman match were
| Lieut Frank l.. Graham ard Second Lieut.
| ndrew O. Hutterly- They were awarded
! medals that were donated to the guards
| men by the late Col. II. L. Crawford and
| Major NJ. V, Tierney.
Col. Theodore Mosher made the awards
| in the Mosher re-entry match. The prizes
We're money awards, a music box and
| lamp. The highest scorers were Privates
| Farrow Ind Scott, and Second Lieut..
| Hutterly, and First Lieut.. Shaw.
| In the Lothrop match the winners were
| Private Farrow and Second Lieut.. Hut
| terly The winners in the Columbia match
| were Private Scott, Second Lieut.. Hutterly
| and W. E. Colladay.