The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-08-12
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HAS TWO MEN
ON STATE RIFLE TEAM PICKED
THURSDAY.
WILL GO TO CAMP PERRY
NEAR CLEVELAND FOR THE NAT
IONAL COMPETITIONS.


Company C of Brookings has two
men on the state rifle team which will
be sent to Camp Perry. near Cleve-
land, Ohio, for the national rifle com
petitions. They are Lieutenant Ray
Fridley and Corporal Matheny. and
in addition Lieutenant Harvey Jensen
will accompany the team as spot
ter" or scorekeeper. There are twelve
men on the team, Of which five are
from the Black Hills company at Stur-
gis, and Brookings has the most rep
resentatives of any company east of
the river The Black Hills boys have
the advantage of those from this side
of the river as they have great
deal more opportunity for the use of
the rifle
Lieutenants Jensen and Fridley and
Corporal Matheny came down Friday
night and visited oyer Sunday at home,
returning to Watertown Monday morn
ing. They stated that the team would
leave Friday or Saturday of this week
for Camp Perry in a special car, and
were contemplating most enjoyable
trip.
The Watertown Public Opinion says:
After a months hard work on the
part of about fifty participants, the
team to represent the state of South
Dakota at the national rife compe-
tions to be held at Camp Perry, Ohio,
under the direction of the war lie
partment, beginning August %, was
selected last night at Camp Roose-
welt.
The team will have as it's captain
Adjutant General c. H. Englesby of
Watertown. The team coach will be
Lieutenant W. A. McGee Of Sturgis,
who has been appointed to the grade
of first lieutenant and assigned to duty
on the staff of the adjutant general.
The teams spotter will be Lieutenant
H. T. Jensen of Brookings.
Following are the members of the
team: Captain H. G. Boocock, Lieu
tenant H. w. Kelley of H company;
Lieutenant j. r. Fridley, of c COM
pany; Sergeant Major ]. w. Edmunds,
First Sergeant D. c. Bear, Of separ
ate company B; First Sergeant r. j.
McGee, of X company, Sergeant J. T.
Girbsby, of company, Sergeant F.
McDermot, of K company; Sergeant
J. f. Harmon, OF X company; Private
E. f. Harmon, of X company Cor
poral F. c. Matheny, of c company;
Private o. Hanson of seperate B com
pany. Alternates: Lieutenant J. Nc
Nenney of X company; Private G.
W. Phillips, of separate c company,
and Private o. L. Heating Of b CON-
pany.
The members of the team and the
three alternates during their prelim-
mary practice qualified in the expert
craftsmanship class, which is the
highest class, and which in the reg
ular army would entitle each man to
five dollars a month increase in his
pay There will probably be no team
sent to Camp Perry this year with so
many expert rihemen, and those who
have been keeping in progress with
the firing are confident that the South
Dakota team will make an excellent
record for itself and it will get in
some of the prize money offered by
the war department.
To give an idea of the scope of
the national matches it may be stated
that the range on which the national
matches take place consists of $50
targets along the south shore of Lake
Ontario, near Sandusky, Ohio. Teams
from the regular army, infantry, ma
rine corps and from every state in
the Union will participate in this con-
test, and prizes aggregating thou
sands of dollars and trophies repre-
senting many thousands of dollars
more, offered under acts Of congress
through the war department, by the
Ohio State Rifle association, and by
the international Rifle association, as
we'll as the National Rife association
will be offered for all the comper
titions taking place during the pres
ent meet.
The expense Is borne from funds