Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-29
NEWS OF THE LOCAL
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN

Next Saturday, May s. the rife match be-
tween team composed of officers Of the
Maryland National Guard and one of mid
shipmen will occur at Annapolis. May Il
!s the date set for the competition between
the middies and a team of the National
Guard of the District of Columbia. The
members of the home team have been prac-
ticing individually for the past two weeks.
and will continue to do SO up to the date
Of departure. A practice under match con-
ditions will be held next Saturday for the
purpose of measuring the teams strength
with the other teams which shoot the same
day. The members of the team will be ee-
lected at that time. Shooting will begin at
o'clock pm.
The following is the list OF the volunteer
candidates for positions on the brigade rife
team:
Capt C. V. Sayer, Company G, I'd Regi-
ment; Lieut.. Hugh Keneipp Company l.,
I'd Regiment Sergt. Thomas Brown. Com
pany F, LIST Regiment; Sergt. F. Q. Cole,
Company B. 1st Regiment: Corp. Richard
Powers Company B, list Regiment; Private
W. L. Mattocks, Company B. list Regiment;
Private Joseph Bonini, Company r. LIST
egiment; Private Richard D. Brady, Com
pany c. list Regiment; Private ]. G. Kicks,
company /, "a regiment, Lieut.. w aH' ID
Sullivan, Company G, list Regiment: Sergt
R. A. Happier, 9Th Battalion; Sergt {: M.
Putnam. Signal Corps; Corp. NJ. {. Hill,
Company c, I'd Regiment; Corp. PAU
Bischoff, Company B, list Regiment; Pri-
vate E B. Tiller. 1st Battery, Field Artll-
lery: Private Z. A. Whitaker Company E,
lst Regiment. and Private Geo. A. Hill,
Company l, I'd Regiment.
II is the intention to help and encourage
these candidates in every possible manner
so they may be able to give good account
of themselves when the contest Tor places
on the team occurs, probably early IN June
Plans are being perfected for holding the
next national match at Sea Grit n. j. Al
though the government has range at Fort
Riley, Kan, the national board for the pro-
motion of rife practice decided to again
hold the competition for the national trophy
at Sea Grit pending the completion of i'm
proyements at Fort Riley. At Sea Girt
mile of closely cropped greensward, halr a
mile In width, descends in slope so gentle
as to be indistinguishable to the eye to the
edge Of the ocean, where the butts are To-
Gated. Itself swept by ocean preezes, Sea
Gfrt is near to Asbury Park, Belmar. Ell
boron and Long Branch, with winch II ls
connected by trolley. Trains passing every
few moments land one In New York within
two hours. With all these natural adVan-
tages in its favor the range at Sea G1rt has
been a pet project with New Jersey for
wears and several hundred thousand dollars
has been expended by the state in acquiring
the property and equipping 1t. Everything
about the range is permanent except the
accommodations for the marksmen, who
are uuartered in tents supplied gratis by
the New Jersey National Guard. A beau
tiful clubhouse with broad piazzas, dining
rooms shower baths and ball room, is
thrown open during the meeting TO the
marksmen and their guests
Gen. Bird w. Spencer of the New Jersey
National Guard informs the national board
for the promotion of rife practice that
when the improvements in course OF con,
struction at Sea Girt are completed we VIII
have So targets at 200 yards, 40 al 300 yards,
40 at 500 yards, AZ at 600, 40 at 800, 40 at
900 and 40 at LOO, % revolver targets and
"a groups of skirmish targets, a total num-
Der of firing points of 347. This Is the
largest equipped range, probably, in the
world, except the famous Bisley range. In
England
An important change from the program of
last year has been made by the national
board, Last year the national individual
match was shot first that the marksmen
might have the benefit OF the practice be-
fore shooting on the teams In the national
match. There were so many entries for the
individual match-more than 6O0-that con-
siderable time was consumed, and team
captains fretted over the delay. This year
the national match will be shot first. SO
that the members Of the teams can then be
free either to remain for the individual
match or return home. 1t may be said that
plans are being perfected which, II they can
be carried out, promise to make the coming
national Individual match the greatest ever
shot In this country. While the details can
not yet be announced. 1t may be said that It
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