The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18
TARGET TRIALS
ARE CONCLUDED
Practice at PresidiO Ends and
Firing by Big Guns Meets
All Required Conditions

The target practice which has been
Monday was concluded yesterday aft
ernoon. The trials were eminently sat
isfactory in every particular, and bar
ring a little fog the weather was good.
Yesterday morning Major Todd, Cap
tain Burgess and Lieutenant Covington
superintended the work. The weather
was perfect and all conditions were of
the most favorable order. All the rapid
firing guns were put into practice, and
the results meet the approval of all con-
cerned. The next practice will probably
take place early in March.
Arrangements have been made by the
quartermaster's department of the
army to take from New York and San
Francisco all Christmas boxes intended
for members of either the army or the
navy serving in the Philippine Islands.
A transport will sail from New York
for Manila about December 20, and the
Thomas is scheduled to sail from San
Francisco for the Philippines on the 1st
of January. Either of these boats will
take Christmas boxes free of charge if
they are for officers or enlisted men of
the army navy or marine corps. Each
box should be plainly addressed to the
individual for whom it is intended. Civ
ing his ship if he be in the navy, or his
regiment if he be in the army. All
boxes should be sent care of the depot
quartermaster in either New York or
Christmas box; please forward to Phil
ippine Islands,
The Fifteenth Infantry baseball team
crossed bats yesterday afternoon with
the Thirteenth. Infantry, the former
winning by a score Of to 5. The play
ing was good from start to finish, and
the excellent work of the visiting team
was highly commented upon. Up to
the seventh inning the score was to 1
in favor of the Thirteenth Infantry, but
in the next two innings the Fifteenth
Infantry got in and batted out enough
runs to win by a score of s to 8.
TEAM DOES GOOD WORK.
Beron, the left fielder of the Fifteenth
Infantry, in the first of the seventh
made long throws from deep left to the
an errorless game. getting two put-outs
on very hard throws. The work of
Bankston and Henderson was first
class all through The work of Banks
ton in critical times was all that could
be asked of any one, although the ball
was damp at times.
Lieutenant Elliott, who is manager
for the team, was so pleased with the
work that he took them as his guests
to the Alcazar Theater last night to
witness the military play, The Girl
1 Left Behind Me"
At 10 o'clock this morning the Fiji
teenth viii play the Tenth Infantry.
with Gillespie and Boron as the bat
terry, and in the afternoon at o'clock
the great event of the week will be on,
when the visitors will cross bats with
the crack Presidio post team. Maupin
and Dostie will be the battery for the
Fifteenth.
Manager Joe Wagner of the post
team says that as both teams are in
the best of condition he expects to
see a very hot game and probably one
of the most exciting that has been seen
at the post He, however, expresses
himself as confident that his team will
win. 4
The Thirtieth Infantry are now COM
fortably settled and thoroughly enjoy
ing themselves. Colonel O'Connell says
his regiment is being equipped as fast
as possible so as to be prepared for
the rigorous winter climate into which
thew are about to 60 The colonel is
having a fine time visiting his old
friends and comrades, and at the game
Yesterday was one of the most enthu-
siastic officers on the field.
BAND WILL PLAY TO-DAY.
The Third Band, Artillery Corps, will
give it's regular concert on the Ala
media at o'clock to-day. In the alb