The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-13
AFTER WEEK IN CAMP
SAVANNAH MARE<ssIEN RETURN TO
HOME AND COMFORT.
WON MATCHES AT MACON.
THEY ARE GLAD TO GET BACK
FROM THE HEAT OF CAMP.

A Number of the Marksmen Return
ed Yesterday Morning-Many More
Will Arrive This MOrning-CoI.
Cam and Capt. Coney Expected
Back To-day - shoot Was Com
cluded Yesterday-First Regiment
Won RegimentaI Match-PriVate
Travis of Savannah Cadets Won
the Individual Match Other
Matches That Were Shot Yesterday
at Macon.
A number of the Savannah marks
men who have been in attendance up
yesterday morning from that city.
Among those who got back
were Capt. E. A. Leonard,
sergt. Murphy, Corpl. Joseph
Blake, Private r. C. Smith and
P. A. Myers of the Emmett Rifles;
Lieut.. ]. F. Mccarthy. Sergt. Doyle,
Sergt. MacMahon, Corpl. Hayes. Pri-
vate O'Leary and Private Powers of
the Irish Jasper Greens. and Private
Wertheim of the Savannah Cadets.
Last night few more of the Savan-
nahians returned. These were mem
bers of the Savannah Volunteer
Guards.
On this mornings train over the
Central will arrive nearly all of the
Savannah marksmen who have not al
ready returned from the shoot. The
work at the Macon range has been con-
cluded, and there remains nothing for
the marksmen to do. Yesterday was
the Anal day of the shoot, the orders
having assigned a week to 1t.
A Week of Hard Work.
Col. George 7. Cam, inspector gen.
eraI of rifle practice, and Capt, Walter
E. Coney, adjutant of the First Infan-
try, are both expected pack this morn
ing. Both officers have been hard at
work, and no two did more for the sue
cess of the encampment than they.
Capt Coney was statistician, and as
such he found tremendous amount of
work to be done.
Lieut.. Mccarthy and others of the re-
turned marksmen were seen by a rep
resentative of the Morning News. They
said that they thought very good work
had been done, and that valuable prac-
tice was probably gained by those
members of the state forces in attend
ance who had not before had opportun-
ity to practice rife shooting upon an
official range.
Savannah's Range Leads.
Not a single Savannah marksman
fails to attest to the superiority of the
Savannah range over that at Macon
They enumerate various points wherein
the Savannah range has an advantage,
and it is their belief that state shoot,
another year, would be held here.
Every man who stood the week in
camp had hard time of it. All COM
plain that the heat was intolerable.
There had been no rain for a long
while and there was thick dust that
rendered efforts at neatness but futile
The heat, too. was intense, and during
the day it was almost unbearable.
There is no shade on the range. At
night, Lieut.. Mccarthy said, the tenn
perature was pleasant enough, and the
boys found that it was just as Wei
that they carried their blankets.
First Infantry's Showing.
The practice that the First Infantry
has had on the Savannah range told
in the regimental match. This was
won by the regimental team from Sa-
Vannah. The members were chosen
from the company teams. This match
was commenced FRIDAY ana was con-
cluded yesterday.
The novice match was led by the
Macon Volunteers on a score of $40,
but the Mcintosh Dragons won
the medal with 367 points,
because of the handicap allowed the
carbines. Savannahians did not enter
the novice matches. The company
team match, B, was won by the Al
bany Guards on a score of 429.
A Savannah marksman, Private r.
J. Travis, of the Savannah Cadets,
fulfilled the expectations of his friends,
winning the individual match.
The novice regimental match was
won by the team from the Second
Infantry.
Capt. A. Gordon Cassels will get the
medal for the highest individual score.
This was 102, made with carbine.
Private B. Gresham of the Burke
Light Infantry made 10S with rife,
but it is said that Capt. Cassels de-
feats him because of the handicap