Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-18
IMPORTANT RIFLE CONTEST
One Thousand Men Expected to Enter
Matches at sea Girt Meet.
CADETS TAKE PART FOR THE FIRST TIME
western states VIII he Wen Repre-
scented In the Annual Event
which Begins In New
jersey August "a.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17-Cspeoial.)-
What will undoubtedly be the most i'm
portant series OF rife matches ever held
In the United States will take place at
Sea Grit n. j., from August "a to Sep
TENDER ., inclusive. II will be a joint affair
under the auspices Of the National Board
for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, the
National Rife Association Of America and
New Jersey State Rife association A large
number OF teams and rife clubs will be
in attendance and II Is expected that at
least l,c00 marksmen, expert with the United
States army rifle. will compete for the va
rious prizes. Advices to date show that
the following teams will be entered in the
national match: United States cavalry.
United States navy United States infantry.
United tSates marine corps and teams from
the National Guard Of the following states;
Pennsylvania, Georgia, Massachusetts,
South Carolina, Rhode Island, Tennessee.
Indiana, Illinois. Michigan, Iowa, Califor-
MIA. Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota,
Idaho, Utah, Delaware, New Jersey, Con-
necticut Maryland. New York. Vermont,
Ohio. Mississippi. Maine, Florida, Wiscon-
sin. oregon, West Virginia, North Dakota
Washington and the District Of Columbia.
Teams from the Military academy at West
Point and the Naval academy at Annapolis
will also compete In this match. All the
above teams will probably compete in the
match for the Dryden trophy which is in
charge Of the New Jersey. State Rife ASSOC
citation.
To accommodate the visiting teams a
street forty feet wide will be staked of,
beginning IN the rear Of the 1000 yard firing
point and extending west. Each state will
be assigned five conical wall tents and two
wall a tents, their positions being in the
order of the states admission to the union,
beginning on the right On the left will be
the affilinted clubs Of the National Rife
association and on their left will be the
camp Of the battalion of the Twenty-third
infantry, which will be in attendance to
mark and score. The camp OF the range
officers will be near the club house
The executive officers of the meeting will
be General w. p Hall. L. s. A. one OF
the members Of the National Board for the
Promotion of Rife Practice. The post adj
jutant will be Captain Rhodes Of the gem
eral staff, while Lieutenant Albert 8. Jones,
secretary of the National Rife association.
and two army officers will act as statistical
officers. Captain Alvin II. Graf. First
regiment, New Jersey National Guard,
will act as post quartermaster and Captain
Hof as ordinance officer
The meeting will not be lacking in social
features A majority Of the members Of
both the senate and house committees on
military affairs have signifed their inten-
ton of being present and numerous other
guests are expected, many OF whom will
be accompanied by ladies. The senators
and representatives will be quartered at
the Beach House, a comfortable hotel ad-
Joining the grounds. The state of New
Jersey maintains a summer cottage for
the governor at Sea Girt and Governor
Stokes and his staff will be there during
the meeting. A full military band will
be in attendance, which will give two con-
certs daily in a large marque tent near
the club house, one during the noon hour
and the other during the evening. As Sea
Girt is only a few miles from Asbury
Park, Ocean Grove and numerous other
watering places along the coast, large
number of visitors are expected. The rife
teams will arrive on the 18th and goth
This will enable them to get some prelim-
mary practice on the 21st, 22d and 23d, and
two additional days practice as iHdivid-
uals by entering the national individual
match, which will be shot on the Path and
18th.
One Of the most interesting features of
the meeting will be the contest between
the affiliated rife clubs for the interclub
championship of the United States. There
are now seventyhve rife clubs affiliated
with the National Rife association, and
probably half of these will be represented
in this match. 1t is expected that there
will be not less than 800 entries in the
presidents match for the individual cham
pionship Of the United States. This match