The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-19
REVIVE TIE RFIE TEAM
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PROJECT Is discussed BY THE Of
FICERS OF THE STATE
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CHOSEN BY COMPETITION
Men WIFI Be Selected After
Trials of SNiH on the
Range at lake.
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Officers representing the three regi-
meuts of the state national guard met
last night at the office of Adjt. Gen.
Lambert at the capitol, and took prelim-
mary steps toward the organization of a
state allie team and the reorganization Of
the National Guard Rifle association.
which has been inactive for several
years. There We're present Adjt Gen.
Lambert, Capt. O. E. Lee, brigade in
spectOr Of small arms practice, Col Van
Duzce and Capt. Pratt, of the Thru
regiment; Lieut.. Col Mead and Capts.
BuscheIs and Chase, of the Second; Nal.
Corri5ton5 Capt Falk and Lieut.. Lackore,
of the First Col c. A Van Duzee, as
ranking officer, presided over the meet
ing. which 10 a great extent took the
form of an. Informal discussion. 1t was
promptly decided that it would be unwisc
to attempt to get a team finto form to
&c into any interstate competitions this
season and the best that would be pos
sible would be TO organize "a. team from
the material at hand and prepare fol
next season. ~.ssr7 .r.ss:-.
After d long discussion as to the best
means of ascertaining who the good
marksmen of the guard are and organic
Ing them into a state team, 1t was de-
cided that each regiment should send a
certain number of men to Camp Lake
view to compete on the ranges there for
positions on the state team, which it is
proposed Shaft consist Of twelve members
and four aIternates.
AS to the method of conducting this
competition, sasanotion was adopted pro-
Viding that each of the three regiments
shall sehdFt to kAkeview a class of twenty
men; each class to compete on the first
day 20 decide which Of It's members shall
ConstSttasessttse team of its own regiment
to consist of ten men and four alternateS.
On the second day will occur the compe-
tition between the reginIeEtal teams and
seven men from eaeh-Ef the regimental
teaRsssR'ill be selected as candidates for
places on the state team. The third and
last day the twenty-One men thus chosen
with three more to be selected from the
guard at large by the inspector of small
arms practice will compete to determine
who shall eorrstitutA- the state team.
1t was further decided. that the final
selection of the state team shall be left
to the bFigade inspector of small-arms
practice. who is Capt. .. 4. Lee, OF
Saltwater: and that the selection of the
regfuental classes and teams shall be left
to the colonies of the respective regi-
ments- '.t.-t
1t has been left to the adjutant gen
cral to decide the dates for the cOmpe-
tition, but. the preference Of the meeting
was. for Sept. Y, Is and IA, and there is
little doubt but that these dates will hA
designated. r
1t was estimated that the expense OF
the competition would be about $780, pro
vidGd the state Should furnish nothing
further than transportation, subsistence
and necessary expenses. Col. Van Duzee
and several Of the other officers felt thar
the men should be granted a per diem al
lOwanCe as when they are in camp and
as was the custom when the state
formerly had a rife team. This Ques-
ton was left with the attorney general TO
settle In case the men are allowed 81
per day, as was, suggested, the total eX,
peRse Will be about $500.