The times., 1899-09-01
READY FOR SEA GIRT.
Crack Mnrl1smen VIII Leave for tn
Contest Tonis~lst

Crack MnrI1smen VIII Leave for the
Contest Tonight.
Preparations have been completed for the
participation of the District of Columbia
National Guard in the eighth annual COM
petition of the New Jersey State Rifle As
sociatien at Sea Girt, N. ]. The follow
ing named officers and enlisted men,
principals and alternates, have been de-
| tailed for duty on the brigade team by
! General Harries:
I Private Maurice Appleby, Company A,
! Sixth Battalion; Private Robert P Carle-
ton, Company A, Sixth Battalion; First
Lieut.. w. w. Cookson, inspector of rifle
/ practice, Sixth Battalion; Private William
e. Colladay, Company d. Sixth Battalion:
First Lieut.. George G. Dennison, inspec-
tor of rifle practice, Fifth Battalion; Pri-
vate Clarence w. Diekey, Company d.
Sixth Battalion; Private W. Milton Farrow.
! Company A, Sixth Battalion First Lieut..
Frank W. Holt quartermaster Sixth Bat
| talon; Sergt H. H Leizear, Company a
Sixth Battalion First Lieut.. L. H. Reichel-
derfer, inspector of rifle practice, Second
Battalion; Private Samuel D. Rotramel,
Company D. Sixth Battalion; First Lieut.
Frank d. Skinner. Company c. Sixth Bat
talon; Private James NJ Stewart, Company
3 ~ h7lAtH DeltGtlOu, IftNdib y. hCN. Taylor,
Company A, Sixth Battalion; Private
Albert Whitaker, Company A. Sixth Bat
talon, and Capt. Glendie B. Young, Com
pany d, Sixth Battalion.
Major James E. Bell, inspector general
Of rifle practice, is captain of the team
Capt. Alfred P. Robbins, aided camp has
| been appointed adjutant and ordnance off,
GER and Capt Charles f, Swigart quar-
termaster of the Second Regiment has
been appointed quartermaster Of the bri-
gade team.
The following enlisted men and officers
will accompany the team to Sea Girt:
Major w. E. Harvey, Sixth Battalion;
Major r. d. Simms Fifth Battalion;
Capt. d. V. Chisholm, Company b. Second
Battalion; Capt. C. F. Cook, aide-de-eamp,
general staff Capt. j. s. Tomlinson, Com
pany A. Sixth Battalion; Capt. C. A.
Weaver, surgeon, First Regiment: First
Lieut.. A. NJ. Allison, Company C, First
Battalion First Lieut.. Howard Beail in
spector rifle practice, First Battalion;
First Lieut. W E. Crist, Company c, Sec
ond Battalion; First Lieut.. p. j. Haltigan
quartermaster, Fourth Battalion: First
Lieut.. L. T. Boiseau, adjutant. Sixth Bat
TALON First Lieut.. W. d. Fales, ambu-
lance corps; Second Lieut. Alexander Sum
mers, Company A, Sixth Battalion; Cor
poraI Louis A. Boulay, Company A, Sec
ond bdildlloh, Colpoid MARTIN DooIdh,
Company d, Sixth Battalion; Private
Horace NJ Bell Company B, Fourth Bat
talon: Private NJ. P. Britain, Company
B, Second Battalion Private c. l.. Bode,
Company C, Fifth Battalion; Pay Clerk
Howard Fiske, Naval Battalion.
The meet opens on Monday, September
4. The team representing the District will
leave the city tonight at Las o'clock ever
the Pennsylvania Railroad, and will arrive
at Sea Girt tomorrow morning Saturday
will be spent in practice on the range
The District has not been represented in
the competition since 1896. Last year
the big matches were won by the Georgia
team, which it is expected will prove the