Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-11
Second Annual Meeting of National
Rife Association.
PLANNED ON AN EXTENSIVE SCALE
List of Marksmen Entered for the
Several Matches.
CONTEST BEGINS TOMORROW

| District National Guardsrnen and others
| have been eagerly awaiting the second an
nual meeting of the National Rifle Asso.
| citation. which will open tomorrow at the
| Ordway range. near Magruder station,
Maryland. and continue during the re.
| mainder of the week. An unusually at.
| tractive program has been arranged the
meeting being planned on a more extensive
| scale, perhaps. than any similar event ever
| held I'm the District of Columbia
| The daily program, subject to change, 10
| "a follows:
| Tuesday. October 12-The merchants.
| match, the short-range match. the shore
| and mid-range match an the estimating.
| distance competition.
Wednesday. October 13-The company.
battalion and regimental team matches.
the Gen. Ordway voley match and the vol.
4 ley-skirmish match.
| Thursday. October 1.-THE Washington.
r. Harris & Co.'S trophy, May and officers
matches.
| Friday. October 1.-THE senatorial tro.
ply. The Evening Star ard the distin.
| guished marksmen matches.
Saturday. October 16-Association mem.
| bership matches.
| The revolver match will be open each
| day.
| The Hevl Re-entry Association match
will be open each day after 2:3o o'clock on
| target No :.
| Target No. ] at each range will be pre-
! served for pool The moving man and deer
| targets will be open for pool shooting con-
tinuously, except during the progress OF
! match No. 16
The range will be open each day al 9:oS
| am.
| Opening Day.
The opening day merchants match will
be started ut 9:3o o'clock at the 2eo-yard
range on targets 2, 3, and D. The firing
at 200 yards will cease at 1910 O'Clock.
| RI I'd GA
| O'Clock and close at 1880 o'clock
| In the short-range match targets ., ?, &
ard will be used, the firing at 200 yards
| opening at 1850 O'Clock and closing Mt
| 1880 o'clock. Firing at 800 yards will open
| a. IL o'clock and close at / O'Clock.
| In the short and mid-range matca tar
| gets 2. and will be used at 300 yards
| target 5 being in use during the afternoon
4 for the Heyl re-entry match. Firing at
| 200 yards Will open at l O'Clock and close
at 4:2o O'Clock. At 800 yards firing viii
| oren at 20 o'clock and close at 4:3o
| o'clock, targets =, 3. and being used. IL
4 time is saved by competitors this match
| will be closed earlier in order to permit
| sweepstakes matches.
| The estimating distance competition VIII
open at 4:30 O'Clock.
| List of Entries.
The entries for each match are rs TO-
| lows:
| In the company team match. the follow
1 ing have announced their intention of com.
| peting: Company A, I'd Battalion; COM
| pany &. 4tl: Battalion; Company ID. 4th
Battalion: Company A. 9Th Battalion; Com
| rany b. 9Th Battalion; Company c, 5th
| Battalion; Company ID. 9Th Battalion; COM
| pany A, Engineer Battalion; Company {.
| Engineer Battalion
| In the regfmental team match. the LIST
| and I'd Regiments and the Engineer Bat
talon have entered teams.
| Battalion team match. list Battaiion-Ser-
| seant George W. Snceden, Company a; Ger.
- 4
| C. Washington, Company c: Corporal John
| \. Wilkinson. Company c, and Private
Thomas v Mackintosh. COMPANY ID.
| pany A; Private II. r. McCabe. Company
4 IL; Private w. X. McCathran. Company ID.
| The 9Th Battalion and the Engineer Bat
| talon have also entered teams in the bat
| TALON match.
| Volley skirmish match-Engineer Bat
talon and 9Th Battalion.
| General Ordway volley match-Engineer
| Battalion ano 5th Battalion.
| Merchnnts' Match.
| For this contest the following entries
have been made: W. A Coiladay, staff. 4th
Battalion; p. W. Smith, general staff; C. c.
| Dyer. staff. I'd Battalion: p. ]. Byrne, staff,
4th Battalion; IL. S. Holliheld. staff, En-
| gineer Battalion: c. l.. Lanhari. staff, En-
| gineer battalion; Z. S. Wilcox, general
staff; G: {: Callan. Company A, 9TH Bat
| talon; ]. NJ. Pickens, Company c, Engineer
| Battalion; W. o. Carroll, Company {, 9Th
battalion: B. ID. Allen. Company ID, 4th
Battalion; V. A. Potter. Company ID. 4th
| Battalion; Sergeant Weir. Company Il. 9Th
Battalion; NJ. Britain. Company A, "a
Battalion: C. F. Lucas. Company A, LIST
| Battalion; G. T. Sullivan. Company A. ith
sattaon " B Ra c comn,ny an
Battalion: r. L. Pile. Company ID. 4th
! Battalion; c. Z. Groome, Company Il, Ain
Battalion; w. S. Davenport, Company b.
4th battalion; ]. n. De Groot, Company d.
4th Battalion; A. L. Evans, Company 3.
Attn Battalion, H. A. Dobsoi., Company B,
4th Battalion; T. f. Mc-Anally, Company B.
| 4th Battalion; John O'Connel, Company ID.
4th Battalion; w. S. Hodges. Company ID.
4th Battalion: ]. u. Leeman. Company ID.
/ 4th Battalion; b. c. Washington, COMPANY
| c. 1st Battalion; c. L. Bode. Company c,
| 5th Battalion; G. G. Dennison, Company A.
| 9Th Battalion; u. Lewis Daily, Company c,
| Engineer Battalion; G. A. Hill, Company
| A. Engineer Battalion: w. E. Buell.. Com.
pany A, Engineer Battalion; Lester NJ.
Holt, Company c. Engineer Battalion; E.
]. Williams. Company A, Engineer Bat.
| TALON: William Lines, Company A. En-.
gineer Battalion; p. l.. Bush, Company A.
Engineer Battalion; N. F. Halloran, Gem
| pany A. Engineer Battalion; L. p. Ellis.
Company c. Engineer Battalion; w. +.
Hustled. Company D. 18th Battalion; w. A.
| Edwards. Company b, Engineer Battalion;
H. T. Gibson, and ]. II. Thomas.
short Range Match.
H. b. Hollifield, STAFF Engineer BattaIions
c. L. Lanham. stan, Engineer Battalion:
p. ]. Byrne, staf. 4th Battalion; W. L.
Colladay. staff. 4th Battalion; c. c. Dyer.
staff. I'd Battalion; p. w. Smith. general
stan; E. S. Wilcox. general staff: W. A.
Edwards. Company B, Engineer Battalion:
c. Nee. Taylor. Company A, Engineer Bat
talon: G. A Hill, Company A, Engineer
Battalion; e. w. Scott. Company A, Engi-
reer Battalion: p. L. Bush. Company A,
Engineer Battalion: NJ. F. Halloran Com
pany A, Engineer Battalion: r. p. Carle-
ton Company A, Engineer Battalion: e J.
Williams. Company A, Engineer Battalion;
William Lines. Company "A, Engineer Bat
talon; w. F. Buell.. Company A, Engineer
Battalion: e. Lewis Daily. Company c.
Engineer Battalion: E. p. Ellis, Company
C. Engineer Battalion; Lester NJ Holt,
Company c. Engineer Battalion; W. r.
Hustled. Company B. 18th Battalion: w. 8.
Davenport. Company B. 4th Battalion: c.
E. Groome. Company B. 4th Battalion; r.
L. Pile Company B. 4th Battalion: J. 3.
Ball. Company B, 4th Battalion; F. NJ.