The San Francisco call., 1897-01-18
MILITARY MARkSMEN.
First and Fifth Regime ent Musket
Shots at the Shell Mound
Range.

There was fair representation of
marksmen at the Shell Mound rifle range
yesterday, but they were all of the mill
tary order. During most of the day the
light was bright; too bright, in fact, to be
satisfactory. for it frequently caused a
blur on the sights and bullseyes.
Companies A and F OF the Fifth Kegi-
ment were we'll represented and the shoot
ing was up to the average. 1t is said that
the marksmen of the Fifth have placed a
chip upon the regiments shoulder, so to
speak, which they would like to see the
best men of the First knock off. Before
the last team shoot of the First's crack
team of 100 men, which took place last
Sunday in the inter-republic match with
the Hawaiian National Guard, the best
shots of the Fifth stated that they would
like to meet the pick OF the First, pro-
vided the latter did not go over 40 average.
As the average was less than that num-
ber of points the men of the Fifth believe
that they are In a position to meet on
equal terms the regiment that has put
forth so many good musket shots in the
past Arrangements for team matci be-
tween the two regiments may be made
before very long.
Possibly with such an event in view the
men of Com panies A and f were out to
warm up more than usual yesterday. Of
course the more experienced marksmen
held their own, and more than this, they
put in more time coaching the lesser
lights in craftsmanship. The scores of
the two com panies in their monthly medal
shoots, ten shots, military target, were as
follows:
Company A, Fifth Regiment-Bodwen 33,
Kohler 27, Gusmore 81, Cron II. Langford %,
Corporal TAFT 35, Corporal McGlll 40, SERGEANT
Brin 80, King 50, e. D. Smith %, Glass II, C..
Puckett 80, Fellows 18, Corporal Littefeld
39, G W. Pickett SO, R. X. McKtllican 49, j.
Ellis 81, MeComDs 10, G. w. Brown 81, Lieu
81, Sergeant Downie A, Sergeant Dixon 1S,
Captain Poulter 45, c. Poulter 33, c. Fl. Ellis
50, " Brink 40 }. Moiler 2, {. brown 20.
Company f, Fifth Regiment-Wels4 Al, Stock
ing 80. A. Sears 40, J. Brewer 80, Magennis
81, Reed 81, Rowland SO, Peterson SO. Nick
erson SO, Miller 33, Rowe 33, Bennett "a,
Lieut. Wenk 81, Nudge 33, w Griffin "a,
son 81, A. d. Wilson 30, Cobbledick A. R.
Hansen 43, Carney 80, A. w. Blakely 80.
Mitchell 30, Darling 81, Bray 20, Withern %.
A. Brewer %. Crone IA. Mcmillan IL, Whaite
19, Davis 81, Weylen %, Heffernap d. Steven
son 50, Schwarting 33, w. q. Leonard Al.
The attendance at the regular monthly
contests for medals of the City Guard
Company B, was as good as usual. AS a
rule this company mas full representa-
ton at every contest and the scores taken
as a whole are above the average. Those
made yesterday were all good. but no
very brilliant performances marked the
event. The scores were as follows:
Company B, City Guards, First Regiment
H. C. Taylor AZ C. Lindecker 80, c. Pinn ID.
G. Heizman 40, G. Sullivan A, J. R. Wear 40,
s Hapthorpe SO, j. Miller 80, a. McCulloch a. IL. i,
w. King Al, E. B. Peppin 40, NJ. Fan 81 Cap
tain G. Filmer Al, E. L. Filmer 40, t. Woods
3S.
For several weeks there has been pri-
vate match brewing among four of the