The Harrison times., 1911-09-09
More Abont Camp Perry and the Trip
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Seeing that our trip to Camp
Perry escaped the waste basket
will tell you something more about
Camp Perry and our trip home.
Camp Perry is the location of the
Rife Range of the state of Ohio and
was selected by the National Board
for the promotion of small arms
practice; and the National Rife As
sociation of America as the place for
holding the National Tournament
for 1911. 1t is located on the
southern shore of Lake Erie %
miles east of the city of Toledo,
Ohio, and FIVE miles west of the
county seat town of Port Clinton
on Lake Erie, in Ottawa county.
1t is on the Toledo division of the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railway From a little station, La
carne a spur track runs direct into
the camp grounds which contains
about 400 acres of land. 1t is so
arranged that the shooting is done
directly north into Lake Erie. The
firing is all done from one common
firing line which serves the short,
middle and long ranges.
When the team arrives in camp
the team captain may report to the
adiutant at the administration
building. Here he registers his team,
the next thing is his quarters and
equipment; for this he reports to
the post quartermaster, Each COM
petitor is entitled to a cot, mattress,
stool, washpan, water bucket, tin
cup, broom, etc, but he furnishes
his own blanket and pillow. They
may board at nearby farm houses
or at the Mess Hall Farmers who
keep boarders will come in regularly
after their boarders in farm wagons
but charge 5 cents for each trip,
81 90 per day for board making a
total of S1.l5 per dav for board,
but where we boarded was a fine
place, very homelike
The Mess Hall is a two story con
crete building in which is located a
first class boarding house with
meals served at 80 cents each, a bar
Der shop, news stand a notion
store, pool hall, a refreshment stand,
a post exchange, telegraph Office, a
sub station of the Port Clinton post
office which we ordinarily called
Camp Perry post office. The cor
rect address however would be
Camp Perry, Port Clinton, Ohio.
There is also help;your-self coun-
ter on which may be found almost
everything in the ordinary line Of
catabl's After making your selec-
tons you are confronted with the
cashier who sizes your pile Of eat
ables and then sizes your little
change which is usually a plenty.
There is a club house near the beach
which is intended for commissioned
officers and for a number of other
different kinds of visitors which |
did not take the trouble to find out
A man of my own rank is not sup
posed to visit it without a card Of
introduction from a commissioned
officer. Near this is q ladies camp
where officers wives were camped.
The nearest regular hotels are at
Port Clinton. Visitors who wish
to board in town may do SO. The
train leaves Port Clinton at $50
and reaches Camp Perry at $50.
In the evening he can reach Port
Clinton about 6 o'clock. There are
three outgoing and three incoming
mails each day in Camp Perry,
The camp is under the regulations
of the acknowledgement Of the state
of OHIO While there were a great
many people in camp there was lit
tie or no sickness 1t rained two
days while we were in camp. 1t
was very cool while there, being
necessary to have fire a good deal
of the time, two days were SO cool
that those who had overcoAts put
them on and buttoned them up;
Others were shivering as though it
was winter time,
Our corps from Arkansas, while
they did not make such high scores,
were busy gathering information
which they could impart to their
boys at home. 1t was seen on the
range that our principal deficiency
lies in the skirmish run andNthe long
ranges. Under difficult conditions
such as high winds no man can
make good score at long ranges
without slkillful practice. Under fav-
orable conditions any man with