Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-17
Companies to Participate in District
Day Exercises at Buffalo.
THE COMPETITIONS At Sea GIRr
Detachment Of RifIemen to Leave
for the Range August %.
LIST OF LEADING EVENTS

cadet COrpS-dnd Company ID, ~ Dat
talion-the Morton Cadets-have definitely
decided to visit the Pan-American EXPOSE
ton at Buffalo. Company D, 4th Battalion
the Ordway Rifes-will not go. Capt.
E. c. Edwards of the organization first
named has the arrangements In charge.
The detachment will leave Washington
Sunday morning, September 1, and proceed
direct to Niagara Falls. The Guardsmen
will have an opportunity OF viewing much
of the country through which the train
passes. Buffalo will be reached Monday
morning, the I'd of September. Returning
the companies will reach Washington the
morning of September Q. Members of
other organizations of the brigade desir-
ing to participate in the trip are invited
to apply to Capt Edwards for particulars.
1t is the intention of Capt. Edwards to
report to Gen. Harries for instructions re-
garding the part the Washington compa-
MES will take in the exercises of District
of Columbia day at the exposition. 1t has
not yet been determined whether or not
full dress uniforms will be taken to Buff
falo. The expectation is that the Corcoran
Cadet Corps will ship its full dress outfit
of white coats and blue trousers, and the
Morton Cadets the distinctive uniform
owned by that company.
Sea Grit Plans.
1t has been finally decided that the de-
tachment of rif1emen to represent the Dis
trict Of Columbia National. Guard in the
competitions at Sea Girt shall depart for
the Jersey shore the morning of Wednes-
day, the 2Sth instant, leaving this city
about II O'Clock. The camp grounds will
be reached about 5 o'clock the evening of
the same day. The District guardsmen
will thus have all day Thursday for prac-
tice, as the meeting does not open until
Friday, the Both instant.
Gen. Harries has approved the appoint
ment of First Lieutenant Frank W. Holt,
duarteffnastef of the 9th Battalion, as the
quartermaster Of the detachment, and of
Capt. Thomas 8. King, inspector Of rife
practice. Of the LIST Regiment, as team adj
jutant and ordnance officer. Lieut.. Holt is
a member of the 9th Battalion team and
Capt. King is the captain of the LIST Regi-
ment team. -v.ss.-,f.
General Spencer, executive officer of the
New Jersey State Rifle Association. re-
Gently requested that Private s. !. Scott,
Company A, 9th Battalion, District of Co.
lumbia National Guard, who Is a member
of the District brigade team, and one Of
the most celebrated long-range shots in this
country, be sent to Sea Girt forthwith to
assist in the instruction of the ali-American
team. Private Scott proceeded there yes
terday. ,..
Competition for Places.
The competition for places on the Amer
lean team will be held at Sea Girt Friday
and Saturday August % and "a The hours
for firing the different stages will be as fol-
lows: IL am. 800 yards range; Q pm, 800
yards range; pm, 1880 yards range.
From the men making the highest ag-
gregate at all ranges for the two days
ten will be selected to compose the team of
eight men and two alternates
At the close of this competition arrange
ments will be- made without expense to
those selected for further team practice.
Maj. Glendie B. Young, First Lieut.. w.
w. Cookson, First Lieut. Horace M. Bell,
First Lieut.. H. H. Leizear and FIRST Lieut..
w. M. Farrow, all Of the brigade team, will
leave here Wednesday, the list instant, for
Jersey, in order to compete for places on
the all-American team Private Scott will
also endeavor to secure membership there
on. Thus one-half of the membership Of
the local brigade team will be on the
ground ten days before the opening Of the
meeting. This ought to be Of advantage,
as the rifiemen will be able to familiarze
themselves with the Sea Girt ranges, the
ocean breezes, the light and other condi-
lions that differ from those prevailing here.
Private ]. M. Stewart has found that it
will be impossible for him to participate,
and he has therefore retired from the bril-
gade team. The vacancy has been filed by
the appointment of Capt. Sheridan Ferree.
Districts Representation.
The District Of Columbia VITA be repre-
scented at Sea Girt by brigade team, one
regimental team each from the LIST Regi-
ment, I'd Regiment and 9Th Battalion; one
company team each from Company A, 9Th
Battalion, and Company A., Sd Battalion.
and one revolver team each from the lst
Regiment, the I'd Regiment and the 18th
Battalion. There is also good reason to be-
lieve that the District will figure in the
of the all-American team.
Major Bell desires that the names of all
v~CSv Of 1hSrS, faaY INC
going to Sea Girt be forwarded to him at
the earliest opportunity. r.
Gen. Harries expects to be at Sea Girt the
day the Hilton trophy match is in pro-
gress. =
meeting Of brigade and other team
men and those guardsmen who expect to
accompany the teams to Sea Girt will be
held at District militia headquarters, Even
10, at o'clock.
List of Events.
The secretary Of the National Rife Asso-
citation of America has made the following
There will be held at Sea Girt two inter-
national contests, the first In twenty three
years. One of the contests is for the Pal
ma trophy, representing the worlds cham
pionship. This trophy has not been con-
tested for since 1850, when the American
team won 1t by defeating team from
ing team to try and take 1t across the
border.
1.-THE other match is a special challenge
match between, teams, of eight men from
the Ulster Rife Association of Belfast, Ire
land. and the New Jersey State Hife Assoc
shots for each man at 500,
9G0 and 600 yards, with any rife.
THE Irish team sails for America the 21st
instant. In the party will be, besides the
team, the Marquis of Dufferin and six or
eight prominent Irish sportsmen. besides
several ladies.
Composing the Irish team are men who
have been shooting on the Irish eight at
Bisley for years. Such men as Barnett,
Braithwaite, Henry, Caldwell, Miner,
Thyme. Morgan and Chadwick whose
names are well known in the rifie-shooting
world as expert long-range shots, are the
material which the young, inexperienced
shooters of the New Jersey Association
have against them. Not only are the Jer-
sey men new at this game, but they, are
also seriously handicapped by not having
the proper kind OF small-caliber rifles for
such shooting. Mr.. Foulke, the we'll known
shot of Philadelphia. Ia coaching the New
Jersey team. and he predicts that Yankee
ingenuity and pluck win pull them through
victors. OF the men who have been doing
the best work on the New Jersey team may
be mentioned Captain whittemore, DR..
Hudson. Captain Martin. Baker, Malcolm,
futile and Foulke. New Jersey will take