The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-23
CALIFORNIA WINS
Score IS Points More
Than Local Team.
Wind and Weather Against Them.
Thought They Had Lost
the Match.

The great 1OO-man military rifle
match between teams from the First
Regiment, n. G. c. and the Hawaiian
National Guard took place yesterday,
says the S. F. Call of the 18th inst.
at least one-half of it took place.
The members of the California team
assembled in full force at the Shell
Mound rife range yesterday and it is
expected that the Hawaiian also gath
cred at their range near Honolulu.
The scores made by the two teams
will be exchanged by the earliest
steamers. The conditions were that
each team should consist of 100 men
who were to fire ten shots each at 200
yards off hand with military muskets.
The losing team is to present the win
ners with a trophy valued at 500.
1t is feared that the California team
will have to purchase the trophy for
the islanders, for the men did not
shoot in their usual form on account
of the very cold weather. Besides,
some of the best men in the regiment
were by some oversight or mistake left
out of the contest and poor shots
pulled the average of 1882. Such
marksmen as c. F. Waltham of Com
pany c, A. F. Ramm of ID, c. II. Often
OF /, S. Claussenius of B and H. B.
Taylor of b, all of whom are good for
from 40 TO 46, failed to shoot in the
team.
h. no CT q
is responsible for it, AS stated, the
men had the elements to contend
against, for a cold, chilling wind that
benumbed the marksmen blew across
the range all day and whipped the
bullets right and left, up and down,
all day and made the men wish for a
few hours of balmy island climate. 1t
would have been hard to have had
the event fall on a worse day.
The local marksmen were under the
direction of Louis Barrere, inspector of
rifle practice, and Major Hugh t. Slime.
Hawaiian Consul Wilder was present
on the range as the official representa-
tive of the Honolulu marksmen. AS
the men entered the range they were
obliged to pass a combined emblem of
the two republics, and although it was
small many raised their caps. This |
consisted of two miniature flags of the |
United States and Hawaii. Under |
these were the words ''E Pluribus" and |
Aloha" a miniature broom was
placed between the two.
Up to noon the shooting was le-
markably poor. A. H. Kennedy got
cup of hot coffee and broke the ice
by going to Al. A little later Lieuten-
ant Seeley, followed suit, but Chris
Meyer forged ahead of both with "A
On Creedmoor. The latter stood at the
head until late in the day, when A.
2. Ehrenpfort made the top score of
45. as follows: AS 4A4 "a 5. The
'egiment offered three cash prizes or
medals, as the men desired, to the
.hree making the highest scores in the
cam. These were won by EhrenpfOft,
Meyer and Kennedy. The scores of the
90 marksmen were as follows and the
company to which each belongs is Civ
N with the score:
Corporal A. E. Ehrenpfort, Company
r. 45: Lieut.. c. W. Seeley, X, A; c. Mey-
ar, c, A: Sergt. a. II. Kennedy, G, Al;
J. Smithson. c, "A: ]. Fetz, b, 4S; Lieut..
]. W. Robertson, +, 4S; y. Gilbert, B, 4S;
:. +. Mcguire, *, 4S; Charles Perry, Is,
49, Sergt. f. Moore, L. 43; Sergt. NJ. j.
Corp w. w. Thompson, G, AZ; L. p. ia
,obson, X, AZ; T. Kelly, II, AZ; Corp. J. L.
Jtschig, X, ~; Sergt. W. l.. Fem, G, 4;
<, ~; Lieut.. w. Tobin, L, 42; p. l.. FIJI
ner. b, ~; Corp. p. L. Brannan, b, ~;
:. r. Holster, +, AZ; c. E. Thompson, G,
2: J. F. Norton, ~; Capt. T. ]. Cunning
nam, X, AZ: Sergt. ]. w. Colby, NJ, AZ;
>. Baumgartner, b, AZ; f. Koch, !, Il;
Lieut.. c. b. Goodell, c, Al; p. NJ. Diers,
!, A. a. Aphthorp, b, Al; Sergt. a. r.
Anderson, G., Il; G. NJ. Barley, K, Il;
P Brunotti, X Il: Capt. G.. F'ilmer, B,
i; Corp. II. Meyers, X, Al; Lieut.. B. B.
b, Il; Sergt. f. j. Povey, @,
4; Mai. II. 7. Slime, IL: C. HeinZman, b.
i; Sergt. II. NJ. Holtz, II, Il; Lieut. r.
<ehrlein (staf). Il; p. Bohr. G., Il; Sergt.
1, 40; c. 1saakson, L. 40; f. ]. Leonard,
\, 40: Sergt. G. j. Cook, f, 40; Corp. W.
Jolly, l, 40: c. G. STRIPPED, l, 40: Corp. c. ,
Iirst, G., 40; II. ]. Musgrave, c, 40; Sergt.
0: w. ]. Hayes, 3, 40; c. L. Atwater, II,
o; Capt. E. c. Subtitle, G., 40; +. c. Cord
ii, b, 40; Serst. w. b. Larkin, G, 40; {
apt. f. Richter, I, 40: G. Undermann,
:. 80; II: II. Hall, /. 80; v. f. Northrup,
J. 50; Corp. ]. E. Broderick, H, SO; J.
'urnanz, II, 80; Lieut.. Z. p. Finley, X,
3; A. Blawat, I, So; Sergt. H. T. Hicks.
veil, II, IS; E. Schmalz, X, IS; Private {
'rech, 3, IS: +. p. Peppin, b, IS; L. Rim
zen, l, IS; 9. G. Lawson, 80; Corp. s. 3. /
larnham NJ, 81; Sergt. f. L. Brown, F,
I. Reubold, X, 81; Capt. F. ". Warren
/, 81; ]. Fitzgerald, F, 81; Capt. ]. w.
)umbrel, c, 80; Y. Demarais, *, Sc; w
Narnikros, l, So: j, H. Helms, X, SO; H
;ergt. c. W. Iverson, F. 50; Sergt. a. H. {
clifford, b, SO; Sergt. d. l.. Lawton, G,
3; j. Won Staden, /, 80; z. d. Butt, c, 81
lieut.. +. A. Nippert, f, 81; F. f. Carson,
:, 81: II. G. Lehman, L, q. Grand total,
,S52 out of a possible 5000.