Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-01

knew enough to realtzeat the utter foolish
ness of such interferencee But the rumor
to Ma eTfa
ries who commands the Districts detach-
ment here, long typsWritten document
signed by William H. Mayer. in which pro-
tests were made agafnsteithe brigade team
of the District. ~
Mr.. Moor resides in Washington. He is
a clerk in the Department. Of Justice. He
was until quite recently ad3utant of the
I'd Regiment, and has,t been more or
less of a rif1eman in times past The pro-
tests were based upon the alleged Illegal en-
listmeEt Of three members of the brigade
team. the character of the rifles used by
be improper) Of the engineer corps as
battalion. - -
In support of several remarkable asssr-
tons the protestant uses up many pages
of paper, for, In addition to the original
protest sent to General Spencer as e1ecu-
tive officer Of the New Jersey Rifle Asso-
citation, copy was sent to Pennsylvania 9
general inspector Of rine practice. and
range authorities, thoroughly aware of the
conditions upon which the complaints are
founded, have laughed heartily at what
some Of them have been pleased to term
"a plausible but ineffective effort to be an
noying."
General Spencer was going to drop the
affair in his capaciouS waste basket, but
finally consented to give the District boys
a chance to see what one Of their former
associates thought of them. The epistle
was read to about all Of the detachment
just before taps" and was greeted with
derision of the most pronounced sort. Some
few were inclined to look at the matter
very seriously, but, after the primary out
burst of Indignation. there was more of a
tendency toward sarcasm.
Major Harries. who would. perhaps, be
more deeply concerned than any one else
in a genuine protest, was asked If he would
throw some light on the kick" which had
surprised and aroused the camp. He said:
The Protests Accounted For.
at is very remarkable. indeed. that Mr.
Meyer should make such an assault upon
the District National Guard. A year ago
would have deemed an attack like that i'm
possible. and 1t was at that time but
can find some reason for 1t now.
I'm 1893 and 1894 this man was a men,
Der of our brigade team. He was always
the uncertain factor. and when any matches
were en- was the cause OF much anxiety,
so in 1893 he was not put on the team.
That action by me, prompted only by my
desire TO strengthen the team. resulted in
pcstponing Meyers chance to win the dis
tinguished marksman's medal, which we
award to those who serve on the team for
three years: later, Meyers resignation from
the National Guard rendered the winning
Of such a medal by him impossible Mr.
Meyer has never forgiven me for doing the
thing which made possible the record
breaking score the District team nut I'm
last year in the Hilton trophy match His
vanity. being fixed and inelastic has never
recovered from the shock, and this is one
Of his retaliatory methods
The guns and ammunition we use are the
same as those we used In the DAYS when
Mover was one Of us: they are strictly
military In every respect and conform
easily to the regulations that govern this
meeting. Is 1t not somewhat strange that
Mr.. Meyer did not discover any alleged
irreguarity in our equipment until he was
dropped to make room for better rifle
man? As to the technical ncn-residence of
two or three members of the team little
needs to be said. 1t Is enough to state
that all the while Meyer was a member of
the District National Guard his legal resi-
dence was. as 1t now Is. in the state Of
Pennsylvania Yet | never heard of his
offering frivolous technical objections as to
his own status.
Il would like to believe that Mr.. Meyer Is
not the author of the protests, but the au-
toSraphs are undoubtedly genuine and the
collateral testimony Is proof certain"
What will the protests amount to-"
Nothing. 1t Is simply one more case of
sour grapes All other considerations being
laid aside. Meyer is not competent to file a
protest. he not being a competitor. Mr..
Meyer has his labor for his pains"
A Busy Day Promised.
This starts out to be a busy day. An ef-
fort Is to lie made to, complete the rep1-
mental. company and carbine matches he
fore shutdown; most desirable program,
but difficult Just how many teams will
compete cannot DOW be stated, for half a
dozen additional ones are expected to ar
rive before 1870; they may or may not
come. Following are the representatives
of the national capital today:
First Regiment-Private W. f. Colloday.
Private c. Nice Taylor. Private NJ H.
Britain. Private J. H. Wilkinson, Private
F. n. Wells. Lieut.. l.. H. Reichelderfer.
Second Regiment-Col. Clay. Lieut.. Geo.
G. Shaw. Corp. Albert Whitacre, Corp. Il.
s. Wilcox. Private John A. Kirk, Private
II. NJ. Bell Alternates-Capt o. G. Simon
son, Sergt. A. s. McClain. SergtW. S. Dav-
export.
Engineer Corps-Lieut. G. B. Young. Corp.
S. B. Wetherald, Corp. NJ A. Appleby,
Corp. G. f. Cook, Lieut.. A. 0. Hutterly,
Lieut.. f. l.. Graham. Alternate-Sergt W.
w. Cookson.
Company A, 9th Battalion-Sergt. A. s.
Mccain. Sergt. Chas. f. Groome. Corp. A.
Whitacre. Corp. E. s. Wilcox, Private r. l..
Bush.
Company B. 9th Battalion-Capt. J. q.
Tomlinson. Sergt. w. s. Davenport. Pri-
vate W. f. Buell., Private Horace NJ Bell
Private John A. Kirk.
Second Separate Cycle Company)-Capt.
S. II. Wiggin. Lieut. W. e. Sorrells. Corp.
W. E. Eckstein Private T. R. j. Campbell,
Private J. d. Eggleston.
Company A, Engineer Corps, first team
Sergt. S. l Scott, Corp. 8. B. Wetherald,
Corp. M. Appleby, Corp. G. E. Cook, Lieut..
F. l.. Graham
Second team from Company A, Engineer
Corps-Capt. ]. M. Pollard. Corp. e. w.
Scott, Sergt. c. W. Dickey, Corp. G. w.
Alberto. Lieut.. A. o. Hutterly
Carbine match, First Separate Company
droop A)-Sergt. J. F. Fitzgerald, Trum-
peter w o. Carroll. Privates E. D. Brown,
c. r. Taylor and H. D. Green
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