Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-15


The District team joined its nearest
neighbor, Oklahoma, in a skirmish run
on Thursday.
Major S. ]. Fort. ordnance officer.
Maryland National Guard visited the
District camp Thursday evening.
Early morning bathing in Lake Erie is
one of the standard diversions of the Dis
trict rifiemen- Soon after ) O'Clock the
men strike down across the SOO-yard
range, disappear over the pit embank-
Inent and plunge, not into the depths. but
into the shadows. One has to wade out
a quarter of a mile before he gets waist
deep.
The United States Cavalry team, the
last of the service organizations to reach
the range. arriving last Monday from
Fort Ethan Allen. VT. in command of
half the men who pulled fourth honors
here in 1891. The members who are in
this year for the first time are Capt. Jul
liam r. Lindsay of the 18th; First Lieut..
George Nj. Russell. 18th; First Lieut..
James f. Fechet. 9th; First Lieut.. w. d.
Smith. 18th: First Lieut.. Beckley E. Bar
Der. Troop u. Sd, and Sergt. n. E. Thorn
ton 18th.
The OLD shots who are again Diling up
bulrs-eyes are Capt. II. b. Myers, 9th
First Lieut.. Alexander II. Davidson. 18th
First Lieut. Morton c. Mumma, I'd; Sergt
James j. NJ. Gibney. company NJ, Corps
of Engineers: First Lieut.. w. H. Clop-
ton. and Corp. Edward G. Jackson The
alternates, all of whom are without ex-
perience In the match are Capt Paul T
Hayne. 18th; First Lieut. Max c. Tyler
Corps of Engineers. and Second Lieut.
Alan c. Aleshire, 18th.
Good Work of Washington Men.
The National Capital Rifle and Revolver
Association won second place Yesterday
afternoon in the interclub match for the
rifle club championship of the United
states, scoring 2II against the winning
~. by the 4th New Jersey. The Wash
Ington scores were: Lieut. Alderman Al
Scrgt. Schriver. it; Capt. Summers, 80:
Lieut.. Holt. n; Lieut.. Farrow. IS For
the I'd Regiment. District Of Columbia.
which finished seventh. with 201. Lieuts
clausel and Heidenreich tied for high
score at ~. Lieut. Lockland made Al,
Lieut.. McAnaliy, AZ. and Sergt. Cole IS
The lst Regiment. District of Columbia,
ranked tenth. with 1@. defeating the
Fort Pitt Rifle Club of Pittsburg. which
was second last year. by six points The
individual scores Were: Capt Forsythe,
~: Lieut. Powers. a.; Sergt. Windsor, 40;
Sergt. Brown 40: Private Clouser 30
The I'd District Regiment team is com
pcting this afternoon in the champion
ship revolver team match. The other
members of the District delegation spent
the day in general practice.
III ihe IRE members mdtch yesterday
Lieut.. Farrow was sixth. with g. The
winning score by DR.. Hudson of New
York was ~. and Maj Bell twelfth.
with 30. Maj. Bell got fourth place with
Al. In the state secretaries match, Won
by Capt. Bride of Indiana with A.
Capt. Thomas HOItcOmb jr of the
United States Marine Corps team won
4he individual ong-distance tyro match
by the score of ~. On his fifth shot he
dropped to a four. Both his sighting
sentative competed.
The District team this morning did
the best st,irmish firing since it came
here. The first ten men averaged 100
LOckland was high at 81. The other
scores yere: Forsythe 90: Summers 73;
Lockland. 81: Windsor. IS; Farrow. 70:
Clauser. %: Heindenreick. 80: Holt. "a:
Alderman. al; Brown. Al; Schriver, 40:
Cole. ~: McAully. -; Clausel. 81. Put
nam and Powers did not run.