The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-11
LAID Off THE CAMP
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR rs RIFLE
TEAMS AT RANGE.
10000 ROUNDS AMMUNITION
ORDERED BY COL. CANN FOR
STATE SHOOT.

Full Complement of Officers for
State shoot Are AnnOunced-Camp
viii BE One of Instruction in Rifle
Practice OnIy-Other Military
Features viii he Eliminated.
Many Commands Want to Bring
Two Teams-COI. Cam Assures
Them That Quarters VIII Be Pro-
Vided by state.
Col. George T. Cam, inspector gen.
eral of rifle practice, announced the full
complement of officers for the state
shoot yesterday. Arrangements are
camp was laid off yesterday by Post
Quartermaster Austin and his assistant,
Lieut.. James w. McIntire, Jr. Ar
rangements have been made to accom-
modate 400 men.
Col. Cam has announced that the
camp, while camp of instruction,
would be one of instruction only In
rifle practice and would be free from
military restraint. There will be no
company drills, regimental drills or
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order that the entire time may be de-
voted to rifle practice.
Magnitude of Shoot.
A requisition was made yesterday
by Col. Cam for 10000 rounds of ri
fe ball cartridges, 10000 rounds of
carbine cartridges, 5000 rounds of
Krag- Jorgensen cartridges, $4,000 white
pastors, $4,000 black pastors. 100
target frames, 200 paper targets and
100 skirmish targets. This requisition,
for the state shoot alone, gives some
idea of its magnitude. Additional
equipment will have to be secured for
the interstate shoot.
Because of the numerous requests
made by commands from all over the
state to be allowed to bring more than
five men to the shoot, Col. Cam has
announced that quarters would be
provided by the state for as many
men as want to come. The charge of
1-cent a mile railroad fare and %
cents meal not being met, however,
by the state in case of additional men.
The range has been put in shape
for the accommodation of almost a
regiment. The present water mill has
been supplemented by an electric
water. The mess hall and kitchens
will be erected tomorrow or next day,
and when the soldiers arrive every
thing will be in readiness.
Officers of shoot.
The officers chosen by Col. Cam
the names of the most important of
which have already been printed in
the Morning News, are as follows:
Col George T. Cam, inspector gen
eral of rifle prace, camp commander
Maj. j. Van Holt, assistant inspector
general or rifle practice, second in
command.
Lieut.. Col. j. @. Nash, inspector gen
eral, post adjutant.
Lieut. w G. Austin, First H. A.,
post Quartermaster.
Lieut.. j. w. McIntire, Jr., First In
fantry, assistant post quartermaster.
Capt. F. w. Garden, First Infantry,
post commissary.
Mai. w E. Coney, First Infantry,
statistical officer.
Capt. M. j. Daniel, Jr, Second In
fantry, assistant statistical officer.
Maj. ]. w. Bizzell, Fifth Infantry,
surgeon.
Maj. j. G. FARRELL, First Infantry,
surgeon.
Range officers.
Capt. j. M. McCurdy, Third Infan-
try, Athens; Commander ]. c. Stiles,
retired, Brunswick; Capt. j. T. Cam,
Fourth Infantry, Albany; Lieut.. Abram
Levy, Third Infantry, Augusta; Lieut.
r. w. Jackson, Fourth Infantry, Balm
bridge; Lieut. w. G. Browne First
Cavalry, Atlanta; Lieut.. P. D. Crit
fifth, Second Infantry, Macon; Lieut.
w. o. Gresham. First Infantry, Way
nesboro; Capt. w. A. Capps, Third In
fantry, Athens; Lieut.. G.. w. Sayer,
Fourth Infantry, Albany; Capt George
w. Williams. Fourth Infantry, Ameri-
Gus: Capt. Fred D. Dismuke, Fourth
Infantry ThOmasVil1e