The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24
SEA GRIT RIFLE MATCHES
District National Guard Marksmen
to Leave August 80.
Officers and Enlisted Men Detailed
for Duty on the Brigade Team
Personnel of the First Regiment
and Company squads Thus Far
Named-Chnractero of the Contests.

The rife teams of the District Militia
will 20 to Sea Girt Thursday, August 80.
to compete in the rifle competitions to be
held there under the auspices Of the New
Jersey State Rife Association. These
competitions attract wide attention. They
viii be contested in By numbers OF Ma
tknal Guard teams from various States.
Matches will be held for brigade. regi-
mental. battalion, and company teams, in
addition 10 which there VIII be number
Of contests in which individual marksmen
will shoot. The District teams will enter
10 all the matches. Hard practice has
been faithfully INDUCED in for some time
and the citizen soldiers are confident of
maintaining the excellent reputation that
District teams have made through their
good work in matches of previous years.
national team will be chosen from those
soldiers making the highest scores in the
forthcoming matches, and will represent
this country in an international contest.
orders from headquarters covering the
trip OF the teams viii be issued as follows:
The annual encampment OF the brigade
rife team of the District OF Columbia Ma
ticnal Guard will be held at Sea Girt, y. j.,
from August 81 TO September 8, 1900, in
elusive.
THE following named officers and en-
listed men principals and alternates, are
detailed fer duty on the brigade rife team,
and will report to the captain OF the team
for instructions: First Lieut.. w. w. Cook
son, inspector of rifle practice, Sixth Bat
TALON; First Lieut.. W. Milton Farrow, in
spector of rife practice, Fourth Battalion;
First Lieut.. H. II Leizear, inspector OF
rife practice, Third Battalion; Second
Lieut. Horace VI. Bell, Company c, Fifth
Battalion; Sergt. Albert Whitaker, Com
pany c, Fifth Battalion; Private Maurice
Appleby Company A, Sixth Battalion;
Private Walter 5. Cash. Company c, Fifth
Battalion; Private c. W Dickey, Company
A, Sixth Battalion; Private Edward Scott,
Company i, Sixth Battalion; Private Sam
uel / Scott, Company A, Sixth Battalion;
Private James N. Stewart, Company A,
Sixth Battalion and Private c. McC. Tay-
Tor. Company A. Sixth Battalion.
''Alternates-First Lieut.. George G. Den
nison, inspector OF rifle practice, Ffth
Battalion: First Lieut.. +. w. Holt, quar-
termaster Sixth Battalion; First Sergt.
c. f. Groome, Company b. Fourth Pat
talon. and Private r. L. Pile, Company b,
Fourth Battalion.
Major James E. Bell, inspector z neral
of rife practice District OF Columbia mil
itia, Is appointed team captain; Capt. AL
fred r. Robbins, aid-de-camp, District OF
Columbia militia, is appointed team adju-
tant and ordnance officer; Capt. Clarence
a Weaver. surgeon. First Regiment, Dis
trict of Columbia National Guard, is ap-
pointed team surgeon, and First Lieut..
Charles G. Mortimer. quartermaster Third
Battalion. District of Columbia National
Guard, is appointed team quartermas,er.
The following named officers and en-
listed men, duly selected as the represen-
tatlves Of the organizations designated,
will accompany the brigade rife team to
Sea Grit and Will report TO the captain OF
the team for instructions:
Major E. II. Neumeyer, Commissary
General. District of Columbia Militia; Ma
jor r. d. Simms. Fifth Battalion Major
Jesse B. X. Lee, First Battalion; Major