The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-08-16
R|FLEMEN
NEARLY
Frozen

The members of the rifle team from
this state who are taking part in the
rife contest at Wakefield. Mass. had a
most bitter experience last night owing
TO the abrupt change i'm the weather and
before morning a number Of them We're
nearly frozen.
owing TO the energy and thoughtfulness
OF Quartermaster Martin S. Tanning many
OF the little things that go to make camp
life charming and which might be con-
sidered as Injuries were on hand for
the members OF the Rhode Island team.
One OF those things supplied to the rife
men was the third blanket and had 1t
not been for this additional covering dur
ing the night there might now be no
marksmen for the competition today.
The night was so bitter that long before
time for the sounding OF the reveille
many Of the men in camp were stirring
and trying 10 get the blood into circula
tion. Yesterday morning al a few min
utes after o'clock the Massachusetts
state team made a skirmish run and
with them ~e Hospital Steward II. p.
Mackinney. Machlnist Harvey Fish and
Private Harry s. Chaffee. Following this
team New Hampshire did some skirmish
ing. and Capt. Richard LcBaron Bowen.
Lieut. Clarence r. Woodwork. Capt j.
r. Reilly and Sergt. Charles Ayers went
over the field with them.
At . o'clock II began 10 rain. and from
a mist il rapidly developed into a down
pour so that few minutes past II
o'clock il was necessary 10 take In all OF
the targets. Just before noontime an
other Rhode Island delegation arrived
consisting Of Col. James H. McGann. com
mandng Second infantry. accompanied by
Lieut. John A O'Keefe. Second infantry;
Lieut.. J. Austin McGreevy. Second in
fantry: Lieut. j. c. O'Connell. assistant
surgeon Second infantry. and Lieut.. John
Brennan. Company 4. Second infantry
Late last night Lieut.. Col. George A.
Forsyth. captain OF the First regiment
infantry team. arrived. accompanied by
Lieut.. William G. Blair Of the First Ma
chine Gun battery team. The Rhode
Island party in camp now numbers over
10 officers and men, and members OF diff
ferent commands are constantly arriving.
The chief interest yesterday centered in
the company team matches, composed
OF five men from a company.
Rhode Island was represented by two
teams. First Machine Gun battery team
captaned by Lieut. Clarence r. Wood
worth. and Company q, First infantry
team, captained by Capt Archie II. Har-
den.
The First Machine Gun battery team
made "A total OF 277 points. Company -.
First infantry. Maine National guard.
walking of with the honors with scor"
Of 2S7 POINTS leading the Rhode Island
team by a margin OF ten points.
The totals follow First Machine Gun
battery. goo Yards. l22; 500 yards. los. COM
pany q. First Regiment Infantry 200
yards, 1871 80 yards. 1856.
When tho interstate match is completed
al Wakefield the Rhode Island team will
nracticc on the Wakefield range. and Will
then. i'm company with the teams from
Maine. New Hampshire. Massachusetts
and connecticut leave for Sea Gtrt. y. j..
where the national meet Will be held from
Aug. % To Sept ., inclusive.
Tho following teams have been entered
I'm tho national match to date: United
states ARMY. infantry; United states
Navy. United states Marine corps. Rhode
Island PENNSYLVANIA, Georgia South Car
olina Tennessee. Indiana. Illinois Michi-
gan Iowa. California. Kansas Nebraska,
South Dakota. Idaho. Utah, Delaware.
New Jersey Connecticut. New York.
MARYLAND Vermont. Ohio, Mississippi.
Maine Florida Wisconsin. oregon. West
virginia. North Dakota. Washington and
tho District of Columbia Teams from the
United states Military Academy az West
Point and the United state. Naval Acad-
emy at Annapolis will also compete
Next in Importance 20 tho national
match is the Dryden trophy match, which
is in charge Of the New Jersey state RI
ne association The Presidents match for
the individual championship of the Unit
ed states is expected to have some J0o en-
tries. among them several members of tn"
Rhode Island team.
one OF the new features Of the meet will
be a cadet match. I'm which teams from
West Point. Annapolis. Princeton and
Cornell have entered. The wining team
in this event will hold tho cadet Gun"
presented hv tho National RHO associa-
tion for ono year.