The Washington times., 1905-08-20
Big City Of Tents
Alive With Shooters

RIFLE RANGE. Sea Gtrt. y. J.. Aug.
1.-THE big city OF tents 10 house i.o00
rIflenen Ior the annual tournament,
winch opens next week. of the National
Board fer the Promotion OF Rife Prac-
lice. the National Rife Association, and
The New Jersey Rifle Association, IS
alive today
Except Jerseyn1en none of the State
teams viii be here tomorrow afternoon,
but elIe r%Su!dUS. tuu the West rOinI
TaGttS aHd re NaEs teams are mere.
Ihe IWeuIy-third Infantry, which ar
rlSta from the H1attsDuTg, y. y, bar
racks on Thursday are temporarily Oc-
other nelghboring streets until their
camp Is established. Ot the twenty
Charles "A lauitt IS in command pend
ing the arrival OF Major j ?. Fremont.
Thirty third Depleted.
TO supplement- the Twent ty-thlrd,
which Is 10 do scoring and marking
the Third Battalion OF the Fifth Infan-
try has been oraered here. account
ef its service IN the Philippines. The
Iwenty-third IS depleted in numbers The
tournament IS going 10 require u small
army 10 run il. and the War Depart
ment IS not taking any risk OF not hay
ing ennugn scorers and markers on
hand. Oi the t1ttn Infantry about 90
are coming. TINS Will make nearly 4UJ
Inc Fltty- -nrst Coast Artillery arrived
from Fort Hancock yesterday afternoon
Aud reported to Brig. Gen. w. I. Hail
Ihe national matches. " neu /, was ue-
eldeQ to send Inc InIrd Battalion OF the
ElIth here the order detailing the coast
artillery was counterIn.tndeu. but Il dIu
not reach the detachment before il ItIJ
New ork. fhe arLllisrymen VIII prop
abby not remain here.
West Point Arrives.
The West Point team arrived yester-
day afternoon. accompanied b. their Of
fcers capt g " Exton. Of The
Twentieth Infantry, is team captain
The coach is Capt Arthur Thayer, OF
the Third Cavalry: the spotter, Lieut.
Eermon Glade. Sixth Infantry The ca
dets upon which West Point is relying
TO win honors ia the national matches
and the cadet match are as follows. T.
w Wiidrick. of New Jersey; II. ", Tor
gan: Charles Gatewood, Arizona; Arthur
y. MImlCk. Kansas. William +. Mac
MILAN. Pennsylvania'; II. 3. Clagett, at
large i. Horsial, Wisconsin; e A
Lewis, Maryland. J. =. Pratt. at large;
r n Campbell. Tennessee: Ii. Dixon.
Wisconsin: \. Peterson, Kcutucky; K
i. Cotton. Missouri, and Jack Heard, at
large.
Carefully Selected.
The West Pointers were selected uy
Superintendent Mills on The ground OF
no special tests bat Of their regular
standing They will enter only the
national team ana the national tndivId-
ual matcf. ard the cadet match.
BrlSadier General Han mas received
notification Of the withdrawal from the
national match OF Tennessee and Utah.
Tennessee WithdTaWs on account of
some difficulty in connection wiki the
yellow fever quarantine, For Utah $
withdrawal no reason is known here.
THIS leaves thirty-seVen contestants.
Orders No. g.
The committee in charge of the ma
tional matches today announced. in
Orders No. 3 the appointment OF Capt,
Harry c, Hall. general staff, and Cap.
Frank Dett Ramsey. general STAFF, as
assistants 10 the executive officer, Gen
eral Hall. Major William H. Allairer IS
appointed chief range officer, and Cap;.
Leroy 5 Upton, First Infantry, as
assistant To the chief range officer
Capt. Abraham z Burlington, First
Infantry; First Lieut.. Albert 5. Jones.
q. n j., and Second Lieut.. Vaughn
W Cooper, Twelfth Cavalry, are ap-
pointed statistical officers; Capt. Samuel
Hof. ordnance officer. and Capt, Ray
mond r. Stevens, Twenty-third Infan~
hrv- officer in charge of the targets.