The Portland daily press., 1899-08-16
SHERIDANS AT LONG ISLAND
Portland military Men Enjoy An ont
Ing

Long lslhuu yoSteEuhJ was Jus sOous VI
the 10th annual shoot and field day Of
Company L, First Infantry, N. q. s. NJ,
and besides the forty active members who
got under their colors there wera nearly
twenty honorary members of the organi :
zation who were bound to be present at
the first gathering of the crack company
since the late war with Spain. And
these were not the only ones present for
there was gay assemblsge Of lockers on
from Boston who were spending the sum-
msr at the island and these Included
many OF the employees of Jordan, Marsh
q Co. and X. II. White, whose feminine
glances served as an Inspiration to many
of the hoys as they drew q line on the
"bulls eye'
II was not long after reaching the ia
land that Captain Conley ordered roll
cali and finding nearly call present or
accounted for" directed that first In the
order of field exercises would be q shoot
for the active members OF the company.
The target was placed Mt distance OF
two hundred yar,is and the first prize
was a company medal to be worn by the
winner for year. Tho test score was
BY Lieut.. K. K. Philbrook who made
Ii out of possible %. First Sergeant
Lawlsr was second with IA and Private
McKrink third with IL. It should he
noted that every member Of the active list
took a part in the oontest and the show
ing was creditabIs to all concerned.
After the active members left the target
range. the honorary members got behind
the rifles and they have rot lost their
good eyes ard accuracy Of firing for Lieut.
jerks got 10 points, Major James III
Tobie IA and Joseph Mccarthy {? out of a
possible 25. The scores of others of the
honorary members deserve mention.
notably so those of Thomas Browurig,
Charles Quinn, Hugh 4. McDonough,
Thomas Coleman, Thomas MCGEE.
After the target practice was over Cap
tain Conley congratulated the boys on
their good Inarkmanship and was anx-
ious to find out II they cculd keep their
eyes on the ball'' as well as they had on
the targets. 80 he oredred game OF base
balland the two teams went by the
names OF the Ponies and the Beats and
were captained by Q1inn and Lawler
respectively. The game was a hot one
from start to finish and was umpired ty
Captain Conley who was called upen to
make many close decisions and 1t looked
at one time as If nothing but his rank
and the uniform which he wore would
save him from annihilation. A 1t was he
left the Held under the protection of a
strong guard after announcing that ne
"Beats" had won the pennant
Dinner call was sounded about three
o'clock on the arrival of the early after
noon boats, and Gushing surrendered
everything without the shadow OF q
struggle. A first class shore dinner was
served In the best of style and when
cigars Were reached Major James II.
Tobin said that the honorary members
wanted an inning. They were not very
strong behind the bat but they could talk,
and In their behalf hs expressed pleasure
at teing present at the first reunion OF
any organization which participated In
the stirring scenes Of year ago. He
urged q closing up of the ranks ami ap-
pealed for long continuance OF hearty
comradeship which had always distln-
guished the ..old Sheridan Rifles. :"
Others spoke In a happy vein along the
same line and among them were Charles
Quinn, James Donovan, Hugh. McDon.
ough. James Sullivan, Thomas E. Cole
man, Richard ]. buddy, Harry Jewell
and Thomas L. Browning.
Leaving the table. the party spent an
hour or so In strolling about the island
and when the returning boat left the Ia
land three hearty cheers were given for
the "tield day OF is99."