Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-13
WADE TO FIRING LINE FLEET OFFICERS BUSY
District Remen Experience Visit Many interesting Points
Stormy Weather. in New Zealand.
SCORES IN SKIRMlSH RUN I'M THE Thermal DISTRICT
Local Experts Conduct Their Own Strange Freaks Nature Visited
Boarding House. by Americans.
JACK TARS LOOK LIKE WINNERS MA0RIE WEIRD COSTUMES
Priceless Heirlooms for Admiral
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS spery and ohers-ouests Of
Of and
District. Riflemen Experience
Stormy Weather.
SCORES IN SKIRMISH RUN
Local Experts Conduct Their Own
Boarding House.
JACK TARs LOOK LIKE WINNERS
Navy Team in Training Since July
2-Washingtonians In the
Best Of Health.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CAMP PERRY. Ohio. August l3.--After
an all-night storm the District Of Co.
lumbia rifle team wailowed to the 100
yard range at o'clock this morning for
practice at slow fire. in poor light and
treacherous wind. The team then took
the midranse and went to the thousand
yard targets after luncheon.
: The Colorado and Wyoming teams. COM
manded by Brig. Gen. C. A. Kelley and
Col. c. q. lander. respectively. arrived
this morning and the Massachusetts
team this afternoon.
The scores of the District team nem-
bers for the first skirmish run on this I'M
even ground were as follows:
Putnam. n: Schriver. Is: Brown. 49,;
Heidenreich. II: Powers. 81: Alderman.
IS: Clausel. So: Cole. 81: Holt. So: Far
row. 81: Windsor. 81: Summers. 80: Lack
land. IS: Clauser. 43; McAnally. 80: For
sythe. &c.
Have Their Own. Mess.
Independently Of the uncertainties OF
the camp restaurant the District rihemen
are subsisting in fine style at their own
mess. Here Is a sample menu-yester-
days: For breakfast the sharpshocters
reinforced themselves with canteioupe
and piums. oatmeal and cream. baked po-
tatoes. bacon and eggs. coffee and tea,
dry toast and cornbread: for luncheon
they had sliced ham. iced tea and milk,
iced sliced tomatoes. mashed potatoes and
crackers. Dinner brought to them roast
lamb. boiled potatoes string beans. but
tered beets, corn fritters and honey,
iced tea and coffee cobbler.
The general dissatisfaction with the
camp mess last year-the leAky canvas
roof saturated with malodorous parafln;
the poor service and the poor food, re-
suited this year in q large number Of
Sea Girt only E II or three tssms did 50
in a decade: herr last year no one did. but
do so this year. In addition to the Dis
trict and Oklahoma. Maryland. West Vir-
ginia and Wisconsin are known to have
arranged to board themselves.
The taeA tar team. which defeated all
and which has been here training since
July 2. is generally regarded by camp
rife sharps as being in form to beat
It's own winning score Of 1900. Practical
have been In the match before Seven
were on the navy team last year-Lieut.
g. B. Landenberger, Lieut.. H. Williams.
Ensign /. E Detch; Ensign g. Doherty.
ward and J. ". Lewis.
Possesses an Advantage.
While the navy had to eliminate four
members or last years team, under the
rules. It has the advantage Of all other
teams In the match; for instead Of having
to pick up green men It simply takes on
those members OF the Naval Academy
graduating class who shot last year. OF
the Annapolis team OF 1907 six members
are now on the navy squad and several
OF them are certain to make the twelve
The seven are Willis J. Lee, jr., OF Ken.
lucky. who defeated the camp in the na-
tional individual and national pistol
match last year; Z. C.. stark, W. l.. Hei.
berg. @. B. Brandt, E. q Wilson and A.
d, Denny. who was substitute on tho
middies' team. The remaining members
Of the navy team are: EpSiSns, J. W.
wilcox and r. A. White: Oh. 6. mate. r.
c. Ritner; Oh. G. d.. c.. Haines, and
@. NJ, A. Wierbonski. The team IL cap-
tained by Lieut.. T. L. johnson. It 10
eneamped on the eastern boundary Of
the grounds. with the cadets and it
boards At the Ohio State Rife Associa-
ton clubhouse instead o, the camp u1ees
MAJ. Henderson. surgeon general, has
30 far had no occasion to make 4 pro.
fessional call on any member OF the Dis
trtct team. but he IL In demand among
the netghboring rihemen.
First Lieut.: George C.. shaw, U.sA..
formerly q member OF the District Ma.
tional Guard. called on the team last
Tuesday evening. joining In Campfire
"reminiscences.