The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-22
CITIZENS GUARD
Annual Election Of Officers in
Company 5.
ENCOURAGING To THE SHOOTERS
Marshal Wants Members
to Raise Standard.
Plans for Target Shoot-BarS for
Good Scores Other
Meetings.

There was large gathering of mem
bers of Company 5, Division 1, Citi-
zens' Guard, in the District Court room
last evening for the election of officers
and inspection of arms, and Marshal
Brown was also present
Captain George II. Greene and First
Lieutenant Schneider were unanimous
ly elected to succeed themselves. Ar
chic Turner was elected Second Lieu
| tenant
| Marshal Brown brought the matter of
shooting among Guardsmen, and said
| the department was anxious to encour-
age practice at the range. He read the
| following conditions of a series of
medal scoring which had been arrang-
| ed, it being the same as will be pre-
| seated before all the other companies
within tn next few nights:
Workmanship bars with appropriate
medals will be ISSUED to all members
of the Citizens Guard of the First and
| Second Division, including staff Of
| ficers, as follows:
A bronze bar to all members making
! $50 or over.
A silver bar to all members making
| 400 or over.
A gold bar to all members making
| 430 or over
These different bars to be attached
| to medals of uniform style and quail
| ity.
| The total is to be made up of ten
1 Of
| more than one of such ten scores to be
| shot upon any one day.
These scores are to be shot at the
| Iwilei range under the supervision OF
an official scorer from the Marshal's
office, who will be present at the range
every Saturday from 1 80 p. m. to 4:30
p. m, and every Sunday from s a. m
to IL noon and from 100 p. M to
p. m.
Before commencing to shoot the
score which the member wishes to
have recorded, he will announce to the
official scorer that he intends to be
gin his score, after which announce
ment, he will fire ten shots in success
sion, which ten shots shall be taken to
constitute his official score for that
day.
After once announcing and begin
ming score no member Will be al
lowed to withdraw or discontinue the
same If he does so the loss is his own
and is counted against him.
Half-yearly these scores will be
summed up, and the appropriate bars
and medals awarded to those entitled
to the same.
June 80, 1897 will for this purpose
be considered the first half-year.
In addition TO the above the Mar
shall will present to the member max
ing the highest aggregate ten scores,
which scores will be taken from the
official score record at the end of each
six months. a gold medal suitably in
sCribed.
In case of tie. Creedmore Rules
shall govern and if such rules are in
applicable to the case these having
the same score shall be ordered to fire
a score of ten rounds each upon such a
date as the Marshal shall designate,
to determine the winner
Any member winning this medal
must for succeeding medals of the
same kind in order to be considered
a competitor for the same, unless his
be the one highest score, make more
than the score which won him the
same previously.
All decisions and rulings made by
the official scorer at the range must be
adhered to, such decisions however
being subject to review by the Mar
shall.
Any gun may be used in these shoots