The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-07
SHOOT DID
 GREAT GOOD Riflemen Return From Camp Perry. OFFICERS ENTHUSED OVER IT Captain Weiss Declares It Was an
 Inspiration. Alabama Team Makes Gain in Standing, Ranking seventh Instead of Third
 from the Bottom of
 the List.

The squad of the Alabama riIemen who left the city several weeks ago to attend the national target practice at Camp Perry, O., near Fort Clinton, has returned to Montgomery. The party consisted of Major E. F. Baber of the End Alabama National Guards; Captain W. K. Weiss of the Blues; B. H. Pope of the Blues, and Captain Everett Jackson of the Montgomery Greys.
 The four Montgomerians came back to the city much enthused with the great shoot at Camp Perry, which came to an end about week ago. Since that time they have been visiting in various cities, Cleveland, Buffalo, To- ronto, Cincinnati, Chattanooga and other places, and are just as enthused with the last feature of their trip as with the earlier one.
 Captain W. F. Weiss, who is one of the most enthusiastic targeteers in the State, is of the opinion that the shoot will be productive of much good.
 'It was an inspiration" he said last evening, ito be an attendant at the shoot, and as for my part can voucn for the fact that il has broadened my ideas and given me a better knowledge of the art than ever had before.
 q have brought back with me to Montgomery some ideas that l am go- ing to introduce to my company. and I think that the outcome will be or great advantage to us in our practices. The operations at Camp Perry were SO vast that they cannot be even imag- ined, and to give any account Of them would be to tell not half of what is really thought
 Captain Weiss says that the extent of the camp alone Is beyond imagina- tion. A squad of twenty men, he says. could so successfully hide in one end of the camps limits as to make them impossible of discovery in the course Of half a day. The range, he says, was on a level, the end being almost far- ther than eye could see.
 Other members of the Alabama regi- ments who went to Camp Perry re- turned to the city several days ago, though some are yet away on pleasure excursions. General Bibb Graves ts one of the latter. He was an enthusf- astic attendant upon all of the exer- cises.
 Tn the rifle match at Fort Perry the scores made by the different teams VIII be read with iAterest by members oh the National Guard, and all who pay any attention to rifle shooting:
 In the shooting the team from the United States Navy made S,421 aggre- Eregate, the best score, standing No. in the order of shooting. The Massa- chusetts team made 3,41S and is second; Ohio, s,S6s and is third: United States Cavalry, S,5se and is fourth; Washing ton, S.361 and is fifth; United states Naval Academy. s,347 and is sixth; Pennsyivania, s.s4s and is seventh; United States Infantry, S,Ss9 and Is eighth; New York. s.ss2 and Is ninth; New Jersey, 3,317 and is tenth.
 The Alabama team made 2,sO1 and Is forty-second in the order of shooting; rennessee. 2,2s6 and Is forty-third; North Dakota, Louisiana, vermont. North Carolina, Virginia coming at the foot in the order named. Virginia be-. ing forty-eighth and the last, It win be seen that Alabama beat SIX states and is seventh from the last, gain or four points over last year, being third from last place a year ago.
 The individual score was as follows for the Alabalha team: