The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-02
IDEAL DAY FOR
RIFLE CONTESTS
cood Shooting Marks COmpe-
titiOn Yesterday at
Fort Douglas.
urbTHER IS PERFECT
lanai 6UARDSMEN PROVE
70 BE GOOD MARKsMEN.
WEATHER IS FEhFECl

,. Daro17l guardsmen held their
ID rifle competition on the Fort
s5' range sunday. The weather con-
I--7- were perfect and the day was an
--.-- flr shooting. The sun was hid
hind clouds the greater part Of the
aud the temperature was cool
fl, -ul life into the men. The
tls-5v laEau at 7:30 o'clock and con-
mill Z.35 o'clock, finishing just in
49, In avoid the rainstOrm which came
L-- +ra reservation during the after
u'L nv reason of the courtesy OF the
Ie5- and men of the Fifteenth United
49, infantry. the sixty odd cOmpetit-
---srs enabled to shoot under strict
u-r-+i0n conditions. So far as prac-
ssTs the conditions governing the
----I were the same as those at the ma
r rifle competition, annually held at
-l perry. Ohio. Lieutenant Sillman of
~ t7freauth United States infantry was
..-.t--i-aL officer, and score cards, score
$3.50 and matters pertaining to the sta
l..-al end were fully prepared before
~. match was opened. Lieutenant
7T-HraU was his assistant.
'T-z score of each team and of each in
s.-i4rsI man was posted on the bulletin
1-s-5 within twenty minutes after the
last shot was fired Lieutenant Sillmau
f-r5s al the head Of the army in this
,-s of work and his services were So
r-rad as statistical officer of the COM
rr national match at Camp Peery. The
executive officer in charge of the COmpe-
-sfrr was Lieutenant Ned NJ. Green of
FL Fifteenth United States infantry, who
I, one of the crack shots of the army
and an executive officer with few equals.
be was assisted in his work by Captain
r f. Barnes. Y. q. IT,; Captain r. Lee
R0r Bourne n O.. T., Captain A. w.
Yarr n. O. IT, Lieutenant John T.
Waterman. Fifteenth United States in
f1ry. Lautr9aat Emory S. Adams,
Fifteenth Cuitj states Infantry.
The r.t. pits and targets were in
charge Hf Lieutenant a. O. Seaman. and
De was assisted ny Lieutenant T. Dewitt
Foster. N O. t.. Lieutenant George H
HIllasl Fifteenth infantry; Lieuten-
ant F. H. Miller. Fifteenth infantry;
Lieutenant D. 3. Carey, Fifteenth in
tlr-LF. Lieutenant A NJ. Sheets, y. G.
T.. Lieut.. raut We II. Barrett. y. G. e.
S1-.-=~ and benches were provided for
-1s men Jr the various ranges by Lieu
tenant d. d. Ellis Major May. at pres
at ll command of the post. and Captain
Willis .iu5. the adjutant, left nothing
rl|-H Tor the convenience and comfort
a. che contestants.
Scores Are Good.
T.e shooting opened at 7:3o o'clock and
lasted G-f- -.55 o'clock. during which
f-- r".S at the various ranges, max
ing LI' highest possible score to be
made l.. scores were all good and sew
rr- ll la mon made remarkable aver
ages Corporal +. Van Colt of the First
battery, a- the winner of the highest in
Lse-dl HaJch, having d score of 20
Tha First battery team was winner of
55l Oh No ] and No. team matches.
".- -.al- OF l--a points Company IT
7as second ln No. I match. with LOIS.
-.alF IS, ogden. was third. with 154
ana ssnal corps fourth. with $50 points.
% NE lEc sold medals awarded for
--t aeS- individual scores at the various
i-I9.s two were awarded TO members of
l-7 fiT>l battery, Two TO the members Of
.-- s.-Ha. corps and the fifth to the in
-ll.s .a.. The battery members also
-N-l'el q ID medals for the best team
sore Captain c. H. Arms, 7diutant of
-7 rTst infantry. made the highest score
on ne sk.~mlsn run, making 65 out of a
sS-o.r la points. He was, however.
-sllaEHed from receiving d medal for
ms srcra. as staff officers agreed not to
i--ell any medals whatever, but to
award them to the enlisted men. The
--'-t Tor nish score on the skirmish
-- vas awarded to Corporal L. Wire of
-7 FIRST battery, his score being "a
2IlS Just one point below that of Can
FhlilE EdfFfH
" ,le open individual match for places
u -t state rifle team which will go to
amp Perry the entire battery team Of
L5 men qualified for positions, and three
. sI on me signal corps team also quail
5- !ul places on the state team. show
: --al JHe individual shooting of these
W teams was FAR superior to the re-
a-11E seven infantry teams.
~ --e close or the shoot the contest
,-I were addressed by Adjutant General
& a. w rlEWood, who praised the men for
lL =o9I work and also thanked the Of
.s on On" Fifteenth infantry for the
-..5.l-e assistance Captain Uline, ad-
----.- OF me regiment. replied for the
7s-a. .-ieers and said that they were
----- az all times to give the gIlardsmen
!. assistance they needed. The officers
~ guard were later entertained at the
ulcers club. where a most eDfovabIe
.lerl1ou was spent.
Results.
me. -a1 high scores for the day were as
Two hundred yards. slow fire: First
,--2 sergeant g. W. Farrell, signal
---e5 hundred Yards. slow fire: Cor
-'- D. A. Lambert, First battery, +. A,
rye hundred yards. slow fire. Private
L-e-l-e, company F. First infantry, A.. /
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