The Washington times., 1906-07-27
SEA GRIT TEAM
To BE SELECTED
Washington VIII Send In
creased Number to Annual
Shoot in September.

A radical departure from former GUS
T04us in the matter of sending rifle
teams to Sea Girt 10 represent Washing
ton there i'm the annual national rifle
matches. which will be held at that
place i'm September, will be that the
brigade of the District National Guard
Will pay an The subsistence expenses Of
its three or more teams.
Heretofore 10 has been the custom of
the men representing the Capital CITY
TO pay even their transportation 20 and
from Sea Girt. together with the ex-
peuses attendant upon their remaining
there. This year. with the additional
money granted 10 the guard for the puT-
poses of advancing interest in rife and
revolver practice the railroad fare and
other expenses for three days viii be
paid out of these increased funds. If,
however, the men who comprise the
teams wish 20 remain longer than the
one day which IL takes them 10 shoot.
the tickets provided by the guard viii
be- good for the entire time of the at
fair but they Will, of course. have 10
stand their own living expenses Win
the exception OF the two DAYS on the
road and the day on which they repre-
sent the District
Will Be Selected Soon.
The teams so far have not been Sc
lected. and will not be until after the
return Of the militia from it's summer
camp. the time OF which is now but
few DAYS off. Everything has been ar
ranged. though. for the immediate hold
ing OF team competitions upon the re-
turn of the men, These local matches
will be held at the range at Congress
Heights. probably two or three days
after the citizen soldiers have come
COMPANY / of the Second Battalion
has three men who Will not engage in
competition, as they are all experts ana
will, with three other men who make
a qualifying score in the prellmlnarleS
here be chosen as one of the teams TO
go to New Jersey. II over ten com
pauies decide 20 compete, there viii be
three teams sent, and if there are as
many as fifteen companies in compe-
titlOn. five District teams Will go to
Sea Girt.
Better Chances for Washington.
1t is easy to be seen that if even but
-three Washington teams are selected to
represent the District at the national
shoot. this city will have much better
chances than. ever Of carrying away
first honors. and that If this is accom-
plished it viii do more 10 promote in
terest in the sport than anything else
could.
Today the Separate Battalion of the
National Guard is on the Congress
Heights range The schedule. which was
10 have continued next week will be-
cause OF the annual enCampment. have
TO be postponed until later date, which
will probably be about September 10
Another item of interest in connection
with the sport is that the local authOTi-
ties have practically decided 10 hold
the annual District competitions the
first week in October on the local rife
range. 1t is expected that with the inn
petus target shooting has received in
this part of the country in the past few
months this affair viii be even more of
a success than was the one which was
held last year under the auspices of the
District National Guard. and with the
practice and experience which our men
will get at Sea Girt it Will be the teams
that beat them which will win in Oc-
tOher. 80