The Washington times., 1916-12-25
VIII Dine at Expense Of Second
West Virginia Commissioned
Personnel.
MAKE MARKS OF EXPERTS
Local Cuardsmen Capture 2,o33
Points Out OF Possible
2,40o in Match.

LEON SPRINGS. Tex,. Dec. 10 Cby
maiD The officers OF the Third Reg
incnt. District militia, will dine at
the expense of the commissioned per
sonnel OF the Second west virginia
Regiment as n result OF their victory
In the interregimentai rifle match
just finished here. The District sharp
shooters and expert rincmcn also won
the championship OF the provisional
brigade which Col. Lyman V. kcnnon
organized here.
Col. Glendle Il. Young is anxious To
pit the District team against repre-.
sentatives OF all the other regiments
at Camp Wilson. Colonel Young fg'
ures shat "this II n solution of thc
high cost OF living problem, having
the officers OF other regiments pay iur
the dinners"
An Are .In on" Dinner.
Although only twelve officers from
each regiment participated In the
match, the agreement was that all
the officers In the organizations
should be "in on the dinner
Each member of the West virginia
regiments commissioned personnel
therefore will have to chip In his pro
rata share for the entertainment ot
the District officers and those from
tho Mississippi regiment who finished
second In the contest.
Colonel Young was immensely graf
ihed over the shooting OF the twelve
officers he selected to represent the
Third Regiment. The shooting was
not only done under the most unIh.
vorabie conditions. a high wind con
tinually sweeping tho range and bll
ter cold weather prevailing, but the
waHhIngtonians used regular issue
ammunition, while the MlsSiHsippianH
shot special ammunition.
Notwithstanding the fact that Lieu.
tenant Brhden. holder OF tho worlds
record for making hfty.siN conHccu'
tive bull'HcycH at Jacksonville last
fall, was n member OF the West Nir'
Einla team, that regiment was never
In the running. The gap between tho
DiatrIct team and the West Virgin
ihnH was 10 great when tho BOOynrd
range was reached the latte rcon'
cedcd victory and refused To waste
ammunition.
Made Expert Average.
The waShingtonians made total
of a.033 points out OF "a possible a,iOO,
oI an average OF ~ per cent. Their
average throughout the match was
that OF expert rifemen or Btttcr.
Lieut. Alfred q. Schmidt, COMPANY
-. shot all the ccntcrs out OF tho
targets" and finished with a total -
Is5 points out OF possible 200. ~
100 yards, rapid fire. he and captain
Theodore Heap made the possible 80.
Lieut. Walter white finished second
with $50 points; Lieut.. Edgar IL. Ger
Der, third, with 1TG: Lieut. David
Blakelock, fourth, with 1Ti: Captain
Heap, nfth. with iT3, and Capt. Clar'
cnce Adams sixth. with 40,
The District Officers ou-hot tho
Mississlppians on all but the 0O0-yard
range. where the water bugs roll,d
up $40 points to the Washing tonians'
l06
Colonel Young expressed the bcliet
that the fourteen-poi difference was
due TO the use OF the special ammuni'
lion by tho Mississippianr, their cart
ridges containing more powder and
consequently greater driving power
against the wind.
spertsmsniike Rivalry.
The match was characterized by
the utmost hvalry OF the good ma.
tured and sportsmanlike sort, the OF
fcers OF the three regiments contin'
ualiy bantering each other over the
scores.
Although the Mississippians went
to the 6O0yard range 81 points be-
hind the District team, they put up
a game battle and refused TO con-
cede victory to the wsshingtonians
until the last shot was hred.
The scores.
The scores OF the District officers at
the four distances were: |