Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-05
ALL HUGHES MEN NOW DISTRICT SCORES HIGH
NJ O. NJ Observes Sudden First Regiment May Win Inter-
Change of Front by Opponents state Team Match.
TEST VOTE SHOWS WAY lis NOW IN SECOND PLACE
Yield And Only One Point Behind Marine
Public Opinion Corps Marksmen
PARSONS BAND WAGON DRYDEN COMPETITORS ARRIVE
Off,
Matches Progress Today
Conver to Tariff Refo Reichelderfer Entered.
IS NOW IN SECOND PLACE
And Only One Point Behind Marine
Corps Marksmen.
DRYDEN COMPETITORS ARRIVE
Washington Represented in OFF,
Hand Matches in Progress Today.
Reichelderfer Is Entered.
,ecial From q STAFF Correspondent.

| Special From a Staff Correspondent.
RIFLE RANGE. SEAGIRT. y. J.. Sep
| tember 5.-At the conclusion of the first
stage of the Interstate regimental team
match. which ranks second only in impor
| tance to the Dryden trophy match. the
| premier event of the tournament here. the
District of Columbia bore the ear-marks
of a prize winner with an excellent chance
| of landing in first place and capturing
| the valuable trophy presented by United
States Senator Briggs of New Jersey. in
| addition to medals of the team members
and $50.
The team representing the 1st Regiment.
| District National Guard. at the end of tho
firing at no yards. had rolled up a score
of 80, only one point lower than that OF
| the leader the first team of the United
States Marine Corps. There are thirteen
competitors
District Teams Scores.
| The individual scores at 300 yards of the
| 1st District team, which is directed by
Capt George l.. Taft, follows: Lieut. Pow
| ers IS out Of possible 10; Lieut.. Clots
| Al: Capt. Forsythe, A; Lieut.. Johns, 49,
Sergt. Schriver, 81, and Sergt. Brown. AZ.
The Districts I'd Regiment team at the
end of the 2tU yards work was in twelfth.
place. it's score being: Capt. Brian. AZ;
| Lieut.. Burton, 81: Lieut.. Clouser, ~; Serst-
Cole 40: Sergt. Stambaugh. A., and Sergt.
| Richardson, ~. Total. 2i3.
| The District is also represented today In
the off-hand match. an individual contest.
| Maj. Robbins. captain of the Districts =
| DRYDEN team and his aggregation OF
| experts arrived here late yesterday. With
out delay they made themselves comfort
I able in camp. The Districts street Is the
! second from the western extremity OF the
/ Camp.
Lieut.. Col Reichelderfer, 1st Regiment.
is member OF the detachment. He will
compete in a number of the individual
matches.
Regimental Team Match.
The standing of the competitors at the
end of the first stage. 200 yards. of the
interstate regimental team match today
| follows:
First Marine Corps. first team. 26o:
second 1st Regiment. District of Colum
bia. 20: third. Marine Corps. second
| team. 2J5 fourth. 18th New York, o:.':
| fifth. 4th New York 25l: sixth. 9TH New
York. first team. 25:s; seventh. fist New
York. 251 eighth. I'd New Jersey, 2I9:
ninth Nd hnsineers Gos New New York sts
eleventh. Sd PENNSYLVANIA. 245: twelfth.
I'd District of Columbia. 243; thirteenth.
7th New York. second team. 237.
| At the conclusion of the second stage,
! eco yards. the standing of the compet-
! itors as follows:
First. Marine Corps. first team. ls9: Sec
ond Tth New York first team. 327: third
| 18th New York 525: fourth. Marine Corps,
| second team. 52:i: fifth, list New York.
SIS; sixth. I'D Engineers, New York, 3l7:
seventh, 1st District of Columbia, 51';
| eighth. Marine Corps. third team, 'd's:
ninth I'd New Jersey. jos: tenth. 4th New
| ole lSN-lN- ami.
sol: twelfth, I'd District of Columbia. AZ:
thirteenth. 1th New York second team.
| 491
| The offhand match. an individual COM
| petition. in which were forty-seVen COM
| petitors. was won by Seret. p. Lund. Ma
rine Corps with a total Of fortyseven out
of possible fifty. First prize was so.
| The other three prize winners Were: Sec
ond s15. Lieut.. Baker 4th New Jersey.
| 46: third Sergt De Leach, Marine Corps.
| 45: fourth. Private Minervini, 18th New
| Jersey. A..
Officers of the Tournament.
| The details of the tournament are in
| the hands Of a capable staff o. eXperienC
| ed officers. The executive officer and post
comman ndant is Brig. Gen. Bird W. Spen-
| GER inspector general of rifle practice OF
New Jersey. The other officials are:
Assistant executive officerS-Col Charles
A. Reid assistant inspector general OF
| rife practice, New Jersey; Lieut.. Col. n.
| B. Thurston. inspector small arms prac-
tice and ordnance officer New York Ma
| tional Guard.
Range officers. revolver and pistol range
Lieut.. r. II. Sayre. New York National
| Guard: Thomas III. Keller. Old Guard OF
| New York; y. l.. \. limmelwrisht,
U.S.R.A.
| Post adjutant-Maj Winfield S. Price.
| New Jersey National Guard.
Statistical officerS-Iieut. Col. William
| Libbey. assistant inspector general OF
rifle practice OF New Jersey; Capt. VIII
liam IL. Palmer. New York National
Guard.
Post duartermaster-Capt. Alvin IA.
Graft. New jersey National Guard
Post surgeon-First Lieut.. W. q.
| Scllautfier New Jersey National Guard.
Interest in Target Shooting.
| Seasoned riaemen here are impressed
with the increasing interest being taken
| in practice with the rifle, revolver and
| pistol Each succeeding gathering at
| Sea sirt brings new faces. thus attesting
| the fact that the spread is not spasmodic.
but general 1t is explained that the
| malness of the regular army in COM
pariSon with the size Of the country and
its population requires that reliance be
! pla ced upon the National Guard and the
volunteer in time OF war.
The volunteer can be quickly and easily
taught to drill and march, to make or
| bre ak camp. and perform other routine
military duties. but II requires time ana
careful training and much practic. to be-
| come a first-cass shot with the military
weapons. The national board for promo
ton of rifle practice regards every one
who voluntarily qualities as a marksman
OF sharpshooter as fit material for volun
teer service in time of war and as having
performed patriotic act in so fitting him.
self for military duty.
Rife practice is also regarded as a sport,
and requires steady nerves and gives in
return abundance OF outdoor exercise
without danger of ovcreXertion.
Loses by Hairs Breadth.
The District detachment was very much
disappointed yesterday when it failed to
land a prize in the company team match.
1t was particularly aggravatinS to lose
third money by hairs breadth so TO
speak. Capt. Tait's cumpanyI of the
lst Regiment-roed up the very excellent
total of 297, the same attained by
Company l.. ID New Jersey. but the lat
ter scored 1J5 At 800 yards. while the
Wa shngtonians fell two points shy of
that figure at the long range. and there
fore. under the rules governing rifle
tests the JerSeymeu were given the lead