Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-04

IN the rear or the score DOarQ OF the lis
trict of Columbia team. 1t is rule here
for the largest crowds to be watching the
team doing the best work. The representa-
tives of the national capital started off
well. the first six men to fire doing better
than those of any other team.
A slight drop occurred then, however,
and several of the others among the forty
one competitors forged to the front, New
Jersey and Massachusetts being tie for the
lead at the end of the first stage, and
Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Connecticut
also led the District by slight margins
The score of the District of Columbia
team at 200 yards follows:
Heidenreich, A. Robbins, 43; Holt 43;
Summers 43; Magruder, ~; Reichelderfer,
SO: Leizear. As; Young, So: McAnally, 80;
Groome, 40; Cookeson, AZ; Appleby, ~.
Total go
points ahead of the District. The wind
blowing directly across the range was al
most a gale, making accurate offhand
shooting extremely difficult.
Very Much Interested.
The District at the conclusion of the firing
at 100 yards led New York, which has
thrice won the national trophy by three
points.
The distances and order of firing follow:
200 yards slow fire, SEQ yards slow fire,
200 yards rapid fire skirmish run and / 600
yards slow fire. The competition will not
be concluded prior to tomorrow evening
The entire District detachment is deeply
interested in the progress of the match and
all the members not on the team are on the
firing line awaiting developments. The Dis
trict'S four representatives in the Presi-
dents match for the military championship
of the United States, concluded late yester-
day, did not finish among the fifty leaders
The match was won by Private Simpson of
Connecticut.
Officers of National Matches.
In connection with the national COMPETE
tions which began this morning the OFF,
Gals assigned by the War Department in
clude an executive officer, an assistant ex-
ecutive officer a post adjutant. a post quar-
termaster. a statistical officer, with as
many assistants as may be necessary, as
many range officers as may be necessary
or as may be detailed for that purpose, and
post surgeon. The executive officer has
control of the ranges for the conduct of
the matches. and his decision is final. The
executive officer may, in his discretion,
upon the certificate of the post surgeon,
permit the substitution of an alternate
member of the same team in place of one
who may be taken i'll during the shooting.
The assistant executive officer receives in
structions from the executive officer and
assists him in the management OF the COM
petitions.
The post adjutant discharges the duties
of adjutant to the executive officer, issues
by direction of the executive officer the nee
essary orders and performs such other du-
ties as may be assigned to him.
The post quartermaSter has charge Of the
issue of stores and supplies to the COM
petitors and discharges such other duties
as may be assigned to him by the executive
officer.
Statistical Officer Kept Busy.
The statistical officer and his assistants
assign the competitors to targets and to
order of firing, their determinations being
generally by lot. They verify the additions
of the scores as recorded by the score
keepers, grade them In order Of excellence
and prepare the results for official an
nouncement.
The range officers supervise the marking
and scoring; they see that the competitors
do not evade any of the regulations; test
the trigger pull of and examine at any time
ammunition before the beginning of
matches, and certify on the score cards to
the scores made, after verifying same with
the blackboard.
Must Certify to Scores.
In individual matches the range officers
certify to the date, hour and style Of arm
in the entry ticket of competitors about to
begin their score. and when the score Is
finished they certify to the same on both
original ticket and coupon The latter they
tear off and deposit in the scorers box, re-
turning the original to the competitor.
In team matches the range officers, at the
completion Of the score at each range, YER
ify the scores the score card with the
blackboard and see that they agree. When
the matches are finished they add up the
totals certify to the correctness of same
and return the card or cards to the stalls
teal office.
During the shooting of team competitions
a range officer is detailed to the pit at each
distance.
The range officer in charge of the firing
point must witness any alteration of a
score card and must indorse the alteration
with his initials.
Feature Of Meeting.
A feature of the meeting is the fact that
more than 200 boys from the New York
public schools are competing for special
prizes and trophies. In this connection Mr..
John Taylor Humphrey, who Is deeply in
terested in the matter. says:
This fostering of the eagle war eye Of
the American youth Is credited to revela-
lions Of the Boer war, in which 1t was DEM
onstrated that the Boer craftsmanship was
due to the early training the Dutch fighters
but powerful, was that in the Boer trenches
was found many a hero of ten and twelve
years, who had vainly but gloriously given
his young life to his country.
These boys were taught how to shoot
from the moment they were old enough to
hold a gun. When war came and there
were not enough able-bodied men to with
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