Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-16
RIFLE MATCH SERIES
Will bs Held at Sea Cirt August "A
 to September 9.

Washington, D. C., August 16.-
 Wbat will undoubtedly be the most
 important series of rife matches ever
 held in the United States will take
 place at Sea Girt, N. J., from August
 Z4th to September 9th inclusive. It
 Will be joint affair under the aus
 plces Of the National board for the
 Promotion of Rife Practice, the Ma
 tonal Rife association of America.
 and the New Jersey State Rife asso-
 ciation. large number of teams
 and rife clubs will be in attendance
 and It IS expected that at least one
 thousand marksmen, expert with the
 United States army rife, will compete
 Tor the various prizes Advices to
 date show that the following teams
 will be entered in the national match:
 U. s. cavalry, L. S. navy, L. s. in.
 fantry, U. s. Marine corps. and teams
 from the National Guard of the fol-
 lowing states: Pennsylvania, Georgia.
 Massachusetts. South Carolina. Rhode
 Island, Tennessee. Indiana. Illinois.
 Michigan, Iowa, California. Kansas.
 Nebraska, South Dakota, Idaho. Utah,
 Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut.
 Maryland. New York. Vermont. Ohio.
 Mississippi. Maine. Florida. wiscon. sin. Oregon. West Virginia, North Da. kota. Washington and the District of Columbia. Teams from the military academy at West Point and the naval academy at Annapolis will also com pete in this match. All the above teams will probably compete in the match for the Dryden trophy which is in charge of the New Jersey Rife as- sociation.
 To accommodate the vlsSing teams a street forty feet wide will he staked of. beginning in the rear of the one thousand yard firing point and ex- tending west Each state will be as- signed five conical wall tents and two wall tents. their positions being in the order of the states admission ,o the union. beginning on the right. On the left will he the affiliated clubs of the National Rife association and on their left will be the camp of the battalion of the 23rd Infantry which will be in attendance 10 mark and score. The camp of the range officers will be near the club house
 The executive officer of the meeting will he General W. r. Hall. T.. S. A.. one of the members of the National Board for the Promotion of Rife Practice The Post Adjutant will he Captain Rhodes Of the general stan. while Lieutenant Albert s. Jones. secretary of the National Rife asso- ciation and two army officers will act as statistical officers Captain Alvin H. Grar. 1st regiment. New Jersey National Guard. will acr as Po<t and Captain Hof. as Ordnance Officer.
 The meeting will not he lacking In social features \ majority of the members of both the senate and house on military affairs have their intention of heinz present and numerous other guests are expected. many of whom will he by ladies. The senators and representatives will be quarterel !. at the Beach house. comfortable ho- ! tel adjoining the grounds. The state If New Jersey maintains a summer cottage for the governor st Sea Girt ansI Governor Stokes and his staf vfIl he there during the meeting \ full military hand will he In stten- [ dance which vill give two concerts daily in q lzrze msrqBe tent near the club house. one during the noon hour and the other during the evening Az . Sea Girt fs cniv few miles from A$- I burr Park. 0cezn Grove and nun1er- l ous other watering pisces aisuc the roast . large number of visitors sre rxrerfef The rife teams vfll arrive i au the rlrh snf erh This vfIl enable \ them to rs. sone preliminary p-sc- ire oa the z1sf- Z2nd snd 27rfL snd i. tuo day p-zrtfce ss iDfivif1.ls by ] entering the National 1niiv1fusI match uhsch vin he shot o1 the 74fh s-f zsth-
 ore of fhe met Interesting feztur-- | If the meeting vin h< tbe co1fe<s b. t~een the affiliated r5ss clrf< fn~ sh- In-er-Cub chsrpsonshsr of fh~ Uni sei stsres Th>rp gre row seventy Eve rtee ciubs a0Esopd vsth fhe xa-