The morning times., 1896-11-29
DISTRICT SOLDIER BOYS
One Wssk's News and Gossip
around Local Armofias.

the season formally opens ihonGn Is 10
be given to voluntary practice and yolun-
tary contests.
The Inspectors OF rifle practice have held
one or two important meetings during
the last week or and have carefully
discussed he best method to follow In
making matters interesting to the men
tnis winter TO start the winter practice
off with boom 1t has been decided to
open up with some liberal prizes. So
there is to be voluntary contest about
the middle of December and the prizes are
worth winning.
Tuesday night the rifle gallery will be
opened for voluntary practice aud this
is In anticipation or the contests winch are
to begin December IA. Maj. Harries will
be III cnargs. \ program the remain
ing nights has been prepared and MEM
bers Of the department assigned to COM
ma;ld, as follows
THE PROGRAM FOR DECEMBER
December 2, Lieut.. F. j Cardoza, First;
Battalion; December 3, Lieut.. W. p. Vale,
Sixth Battalion; December 4, Lieut. Stewart,
inspector rifle practice, First and second
Separate Companies; December 8, Lieut..
q. b. Young, Engineer Corps; December Z,
Capt. J. +. Bell, Second Regiment; Deccm.
ber q, Lieut.. N. f. Sabin Fourth Battalion;
December 8, Lieut.. Reicheiderfer, Third
Battalion; December 10, Lieut.. George C.
Shaw, Fifth Bittaiion; December L. capt.
Thomas j. King; December IL, Acting In
spector j. Bruce Webb.
Or December IA and 10 there will be
company matches. Each company will be
entitled To a team .of five men. The as
sIgnmcnts for thetwO nights have not yet
been made. On December / 8 the battalion
teams will contend. Each battalion is
entitled to team of ten men. On the 22d
the two regimental teams will shoot. All
10
which opens in January. IT will be con-
Quoted after the fashion of last year.
But to IN axe this preliminary shoot inter-
esting the department of rifle practice
offers several prizes. For the company
team making the best record the first prize
will be 900 rounds of ammunition, tie sec
ond 200 rounds. The same prizes are Of
fercd for the best and second best battalion
teams. The regimental team making the
hest score will win 200 rounds OF ammu-
milton.
Prizes are also to be offered for the
greatest number of bulls-eyes made i'll
december. For the first. 200 rounds of
ammunition; for the second. 100 rounds:
for the third, so pounds, and five others
Of 90 rounds each. This ought to stir the
boys up.
PRIZES TO BE AWARDED.
One week from tomorrow night the
prizes won at the fail meeting OF the Rifle
Association will be presented. They have
been ready for come time, and the delay
in presentation has been due to the making
OF the arrangements outlined above. The
presentation will occur at Z p Iii. i'll ''on-
vention Hall or in the rifle gallery. II is
quite likely the occasion VIII be made one
of considerable cerem ony.
AT the same time the prizes won in the
rifle gallery practice last winter will be
presented. These were to company,
battalion, and regimental teams. In the
future there will be no such delay. 1t
was avoidable this time.
The new rifle club is getting along swim
mingly. The new constitution has been
adopted and permanent officers chosen.
They are: President, DR.. S. l. Scott: vice
president, George {. Shaw; secretary,
F. L. Graham; treasurer, F. W. Holt: shoot
ing master, W. NJ. Farrow: and executive
committee, DR.. S. 1. Scott, y. o. Hut
terly, and Dr. c. Is. Young. The new
CONSULTATION limits the membership to
twenty five. Thursday the club had
its first shoot. The members are'chariued
with the range. Some very good scores
were made.
AT last the nlarksmcn Of the First Regi-
ment are to receive their insignia. Capt.
King, inspector OF rifle practice, has Tor
warded 10 the officers commanding the
battallons of that regiment the badges
and crosses for the years S9i and 1880.
Col. Moore has had them in his possession
for several weeks but was too busy to
send them out. The men who will
receive their insignia this week are: For
1894 the one man to receive a siarpshoGt-
ers bar for S92, '93, and '9I is Private
W. Z. Coliady, Second Battalion.
THOSE WHO WON.
Silver pins and crosses. sharpshooters,
Private NJ. p. Britton, Company y; Pri-
vate W. +. CTish, Company Il, and Private
W. E. Stott, Company C, Second Battalion;
First Lieut.. C. a. Weaver, Sergt. Edwin
NJ Taylor, Corp. S. A. Wimsatt, and Pri-
vate George a. Harris. Company \, Third
Battalion. Marksman's pin, Harry W.
Kenner, hospital steward, First BatIa lion.
Marksmen's buttons-Capt. John S. Miller,
Company A; Corporal Harry r. McCabe,
Company B, First Battalion, Corporal
Thomas B. Davis, Company A, Second
Battalion; Capt. E. A. Shilling, First Lieut.
George b. Trails, and Candidate Corporal
Luther b. Stewart, Company "A, Third Bat
talon.
For 1895 the following:
Sharpshooter's bars-Capt. Thomas 5.
King, inspector rifle practice; MAJOR Rich
ard 4. O'Brien, Candidate Quartermaster c
Curry, Dyer, Color Sergeant William
Hadger, Private C. Nice Taylor, Company B.,
| Second Battalion, and First Lieut.. Frank
E. Gibson, inspector rifle practice, Thirt!
Battalion.
Silver pins and crosses, sharpshooters-
First Lieut. George W. Sneeden, inspector
rifle practice: First Battalion, and Private
| Frank NJ. Wells, Company B First Battalion;
First Lieut.. James b. Webb quarterma Ster,
and First Lieut.. Schuyler c. Stokes, in.
| spector rifle practice, Second Battalion;
| Capt. Edgar A. Shilling, First Lieut. George
u MI. I.fn hpr =,
| Stewart Corporal Frank E. Lacy, and Prl'
vate Charles c. Mayer, Company A, Third
Battalion.
| Marksmen's pins-Sergeant Everett L.
Phillips, Company A, First Battalion.
| Marksmen's buttons = Capt. John 8
| Miller, Second Lieut.. Thomas W. Williams
sergt. Harry T. Leech, Corp. NJ. R. Wool
Shreve, Corp. Harry r. McCabe, Privat
1 John W. Kline, Company B, and Corp. Ed
Reinmuth, Company d, First Battalion
First Sergt Walter E. Thompson and
| Private W. L. Hazard, Company A Sec
| ond Battalion. Sergts. Milton O'Connel
and Harry R. Sisson, and Corp. Georg'
]. Harris, Company A, Third battalion
! and Private j. kell Monroe, Company D
| Third Battalion.
THE MORTON CADETS TROUBLE.
| The trouble in the Morton Cadets i.
| causing good deal of gossip in Guart
circles and out Of ii for that matter IT,,
| general impre sSion is that the bOlters
| should be fired out of the company jus
as quickly as it can be done. From F;
| guard standpoint all officers think tina
Capt. Shilling has been too lenient will
| these men.
1t is probable that matters will b.
brought to an issue at the company nieetin,
Tuesday night Capt Shilling has beer
advised by his attorneys to insist on tn
boilers signing a revision of the iDcOr
poration of the Morton Cadets. Nothing
is 10 be done with the report of the au
diting committee appointed at the meetin
last week until the boilers have dom
L In bas Haf,. To do 60 h