The morning times., 1897-01-03
Sharpshooters and Marksmen Of
the Year Just Closed.
THE PRIZES FOR DECEMBER
, i.
Some of the Guardsmen Who Now
Have Store of Ammunition.
Was Gained in Voluntary Practice.
No Brigade Team for Sea Girt.
Gossip of theggArmory.

and have aroused q great interest in rifle
shooting. The SECOND Regiment Won the
regimental match, with q score of 429;
the Engineers Won the. battalion match,
with sc ore of 425, and Company b, Sixth
Battalion, won the company match, with
a score of 227.
In the individual voluntary practice the
oontestwas very exciting The standingin
this was ouBted by the bulls eyes made,
Private w. E. Buell., Company B, Sixth
Battalion, won first prize, 200 rounds of
ammunition, making lO7 bulls eyes; Capt.
+. w. Holt, Engineers, second, 100 rounds
ammunition, 80 bulls eyes; Private B. C..
Washington, Company c, First Battalion,
third, 60 rounds ammunition, 2S bufs
eyes; Private Ernest Barstow, fourth, 27
bulls eyes, Private A. j. Erwin, Company
G, First Battalion fifth, 81 bulls eyes,
Private K. L. Pyle, Company A, Sixth
Battalion, sixth, % bulls eyes; Capt. o
&. Sim onson, seventh, 21 bulls eyes;
sergeantW. s Hodges, Company ID, Fourth
Battalion, eighth, % bulls eyes. From
the fourth down the prize was twenty
rounds OF ammunition each
During this month the company matches
will be fired on January A and l 8. Lieuts.
Cardoza and Sabin being the range Of
ficers. On the 9th the companies from
the First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth
Battalions will shoot On the 14th teams
from the other commands will contest
The battalion matches will be shot ON
the 21st, Capt, King being range officer.
The regimental match will be shot on the
2Sth, Major Harries being range officer.
Second Regiment SharpshoOters.
| The annual reports Of rifle practice have
been prepared and consolidated and for
warded to the inspector general of rifle
practice. 1t is the first time for years
that they have been in so soon. The re-
port OF the Second Regiment, prepared
by Capt. James f. Bell, shows that the
number of members was 491, and that
$50 fired their scores.
! OF this number 56 were sharpshooters,
36 marksmen, Is in the first class, 26
i'll the second class and $40 in the third
| class. The highest official scores were
made by Capt. Otto G. Sinonson and
Sergt. Charles E. Groom, both of Com
| pany A, Sixth Battalion. Capt Simon
son scored 176 in the gallery and I4O
I on the range, total OF 3l6. The record
| shows that Sergt. Groom scored 179 in
| the gallery and 172 on the range, a total
! of 351,
The list OF sharpshooters is as follows:
ReSimental staff-Col. Cecil Clay, 3S4;
| Capt. James Bell, 3T4
Fourth Battalion staff-Lieut. Sidney R.
r Jacobs. 81; Quartermaster Sergt. Patrick
]. Byrne, 800; Lieut.. Morris E Sabin, 365;
Major Edward R. Campbell, 353; and
Color Sergt. Calvin W. Whip, SEQ
| Fourth Battalion, Company A-Sergt
Thomas F. McAnally, 344; Capt. Harry
Walsh, 32S.
Company Capt Frederick S. Hodson,
32S.
+ Company D-Private John O'Connell,
$50; Sergt. William 5, Hodges, 327; Privates
John T. Leemar, 326, and Henry A. Dob
son, 321. arfg
Fifth Battalion Staff-Lieut- George C.
Shaw, 3S5: Lieut.. William NJ. Sprigg, 236
Eifti; Battalion, Company B-Sergt. Al
bert B. Weir, 334. ..t
I Company C-LieJt ]. Julius Lund, 800
Sixth Battalion Staff-Lieut. Charles II.
Laird, 356; Lieut.. Wilmer p Vale, 334:
Quartermaster Sergeant Charles Lamb,
| 323.
Sixth Battalion, Company A - Sergt
| Charles E. Groom, 3T2; Corp. Ephraim S
| Wilcox, 3I2: Capt. otto 6. Slmonson. 367:
| Corp. Albert Whitacre, 3G5; Sergt. n.
B. F. McClain, $50; Private Philo
| L. Bush, 355; Private j. Stewart Bail,
| BAL; Private Francis NJ. Ball, 325; Pri-
vate Raymond Blanton, 800.
Company B-Capt. John s. Tomlinson,
| 3S7; Private willard L. Buell., 375; Private
| John A. Kirk, 374; (Lieut Otto G.. Simon
son, 367); Sergt. William s. Davenport, $685.
(Sergt. Albert S. McClain, 1861; Private
| Walter Cash, 80 Sergt. Ernest Bairstow
| $50; Private Albert Burley, 347; Private j.
| E. Hosford, 342; Private Horace NJ Bell,
| $50; Private Henry NJ. Gunderson 33T;
| Sergt. g. NJ. Mcclure, 337; Private F. b.
| Wheaton, 334; Private J. G Lang, $50;
| Sergt. George ID. Ellsworth, 331; Private
| r. L. Pile, $50; Corp. j. U. n. Briscoe, 22S;
! Private Robert Davidson, 327; Corp. j. NJ
| Harrison, 326; Corp. q. H. T. Lang, 326:
Private Vance Barnes, 325; Lieut.. B. F.
Odell, 324; Corp. L. F. Afford, 324; Sergt
| George W. King, 322; Private Thomas G.
Lewis, 321.
The List of Marksmen.
The list of marksmenis as follows:
Fourth Battalion Staff-Lieut. Ben nianln
J. Pool, 276; Lieut.. Samuel H. jacobson,
| 264.
| Fourth Battalion, Company A-Private
George p. Sullivan, 303; Private Fred
| Blake, 263.
| Company C-Scrgt. William C. Robbins.
-301; Sergt William E. McNulty. 27s.
| Company D-Corp. George c. Thomas.
| 27S; Capt. John NJ. Williams, -265
Fifth Battalion staff-Sergt Major Will
lam II. Bailey, 302.
Fifth Battalion, Company A-Private
Guida c. Callan, 29s.
Company B-Sergt. Luther II. Acher.
29O.
Company C-Sergt. Charles Leroy Bode,
3O7.
|. Company D-Corp. James P. j. Nc
| Ginness, 281.
Sixth Battalion staff-Nonc.
Sixth Battalion, Company A-Corpora
Gordon P. Hooker, 303; Private Henry NJ
Bennett, 299; Sergt. Jacob II. Feaster, 291
Private Fred A. Ranke, 2S5; Sergt Leon
ard Y. Rosser, 2S2: Private John F. Am
brose, 27T; Private David C. Bangs, 273
Private John U. Gardener, 26S; Priyat
E. Cook Bradley, 266.
Company B-Private E. B. Parker, 313
Corporal j. G. Thompson, 81 2; Private w
g. Worrell, 3O7: Private w. E. Mat he ws
303; Private f. H Cox, 800; Private j. NJ
Collins, 800; Private c. E. Brooks, 293
Private Eugene Melton, 900; Private c. E
Holmes; 2S6; Private Joseph Schultz, 2S6
Private o. Sadler, 267; Private Alfred G
wilmer, >267; Private G. F. Kerney, 266
Private Thomas J. -Murtaugii, 267.
The report OF the First Regiment, pre-
pared by Capt: Thomas E. king,is as fol
lows:
First Regiment-Ficld and staff Capt