Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-10

gress is more of panel or tablet rather
than trophy, being an immense piece OF
solid bronze, two feet by three, with the
sides nodded in the shape Of big frame.
The central figure represents Mars. with
the four dogs of war, which in turn repre-
sent the United States army: the United
States navy, United States Marine Corps
and the National Guard. In the upper
right-hand corner is the inscription. Ma
| tional trophy presented by the Congress of
the United States for excellence In team
ma craftsmanship. MDCCCCIU." while on the
opposite side is the seal of the United
States, with four bars forming the shape
of medal.
Inscribed on each bar are the four
branches of the services. as mentioned
above. The central figure is surmounted on
shield in the shape of shell, with the
blank space left for the inscription of the
| winning teams from year to year. Beneath
the shield two American eagles, one
| standing on the eastern hemisphere and the
other on the western hemisphere, both with
outspread wings.
To Get Bronze Medals.
The trophy is the work Of the Gorham
company of New York and is valued at
81, GOO In addition to the prizes which have
been announced for this match. each MEM
| Der of the winning teams will be presented
with a handsome bronze medal reproduced
exactly like the central figure Of Mars with
the four dogs, surrounding the shell, in
miniature. The medals as well as the
| trophy, are works Of art, and will be highly
priced by those who were fortunate enough
| to be on the winning teams. Lieut. F. K
| Hill of the United States navy, who was
| chairman of the board which selected the
design, was present at both days Of the big
match and was highly pleased at the re-
suits of the match.
| A protest has been filed with Major Gull
| foyle, the executive officer of the range
during the shooting in the national match.
| <,x inst Iy,,dan
of the New Jersey team. 1t Is claimed that
| Hudson Is a member Of the Signal Corps OF
| the New Jersey National Guard and resi-
| dent Of the same state and that he recent
Major Guilfoyle informed the captain of the
| Massachusetts, team that the protest would
| have to be passed upon by the board ap-
pointed by the President and approved by
| the Secretary Of War.
The wind-up of the shooting in the ma
| tional match was the most spirited fea-
| ture Of the meet. although 1t was apparent
| half an hour before the firing ceased that
New York would win by a good margin.
Each team, even those near the foot of the
list, was deeply concerned regarding Its
standing at the finish. however, and there
fore the work of each man on each team
was followed eagerly. Even before cease
firing had sounded, cheering in honor Of
the victorious team had begun The throng
at the firing line numbered many hundreds.
and the shout that arose was mighty one.
NOVoo
A searchlight would have come in very
convenient on target "a in the national
match last evening when Sergeant Groome
and Private Cook were winding up their
scores at 600 yards in the dark.
Sergt w A. Duvall in a dream the other
night called aloud such figures as 80. AZ. 40.
SO, &C. Those who happened to hear the
incident are still in doubt as to whether he
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Private Pile insists that he can shoot
better in a match with a bevy Of pretty
| girls watching him than he can without
squad has been sent to Asbury Park to
| comply with his wishes.
| Lieut.. F. H. Heidenreich, who Is stopping
| at Asbury Park. was visitor at the Dis
| trict camp yesterday.
The following will receive the distin-
| guished marksman badge upon their return
| to Washington at the close of the meeting:
| Mai. L. H Reichelderfer. Capt. A. P. Rob
| bins Lieut.. G. G. Dennison, Sergt. Charles
Groome and Private r. L. Pile. This badge
is presented to those who have shot on
brigade rifle team three times, as pre-
scribed by the War Department regula-
TONS This is the third years service for
all of the above mentioned.
Lieut. F. K. Hill of the ordnance bureau.
Navy Department, at Washington, was an
interested spectator in the national match
on both days.
Among the competitors on the New Jersey
state team in the national match was Capt.
Horace NJ Bell, son of Maj. James E Bell,
commanding the District team.
Capt Sheridan Ferree has become a ia
vorite among the newspaper men at the
range having rendered valuable services in
arranging the scores for the daily press.
The team representing the United States
is in charge OF Lieut.. r. c. Bulmer, senior
grade, very young and capable officer for
one of his rank
Lieut. Farrow scored SO in the Wimbledon
match, which was shot last week, making
five men from the District with this score.
the winner Of the match making 81. His
last string consisted of one and bulls.
Col Lloyd NJ. Brett, the new adjutant
general Of the District militia, acted as .
range officer during the two days of the
national match and displayed considerable
interest In the work Of the riflemen.
A feature of the shooting at 800 yards
was the work of Pile and Wetherald, both
of whom were high men at this range.
strange coincident in connection with their
scores was when they were taking their
sighting Shots which did not count in their
score, they made misses in their efforts to