Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-20
utah R|FLEMEN
READY TO SHOOT
Big Match Starts Monday With
This States Team ii,
Fine FettIe.
ITS. CHANGE TO WIN is GOOD.
Firing in Class q, for Which the
Bronze Soldier 6f Marathon is
offered to the High Team.

S The Utah rife n cam Svh;ch arrivea
y
a. e'ie S1a,'p ieiiy rlile range Nseulles-
day evening is, according to a brief
telegram received here. making great
rre !, +, tton for at,n,,.a,s shaot =,
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e ee.Itlaeioilal Ssilatctles. Inc team mas
been afforded an opportunity to prac-
5tise and. under the efficient coachir,sa
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& NY, VINO accompanied the team. has
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spe me greatest IN the history Of rife
firing In the United States. Utah fires
in class 4, this Syear. and altbong,, t,a5
tea,,,,s q.
B. : ere oP2oSeu by many
Teams composed OF marksmen of eS-l
sperience. Gen. E. A. Wedgwood, who
accompanied the team as its captain, is
sanguine of its success when it faces
to Camp Perry last year was not one
Z TO be ashamed Of. considering the fac.
that It was the first year for Utah in.
the competitions. This years team ii
4 superior in a remarkable degree over.
the team sent to Camp Perry last year
and had%the advantage OF an entire
week practise as a team before leav..5
Ing the city. The team this year is
8 also provided with star gagged rifles,
which have been given exhaustive tests
and which. under the slkilful eye of
nossible. ,yo,.kis o 49,. put - tiie pese
All week teams and individual rifle
men have been pouring Into Camp Per-
~ IRON al directions and the range
outside Q OF the firing lines is dotted
With their camps.
F1Fvry 5r1,A nts IN TIME
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+ It. Col. r. K. Evans, U. S. A., who
took command as executive officer of
the matches. He has nearly 100 reg
ular army officers and 1000 men under
him who will have charge Of all firing
marking and scoring. and compilation
of statistics during the matches. 1t is
expected that As to 90 teams will line
up Monday morning for the national
team match for which Congress pro-
'vides the trophy and the cash prizes.
Each team is composed of IL men with
three alternates and a complement OF
officers. The shooting is at 200 yards
slow. fire, GOO yards, 500 yards, 100 yards,
200 yards rapid fire and skirlmish run
and it Is expected that this match
will occupy all of Monday and Tues
day. The teams present represent the
u. s. infantry and cavalry, navy and
Marine corps and naval academy. and
the national guard Of the various states
and territories.
CLASSIFICATION.
They are divided into three classes on
the basis of their standing in the match
last year as follows Glass A, u. S. in
fantry, u. S. navy. u, IS. cavalry, u. S.
marine corps, Wisconsin,, Massachu-
sets, u. S. Naval academy, Pennsyl-
vania, District of Columbia, washing
ton. Illinois. Iowa. Oregon. Maine and
Ohio: class 3, Oklahomn. New Hamr-&
shire. Colorado. California. New York,
MARYLAND. New Jersey. Minnesota.
Kansas Missouri. Hawaii. Indiana.
Michipan. West Virginia. and Ken
tmcky:' class q. wyoming Connecticut.
Georgia, Rhode Island, Arizona. Ala
hama South Carolina. Tennessee. Ne
hrasi,a Delaware. North Dakota. Texas.
Vern,ont Virginia Arkansas New Mex
loo Utah. Mississippi. Louisiana and
North Carolina.
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