The Washington times., 1905-08-21
RANGE CROWDED
WITH SHOOTERS
Not Enough Targets at
Sea Girt.

RIFLE RANGE. Sea Girt, n. J.. Aug.
21--The District of Columbia rifle team,
which arrived at noon yesterday, is
with the other teams putting in the first
of the three days practice here, pre-
liminary TO the opening on Thursday of
the national matches.
For the practice for which the teams
are calling. the range, enlarged though
it is is Inadequate The comparatively
small number of 2o0-yard targets is de-
laying the work at that range this
morning The neWcomers-and there
are many OF them-are nervous to get
down to study of Sea Girt conditions.
The practice today is slow fire al 200,
GOO, 500 and 1000 yards for all teams. To-
morrow the contestants will try rapid
fire and q skirmish run. The program
for Wednesday is not settled definitely.
The District team IS occupying the
street originally assigned to the Utah
team Since, however, the Westerners
are not COminp- the District is put in
its place-diTectly opposite the street
first assigned to to the District and ad-
joining the quarters Of the Montana
team. The District men are eating al
the camp restaurant this year nearby.
District Veterans.
With but two exceptions the District
brings cid shots TO this years battle
The new men are Lieut.. Marshall Ma
grlder and Lieut. " NJ. FarroPv. jr. AS
Il remembrance of the old Springfield
rifle gas pipe era, Private J. NJ. Stew
art returns after being absent from the
team for Il number of years. Lieut.. +.
Heidenreich and Lieut.. Ralph Alderman
made the team IN 1904. The other mem
bcrs-hardened by repeated battles-are
Lieut.. Col L. II. ReicheIderfer Major
!. r. Robbins, Capt. Alexander sum
mers, commander Of the five times in
succession victorious Company I. Of the
Second. in the company team match:
Lieut.. F. Z. Skinner, Lieut. w. w.
CoOkscn. who has a belt full of Sea Girt
scdIDs In the most important matches;
Lieut.. f. W. Holt. SeFgt. c. E. GTOome.
Private Z. j Fink and Private r. L.
Pile often winners in the individual
matches OF the New Jersey Rife Asso-
citation. and Private E. Morris.
Infantry Lacks Practice.
The Infantry team. as usual. is
mainly a new one. and it is at disad-
vantage in comparison with the Guards
men and Marines in that they get no
systematic practice or coaching. com
ing direct from the regular competi-
rion,
The Infantrymen who viii go after
the Guardsmen, Cavalrymen, and Ma
riues, are the following, in the order
Of their standing in the competition:
| First Sergt, George Sayre, Company \,
! klfteenth Regiment; First Lieut.. Frank
g. Baker, assistant surgeon. First
Lieut. Ned NJ. Green. Fifteenth Regi-
ment; Corporal John Grandy, Company
Z, TWenty-etghth Regiment; Sergeant
arthur Brest, Company A, Fifteenth
Regiment; First Lieut.. George 9. Shaw,
Twenty-seventh Regiment; First Sergt.
/ Francisco Agostini Company B. Porto
Rico Provisional Regiment; First
/ Lieut., Charles II. Reese. Fifteenth Reg
| !ments Second Lieut.. Arthur l. Bump.
| Eighth Regiment, Sergt Richard
| LunstOrd, Company H, Second Regt-
nenL; First Lieut.. Theodore \. Bald
/ win, Jr., Company II, Second Regiment.
/ and Ordnance SeTgt- ". A Prickett
/ The alternates are First Sergt. John
| Dittmer. Company Z. Fifteenth Regt-
ments Sergt. William Tate. Company l.,
/ Fwenty-ffth. and Corporal Charles Rfe.
| Company 3, Second Regiment.
| The members Of the Cavalry team in
| the order of the rank they took in the
| Fort Riley competition are: Capt Harry
! II. Putteson, Company p, Second Regi-
/ ment; Benjamin =. Anderson, Sergt
! Algred @. Horn, Company +. Twelfth
/ Cavalry; Second Lieut., John =. Pear
! son, Eleventh; First Lieut. Charles A,
| ROmeyn. Thirteenth Regiment: Second
Lieut.. Clifton r. Norton, Fifteenth
! Regiment Second Lieut.. Olden NJ Ora
| A. Cheney. Corps Of Engineers; Capt
| William II. Hay, Tenth Regiment;
| First Lieut. Arthur Williams, Corps
| of Cadets, and Corporal Michael Kelly,
| Company G, First Corps Engineers
| The alternates are SePgt Robert John
! son, Troop K, Tenth; First Lieut.. Jesse
| e StedJe. Fourth Regiment, and Sergt.
| Herman L. c. Egdorf. Company d,
Fifth Regiment