Evening star., 1907-08-11
NEWS OF THE LOCAL
NATIONAL GUARSDMEN

| 254; 1st Battery. Field Artillery 253: Com
| pany c, I'd Regiment. 2ts, and Company
G, I'd Regiment, 203
The names of the members of the teams
that Will be sent to Sea Grt are:
Company l, I'd Regiment-I.ieut. 3. F..
Stewart and Privates f. McGovern. J. NJ.
Stewart. II. G. Stewart and George A. HILL
Company X I'd Regiment--Sergts Victor
Dent and II. Richardson Corporals H.
Stambaush and c. Gardner and Private
', Liam Cash.
Maj Giendie B. Young. team cap ain. has
recommended that the following named
members of the brigade represent it in the
Dryden trophy match at Sea Girt:
First Lieut.. F. II. Heidenreich, inspector
! of rifle practice 9th Battalion: First Lieut.
H. B. Hollifed surgeon, I'd Battalion: ::
First Lieut.. F.. D. Lakeland, COMPANY X.
I'd Regiment: Second Lieut.. NJ f. Johns
Company l. 1st Regiment: Second Lieut. L.
A. C!audel. Company X, I'd Regiment: Sergt
IhomaS Brown. Company F, 1st Regim mt
Sergt. Richard Powers. Company B. lst
Regiment: SerEt. o. NJ Schrivar. Company
l. 1st Regiment; Corp. f. d. Norris, Com
pany i. I'd Regiment. and Private o. De
Carre. Company f, I'd Regiment
Lieut.. Heidenreich and Sergts Brown and
SchriVer being members of the national
team Will be at Camp Perry Ohio, and
VIII accompany Maj Young. thetfte to Sea
members of company and regmental teams
Ihe team captain has recomm ended that
First Lieut.. William A. Duvall quarter
master, Sd Battalion. be detailed as team
quartermaSter, to take charge of all ar
rangements for transportation and the like
the detachment to depart from this city
Saturday, August 81.
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The plan of work outlined for Sea Girt
DrOVideS ctj jca at
yards, the Dryden and regimental team dis
tances, and 200 and 800 yards for company
teams, Monday. September 2, and the same
the following day. Two teams will COM
pete in the company match, and two teams
in the tyro company team match Wednes-
day. 1t is possible that two second teams
may enter the company match. The inter
state regimental team match is scheduled
for Thursday
Members of the Dryden team who are not
members of company or regimental teams.
will practice Wednesday and Thursday. The
Dryden match will be shot Friday. The
members of the District detachment will
participate in the Gould rapid-fire regi-
mental team match Saturday, September I.
Lieut.. Col. Reichederfer, Capt Cookson.
Lieut.. Holt and Lieut.. Heidenrech are the
representatives of the District National
Guard who will compete for places on the
American team that is to strive to win the
Palma trophy.
The National Rifle Association of Amer
lea, on behalf of the rif1emen Of the United
States accepted an invitation to compete
ith teams from Great Britain and Canada
for the Palma trophy and the worlds mill
tary shooting championship. at Rockcliffe
Range. Ottawa. Canada. September I.
The test is divided into two stages. as fol-
lows:
Frst-A preliminary two days contest
at 500 900 and 1000 yards. on the
range at Camp Perry. Ohio. August l6 and
II. To the scores made in that competition
will be added those of the second stage, as
follows
Second-The 500 and 600 yard scores in
the Presidents match, the total scores
in the Wimbledon cup match and Leech cup
match. all being matches of the National
Rifle Association. which will be shot dur
ing the week of August 10 to 81 at the
Camp Perry range.
The highest total aggregates of both
stages will be considered as a basis of
selecting nine members OF the team. The
o her'three members will be selected by the
executive committee. The selections for the
team will be made the evening of August
"a, and the team SO selected will be kept to
gether at Camp Perry a team during all
of the following week, as far a 5 practicable.
A man TO be eligible to compete for
place on the team must present from his
adjutant general, or competent authority,
statement that he has. during the present
year. attained a record in practice or COM
petition of 90 per cent at 500 yards, 30 per
cent at 900 yards and So per cent at Loo
yards, in string of ten consecutive snoto
The purpose of this is to prevent men, who
have little or chance of making the
team. from taking part in the try-out.
The captain of the team to represent the
United States will be Lieut.. Col \. b.