The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-25
.BLUESAT The TARGET
HELD THEIR ANIMAL SHOOT AT
AVoNDALE RANGE.
MAGGI0NI WON THE MEDAL.
LIEUT.. ANDERSON WAS SECOND
AND WON A COMPANY MEDAL TOO.

Capt. Joe white Took on Honors in
Honorary and Pay Members Class
Made Excellent score at 200 Yards
Private StanheId Won Third Mon
ey in Company ComPetition-Cor-
poraI Careless Made HiEhest Score
Among Enlisted Aen-PriTes Pre-
scented by Col. Grayson Who Made
stirring speech.
The annual prize shot OF The Republi-
can Blues, which vas held on Avon
dale range yesterday afternoon was
largely attended and greatly enjoyed
The competition in all Of the classes
was close enough 10 make The matches
Of unusual interest. and some good
scores were made
For The first time in several sue
ceeiing seasons Capt Joseph NJ Dreyer
failed % land the handsome and highly
coveted company gold medal For the
past year CAPT Dreyer has been max
ing every effort 10 promote rife shoot
ing in his command and has given
his personal supervision 10 the shoot
ing % the men. with the result that
some Of the pupils have excelled their
master. He was much pleased with
the excellent showing made BY the
men
The company medal was won by
Sergt Joseph 0. Maggioni, who made
q score OF = al the 30. 800 and 500
yard ranges. He was closely pushed
nv -
who shot even with him up 10 the last
range. where, on account OF the smoke
which had settled on the range, he
made TWO misses on the 500-yard tar
get. As il was. Lieut.. Anderson came
second with a score Of e5. winning the
big gold medal which has been COM
peted for in the command since the
time when MS illustrious ancestor Of
the same name commanded the COM
pany-
Some Close Contests.
The third highest score. 81. was made
by Private J. ". Stanheld He was
given $50 as prize. A like amount
was given to COrpl. J. P. Carellas. who
won first place in the contest between
the enlisted men who have never quail
fed His score was 50 on the first two
ranges. The contests in these classes
were close and elected much interest.
Again Capt Joe P. White won the
prize in the honorary, pay and veter-
ans class. This contest was shot only
al the 2o0-yar5 range. capt. joe
made a score Of p points. which could
not be overcome by Col. ". L. Grayson.
who made a score OF 10 Capt. White
also made % on the 900 yard range, but
was unable 20 finish his scores at the
known distances because If the srnole
which settled on the range after the
competition
Has a Habit of Winning.
Capt. White has won the prize in
this class every year that he has COM
peted for it. Although he is 81 years
Of age. he holds as steady a gun and
and best shots who compete on the
range. He was awarded a silver-back
brush as a prize. Col Grayson, his de-
feated competitor, in awarding the
prizes said good humoredly that he
hoped that the gift would be used in
keeping the cobwebs out of his eyes,
so that he might be as fit as even
when he became a centenarian.
After the shoot the company went
on special car to the arnory, where
refreshments were served, the prizes
awarded. and speeches made. With
each presentation Col Grayson made
a short speech. In making the pre-
sentatiOn to Lieut.. Anderson and Capt.
White he spoke feelingly of the past
of the cor1Dany-of it's achievements
and suceess-and awakened those pres
ent to a high pitch of enthusiasm. His
words were frequently interrupted by
applause and he took his seat amid
the cheering of the men.