The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-31

I not yet been selected. and will not be
until next Monday. Twelve men make
| up team and, in addition, captain,
/ three alternates, one spotter. a coach
and pit officer accompany the team
They will leave Honolulu August ) on
the Alameda, and expect to leave San
/ Francisco on their way home on the
same steamer gust one month later
| September ).
/ Wm r. Riley. major of militia. is
| the man who viii be team captain. and
it would be hard TO find man any
where more fitted to the position. He
/ has worked nntiriugly to make the team
a good one, and TO coach the boys in
| the intricacies of skirmish and rapid
| fire shooting. His never-failing enthus
iasm has encouraged those who slump
ed IN their shooting, and his kindly
praise has urged the more successful
marksmen to try for even better scores.
Those who were ordered by the Gov
ernor, through Adjutant General John
W Jones. To report 10 Major Riley for
try-out shooting practice are:
Captain Merle NJ. johnson First In
fantry). Captain Charles NJ Coster
First Infantry. Captain Arthur ".
Nelly First Infantry. First Lieuten-
ant Orlando J. Whitehead First In
fantry), First Lieutenant Luther s. K.
Evans First Signal COY Post q. NJ.
Sergeant Edgar s Barry (Co. T.
First Infantry, Sergeant Ed
ward Hopkins tCo. r, First Infantry,
Sergeant Jose Ferreira Go. F. First In
fantry), Corporal Jose Gouveia [Co.
F, First Infantry, Corporal John Stone
(Co. F, First Infantry. PriTates Thomas
J. K. Evans, William Chiliingworth
Alvin S. VTebber. Edward B. Blanchard
and Dude *. Lemon. all of First Sig
nal Co.
The team viii compete in what Is
known as the - National Team Match =
/. They viii shoot IN three distinct com
petitions, and the team taking the
highest aggregate score, in the three
shoots viii win the national trophy.
The three events are skirmish fire.
rapid fire and slow fire, and the dis
tanees are from POO mp to 1000 yards.
The most trying of the events is the
skirmish fire Each man i provided
with one run - twenty rounds of am
munition. They start at 600 yards and
FIRE two ronnds with limit of thirty
seconds. The limit for all distances is
thirty seconds except fer the final at
the 200-yard range. when they have bat
twenty seconds in which TO fire FIVE
shots.
After firing at 600 yards they donble
fifty and walk fifty yards 10 the 900
ward station. Here thev FIRE two more
rounds, then proceed In the same way
n 400 yards At this station they fire
three rounds. and 60 twenty-five yards
running AMI twenty-five walking TO the
35ovara rance
Here thev~fre three rounds and then
60 TO 800 yards and fire FIVE times.
Finally they reach the 200-vaTd range
and FIRE FIVE rounds IN twenty seconds.
This skirmish firing is very trying
work and requires the coolest heads
and finest team work II is a pretty
hard matter TO sprint fifty yards ear
rying a rife and then 10 lie down and
fire three shots in thirty seconds and
q whole lot harder 10 FIRE I'VE in TWEEN
" seconds and come anywhere near
the bullseye.
Last year they had a silhouette tar
get to FIRE at. that is the representa-
ton Of man Of average height and
size IN uniform. but this wear they viii
have TO shoot al circular target with
All eight-ineh center and the scoring
viii be proportionately harder.
After leaving the five hundred yard
range the rihemeB VIII have one shot
left in their magazines So that. when
thev reach the 400 yard station. they
viii have to FIRE that shot. PIT in an
other clip Of Eve rounds, and then FIRE
two more shots This VIII keep them
ali hustling and there Is liable 10 be
a large number Of errors made here.
The officials are very strict and al