Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-30
SOLDIERS TRY AS MARKSMEN
Rife Competition Of Department Of the Mis-
sour Begins on Wednesday.
FIRST MEET SINCE BEFORE THE WAR
winners VIII Get Handsome Prizes
and Opportunity 60 Take Part
in Army Competition
at sheridan.

The program and list Of competitors in
the infantry competition Of the Department
Of the Missouri was issued yesterday. Tech
nically this Is the first infantry competi-
ton OF the department, but 1t is In reality
a resumption Of the competitions which
were suspended during the Spanish war and
is the first to be held in the territory now
embraced in the department since 1897. At
that time IL was the Department Of the
Platte, which accounts for. this being the
FIRST competition in the present Department
OF the Missouri.
While there are but twenty-eignt COM
panies In the department, twenty-nine men
will face the targets and take part IN the
program. One OF these men p. W. Way.
quartermaster sergeant Of the First bat
talon Of engineers, will take part as a
''distinguished marksman," which means
that he has represented his company at
three successive competitions and has
made a good record. He appears In this
competition solely to qualify him
self for appearance In the in
fantry competition Of the entire army
which will take place in August at Fort
Sheridan, near Chicago. Under the regula-
lions distinguished marksmen" are not
permitted to take part in the regular com
petitions and can receive no medal, but
they, with the others who do take part in
the competition, must qualify themselves
for enterance into the army competition by
being among the five to make the best
scores at the departmental competition i'm
mediately preceding that Of the army. The
ten men making the best scores are known
as the departmental team, and from 1t come
the men who represent the department in
the army competition. In addition to hav-
ing place on the departmental team, the six
men making the best scores receive medals.
The first medal is of gold, but for this, at
the pleasure Of the winner, a gun OF SUI
perior workmanship may be substituted,
the gun to become the property of the prize
winner. The prizes awarded to the two
men holding the next best records are sill
yer medals. Three men are allowed to re-
ceive the third prize. a bronze medal in each
case. Winners of medals are not permitted
to part with them without authority Of the
general commanding the army.
Conditions of the Firing.
Preliminary practice will begin wednes-
day morning, with firing at rectangular
targets at 200 and 300 Yards; in the after
noon the distance will be 500 and 600 yards.
Morning and afternoon Of Thursday will be
devoted to preliminary practice at Skin
mish firing. The competition proper will
open Friday morning. with firing at known
distances, 200 and 300 yards in the morn
ing and 500 and 600 yards in the afternoon,
Saturday will be devoted entirely to Skin
Inish firing, where the distances are not
known. Monday the program will be a rep
etition of the work Of Friday and the Skin
mish firing Of Saturday will be repeated on
Tuesday.
The commander Of a department will pre-
sent the medals to the winners OF a de-
partmental competition. General Bates will
20 to Fort Leayenworth during the weeb
and will present the medals to the mer
after the Afternoon firing Tuesday.
Major Charles G. Starr of the Twenty
NTH infantry will be ofhcer in charge Of the
competition. Captain William H. wasselli
Of the Twenty-second infantry will be sta.
~,tistical officer, Captain John Robertson
chief range Officer, the range officers beinG
First Lieutenants John R. r.. Hannay and
Adolphe H. Huguet, Second Lieutenanti
Parke Hit and William II. Haycraft Of TIL
Twenty-second infantry and Second Lieu
tenants Toward G. Young, Henry G. Stahl
Kirwin T. Smith and George w. England o.
the Sixth infantry. Captain William NJ
Wright. inspector Of small arm practice o.
the department, will be present, and Civil
Service Clerk Otis T. Cartwright will per,
form clerical duty in connection with thu
competition. The competitors. their ranl
and organization. are:
Names OF Competitors.
Sixth Infantry-Company A. Sergeant H
NJ. Hallman; company B., Private w. 3
Dinwiddie; Company c.. Sergeant H. C
Chambers; Company D., Sergeant Fred Stan
ger; Company e. Private F. c. Pendle
ton; Company F, Sergeant e. +. Moore
Company G, Sergeant T.. p. Duggan; Com
pany II, Sergeant H. A.. Celkers: Compan!
]. Q~uartermaster Sergeant e. Egan; Com
pany X Sergeant Dennis Quincy; Compan,
L. Sergeant Jack Doublin: Company M
. Corporal w. Hardy. r
Twenty-second Infantry-Company A
Sergeant Adam Ulmer; Company b, FRS
Sergeant Archie Deuberry; Company c
Private James r. Mooreheld; Company D
Corporal Esau Foster; Company z, Privat
Michael Sheehey; Company +, sergean
Joseph orsek; Company @, Rrivat
James F.. Mcmillan; Company II, Quarter
master Sergeant Ernest McEachin; Com
pany /. Corporal George Finley; Compan,
X. Corporal Joseph zavodsky; Company [
Sergeant Paul Boeck; Company M. Privau
William G.. Coventry.
First Battalion Of Engineers-Compan
A, Sergeant w. j. Costello; Company p
Corporal Emmett T. Garvey; Company c
fret class, Private @. w. Wood; Compan
d, First Sergeant T. F. Kennedy; dis
tinguished marksman. Quartermaster Ser
geant p. w. Wey. Company B,