Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

- PEAKING Of the rife matches last
week on the range near Congress
Heights. Maj James E. Bell. tho
~ executive officer, says 1t IS his
opinion 1.-The entire National Guard
Of the District Of Columbia has reason to
be proud of the success of the shoot. for
when the last shot in the 0erstenberg
trophy competition was fired at s o'clock
Friday afternoon the most satisfactory
meet ever held by the District Guardsmen
closed.
ITO the increased facilities on the rifle
range, the elimination OF the senatorial
trophy match and the untiring energy of
Col. L. H. Reichelderfer and his ef1cient.
though small, number Of assistants" MAJ.
Bell declares, "this result may be attrtb-
uted.
There were numerous close and excit-
ing contests during the meeting which
added interest for the spectators. The
first notable event occurred late Wednes-
day evening-after the sun had disap-
peared behind the hills-when 1t looked as
though the battalion team match could
not be finished before darkness shut the
targets from view. The contest was very
close between the teams of the LIST and Sd
battalioas Of the LIST Regiment. Capt
George L. TAFT, the captain OF the 81
Battalion team, had sent hurried mes
sage to Lieut.. Bowman to report at the
range where he arrived just In time to
don the captains uniform. which fitted
the smaller officer quite voluminously. but
1t did not decrease his ability to make
bull s-eyes, SO when his name was calied
he responded and made good with to-
tai of 48 out of a possible 50, much to the
chagrin of the hackers Of the apparent
winners, who depended on the fading light
to make their total OF 264 good. and
snatched victory from defeat. Inc team
Of the Sd Battalion being 266. Capt. TAFT
was a happier man than his lieutenant.
who saved the day and the trophy for
the battalion.
The Sd Battalion team was also vic
torious In tho brigade team skirmish
match, winning for the second time the
handsome trophy. The skirmish team was
under command of Capt. William w.
Cookson, l. R. p. LIST Regiment.
A battle royal was waged late Friday
afternoon at the pistol targets between
Maj. Glendie B. Young. Capt. w. w.
Cookson and Lieut. C. NJ. Putnam for
first place in the Brett re-entry revolver
match with the result that Lieut.. Put
nam finished No. 1. with Maj Young and
Capt. Cookson in the order named.
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The victory Of the Marine Corps team in
the Berry & Whitmore trophy match
showed the effect Of their training during
the past season. the average on the last
run being more than 66 per man.
Maj John T. Thompson. ordnance de-
partment. U.S.A.. was an interested Wis
i1or at the range Friday afternoon. He
represented Gen. Crozier. chief of ord
nance. to whom an invitation had been
extended to witness the match. A test of
the new telescope sight for the Spring
field rifles was recently made at the range
under the majors supervision with sur
prsing results. He expressed himself as
much pleased on learning that the am
munitfon issued by the ordnance depart
ment, which is the only kind used on the
range, gave general satisfaction.
A detail Of thirty cavalrymen from Fort
Myer, under command Of Lieut. L. L. Del
trick, did the marking and scoring in the
matches.
bert 8. Jones. secretary OF the National
Rifle Association. rendered service as
range officers during the meeting.
Col. Robert P. Carlton. l. r. p. Florida
National Guard, and former District ex-
pert shot, was q visitor at the range Fri
day.
The range Is open every day and will
remain open for the completion of scores
until Saturday. October 81.
Cadet Corps-started the drill season last