The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-17
DAPHNE RANGE TEAM PICKED Thirty Men Leave For Rifle Practice. SELECT BEST SHOTS OF STATE Every Regiment to Be Represented
 by Sharpshsoters. Hard Work, With Good Results, Mark Day at the Camp of list Regiment
 at Pickett
 Springs.

In general interest and military i'm | portance. the picking crack team or sharpshooters by Colonel Robert 5. du ! Mont from the 1st regiment was the I feature yesterday st Camp Braxton Bragg Conner. Thirty soldiers from the l 1st regiment left the camp at Pickett | Springs early last evening and in | charge of Afjutant General Bibb | Graves boarded train for Mobile, where they will be taken to the South Alabama Rifle Range to participate in | match rifle practice, beginning today and ending Thursday.
 | Colonel du Mont issued special or- der No. 3s. appointing the team of sharpshooters. Pursuant to his practice l ana experience of former years, the | commander of the regiment selected | the men solely on their merits for ex- | ceIlency in shooting. The team is com posed of soldiers of all ranks, from | privates to commissioned officers. They | will be detached from the regiment ua- | til August 22, and. Of course. will not report back to camp. as the encan1p- ment will be ancient history by that | time.
 The team of rifle shots will report | to the Adjutsnt General at the Govern
 ment street wharf In Mobile at o'clock | this morning for the purpose of taking a boat for the South Alabama Rifle | Range at Daphne.
 At this practice, there will be picked teams from every regiment in the
 State, the purpose being to pick a State team to attend the national rifle practice at Camp Perry, 0. 1 s The 1st regiment team is composed I of the following men:
 1 Company c, Geneva-Lieutenant c. | c. Roach. Sergeant F. J. Green, Ser 1 geant R. E. Adams. Sergeant Clint
 savell, Private Albert Noblin. I
 ant Charles J. Norris: Second IAeuten- | ant John J. Crary, Corporal M. Mur- l phy, Corporal J. f. Trammell. Corpor- l al J. T. Vickers, Private E. E.. Holmes, 1 Private J. T. Hammock. Company K. Evergreen--Leutenan | F. S. Hagood, Sergeant J. A. Rumbley. Sergeant Huber Moorer. Corporal l Claude Cant.
 Company T, Fort Deposit-ssrgean
 D. c. Reese, Private M Clements, Pri-
 vate A. L. Address
 Company H, Troy-Private !. W. I whitehead, Private B. B. Windham.
 Private A. p. Ross.
 Company E, Mobiie-Lieutenant O. | G. Burgess, Sergeant A. J. Tracy, Cor poral P. D. Walker
 I Company M Mobile-Captain John s. Callaghan, Lieutenant G. L. Noun tain. Corporal W. c. Moffat, Musician | D. ]. Hermann.
 Bugler Camp, of Company B, Mo
 bile, also went with the team. l Those going from the, other organis-
 ations of the State are:
 Major E. F. Baber, Montgomery and
 seven men; Major Fl. Seals. Birmlng-
 ham, five men; Colonel s. H. Carter, l Selma. four men; Captain A. H. Fea- l gin, Union Springs, three men; Captain
 J. F. Walker. Tuscaloosa, three men;
 Captain K. B. Mckenzie. Eufaula. three men; captain Allen Crenshaw, 1 Andalusia, three men; Major c. o. 1 Dickey, Luverne. three men; Lieuten- | ant w. L. Perdus. Green vile. one
 man; Captain George W. Griffin, rus 1 kegee, two mon; Lieutenant David
 Kahn, Tallassee, one man; Captain Nj. | c. Ballow, Girard, three men; Captain | Watts Griffin, Demopolis, three men; | Colonel c. R. Bricken, Montgomery. Yesterday at Camp Conner was spent i largely in routine work At regular
 drill from to 8 o'clock yesterday
 morning, the advance guard was prac-
 ticed and proved very beneficial to the
 regiment. The men were depioyed
 marched to some of the surrounding hills.
 From S:s0 to s:s0 o'clock, the school | Tor commissioned officers was held.
 and during the succeeding hour, non- l commissioned officers were schooled in tactics. Guard mount also came for I its share Of practice. During the afternoon, there was a stream of visitors to the camp, d num-
 Der of them being officers and mem bers of other regiments. Major G. Q. Dickey, of Luverne, of the 2nd In- fantry. was among the guests who paid
 his respects to Colon du Mont At 6 o'clock. the regular dress pa-
 rade was held in the presence of a
 large crowd. The detail for today was
 published as follows:
 Officer of the Day, Captain Thomas
 F. Mckay Company B; Senior OfIicer
 of the Guard, Lieut., G. H. Bell, Com
 pany D; Junior Officer of the Guard.
 Lieut.. ]. M, Wiley. Company H.
 Colonel du Mont issued an order,
 complimenting Company L. of Union
 town, for its splendid appearance in
 acting as the Governors escort Thurs
 day afternoon.
 Lieut.. W. J. McCowan, of the Lo- max Rifles, Mobile, was yesterday des-
 ignated as Adjutant TOT the Mobile bat
 talion.
 Chaplain Az c. Harte. of the regi-
 ment, announced yesterday that reIig-
 ious services will be held at camp at
 o'clock tomorrow morning Special
 music will be rendered by the regi-
 mental band. The services will be
 conducted in a grove adjoining the
 camp grounds.