Evening star., 1900-06-30
THE NATIONAL GUARD
Interest Centered in the Coming An
nual Encampment.
VALUE OF RIVER FRONT MANEUVERS
Orders Issued in Which Second
Regiment is Interested.
AMERICAN TEAM AT PARIS

| Now that the water front maneuvers be-
| tween the Naval Battalion and the land
| forces are a thing of the past, interest in
| local National Guard circles centers on
| the coming encampment of the troops.
| The commanding general Is authority Tor
| the statement that while there is nothing
new. every indication is that the outing
at Gaithersburg will be the most success
| full, the most largely attended, the most
| instructive and the most enjoyable in the
| history of the local brigade.
The maneuvering last Wednesday night.
while by no means a success from the
standpoint of the citizen whose sleep was
INTERRUPTED by the cannonading, demon
strated to the entire satisfaction Of every
one interested that an efficient representa-
| ton of the brigade can be assembled, pre-
pared for business. at very short notce,
| through the medium of rapid assembly or
ders.
OF Interest to Second Regiment.
Capt j. S. Tomlinson. inspector of rifle
practice, ID Regiment, acting with the ap-
proval of Col. Urell, has promulgated a
| statement of interest to the regiment, as
| follows:
Arrangements have been made for vol
untary and official practice in the rifle gal
| lcry for this regiment as follows: 9TH Bat
| talon. Monday nights. July and >; 4th
| Battalion. Tuesday nights. July ) and 10;
| 9th Battalion, "Wednesday nights, July 4
and IL.
"As the official range scores for this sea-
son will be fired in camp it is important
| that all men finish their gallery work at
| the time mentioned.
'Odcers are requested to give special
attention to all recruits that they may
! thoroughly understand holding, aiming and
| other first principles of rifle practice be-
| fore taking up the work on the range.
"A rifle inspector will be in charge each
| night and ammunition will be issued free
to complete all unfinished scores, and these
| will be recorded.
1.-The commanding officer of each COM
pany will please prepare at once list of
| the names of all men in his company who
have not completed their scores and indi-
cate the ranges over which each man has
not fired, and deliver this list to the bat
talon inspector as soon as possible. This Is
necessary a guide for the inspector in
issuing ammunition and to show what
ranges the men should fire to complete
their scores
Commanding officers are requested to
use their best endeavors to have the men
present"
Team at Paris Exposition.
At the request of a number of American
rifemen, Brig. Gen. Bird w. Spencer an
nounces that there will soon be open at
Sea. Girt rifle range. New Jersey. a series
of competitions for those desiring to COM
pete for a position on the American team
to go to. France this summer and represent
the United States in the great international
shooting festival in connection with the
Paris exposition, which takes place under
the auspices of the United Shooting So
cieties of France at Satory, near Paris.
The competitions at Sea Girt take place
July 4, and IA. In this contest the five
contestants making the highest aggregates
will constitute the team The conditions
of this match are as follows: Any rifle,
plain open sights, any ammunition, round
target with bull s-eye 23ss inches in dame
ter distance 32S yards; 40 shots. 40 stand
ing 40 kneeling, 40 lying. This competition
will be in charge of Gen. Spencer. inspector
general of rifle practice, state of New Jer-
sey.
Their ArdOr Dnmpened.
The unwillingness of the naval militia to
undertake cruises this year in government
war vessels is said to be in line with the
opinion of some of the best informed Off
GERS of the naval militia, who have held
that the first step in the development of
the citizen sailor must be local knowledge
and boat work, preceding all attempts to
be a an-of-war' sman.
The tendency to criticise members of the
naval militia who have done service in
practice cruises on warships because they
have lacked the equipment of trained sail
orS has naturally dampened their ardor IN
that direction. Their attitude this year is
not to be taken to indicate that interest in
the naval militia is waning, so 1t Is pointed
out, but rather that the members are de-
sirous of putting forth their efforts in the
direction that will yield the best results.
This point was thoroughly covered in
port for the year 1898 by Captain Jacob w.
Miller commanding the naval militia
New York. Captain Miller was formerly