The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-17
STATE SHOOT BEGINS
MOST OF VISITING MILITARY WILL
ARRIVE THIS MORNING.
WILL BE CAMP LAYTON.
PRELIMINARY MATCHES WILL
OPEN THIS AFTERNOON.

Camp of Instruction Is Named in
Honor of Gen. Alexander II. Law
ton, First Field Ohhcer of the
Georgin state Troops After the
War-CoI. Cam Makes Al Request
for More Prtzes-There Are Now
Only Four Prizes to BE Contested
for by Seventy-lve TeRms-Threc
of These Are individual Medals.
The Georgia state shoot will begin
at 2 o'clock this afternoon on Avondale
range. More than a dozen teams ar
rived Yesterday, and it is expected that
fully three score more will arrive this
morning. The matches to-day will be
preliminary and while they will be re-
ported in the inspector generals re-
port. they will not constitute the most
important contests of the meet.
Camp Lawton will be the name of the
camp of instruction. This Hame was
chosen by Inspector General Cam in
honor of the late Gen. Alexander r.
Iawton. the first field officer of the
Georgia State Troops after the war.
Gen. Lawton, one of Georgia's most
distinguished citizens and soldiers. was
minister to Austria under Pres-
dent Cleveland and a member of
the State Constitutional Conven-
ton. His son, Col. A. X.
Lawton, is a member of the Ma
tional Trophy Contest Board, and
member of the Executive Committee
of the Sea Grit shoot, and takes an
active interest in rife practice.
Want More Prizes.
Col. Cam is very anxious to secure
two or three more trophies. AS matters
now stand, there is but one trophy to
be contested for at the state shoot,
whereas there are four offered in the
interstate shoot. There are, in addition
TO this trophy, no money prizes and but
three medals. While the competition
will be keen in all of the events. the
inspector general of rifle practice
thinks that other prizes should be Of
fered. Requests of this kind have new
er gone unmet, and it is probable that
during the day several medals and tro-
phies will be donated.
Everything is in readiness at the
camp for the shoot. There were no
electric lights at the camp last night,
but these will be installed to-day and
when night comes the camp will be
brilliantly lighted. Arrangements have
been made TO have the mail delivered
at the range, and a regular sub-station
will be established during the shoot,
where the men may mail their letters.
The Culinary Department.
Capt Fred w. Garden, post COM
missary for the shoot, has everything
in readiness in his department. Capt.
Garden is an old hand in commissary
work, having been regimental COM
missary at the recent Augusta encamp-
ment, and having served in similar
capacities many times before. The
restaurant has been completed and
nicely whtewashed, and meals will be
served to-day The cost of these meals
viii be 25 cents each, which will be
betrayed by the IS cents per diem al
lowed by the state.
The shoot will start at o'clock, one
hour after the tour of duty begins.
All of the matches will be preliminary,
the object being to accustom the men
to the range, so that when the first
match starts tomorrow morning they
may not be at any disadvantage. The
preliminary matches will be shot only
on the 200 and 500 yard ranges.
AS each team arrived yesterday, it
was met at the depot by a detail I'M
der command of Maj. Walter f. Coney.
Quite number of out of town officers
of the shoot have arrived. These were
Capt M. j. Daniel Jr.. of Griffin,
assistant statistical officer and range
officers: Lieut.. w. O. Gresham of
Waynesboro, Lieut. Abram Levy of
Augusta; Lieut. ]. HI. Brown, of Thorn
asville; Capt. Fred Dismuke, of Thorn
asville, and Lieut.. G.. w. Sage of AL
bany Lieut.. ]. T. Mann, one of the
rush of business he will not be able
to attend the shoot, and that the team
which will represent his command is
composed of novices. He says, how
ever, that he will send his first team
to the interstate shoot.
Details in Camp.
The details which camped at the
range last night were:
First Regiment-Company E of
Waynesboro. with five men and five
extras. Nearly all of the other COM
mands of the First Infantry are Sa-
vannah companies.
Second nfantry-Company D of Ten
mile, with five men and one extra, un-
der command of Capt. Pritchard: Com
pany Z of Hawkinsville. with five men.
Third Infantry-Company b. the Irish
Volunteers of Augusta, with five men;
Company f of Milledgeville with five
Adams, Jr.; Company H, the Clinch
Rifles of Augusta, with five men, I'M
der command of Capt. Weisiger; Com
pany l, German Guards of Augusta,
with five men and five extras, under
command of Capt. A. J. Renkl; Com
pany X, the Oglethorpe Infantry, from
Augusta, with five men, and Com
pany M of Covington, with five men
and one extra, under command of Capt.
Burt David.
Fourth Infantry-Company E of AL
bany, with five men; Company X of
Thomasville. with five men.
Fifth nfantry-Company L of At
lanta, with two men in advance, Pri-
vate Evan r. Howell, Jr., and Pri-
waite Richards.
First Cavalry-Troop X, Richmond
Hussars of Augusta, with five men.
under command of Sergt. DeRosette
Robertson.
The rest of the commands, some six
ty 10 number, will arrive this morning
at o'clock over the Central of Geor-
gfa Railroad. While the teams trav-
eled together to the shoot they will
not be required to return as a BODY In
fact many of the men will stay oevr
TO contest in the interstate shoot and
Col Cam has issued orders to the ef
1ect that transportation for the return
trip Will be issued TO the men individu-
ally. The markers will be needed This
afternoon, and all boys over 16 wears
OF age who desire to secure positions
must report this morning at the range
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MANY OFFENDERS.