Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-31
THE VOLUNTEERS
BY w. G. Green. !.

from now until the middle of Aug
ust, If your right hand man or clerk
is a member of the United States
Volunteers, you need not be surpris-
ed If you catch him furtively aiming
with ruler at the stenographer's
new puffs. or Strengthening up with
snap and saluting you when you
speak to him, or if it be your own
boy, don't be alarmed or send for
doctor if he raises up in bed dur
ing the night and calls, out: "Cor-
poral of the Guard, No. 2, Relief
This year every member OF the
Volunteers has an opportunity to
spend his vacation outside the state
in one or two ways. If he Is an ex-
pert rifle shot, he will probably help
represent his state at the national
rife competition; otherwise he will
go with the regiment to American
Lake, WASH, to participate in the
government army maneuvers.
The adjutant Generals department
is a busy place these days, prepar-
ing for these two events. The mode
of selection of the rifle team this year
will be somewhat different from that
of year ago. Each company will
send five men who have made the
best scores at the marksmen's,
| sharpshooter's and expert riflemen s
courses, to Devils Lake where the
preliminary competition will be held
commencing August 5. There will be
three incentives for good shooting
at Devils Lake; the honor Of MAX
ing the team, gold medal and two
cash prizes.
The twelve men who make the
highest scores on all ranges at Dew
lis Lake will make up the team to
represent this state, the three next
highest will be alternates. To the
man making the, highest aggregate
score at 200, 300 and 500 yards will
be given gold medal presented by
the National Rifle association, some
thing we'll worth striving for, and
something for the man who wins it
to be proud Of. The man who makes
the highest aggregate score at all
the ranges will be given cash prize
OF $50, and the second man will re-
ceive cash prize Of $25. The COM
petition will undoubtedly be close
and hard fought, If one may Judge
by the scores certified to the adult
ant generals Office thus far. ..s3..
Much may be hoped for from our
team this year although rife pracr
ttce might be said to be in its I'm
fancy Id this state. The competition
Of 1907 was. the first at which North
Dakota, had a team, and despite the
fact that this state was rather low
in the column, the showing made
was very good indeed, everything be-
ing taken into consideration. This
year, with new guns, the benefit Of
last summers experience and forth
fed by the systematic course of prac-
tice which has been so rigidly en-
forced this season, there is no reason
why North Dakota's name should NOT
stand above the halfway mark In
the list; of the states.
Camp Perry, Ohio, where the shoot
will be held, is an IDEAL location for
its purpose. The range is the best
in the United States -one of the best
in the world. It is located on the
south shore of Lake Erie, the rife
butts being built along the lake
shore. Every opportunity is offered
members of visiting teams for a
clean, heaIth-giving outing. Cedar
Point and Put-in-Bay, the two noted
summer resorts, are easily reached
by beat, and every evening trains
run to Sandusky, Cleveland and To
1edo, returning about midnight. The
Ohio State Rifle association owns a
beautiful club house on the shore
of the lake, open at all times to
officers and men Of the teams. Here
are exhibited the much priced tro-
phies competed for each year, and
here the meT from north, south, east
and west, meet after the days shoot
ing and renew old acquaintances,
make new ones, and tell .'just how ii
happened" The trip is In itself q
liberal education, besides affording
an opportunity to watch the work OF
the best shots in the world, Winder
Casey, Benedict and others at work
and to observe their methods Of
shooting. u
4 But, of course, an the boys WIZ
| not make the rife team, however
for those who do mot there is some,
thing equally as pleasant to leol
forward to. American Lake, Wash.
fourteen miles from Tacoma. has nc
I eudal to q field for maneuyere av,d q,