The Washington times., 1908-08-02

its range are good excepting at loo
yards, where IL is under the handicap
OF having TO shoot from hilltop to hill
top at a height of about 100 feet.
,.hc. general outlook for high District
scoring is encouraging, although the
team includes seven untried men. The
rule, which excludes Offices above the
rank OF captain, put off Lieut.. Col l.
II. RelcheIderfer and Maj. A p. Rob
bins who were on the team Last year
and who are old experienced shots, and
also blocked the candidacy Of Major
Harvey ana Maj. Glendie b. Young,
who was captain OF the team last year.
Districts Seasoned Shots.
The seasoned shots who will again
maintain the honor Of the Distriat are
Capt Alexander Summers. Capt. Sam
uel ". Forsythe, First Lieut.. Frank W.
Holt, First Lieut.. Thomas F. AdcAnaIly.
First Lieut.. Ralph NJ. Alderman, First
Lieut.. Frank H Heidenreich, Sergt-
Thomas Brown, and Sergt. o. NJ.
Shriver. OF the men who were on the
team last year the following are missed:
Capt. ". w Cookson, who has been
a member for many years and who won
the inspectors match In 1901; Sergt. c,
f. Groome, winner OF the National Rife
Association members match in 1876. and
ar old standby riheman; Lieut. c. c.
Dennison, and Sergt. Maj. p. G. sischoff.
The following are the men VINO are hold
ing their first membership on the bri-
gade team: First Lieut. Richard Pow
ers, First Lieut.. Frank d. Lakeland,
Second Lieut.. Louis A Clausel, First
Sergt. John +. Mater. Q. NJ Sergt. J. II.
Cole. and Sergt. J. H Windsor.
The District team captain. Mai. A ?.
Robbins, is holding that position for the
first time. Lieut. W. Milton FarrOw.
who yIll act as coach, won the $500
Wimbledon Cup in 1880. and was a mem
Der OF the District team for several
years. Maj James + Bell. for a num-
Der or years team captain and who will
act as range officer again this year, won
the houors in the inspectors match IN
1894 and 1892.
The District team viii compete in the
National Rife Association matches
largely to get practice under local con-
ditlons. Company I. Of the First Regi-
ment. VIII compete I'm the Company
team match.
chosen from I'D contestants. followed its
tactics Of last year and came 70 Camp
Perry early for prolonged drill. The
team is again captained by. Lieut.. A. T.
Fairfield. II it's practice scores are IN
dicative Of what II will do in the match.
the team. which took sixth money last
year on its first appearance in the
match, will give an excellent account OF
Itself this year Midshipman Lee. who
won both the national individual and
national pistol matches last year is
again rolling up strings OF bulls
Marine Corps On Ground
The United States Marine Corps team.
which dropped to fourteenth place last
year, one point ahead Of the District Of
Columbia. after finishing fourth In 1895
and sixth in 1900. arrived here last sun
day. and has put In a hard week OF
practice Before coming here the Ma
rines trained at Williamsburg, Va. for
month and then at Sea Grit, y. j.,
from June Is to July 25.
The team is captained by Capt. W q.
Harlee. who succeeds Capt. F. Z. Evans.
who was IN charge Of the team for
several years. but who retired after the
Senator Briggs. of New Jersey. The coach
this year is Sergt. T. z. Clark former
~ member Of the team. The Marines
retain a good many of their biggest
merksmen, including Capt Thomas Hol-
cOmbe, jr.. who has been on the Palma
team: Capt d. c. McDOugal. Sergeant
Beatty. Sergt. ]. f. Deloach. Sergeant
Burdette, Sergt. ]. W. Hingle. Sergeant
Andrews, Sergeant Baptiste. Sergeant
Frye, Sergeant Lund, Private J. c. De-
leach, and Private Marley. The new
men this year are Sergeant Whitney.
Corporal Snow. and Privates Aycock,
Biggs, Cappage, Eiler, MCGEE, Robin
son, aud Siam.
Marking and scoring will oe done by
members of the United States Army
Two batalIions, numbering nearly 500
Of the Second Infantry. who came from
Fort Thomas, kentucky, viii do this
work under the supervision Of army Of
ficeTs. In addition to range officers
from each State. the following army
officers have been detailed to serve
under Lieut. Col. r. K. Evans, general
staff, who viii be executive officer;
Capt Davis J. Baker, jr., Ninth IN
fantry; Capt, Farrand Sayre, Eighth
Cavalry; Capt Edwin Y. Bookmiller,
Ninth Infantry; Capt Guy II. 3 Smith.
Fourth Infantry; Capt. Ralph Harrison.
Seventh Cavalry; Capt c. H Jameson.
Twenty-ninth Infantry; Capt. Charles
G. Smith, Twentieth Century; Capt
John McClintock. Fifteenth Cavalry;
Capt. Oliver S. Eskridge, Eleventh In
fantry; First Lieut.. George W. White,
Sixteenth Infantry; First Lieut.. W. II.
Winters. Thirteenth Cavalry; First
Lieut. Lewis r. Ball. Thirteenth Cav
airy; First Lieut. f. A AWI. Ninth In
fantry: First Lieut.. Arthur Williams,
Corps Of Engineers; First Lieut. Emery
2. Smith, Ninth Infantry; First Lieut..
Robert NJ Campbell, Coast Artillery
Corps; Second Lieut.. Berkeley T. Mer-
chant, Thirteenth Cavalry, and Second
lieut. Frederick T. Dickman, Eleventh
Cavalry.
Returning rifemen wiz find the Camp