The Washington times., 1905-07-09
RIFLE PRACTICE
BEGUN ALREADY
Eighteen District Guards
men Competing.
TEAM GOES TO SEA GIRT
Doubt of Cruise for "Jackies" for This
Year-Appropriation of $I,ooo,ooo
Giving Out.
TEAM GOES TO SEA GIRT

citizen-soidiery in the matches at Sea
Girt.
The preparatory work for the contests
has begun In earnest now and until the
last Of August no pains or time will be
spared to turn out the best team. Sew
eral years ago the District marksmen
were the most feared men who went to
the little New Jersey town
Disputes over prize money and resig-
nations from the Guard have thinned
out the ranks of good riflemen, but at
present there are score or two OF men
far better than the average soldier when
1t comes to rife shooting, ;lnG 1t IS be-
Ueved that under the competent tute-
lage Of Major Bell a winning team or
two can be developed by the day the
matches begin.
The men selected by Major Bell to
compete for the places are:
The Contestants
First Lieut.. c. NJ. Ryan, Company c.
Second Separate Battalion; Second
Lieut.. H. G. Atwell. Company a. Sec
ond Separate Battalion. Second Lieut.
L. H. Johnson. Company G, Third Sep
arate Battalion: First Lieut.. NJ. P. Brit
ton. l. r. p, Third Separate Battalion;
Sergt. Jackson Morris, Company l,
Fourth Separate Battalion; Private A
B, White. Company l. Fourth Separate
Battalion; Private Leonard Day, Com
pany /. Fourth Separate Battalion; Capt.
William McCathran. Company X,
Fourth Separate Separate Battalion;
First Lieut.. w. r. Sullivan, Company
h, Fourth Separate Battalion: Second
Lieut.. w. S. Orton. Company X. Fourth
Separate Battalion: First Lieut.. II. 5.
Hollifield, surgeon, Fourth Separate
Battalion; Capt. T. P. Heap Company
A. Second Regiment: Capt. T. V Walk
er, Company G., Second Regiment: Pri-
vate E. McGoyern, Company l. Second
Regiment: Private E. D. Norris, Com
pany 1, Second Regiment; Private G..
M Stewart, Company I, Second Regi-
ment: Serg geant Magruder, Company K,
SECOND Regiment; Sergt. w. NJ. Far
row. jr.. Fourth Separate Battalion.
On the program there are number of
brigade, battalion, and company match
eS. Most of them are for a given dis
tance, and from designated spot, but
there are also several skirmish match
es. The District Guards at one time had
a cinch" on this match but have lost
their grip of late years.
Special attention will be paid the
skirmishers this year. The battalion
teams viii be made up of the best
men IN the company aggregations and
the brigade representatives will be
chosen from the men who make the best
showing on the battalion teams.
Must Practice Hard.
No officer or enlisted man will be Sc
lected for team service who cannot de-
vote at least two half days in each week
to team practice. The range will be
open for practice July 10-I4, inclusive
from to p. m. for practice at LOO
yards The competition for places will
commence Saturday. July 15, at p.
M, when each competitor Will be re-
qrired to fire two sightings and ten
shots for record at 1000 yards The
sixteen highest competitors Will be re-
tanned for team practice. from which
number there VIII finally be selected a
brigade team OF twelve principals and
three alternates TO represent the bri-
gade in any competition that may be
entered into during the season
The men selected by Major Bell. who
is regarded as one OF the most capable
instructors in rifle practice to be found
in either the regular or volunteer army
will be considered on detached duty
froin their companies. except during
the period covered by the annual en-
campnent in August.
In addition to these twenty men the
officers and enlisted men who served
on the 1904 team at Fort Rilev. Kans
and Sea Girt, VIII also practice and com
pete for positions. General Harries
object is to make the number as small
as possible so as to allow the Creates
amount of coaching and instructing-
Camp August 2-1I.
General Harries has officially an
nounced the dates of the annual en-
campment at Bolivar Heights, nea
Harpers Ferry, as August 2-I1 inclu
sfve This will make a camp Of abou
nine days.
Half Of the first day will be used u
In travel and tent pitching. and tn
first half of the last day will be devote
20 breaking camp and travelling {
Washington the brigade Cor Secon
Regiment and the various Separate Bat
talions) will be reviewed by Secretar
Of War Taft or some other militar
man in the War Department
On last Sunday morning more tha
1S0 officers and enlisted men in the Dis
trict Naval Battalion turned out 70
parade and muster aboard the Unite
States monitor Puritan. which is use
for a training ship. Commander STRAIT
ton was well pleased with the shown
made by the organization and compli
mented the petty officers and men,
No Money for Cruise.
There Is no certainty about the navs
laddies going on an annual cruise dow
the Chesapeake Bay this year, as ha
been the custom every year before.
This is due to the fact that none
which under ordinary circumstance
would have been used to defray tn
expenses OF the cruise. was expended fo
clothing for the jackies in order tha
they might look Ike the otner sailor
during the recent naval maneuver
around Baltimore and Washington.
Only 100000 was appropriated
the last Congress for the expenses c
:he Guard for the year. and IL is nc
believed that this will allow cruis'
General Harries will not say definite
~ whether or not there will be junke
down the river, but after the camp {
the land forces which must be held 6
all costs. he can tell now much none
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