The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-30
THE OFFICERS IN CHARGE.
DetniI for state shoot Named by Col.
Cam.

The official circular from the Office of the
state inspector general of rife practice,
designating the officers who will be in
charge of the carbine, rife and revolver
matches that viii begin at Avondale on
Monday. was issued yesterday.
The officers detailed for service on the
range, to have charge Of the various mat
ters relating to or connected with the
competitions. are as follows Lieut.. Col.
W. r. Hopkins. assistant inspector gen.
eral; Lieut.. Col. J. F. Brooks, retired;
Mai. J. s. Dozier, First Cavalry; Mai.
r. L. WyIly, Fourth Infantry; Capt W.
W. Williamson, retired; capt J. c. Pos
tell, First Cavalry; Capt. G. NJ. Hope.
First Cavalry; Capt. j. NJ. Rogers, First
Infantry; Capt. j. r. West First In
fantry; Capt II. ]. Sutclin, retired; Cap5.
J. d. farrell. surgeon Capt. W. z.
Coney, First Infantry; Capt c. II. Rich
ardson. First Infantry; Capt Wright
Hunter First Infantry; Capt. c. NJ.
Smith, Fourth Infantry; Capt. W. II.
Tucker, Fourth Infantry; Capt. Thomas
Hunter, First Cavalry; Lieut.. c. W.
Saussy, Chatham Artillery; Lieut.. J. II.
Euner First Infantry; Lieut.. J. c. Ty
son, First Infantry; Lieut.. T.. A. Leonard,
First Infantry; Private Henry Blum, Jr.,
First Infantry; Private c. S. Richmond,
First Infantry.
Lieut.. Col. W. T. Hopkins, Lieut.. Col
j. f. Brooks, Capt. w. W. Williamson,
and Capt. j. G. PosteI are designated
assistants to the executive officer Capt.
w. Il. Coney is placed in charge of rec
ords statistics. and office work, Capt C
II Richardson in charge of the scorers
and issuance of ammunition. Private
{. 5. Richmond is in charge of revolver
practice.
Some additional information in refer
ence to the matches other than that con-
tanned in previous orders and circular let
tiers is contained in Col. Cams latest cir
cular. only original ammunition issued
by the state will be permitted and the
arms used must be those with which the
state provides its citizen soldiery. Rifles
and carbines must be used as they come
from the state arsenal and heel pads,
additional shades and Unauthorized sight
covers will not be tolerated. For each
challenge TO the accuracy of the mark
ers' discing the challenger must deposit
a fee of 50 cents which will he returned
to him in case his challenge is sustained
by the proper authority
All ties will be terminated as prescribed
in the small Arms Firing Regulations,
L. S A as follows ca In individual
shooting at known distances; % BY the
total score at the longest distance is still
a tie by the total score al the next long
est distance, aud so on. (2) For each of
the successive shots: (a) BY the fewest
misses in the entire score: 90 by the few
est cutters in the entire score; (c) by the
fewest inners in the entire score: I'd if
still tie by the inverse order of shots,
counting singly from the last TO the first;
t) by firing single shots at the longest
range. UB) In team shooting al known
distances; ca BY the fewest misses in the
entire score; 90 by the fewest cutters in
the entire score; (c) by the fewest inners
IN the entire score; (e) by the totals for
the team of the final shot of each com
petitOr; % by the totals for the team of
these successive closing shots in inverse
order.