The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-16

bill? Answer" To this query he re-
cetved the following direct reply:
You can wire Alabama that if state
militia rife teams are sent to COM
petitions cost of pay, transportation and
subsistence can be betrayed from state
allotment under Section IA. militia act
IN the same manner as in the case of
state troops in camp"
Alabama Interested.
Maj. Conveys query was made at the
solicitation of the Alabama teams. He
received information to the effect that,
In addition to the company teams, the
state desired to send a regimental
team, but that the Governor did not
desire to encroach on the encampment
fund of the state. Under the ruling of
the Secretary of War, this need not be
done. There is much interest in rifle
practice in the state, the teams which
attended the interstate shoot last year
having paid its own expenses.
The information contained in the
telegram will be transmitted to the Ad-
Jutant Generals of neighboring states,
1t being the first authoritative an
nouncement concerning this important
question.
The range, which has been put in
first-class condition for the state shoot.
will also be in readiness for the inter
state contests, which begin one day
after the state match. The programme
for the shoot, the most attractive ever
before presented, will probably be from
the press tomorrow. The pamphlet
will be highly illustrated, the large
number of Illustrations being RESPONSE
bic for its tardy appearance.
Some of the handsomest trophies ever
offered have been presented to the as
ISOLATION, and will be contested for in
the coming shoot. The contests in
which these trophies and medals have
been offered, together with illustrations
and pictures of their donors, appear
elsewhere in the Morning News.
The Pennsylvania Match.
1t is yet probable that the feature
of the shoot will be the match by teie-
graph between teams representing the
states of Georgia and PENNSYLVANIA.
The officers in the two states are still
in correspondence, and from the tone
of recent communications it is inferred
that the QuakerS are anxious to ar
range the match. 1t is yet two weeks
until the conclusion of the interstate
shoot, and there is abundant time to
arrange it. 1t will probably be shot
at the end of the interstate match,
and it is not at all unlikely that the
Georgia team which will compete with
one which will be chosen for the ma
tiOnal rifle competition.
Another feature of the camp will
be the presence of a band. Executive
Officer Austin said yesterday that he
would have a band on hand to dis
course music at the proper time. He
said that 1t was not probable that
the band would be engaged for the
entire encampment, but that 1t would
be on hand to liven things up on spe-
cial occasions.
CarOIinfans Coming.
A communication was received by
Post Adjutant Coney yesterday from
the Maxim Guards of North Carolina,
in which they expressed some fear of
not being able to attend the competi-
ton, owing to the delay in securing
their Krag- Jorgensens. Maj. Coney
answered Immediately, informing the
captain of the team to come, whether
the rifles. reached them in time or not;
that. if they came without arms, they
would be provided on their arrival.
The Dothan Guards, from Dothan
Ala, whose team, it will be recalled
won third place in the visitors COM
pany match last year, will be present
at the shoot The command has just
returned from it's encampment at Mo-
bile, Ala, where it easily carried off
the honors in rife competition.
Encouraging news is being received
from Alabama, Florida, North Caro-
lima and South Carolina, and from all
portions of the state, and the outlook
is promising for a largely attended and
interesting shoot.