The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02
MANY MORE MEDALS
PUBLIC SPIRITED CITIZENS DONATE
HANDSOME PRIZES
FOR INTERSTATE SHOOT.
OFFICERS RECEIVING FLATTERING
ASSURANCES.

Capt. Austin Has Received Liberal
citation and Four Public Spirited
Citizens Donate Handsome Medals.
Handsome Illustrated Programme
Is Being Prepared-COl. Cam Is
Arranging transportation So That
Those who Attend state shoot
May stay for Interstate Match.
"A great deal 7of local interest has
been aroused over the coming STATE
and Interstate shoots which will be
held in Savannah Aug. 17-2S. inclusive,
and the officers who have the prepara-
tion in charge. are. meeting ready re-
Spouse from the citizens.
After two days effort Capt w. G..
Austin, executive officer, has succeed
ed in raising a neat amount by pub
lie subscription. and five new medals
have been secured for the interstate
match: The subscription list is head
ed by Brig. Gen. w. w. Gordon, presi-
dent of the association, with a dona-
ton of $50. The medals are offered
by the, Savannah Rife Association,
Mayor Herman Myers, Col. j. H. Estili,
Mr.. s. E. Theus and Mr.. B. H. Levy.
Each of these will be offered for in
dividual shooting, and will become the
property of the winner.
Maj. w. E. Coney, post adjutant of
the interstate association, has received
flattering assurances from all parts OF
Georgia and from neighboring states,
and the indications are that the shoot
will be much more largely attended
than last year when it attained an I'M
precedented success.
some New Features.
The new features to the shoot, as in
dicated by the correspondence, will be
the attendance of government troops
and teams from the various companies
in the state. While there were many
Georgiane in the last shoot, the num-
Der will be many times as large, since
the state shoot, at which teams from all
parts of the state are compelled to
shoot, precedes the interstate shoot by
but a day. Col Cam Is arranging
matters so that the transportation al
lowed the state teams may be ex-
tended.
II is now three weeks before the in
terstate shoot begins, but inquiries and
applications are more numerous than
they were a week before the shoot last
year. Letters from North and South
Carolina, Alabama. Florida and other
nearby states indicate the attendance
of many teams from those states. The
officials are especially hopeful of a
large representation from Alabama.
The encampments in that state begin
this week. Since there are no regu-
lars In Alabama the regulars from Fort
Mcpherson, Ca, will camp with the
troops at Mobile and Birmingham.
surances from Capt. Thompson and
Cant. Bennett. who will command the
companies of regulars, the former of
whom was at the Augusta encamp-
ment, that they will work up all of the
interest that they can in the coming
contest.
An Illustrated Programme.
The programme for the interstate
shoot, which is being looked after by
Capt. w. q. Austin and by Col. r. j.
Travis, chairman of the Programme
Committee. is going to be an unusual
ly attractive one. In addition to the
necessary information relative to the
shoot, 1t will be highly illustrated with
cuts of scenes on the range and those
Identified with the shoot.
The various military commands in
the city will take action tomorrow
night relative to their portion of the
fund for the shoot. 1t is probable that
about $3.50 OF $500 will be realized from
this source.