The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-05
SAVANNAH WON Them ALL.
Continued from Tenih Page.

1outlnuel IRON Afhth rage
hany Guards. Company G This cup had
been offered by the neld and stan officers
% the regiment 20 the company that might
make the highest score Do tho company
match. Company ~ the Fourth. the
Waycnoss Rifles. hod its first team ield
the Albany Guards q close race for tire
cup 90 the Guards acorc was 49, while
that oi the Rifles was Az
Time ala not admit OF tho individual
contest FOR the Charles Marks medal be-
ing sho, on tnder che uuderstcod terms
OF the triai for tho medal. the five men
with the highest erores DO the company
match were 10 shoot az an the known dis
tanoes. the highest taking the medal.
Two or three OF the Savannnhians who
are arrsong tho i've have been talking tho
matter over. and 81 o. probable that they
will decide 20 lee the medal so 90 Private
Mcintosh because OF his highest score ot
II. The others who are eligible 20 figure
IA the mclal contest should 81 be held,
arr Private Corlcy OF tho Oglethorpes.
ID: Private Fctzer OF Company A Of the
Guards III. Private Rishmond OF Com
pauy Of the Guards. iD. ana Lieut..
Tunno Of Company OF the Guards, IFS.
Private Mcintosh. as he lives Ia Albany
ana had TO hurry back home, would not
b. able 90 participate Ia further con-
test ana IL Is Tor this reason that the
othere have about reached the conclusion
TO allow him 20 wear the medal until %
h wrested from him az another shoot.
Following is the order ia which tho
company teams finished:
]. Company a OF the Savannah Volun-
teer Guards. 5T.
2 Company y OF che Savannah Volun-
teer Guards. b32
s. The Governors Horse Guard, Allan
"a. 81
/ The oglethorpe Light Infantry. sa-
vannah. as6
s. The Irish Jasper Greens, Savannah.
&c.
6. The Albany Guards. Company G.. 49,
:. wsycro-s Rifles. frsi team. a.
8 Savannah Cadets. al.
g. The Chatham Artillery fSs.
10 She German Volunteers. Savannah.
49,
Guards sos.
Y The Albany Guards Company Z. sos.
T. The Tnomasviile Guards. ~
"a The cambridge Independents, Isl.
Is The Barncsvil.e Blues. 3S.
l6 The Brunswick Rifles. 2l4.
H. The Kel Rifles Statcsb0ro 2i2.
IS Company + OF The Third. Madison
3i2
~ Company D OF the Fourth. Fort
Gaines. S05.
g0 The Vaidosta Videttes. go
q Company + Of the Third Elberton
p Company L. Of the Fourth. Amer
icus e63.
Il The Floyd Rides. Macon. 81
p The Third Division, Naval Militia
Brunswick, 20.
Is The oglethorpe Rifles. Lexington.
20.
Is The waycross Rifles, Second Team.
gi7.
81 The Burke Light Infantry. waynes-
boro. go
q The Torpedo Division. 20i.
% The Columbus Guards leo
90 Company ~ OF the Fourth, Fitz-
gerald. is2.
Col. Phil c. Byrd. acting adjutant gen
erai Of the state forces. was in the city
yesterday. He spent the greater part OF
the day on the range Naturally, Col.
Byrd Is greatly interested IN anything
pertaining TO rife shooting. and he is al
ways 70 be found where there are Geor-
eia soldiers taking part IN Il. Last year
he was az Sea Girt with che Georgia
team.
Col Byrd was so impressed BY the ad-
vsntages that are 10 be derived by the
Georgia state troops from rifle practice,
nnd 80 pleased by the intereFs displayed
Ia the shoot that he determined TO 0ffer
a medal 90 be competed for annually here
after He said he thought Il highly PROB
able that there would h. another match
iu Savannah next year. and that the COM
panies over the state would send fully
as many. II not more teams than 10 the
shoot thas has just closed Desiring 70
encourage practice among those who arc
not already good shots. he offers a hand
some sold medal 20 the man making the
htehest score in company matches. who
may then qualify for the nrss time or
who may never have qualified before that
season
Most Of the visiting teams left last night
for their homes. They were well pleased
with their stay. The scores made hy
some were not as high as they had hopel
Tor, but thas Is something that time ana
practice VIII correct. and By the next
annual shoot IN Savannah they WIN ho
able 60 give "a better account Of their
companies
He&imental Match-DcRcnne Trophy
First-second Battalion. First Infantry,
Savannah Volunteer Guards).