Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-14
Engineer Riaemen Preparing for the
Sea Girt Meet.
NAMES OF The TEAM MEMBERS
Method Of Scoring Shots on the
New Target.
A Nj R1CANS AT BISLEY

Pretty much all the activity noticeable
in connection with the District National
Guard just at present is centered in the
rifiemen of the Engineer Battalion, who
are preparing for the trip to Sea Girt two
weeks from today. Three times weekly
these engineer experts visit the range at
Ordway and put in hours of hard work
familiarizing themselves with the new fig
ure and silhouette targets. as well as the
skirmish branch of the practice. Those
who are in constant practice and from
whom the teams that are to compete at Sea
Girt will be selected are the following:
Lieut.. Graham, Lieut.. Hutterly, Sergt. s..
i. Scott. Private Farrow, Corporal Wealth
erald, Sergt. Appleby. Sergt. Stewart, Capt.
Holt, Sergt. Dickey, Corporal Leizear,
Sergt. Cook, Maj. Pollard, Color Sergt.
Cookson, Sergt. Maj. Lanham and Private
E. W. Scott.
The Engineers will enter two teams each
in the regimental and company matches,
and all the men composing the Washington
detachment will participate in the indi-
vidual matches. First Lieut.. Glendie B.
Young, in charge of the party, announces
that the start from Washington will in all
pi obability be made Saturday night, Au-
gust 2S, at II 30 o'clock. According to the
schedule. Sea Girt should be reached be-
fore breakfast Sunday morning.
Capt. H. HI. Parmenter, quartermaster of
the I'd regiment, it is expected, will ac-
company the detachment quartermas-
ter, having served most satisfactorily in a
similar capacity on the trips to Sea Girt
for years past. First Lieut. Wilmer p
Vale, who is regarded as fixture as adju-
tant of the Sea Girt party will also go into
camp on the Jersey shore.
The I'd Regiment may also send team
Inc washington experts will have some
pretty hard nuts to crack in order to over
come their competitors. The crack Georgia
shots will be there. and it is reported that
the Massachusetts team. in practice, is
making magnificent scores with the new
rifles purchased last year. The District
National Guard, however, has every conf
dence in its representatives, and will not be
satisfied with anything less than first
prizes all around.
District Guards New Target.
The Harries target, as it is designated in
the copyright, and a cut of which is pub
iished herewith, the new Mecca, SO to
speak. for the bullets from the rifles of
District National Guardsmen, will be in
position at the Ordway range the latter
part of next week. The target, which is
the figure of soldier in undress uniform
with leggings and campaign hat standing
at parade rest. with rifle, is to be litho-
graphed on heavy paper. The work is I'M
der way in New York. and 1900 target
sheets have been ordered by the District
National Guard.
The figure will be in colors, properly
shaded. and correct. as to uniform and
equipment. in every detail. AS the idea is
to encourage low shooting hereafter the
system Of scoring that has been adopted
allows five for every shot striking below the
top line of the leSgings, provided some por-
ton of the figure rife stock is hit, From
the top of the leggings to the lower edge
of the belt four will be allowed, provided,
also. that some portion of the figure or
rifle stock is hit. From the lower line of
the belt to the top of the hat, three is the
figure that will be recorded by the scorer.
Inasmuch as the figure itself in it's lower
eXtremities would he an extraordinarily
d1fhcult target to hit al the mid-ranges On
windy day. there has been sidewise ex-
tension OF the target such is likely to