The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-03
MANY VISITING SOLDIERS.
THEY ARE HERE ron THE STATE
SHOOT. BEGINNING TODAY.

Than Thirty Teams Win Sc Enter
ed-Grent Interest Among the Viii
sary-Personnei of some OF the WIS.,
sting TeRm~-Rrmarkahle Enthus-
fasm shown Among the Companies
of the Fourth HeEtment-pubitc In
vited 90 Attend the shooting.
The state shoot opens to-day. The COM
pany match for the he soto trophy. open
10 i've men. Officers and enlisted, from
any company or troop or division of naval
miliua viii b. shot nrst The entrance
fee will be 81 "a man. and the distance
will be- so. so. SO CO. yards and the Skin
mish 1--WE shots al each OF the distances,
save the 5oa ana tho skirmish. where ten
VIII BE- fred
Il y possible. TOO. that the revolver
contest will be held to-day This viii be
under The direction OF Mr G. = Rich
mond the expert IN revolver practice.
The shooting will be at nifty yards Tor
teams for nvc men An individual rife
match may aiso b. shot during the day.
Team captains viii draw az the range
early this morning to determine tho order
~ NhAANH NAtfa NAAA eHlNNA ANtfa " 80 VI"
draw for the targets at which they will
FIRE.
Neither FOR entrance 10 th. grounds nor
for admission 10 the Erandstand viii any
charge be made to-day or to-morroW. and
IL is hoped that there Will b. a good crowd
Of spectators TO witness the shooting. La
dies are invited as wen as gentlemen.
More than 100 visiting officers and men
Of the Georgia State Troops are IN the
city. the guests OF the local military and
Of the state. To take part IN the second
annual carbine and rife competition ar
ranged by Col George +. Cam. inspector
general Of rife practice. under the direc-
ton OF whom the contests will be held.
The visiting soldiers are nearly all
CHARTERED az the Chatham Artlllcry's
Armory. where cots have been provided
Tor their comfort Two teams from the
Waycross Rifles are quarered upon the
Savannah Cadets. In the Regimcntal
Armory. Capt J. r. West having made
the request that the visitors from Way
cross be allowed to use the quarters OF
his company during their stay IN the
city. The brunswick coniingens and the
team from Lexington. Ca, are stopping
At the DE Soto.
Meals are being served the visiting
troops az Fried's restaurant They take
breakfast and supper there, and Mr. Fried
will serve dinner Tor them al che range.
this arrangement being far more con-
venient than any other that could be hit
upon. az the number OF teams entered
for the shoe, makes Il absolutely neces-
sary that no stme be lost. There are
50 many teams that Il will be necessary
10 devote every available hour 20 the con-
tests.
Col. Cam Is well pleased by che inter
est that has been manifested In the sbcoa.
and ne is confident that It will prove a
success II Is evident TO all who have
watched the progress Of events In con-
nee,ion with the arrangements for che
shoot that not only tho success OF this
one. but Of those 10 be held ia tbs fu-
ture is assured.
The enthusiasm shown IN the Fourth
Regiment. Infantry. is remarkable From
the twelve companies OF the regiment.
there will be thirteen teams entered. the
Waycross Tdaes entering two. Col W.
r. wooten OF Albany. Lieut. Col Hopkins
OF Thomasville. Mai. n. Lee willy OF
Townsville and Capt. A. j. Scott OF Al
hany, adjutans. represent the field
and stan of the regiment In the
city, and II more proof than their pres
euce OF the interest they feel IN the shoot
could be desired. attention might ho III
rooted TO the prizes they have offered Cor
the competition In which the company
teams from che Fourth viii engage Col
Wooten has offered q handsome medal 20
b. worn by the member Of the regiment
making the highest individual score. while
the officers OF the Fourth have combined
81 purchasing a handsome silver cup that
will go 10 tho company that makes the
highest score IN the COMPANY match. thai
IS 10 BE- shot to-day
Maj. Ernest Dart Of Brunswick, IN com
mani OF the Third Battalion OF che Ffrs,
Regiment Is also among the visitors in
the city Mai. Dart IL well known in sa-
Nannah and has many friends here HN
came up with the boys who are to rem
resent the Brunswick Rihemen ana the
Naval Militia IN che contests
some OF the companies with teams en-
tered have little hope OF winning out
This u not true OF some few OF the visit.
ina teams alone. Among the local com
panies there are some that, 80 far sur
pass others In the excellence OF the shoot
ing OF some OF their members, that Il IL
clearly impossible Tor those others 20 make
anything Ike a good showing IN compnr.
fson despite the facs that they have hea
the advantage Of practice upon the spien-
Ola savannah range. Manlfestiv. there.
fore. greater advantage will be enfovea
ny the crack teams Of savannah oter
come % the visiting teams from points
where she facilities for shooting are f,r
inferior.
Yet there are some or the visitors. who
are expected 10 give the best chat Savnn-
nah can show close struggle. For IN
stance there g. the Atlanta seam from the
Horse Guard. which some have picked a.
a winner. Again. there are the two teams
from Waycross. where some exeellen,
shooting has been going on Tor a long
WINE. cambridge, too. sends three or
-FOUR shots on her team that have mad.
me records. particularly Private r. w.
jackson. who few days ago made III
while shooting for a record
number OF the visitors went IN, %
the rife range yesterday They we've
greatly impressed by what they saw ana
expressions OF pleasure In the prospect 81
shotting on II were frequent Many Of an,
teams have been accustomed 20 a range
upon which there H. but a single b,nk
necessltating their moving back the 80
quisite distance whenever Il Is desired 90
change the rangeA
Col Cam and some OF the Savannah