The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-08-18
Everything in Readiness
for the Big Shooting Match
for the Dryden and Kuser
Trophies.
REGULARS ON The FIELD
AMAIUNIT0N ALAEADY ON THE
RANGE = PRESIDENT NOT TO
APPEAR. BUT GOVERNOR
STOKES WILL GO DOWN.
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SEA GIRT, Aug. 1s19o5. William
Cranmer, superintendent Of the state
camp grounds, has everything in readi-
ness for the coming Of the rifle teams.
: For several days he has had his men at
work laying out the camp which will be
occupied by the rifemen from all parts of
/ the country. Every available tent owned
by the State of New Jersey has been
pitched" for the rife camp. A main
street extends through the camp from
the 1,000-yard firing point to the road
way leading from the railroad station to
the club houses of the New Jersey State
Rife Association. The street is forty
feet wide On each side are rows of
seven tents, two "A" tents and FIVE con-
ical Or -.sibley'' tents. In all there are
$50 tents.
Each State which has entered rifle
team viii have one of the blocks Of
seven. The position of each team vii,
be according to the date of the admission
of the State into the Union The State
teams will be assigned to quarters near
est the 1,C00-yard firing point and after
they are all quartered the affiliated rifle
teams win be taken care of. The battaI-
ion of Twenty-third Infantry, which will
be here will occupy the tents nearest the
road. The name of each State will be
at the head of the street, and each affilia-
ted club will have a flag to mark its
headquarters.
Sea Girt will have a large number Of
regular army officers here for the shoot
ing tournament. Those who have ar
rived with the detachment of Twenty
third infantry are as follows: Major G.
NJ Truitt, commanding; Second Lieuten-
ant w w Copp, acting adjutant First
Lieutenant S. o. Fugua. acting quarter
master; Captain r. r. Stevens, Captain
S. Leary, Jr, Captain HI. A. Eaton,
First Lieutenant R. w Buchanan. Sec
ond Lieutenant H. H. Hall, Second
Lieutenant F. c. Miller. of the Twenty
third Infantry: First Lieutenant J. B.
Wilson. First Lieutenant r. J Bracken,
Second Lieutenant w. G.. Murchison.
Second Lieutenant W. f. Robinson and
Second Lieutenant j. NJ Walling, of the
Eighth infantry; Second Lieutenant ].
f. Donnelly, of the Thirteenth infantry.
and First Lieutenant T. 7. Woodbury.,
assistant surgeon.
The regulars arrived yesterday and
by night had their camp in fine shape.
The ammunition which will be used
for the national match has arrived. 1t is
being stored in the ammunition house,
which is in charge of Howard Height, a
member Of the Second Troop and the ar
morer on the range for several years.
The ammunition came direct from the
Franlford arsenal, and there are 400. .O00
rounds of the thirty-calbre for the Krag-
Jorgensen rifle and 70.e00 for the pistol
matches. NJ L. Savage. a civilian ex-
pert from the Frankford arsenal, will be
here during the rifle tournament, in
charge of it. AS a result Of the receipt
of this big shipment of ammunition each
and every man competing will shoot with
identically the same ammunition.
Lieutenant Albert S. Jones, the post
adjutant, has received word that the
navy team viii probably be here on Sat
urday of this week.
The efforts Of the officers of the Ma
tional Rife Association to get President
Roosevelt to visit the range having failed
they are consoling themselves with The
thought that Governor Edward G. Stokes
will be here and keep open house" at
the cottage.
The Dryden and Kuser trophies. which
have occupied a place in the rotunda at
the State House at Trenton for number
of months. were packed up to-day. They
will be shipped here, and will be on ex-.
hibition during the rife matches at which
they win be competed for.