Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-15
HOPE TO WIN LAURELS
District RifIemen Going to
Camp Perry Tuesday.
TEAM IN HIGHEST CLASS
Finished Last Year Among the First
Twelve.
VALUABLE PRIZES OFFERED
Indications Are Favorable to a
Successful Meet-Most Exciting
Competitions Assured.

gagged i'm an onslaught on Boston the
| coming week, the rife team of the local
brigade will move on Camp Perry. Ohio.
and hopes to win some laurels for the
National Capital participants in the
matches of the National Rife Associa-
ton of America. Leaving, Washington
| Tuesday. the brigade rifle team is sched-
uled to reach the huge Ohio ranges We'd
the close of the matches. September :.
Eighteen strong, the District team Will
go into the competitions this year with a
record of finishing among the first dozen
among the more than half hundred
teams that were entered twelve months
ago. They will be classed among the best
of the teams on the ranges and much is
| expected of them.
| Team Personnel.
The personnel of the team has been an
nounced, as follows:
| Lieut.. Col. James f. Bell, n. c. D. c.,
retired, inspector small arms practice.
Capt. Frederick II. Heidenreich. assist
ant inspector small arms practice.
! Capt. William w. Cookson, 1st Infan-
| try.
Capt. George G. Dennison, n. G. D. c.,
retired.
First Lieut.. Frank w. Holt, ordnance
department, y. G. d. c.
! First Lieut.. Thomas f. McAnally, ord
nance department. N. G. D. C.
First Lieut.. Ralph Alderman, ordnance
| department, n. G. ID. C.
First Lieut.. Harry c. Caldwell, LIST In
| fantry, ". CT. D. c. ,
First Lieut.. Willard B. Hodgson, I'd In
fantry, n. G. d. c.
First Lieut.. Richard Powers, 1st In
I 70 ,frt~ N
First Lieut.. Charles NJ. Putnam, y. G.
d. c., retired.
Second Lieut.. Louis a. Clausel, I'd In
| fantry.
sergt. Thomas Brown, Company l. lst
sergt John F. Mater, Company L, I'd
! Infantry.
sergt. John II. Cole. I'd Infantry
Corp. Joseph D. Schriver, Company l.
| LIST Infantry.
Private A. c. Colt, Company G, I'd In
/ fantry.
Private ]. r. Fehr. Company I, list In
| fantry.
Capt Frederick H. Heidenreich. assist
! ant inspector of small arms practice, will
| be team captain.
| Lieut.. Col. James f. Bell, \. G. D. c.,
retired inspector Of small arms practice,
will be range officer.
First Lieut. Thomas F. McAnally.
| ordnance department, n. G. d. c., will
| be team coach.
| First Lieut.. Willard B. Hodgson, I'd In
| fantry, will be team spotter and quarter
| master.
District Team in These.
| The formal matches in which the De-
troit team will participate will begin
Monday, August %. The national team
| match is the first event to be run off,
| and that will be followed by the national
| individual match and the national pistol
match. The previous Friday and Satur-
day will be given over to preliminary
| team practice.
Because of the excellent showing made
| by the District rifiemen in the contests
last year. the local team will be in the
| highest of the three classes into which
all the entering teams will be divided
| Glass A is composed of the first fifteen
teams. according to their standing in the
| competition last year. and that includes
| the men from the National Capital. Only
| the teams in this class are eligible for
the national trophy, the most sought of
all the team prizes. In class B will be
| the second group of fifteen teams ac-
coring to their standing last year, and
they will compete for the Hilton trophy
| For class { teams the first prize is
The Bronze Soldier of Marathon
In this national team match there will
be one representing the infantry and an
other the cavalry branch of the United
| States Army, one representing the United
States Navy, one from the United States
| Marine Corps. one from the United States
Military Academy. one from the United
| States Naval Academy and one team from
| the militia of each of the states, terri
| tories and the District OF Columbia. Each
team will include twelve men.
In National Individual Match.
| Members Of the local brigade team will
| also participate in the national individual
| match, which will follow the conclusion
| of the team match. Gold medals and
cash prizes will be awarded to the twelve
best shots as demonstrated by this com
petition. the second dozen men will re-
ceive silver medals and cash prizes and
the third twelve men will get bronze
medals. A national Pistol match is the
concluding one on the program, and the
same men are eligible. Other special
matches have also been arranged.
From Camp Perry, some of the MEM
bers of the local rifle team will proceed
to Sea Grit to compete in the matches
sylvania State Rife Association, which
will continue from September 3 to IL, in
elusive. Many distinguished visitors are
expected to attend the matches, and for
a part of the time Gov. Fort will enter
tain at his summer home nearby There
will also be a number of social functions
to relieve the tension of the more seri-
Gus work. The annual banquet of the AS
SOcldflon OIL American International Rifle
men will be held while the competitions
are on.
| One Of the unique matches on the pro-
gram is the Maxim lang-ranga match, at
loo yards. in which the Maxim Isl
| lencer' is permitted. Mr.. Maxim has Of
| fered gold medal and 500 for this
| match, and the money will be distributed
| among the twenty-seven men to finish in
| the lead.
| Signs Indicate Success.
Dispatches from Camp Perry range are
10 the effect that all signs point to most
successful week for the sixth annual
tournament of the Ohio State Rifle Assoc
citation. More riflemen are there than
were in attendance on these matches LAST
year or the year before. attracted by the
| unusually rich prizes and the variety of
the matches. During the last week the
officers of the range have been busy get
| ting up tents and otherwise completing
! the arrangements to take care of rho
| teams and individuals who will occuny
j the range for the next two weeks or
longer. The Ohio National Guard match
es. which closed Friday, were the most
successful in the history or that organi-
cation. and the places vacated by the
state guardsmen are being taken by those
from all parts of the United States.
| Tomorrow the Catrow cup will be con-
| tested for. and the large list of entries
| gives promise of an exciting competition.
| The conditions make 1t a rival of the
| Leach cup. being seven shots at 500, 800
and 600 yards. respectively. Col. H. c.
| Catrow of the Ohio National Guard has
| match. and there are twelve cash prizes,
| with "A gold medal to the winner who