Evening star., 1900-10-06
Preparations in Progress for Competi-
tions at 0rdway Range.
PRIZE IN OFFICERS REVOLVER MATCH
Nominations of Officers for Pro-
motion Submitted.
THE STATE ORGANIZATIONS

moving machine Is In operation ana
workmen are engaged making needful re-
pairs to targets telephone connection and
the like at the Ordway range. all of which
indicates that everything will be in readi-
ness for the fall competitions, to be shot
the 18th, 10th and Goth instants. No fur
ther details have been decided on in con-
nection with the matches. Major Bell, how
ever. is in receipt of a costly wrist watch
for officers use, the gift of First Lieut..
Sumner Paine Battery A. 1st Heavy Ar
tillery, Massachusetts National Guard. 1t
is to be awarded as prize in a revolver
competition open to officers only. Lieut..
Paine has prescribed the conditions. as fol-
lows:
Distance, thirty yards: regulation Colt re-
volver to be used. Five strings of five shots
each to be fired; each string to be COM
pleted within time limit of fifteen seconds.
taking time from first shot All five strings
to be shot the same day. Peters ammuni-
ton to be used. Officers to be allowed to
shoot any day OF the meet.
A meeting of the local revolver associa-
ton is to be held this evening for the pLr-
pose of discussing the advisability of Ionat-
ing prize to be placed in competition at
the coming meeting at Ordway.
A detachment Of marines from the bar
racks in this city will, it is expected. soon
proceed to the Ordway range and camp
there for period of two weeks, during
which the prescribed rifle practice will he
completed. If the marines are at the range
the 18th instant, some of them will be
pressed into service markers in connec-
tion with the rife matches.
The team representing the I'd Regiment
which proved victorious at Sea Girt
last month has been photographed The
valuable trophy won by the team shows up
prominently in the picture.
Private c. McC. Taylor, Company A. 9th
Ch
Company c, 5th Battalion, have been an
nounced as distinguished marksmen.
Active Practice Begun.
The four companies of the 5th Battalion
have begun active work in preparation for
a company competitive drill, to be held in
the drill hall Of the Center Market Armory
some time near Christmas next. The win
ming command will be presented with cost
ly trophy, to be donated by the commits
sioned officers Of the battalion.
The names of the following have been
the Secretary of War for commissions:
First Lieut.. John S. w. Robinson, as cap
tain Company b, 1st Battalion; First Lieut..
William E. Dix captain Company D,
LIST Battalion; Second Lieut.. Sam F. shreve
as first lieutenant Company B, 1st Battal
ion; Second Lieut.. Edward H. Grove as
first lieutenant Company d, LIST Battalion,
and First Sergeant John II. Shreve as sec
OnQ lieutenant Company b. 1St Battall0n.
The following have been ordered to ap-
pear before the brigade board: Joseph a.
Darneille, for examination for commission
as ensign 1st Division, Naval Battalion;
Richard NJ. Little for examination for COM
mission as ensign 1St Division, Naval Bat
talion Sergeant Duncan Davenport for ex-
animation for commission as first leuIen-
ant Company A, 9th Battalion, and First
Sergeant jeremiah Hunt for examination
for commission as second lieutenant Com
DaQy A 9th Battalion.
A New Dress Coat.
The quartermaster department has prac-
tically decided upon new dress and un-
dress coat for the enlisted men Of the
army. This is of interest as the change
will in all probability be adopted by the
National Guard. The coat is a blouse
having, for the artillery, trimmings of red
which can be detached in order that the
coat may be used for undress. The shoulder
knots on the coat are less bulky than those
now in use and are extremely tasteful in
appearance. In fact, the coat as a whole
presents very natty appearance, it is
said
The hat to be worn with the coat for
dress is shaped like the hat now in use,
with red trimmings and with a fancy red
plume at the top and in front This plume
is detachable. The coats and hats for the
other arms of the service are to be exactly
like the one for the artillery with distin-
gushing colors Of the infantry the cav
airy The change to be made in the Off
GERS uniform will correspond to those
planned for the enlisted men.
DOings of State Guardsmen.
The Wisconsin troops have a model camp
for their tours of instruction. The mill
tary reservation at Camp Douglas COM
prises a little over 1000 acres, and the
grounds are especially adapted to the
needs of seekers for military instruction.
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grounds in shape and erecting permanent
buildings.
The troops also get full idea of what
might be expected Of them in the field.
The cooking is all done in the open on
Buzzocott ovens and meals served under
regular mess tent flies, without walls. The
cooks are all enlisted This is also the
case in Iowa. No extra hired cooks are
allowed The men subsist on regular army
ration issued each day, which greatly re-
duces the cost of living, the Wisconsin
troops getting out on 20 cents day for
subsistence and 10 cents per day regi-
mental expenses.
The Wisconsin privates draw 81 per day;
corporals, $2,25; sergeants, $3.50; first SER
geants and non-com. staff, $2.75 This
is just 30 cents per day more than the
Minnesota troops get. The officers draw
same pay as provided for the regular army
officers. The Iowa officers and enlisted
men draw the same pay. 81 per day for the
first three years, $50 for the next two
years ana $Z IOr nVe years OF more service.
There is no deduction made for subsistence
in Iowa. and the state also furnishes all
horses gratis to mounted officers.
During this fall service shoes will proba-
bly, be issued to the members of National
Guard companies of Wisconsin, that
their equipment shall be as near as posi-
BILE that Of the men in the regular army.
In fact, by January 1 1t is expected that the
equipment of the Wisconsin National
Guard will be better than it ever has been
before in the history Of the guard, and
that even regulars will not be in better
condition as to equipments. The ability
Of the state to better equip the National
Guard companies this year than in previous
years Is due to the larger government ap-
propriation, which for 1900 will be $25.0OO
against $4,000 in former years. With this
additional sum the state will be able to
place the guard in first-class condition
far as equipment is concerned and In such
shape that as to equipment they would be
equal to the regulars If called into the
field, as in case Of the war with Spain,
upon short notice.
The equipment which will be furnished
will in every detail be the same as that fur
nished the regulars. In fact, the allowance
from the government will be in equipment
and not in money and the state will simply
be allowed to draw from the government
stores of equipment to the value Of $4,000.