The Washington times., 1907-08-17
Debar FarroU
At Camp Perry
Palma Contest
Rifle Association Viii Be
Fought by the Lieu
tenant.
Asked to Be Allowed
to Fire Under
Protest.

CAMP PERRY, Ohio. Aug. 17.-In the
Palma rife practice competition here
Lieut.. ". Milton Farrow, Of the Dis
rict, who came here expressly 10 com
pete for the Palma team. was debarred
from the firing line by the executive
committee Of the National Rife Asso-
citation.
Lieutenant Farrow requested to be
allowed 10 fire under protest, but Gen.
James A. Drain, the chairman, refused.
Lieutenant Farrow's debarrment is the
result OF his action in the matter OF
the use OF a special barrel by the Amer
lean team in the Palma match at Bisley
ir 1915. on account Of which dispute the
National Rife Association here returned
the trophy TO England.
Farrow to Fight Back.
Lieutenant Farrow says he proposes 70
fight back and that his debarrment to-
day will have unpleasant consequences
for -the association
The District contestants in the Palma
in which there were ninety
starters. are Lieutenant Colonel Reich
Captain CooNson, Captain Sum-
mers, Captain Forsythe. Lieutenant
Holt. Lieutenant NIcNaIly. and Corporal
Sclir1ver.
New York and Georgia have four can
didates. Maryland one. Delaware two.
The District men were squaded to-
geShcr. Mai. James F. Bell representing 6
the District candidates in the pit.
The SO-yard range IN the Palma COM
~ CT 4
Twelfth Cavalry. who scored Y. Beno-
dict and orr. of Ohio. made 20 Lieu
tenant McAnally was high at 66 for the
District. The other District scores were:
Schriver. 81; Summers and ForsytAe. Is;
"a; Holt, IS
Revolver Team Match.
The First and Second District OF Co
lurnbia has entered the revolver team
match for the championship which the
famous shots OF the Squadron A, New
York. team have won the last four
years. and which the First Regiment,
Georgia Cavalry. won in 1899 The Dis
trict teams are composed entirely OF Of
ficers. The members are as follows:
First Regiment: Lieut. Col L. 6.
Reichelderfer. Mai. Glendie B. Young,
Can't w. W. CooksOn. Capt. SamUCi
Forsythe, and lieut.. Ralph Alderman.
Second Regiment: Capt Alexander
summers, Lieut.. F. c. Holt Lieut..
George G.. DennisOn. Lieut.. Thomas I.
and Lieut.. Fritz HeidenreiCiG
General Riggs Arrives.
Gen. I.awrason Riggs. commander OF
the Maryland National Guard. and Sec
ond vice president Of the National Rife
Association, arrived on Thursday even
ing. Capt. Washington Bowie, Of the
Fifth Maryland. Is here for the Palma
and the individual matches
OF the tournament. The Maryland State
team leaves Baltimore this evening. The
Fifth Maryland has entered team IN
the regimental matches.
That the District rifiemen are not hav-
Ins any leisurely vacation time of it
pursuing their sport appears from the
daily program announced by Brigadier
General Seaks, OF the Ohio National
Guard. executive officer Of the range un-
III the national match opens. Reveille
sounds at $50 o'clock, and the teams
march TO the mess han at 6 O'Clock. AT
Z o'clock the bugler on the steps Of the
Administration Building at the center OF
the 2Oc0-foot common firing line, sounds
commence firing" Work then pro-
ceeds uninterrupted until the il :3C
o CLOCK recall mess AT Il o CLOCK Is lol-
lowed by An hour rest, firing beginning
at 1:So o'clock and continuing until $50
or later II necessary for the conclusion
Of the match. Evening mess is at
o clock. and the retreat at $50 o'clock
At $3.50 O'Clock the tattoo sounds, and
at 10 o'clock taps. The rifle camp is
quiet, however. before taps sounds. Most
or the men are up early enough to get
a bath in the lake before mess.
Markers Arrive.
A battalion from the Fourth United
States Infantry. 200 strong. has reached
camp from Ft. Thomas, KY, to serve
as markers and scorers during the ma.
tiOnal competition.
Lieut. Leonard Dietrich, Of the Thir.
teenth Cavalry. is here to act as quar-.
termaster and commissary Of the regu.
lars in camp.