The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-25
SAVANNAH SHOTS
FOR FORT RILEY
NATIONAL TROPHY CONTEST
TO BE HELD ON NEW RANGE AT
THAT POST IN AUGUST

sundry Civil Bill Contains Appr0-
priation of SUM Sufficient to Send
Tenn of Eighteen Men from Each
Stnte-Members of Team to RE-
ceive Payment According to Rank,
the Same as Oficcrs and Men of
Regular Army-AI Expenses of
Tenn Including Transportation to
BE Paid.
The trip to Manassas, Va, to take
mart in the joint maneuveres between
commands of the regular United States
army and those of the state forces,
TO take place early in September, is
not the only opportunity that the militia
of this state will have of going away
this summer at the expense of the
Federal government.
Senator Bacon of this state has had
added to the sundry civil bill recently
passed by Congress, an appropriation
of $4,000 with which to pay the ex-
not more than eighteen men, to the
National Trophy Shoot.
The conditions attached to this ap-
preparation are that each state is al
lowed to send a team to this shoot,
the men to receive pay according to
that allowed officers and men of the
same rank in the regular army, and
furthermore, all their expenses are to
be paid, including transportation. Such
a trip will not cost the state. cent,
and Furthermore, as the state will not
receive any part OF the amount except
for the express purpose of sending
such a team, there is every reason for
sending such a lot of representatives to
the contest.
shoot Mt Fort Riley.
Pending the passage of certain legis
lation in connection with this bill no
plans for this contest have yet been
announced, but it is generally under
stood that the contest will take place
at Fort Riley, Kan, and that it will
be held some time in August. The
government is now completing a, fine
range at the Kansas post, capable of
accommodating forty targets, arranged
in a line instead of in eChelon, as is
the case with the Savannah range,
and this will be completed in ample
time for the holding of the contests,
should that even not take place before
August.
Although the trouble that local
marksmen have had in securing a
new range on which they can use the
Krag rifles has prevented them from
getting as much practice as they
should have had with the season so
far advanced, yet in view of the fact
that the state will be under no ex
pense in sending team to the Ma
tional Trophy Shoot, and that such
team will receive pay, and besides
gain much valuable experience, even
If it secures no prizes, it is more than
likely that one will be sent.
Georgia Must Attend shoot.
II Savannah is to have this contest
in 1905, and it is the present intention
of military men to ask for it in case
the new range is secured and complet-
ed, it is absolutely necessary that Geor-
gia should be represented at the COM
ing match.
To ho'd this contest in August also
means that a number of men may be
able to go to Fort Riley at that time
who would be unable to go to Mana ssas
later in the season. This would be a
decided advantage to many whose bus
mess would make it impossible for them
to attend the manoeuvers. as much as
they would like to do so. 1t is expected
that further information in regard to
this contest will be had shortly and
then local rifiemen will begin to make
their plans.