Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-20
CURRENT TOPICS IN WESTERLY
Local Overseers at Rocky Point Meeting-Dernocratc Caucus Campbell Wedding Military Inter- ests-Gettng Ready For Trolley Extension 50 Weekpaug Gold Prize For Timothy J. Connoza

The state rifle ranges at Rumford and Westerly will be opened June 1 to / remain open until September 1. Major Arthur N Nash has been ap- pointed range officer for the Westerly range, which will be the practice place for the Fifth company and the offls cers resident in Westerly. The orders for the practice season have just been issued and state that no officer or sol der will be permitted to shoot on the range unless he has received tho necessary preliminary instruction in nomenclature, mechanism and manip- ulation of the arm he is to qualify with, which fact will be certified to by the company commander on the iden- titication card.
 In addition 10 the medals for the qualifications offered by the state, trO- phies to be awarded by competition are offered by the governor, the lieutenant governor, the adjutsnt general and the state.
 It is proposed to send a team to the meet of the New England Military Rifle association at Wakefield. Mass, during the latter part of August. This team will be chosen strictly by com petition from among those qualifying as experts prior 10 August 5. In the event of the failure of enough to quail fly as experts, the highest sharpshOot CTS will be allowed to compete. A board of officers will prescribe the rules and make the selections. The team will consist of twelve principals and three alternates and officers de- tailed as captain, coach, spotter quar- termaster and medical officer. Pay, transportation and subsistence will be allowed as usual.
 The several commands eonstitatina tite Rhode lsiaud National guard are busily engaged drilling under final in structipns previous to the annual tour of duty at the forts at the entrance to Narrasansett bay or at the state camp ground at Quonset Point. The Fifth company. Westerly, i@ making earnest endeavur to make as good a showing as any other company of the coast artillery corps.
 The officers of the coast artillery corps will go to Fort Creole for a whole week preceding that of the re- speotive commands, and will thus have the benefit of special officers train ing before joining their several or ganizations for actual work The of ficers of the calvary commands will go to the cavalry maneuyers in Yer mont IOT Weeh anu tn6 luSlruCUonS there received will be of advantage when they go into camp at Quonset.
 The tours of duty will begin earlier tllis year than usual, the hospital corps and light battery going to Quonset on June 29 for an encsmp- ment of eight days. On July the officers of the coast artillery districts will go to Newport for a week of instruction at Fort Creole. In years past 1t has been the custom for the sixteen companies constituting the two artillery districts to do their tour of duty at the same time, tho com panies being distributed among the several forts in Narragansett bay. This year there will be a change and each district will perform it's tour of duty separately. The troops of the Second district will leave Providence on the morning of Sunday. June IA, and will return the following Sunday morning. The same steamer that brings the re- turning soldiers will on the same day transport the companies of the First district, including the Westerly con- mand, to the same destination.
 The encampment of the cavalry win be at Quonset Point some time in August