The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-14
AvONDALE A WINNER
BOARD ENTHUSIASTIC
CALLY RECOMMENDED THAT
STATE SHOOT BE HELD HERE.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED WITH BUT
A SINGLE DISSENTING VOTE.

Thought That Governor Will Re-
spect the Recomm e nda tiOn-MacOn
Made a Bid, which Was Declined
by Vote of 10 to 1.-The Advan-
tage offered in the 1000 Yard
Range Could Not Be Counter
balanced by Any Claim by Macon.
Board Not in sympathy With Gov
ernor on Encampment Question.
The resident members of the State
Military Advisory Board returned
from Atlanta yesterday morning con-
fident that the state shoot will be held
on the Avondale Range in August.
With but single dissenting vote the
beard enthusiastically Endorsed the
petition of the Sayannahians, and re-
commended to the Governor that the
shoot be held at Avondale. With prac-
tically the unanimous Endorsement Of
the most prominent military officers
In the state, it is thought that the rec
ommendation will surely be respected
by Gov. Terrell.
Savannah was easily the winner
before the board" said one of the Of
ficers, in speaking of the matter, 1.-The
only other range trying for the shoot
having but a sole supporter of it's
claims. This was Col. Huegenin of Ma
con- who presented the claims of that
city. But we had him on the 1000 yard
range proposition, and he was forced
to assume the defensive in his argu-
ment. When he saw that his claim did
not meet the favor of the board, he
tried different tactics and promised
if the matter were delayed he would
go back to the Central City and Sc
cure 1000 yard range; otherwise, he
would withdraw his application.
BY Vote of 10 to /.
ut was apparent that Macon's claims
were not as strong as Savannah's
though all appreciated the loyalty
which prompted Gen. Huegenin's re-
quest. and recognized as stated by
him, that the Maconites had done ev-
erything in their power to make the
last shoot held there a success Finally,
Col. Huegenin attempted to have the
advisory board leave the matter to
Gov. Terrell, but in this he was de-
feated, and the resolutions were there
after passed by d vote of 16 to l."
All of the Savannah men spoke in
behalf of the Avondale range, as well
as several of the other officers who
supported Savannah's claims. The res
olutions of Council, the Cotton Ex-
| change and the Chamber of Commerce
were read, and the claims of advant-
| ages of the local range set forth in a
manner that sufficed to convince the
board of its superiority. The matter
will have to receive the Endorsement of
the Governor. AS soon as this is DONE
and it is expected that it will be soon,
arrangements for both the state and
interstate shoots will be commenced.
Anent the Encampment.
| The board took no definite action, 80
| far as could be learned, on the matter
of the encampment. 1t was evident
as soon as the matter was taken up
that the position of the board was an
embarrassing one, for few of them
sympathized with the Governor in his
views. Gov. Terrell wants the en-
campment to go to Griffin The resi-
dents ofathat city had a delegation In
Atlanta to press their claims, and 20
offer many inducements. Though It
was plainly the sense of the meeting
that Griffin be not chosen, it would
not be surprising to many of the ofil-
GERS if the Governor overrode their OBJ
jections. For this reason the officers
are rather reticent anent the probable
place of the encampment.
The wish of the board is that the
encampment be held in mid-June at
different places in the state convenient
to the different military districts. It
was shown that there were not enough
tents to accommodate an encampment
of all of the commands in the state, and
it was the idea expressed at the meet
ing that the encampments in the va
rious localities be held at different
times so that the tents might be utii-
lied by all of the troons