Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-23
THE SEA GIRT TEAMS
Orders Covering the Trip of District
Rihemen.
ANNUAL EVENT TO Open AUGUST 81
Principals and Alternates Named to
Represent the Brigade.
9TH Err ORG TON S

| 9TH E r OR Ct A N / u A II ON 5
Details were practically completed today
/ for the trip of the local military rifle teams
to Sea Girt. N. j., to participate in the an
nual rifle competitions to be held there, be-
| ginning next week. under the auspices of
the New Jersey State Rifle Association.
| Experts before the targets will be in at
| tendance from every section of the coun-
try. The District will engage in all the big
competitions. and the expectation Is that
its representatives will maintain the en-
viable record established heretofore. In
addition to brigade team, regimental, bat
talon and company teams from the local
| National Guard will enter the matches
open to such competitors. And the indi-
| vidual matches will not be neglected by
those from the national capital The Dis
| trict will also strive to be represented on
the national team that is to enter the
| match for the championship of the world
| and the Palma trophy.
| The orders to be issued covering the trip
! will provide as follows:
1.-The annual encampment of the brigade
rife team of the District of Columbia Ma
| tional Guard will be held at Sea Girt, N. j.,
| from August 81 to September 8, 1900, In
| elusive.
1.-THE following named officers and en-
| listed men, principals and alternates. are de-
| tailed for duty on the brigade rifle team,
| and will report to the captain Of the team
| for instructions: First Lieut.. w. w. Cook
| son, inspector Of rifle practice, 9th Battal-
| ion; First Lieut.. w. Milton Farrow, inspec-
| tor of rifle practice, 4th Battalion; First
| Lieut. H. H. Leizear. inspector of rifle prac-
| tice Sd Battalion; Second Lieut.. Horace NJ.
Bell, Company c. 9Th Battalion Sergt AL
| bert Whtacre, Company c, 9Th Battalion:
Private Maurice Appleby, Company A, 9th
| Battalion: Private Walter S. Cash, Com
| Dot olia Dit, 70 icL-
| ey, Company A, 9th Battalion; Private Ed
ward Scott Company A, 9th Battalion;
| Private Samuel 1. Scott. Company A. 9th
Battalion; Private James NJ. Stewart Com
pany A, 9Th Battalion and Private c. McC.
Taylor, Company A, 9th Battalion.
"Alternates-Ffrst Lieut.. George G. Den
nison, inspector of rifle practice, 5th Bat
| talon; First Lieut.. F. w. Holt quartermas-
| ter, 9th Battalion; First Sergt. c. E.
| Groome. Company B, 4th Battalion, and
| Private r. L. Pile, Company b, 4th Bat
talon.
Major Bell the Team Captain.
Maj. James E. Bell, inspector general of
| rifle practice, District of Columbia militia,
| is appointed team captain; Capt. Alfred p.
Robbins, aid-de-camp, District of Columbia
militia, is appointed team adiutant and ord
nance officer; Capt. Clarence A Weaver,
surgeon, 1st Regiment District of Column
bia National Guard is appointed team sur
geon, and First Lieut.. Charles q. Mortimer,
| quartermaster. Sd Battalion, District of CO.
| lumbia National Guard, is appointed team
ouartermaster.
1.-The following named officers and enlist
ed men, duly selected as the representatives
of the organizations designated, Will ac-
company the brigade rifle team to Sea Girt
and will report to the captain of the team
for instructions:
Maj. E. H. Neumeyer, commissary gen.
eral, District of Columbia militia; Maj. r.
D. Simms, 9Th Battalion; Maj Jesse B. X.
Lee, list Battalion; Maj. Glendie b. Young,
"A Dot tnlf Thryr g Il ftoT In
spector of rifle practice, 1st Regiment;
| Capt. c. Fred Cook, aid-de-camp, general
staff, District of Columbia militia; Capt.
Francis B. Wheaton, Company B, 4th Bat
rifle practice, I'd Regiment; Capt. Alexan-
der Summers, Company A, 9th Battalion;
Capt. P. J. Haltigan, quartermaster. I'd
Regiment; First Lieut.. w. c. Whipp, Com
pany c, 9th Battalion; First Lieut.. Bert S.
Nelligan, adjutant, 9TH Battalion; First
Lieut.. A. M. Allison, Company c, list Bat
talon; First Lieut.. B. F. Edwards Com
pany B, 4th Battalion; Ensign Howard
Fisk, Naval Battalion: Corp. NJ. B. Atkin-
son, Company B, 4th Battalion; Private G.
L. Bode, Company c. 9Th Battalion; Pri-
talon; Private David Davis, Company G,
9th Battalion; Private E. ]. Fink, Company
A, list Battalion; Private James c. Hough-
ton. Ambulance Corps; Private E. Nc
Govern, Company A, 9Th Battalion: Private
c. E. Russell. Company c, 9Th Battalion:
Private Fred Whitacre, Company c, 9Th
Battalion
''The uniform to be worn by the team
and those officers and men detailed to ac-
company 1t will consist of campaign hat
blouse, trousers, leggins and cartridge
belt"
Date of Departure.
The detachment will leave Washington
next Thursday morning, the hour and the
route to be followed not yet having been
decided.
The 1st Regiment. the Id Regiment.
Company A. 9Th Battalion; Company B,
TALON, certainly. and the 5th Battalion,
the 9Th Battalion, and Company c, 1st
Battalion, probably, will be represented
by teams at Sea Girt.
The LIST Regiment team will consist of
Maj. Glendfe B. Young, Sd Battalion; Capt.
Clarence A. Weaver, regimental surgeon:
First Lieut.. A. M. Allison, Company c, LIST
Battalion; First Lieut.. H. H. Leizear, in
spectOr Of rifle practice, Sd Battalion; Pri-
vate w. E. Colladay, Company A, 1st Bat
talon, and Private E. ]. Fink, Company
G, list Battalion.
The team of Company B, 4th Battalion,
will comprise Capt Francis B. Wheaton,
First Lieut.. B. F. Edwards First Sergt.
G. E. Groome, Corporal M. B. Atkinson
and Private r. L. Pile.
Company c, 9th Battalion, will be rep
resented by the following: First Lieut.. w.
c. Whip, Sergt. Albert Whitacre Private
vate Fred Whitacre and Private C. E.
Russell.
The personnel of the teams of the other
organizations mentioned has not been an
nounced. While at Sea Girt the local de-
tachment will occupy tents on the camp
grounds near the rifle range, and will take
meals at a hotel.
CONDENSED LOCALS.
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