The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-15

Lay sN4UShctt > co0l, 81 INDUSTRIOUS
memory, wouldn't wait long before
coming down, if he were up a tree
and some of the rifemen of the Ma.
tional Guard of Hawaii were down be-
low with their guns aimed and ready
to be fred. He would come down with
out stopping to parley. For the Guards,
men can shoot some, as has been demon.
strated within the past few days at
target practise in the competition for
selection for the rifle team that is TO
go TO Camp Perry to represent the Ma,
tional Guard of Hawaii in the annual
shoot
If Hawaii does as we'll at Camp Perry
as she has done in the home range.
her rifle team should stand very near
the top of the list next month when
the contest is finished. For some of the
scores made by members of the Ma
tional Guard of this Territory are re-
markable, to put it mildly
At rife practise last Sunday. Private
Henry Williams, of Company A, First
Regiment, made eleven straight bull s.
eyes at 500 yards. This is the "pos-
sible Y-all that can be made at that
range. Each shot counts five points.
Henry Williams fred eleven shots, and
scored five points for each shot. In
other words, his record can not be
beaten.
At range of 1000 yards, Mr.. vii.
liams made ~ out of possible 30; al
geo yards, 45 out of possible So and
he made 43 out of a possible so on the
skirmish run.
At 200 yards, slow fire, Williams
made 43, and at the same distance
rapid fire, he scored 40. Altogether
his shooting is very remarkable and
should go far toward raising the per
centage of the team even if the Other
members were not in his class.
But some of them undoubtedly are
For instance, Joe Gouveia, non-com
missioned staff officer, made SO on the
skirmish run. Captain A. W. Nicely ,:
average at last Sundays practise wa!
295 out of a possible $50, which il
regarded as remarkably good shooting
AM order will be issued this Weef
by Adjutant General Jones that tht
team which is to go to Camp Perry
will be chosen, after the final practise
shoot on next Sunday. Fifteen mer
are to be taken out of the eighteen
best shots in the regiment. The team
will leave Honolulu on the 2Sth o.
this month on the Alameda or on tn,
3rd of August. They will be absen
about six weeks, probably visiting Seat
tie to take IN the fair before they re
turn. It will Cost them only $15 extr;
to go to Seattle and it is probable tina
most of them, if mot all, viii take ad
vantage of the opportunity offered.
An invitation has been received from
Mayor John +. Miller. of Seattle, ant
the City Council, for Ahe Hawaiian riff
team to visit that city and see tn
exposition. The invitation reads tina
4sThe City of Seattle by its Mayor an
Council, extends to the silarpshooters
cordial invitation to visit the Alaska
Yukon-Pacifc Exposition, to be he'll
in this city from June the first f
| October sixteenth, 1907 1T is signe,
by FL. C. Gill, President of Athe Coun
ell, and John F. Miller, MayoR.
The average made by the bTawaiial
rifemen at practise this year Us yer,
close to the mark of the winning tear
at Camp Perry last year, total Of 1876
points being scored by the best lively
men at practise last Sunday against
a little over $500 made by the winner:
at the National shoot in 1908.
One man from Company D, of Hilo
is in town, competing for a place OF
the team It is understood that ht
stands very good chance of being
| among the select fifteen.