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FOREST AND STREAM. 



The Neyaba Badge — Beyond the cavil of a doubt 

 Company A, Forty-eighth Regiment, of the Twenty-fourth 

 Brigade, represented by a team of forty -six men, have 

 won, and won not only the badge gallantly, but in a most 

 preponderating kind of way. It is a triumph, indeed, and 

 we most heartily congratulate the Oswego soldiers. In the 

 analysis of the score there is much to comment upon. The 

 distances being 200 and 500 yards, and the shots five at each 

 range, a natural excellence of shooting at the shorter range 

 is evident; of course there are exceptional cases where the 

 500 yard shooting by individuals is better. But the match 

 was won by the good marksmanship at 200 yards. Corporal 

 Fingerhut made at 200 yards 23, at 500, 22; total 45. There 

 are two several 41s and 40s, and 39s and 38s. An average 

 of over 27.75 to each one of the team, with the little practice 

 the Oswego men have had, shows what sound material they 

 are made of. Regiments composed of individuals drawn 

 from towns and cities in the interior of the State, where 

 the men are more used to arms than are our city men, will 

 and must develop skill. As our excellent contemporary, 

 the Army and JSavy Journal has it, to win the Nevada 

 Badge '-demands a full company of bona fide members, a 

 real military entity, not a paper skeleton. It demands that 

 every man shall shoot ; not a mere picked team. It de- 

 mands not only the smallest number necessary to constitute. a 

 company, but every man has to be there." The Oswego 

 team was a perfect company, having been represented by 

 its officers, musicians, and privates. 



Consolidated Report of Rifle Practice by Co. A, Forty eighth Regi- 

 ment, Twenty-fourth Brigade, Sixth Division, N. G. S.N. Y., at Os- 

 wego, on October 28th, 1875. 



Yards. 

 T'tl Name and rank. 200 500 

 James Ungues. private. 18 13 

 Sam 1 ! Leighten, prvc.18 



, on October 28th, 1875. 

 Yards . 

 Name and rank. 200 500 

 H. B. Heron, 1st lieut..6 

 T. W. Goodsell, 2d It.. 18 

 J. S. Barton, sergt....20 

 C. A. Barton, sergt..21 

 J. C. Harding, sergt..l2 

 L. L. Barnes, sergt — 19 

 Chas. Fingerhut,corp . .23 



L. Dale, corp 21 



R. T. O'Niel, corp 14 



A. Kimer, corp 19 



J. E. Slight, corp 21 



C. A. Cleming, Corp.. 10 



L.Miller, corp 22 



A. J. Hooker, corp 19 



-<J.E. SchafEer, mas.. 22 

 J. Bennett, private ...18 



G. Crav, private S3 



Wm. Chauncey, privt.20 

 M. Canlfleld, private.. 13 

 J. Caultteld, private.. 16 

 A. Cavalier,private — 22 

 J. Donovan, private.. 12 

 A. Harness, private.. 21 





 12 

 21 

 19 

 15 

 19 

 22 



5 



10 

 15 

 14 



2 

 16 



1 



15 



12 

 11 

 18 

 17 

 4 

 13 



Total. 



T'tl. 

 31 



30 Sain'l Leighten, prvt.. 18 2 20 



41 Joseph Lupin, prvt, 14 7 21 



40 D. E. Miller, private. .19 15 34 



27 Wm. McGraw, privt..20 7 27 



38 M. Montague, prvt ...13 5 18 



45 P. McCarthy, private.. 16 13 29 



26 Wm. McGufl'age, prvt. 6 6 



24 C. T. Nicholson, prvt. 15 12 2? 



34 J. NehfiE. private 8 7 15 



35 John Parsons, private. 16 16 

 12 A. Paine, private .... 16 8 24 

 38 J. Roland, private 14 10 21 



23 A. II. Smith, private.. 15 12 27 



31 Wm. Smith, private.. 17 10 27 

 40 H. H. Sanford, privt..li 3 17 

 38 F. J. Torbett, privt..21 11 32 



32 D. S. Tift, private ...19 9 28 



24 J. B. Wallace, private. 17 16 33 



34|F. Walker, private 21 8 29 



39;J. L. Wood, private.. 22 16 38 



16| Wm. Harper, private.15 13 28 



31; J. P. Hall, private. . . .15 12 27 



1,275 



Totals of th© other teams:— Company I, Seventh Infan- 

 try, 866; Company H, Seventh Infantry, 830. In neither 

 of the scores made by these teams higher than 41 was 

 reached, and then only once by a member of Company H. 

 The lesson given our own city is an excellent one, and we 

 hope they will profit by it. It must be understood that 

 military shooting is the foundation on which Creedmoor 

 must stand. Let us be well grounded in our prose gen- 

 erally, before we try the poetry of rifle practice. The sec- 

 ond match for the Nevada Badge is set down for October 

 '28th, 1876. We shall see then what improvement has been 

 ade. Look out for certain military marksmen about that 

 time who hail from San Francisco. 



—The Rochester Union, referring to the shooting of the 

 Oswego company for the Nevada Badge, says: "The secret 

 of their success lies in the fact that their rank and file are 

 tnade up of men more intelligent than the average of sol- 

 diers, and that for two years they have been practicing on 

 their range in Oswego. This is so conveniently situated 

 that in summer one may shoulder his musket after tea, go 

 to the range, fire a few rounds, and return again before 

 dark." 



American Rifle Association. — This association pre- 

 sents an attractive programme for Thanksgiving Day, 

 Thursday, November 25th. Hours of shooting, 10:30 A. M. 

 to 1 P. M., and 1:30 to 4 P. M. 1. Subscription Match. 

 Distance 300 yards; any rifle; trigger pull, three -pounds; 

 position, off-hand; entrace fee $1; half of entrance money 

 for benefit of association; balance divided between three 

 highest scores. 2. All-comers' Match. Conditions— Dis- 

 tance, 300 yards; any rifle; trigger pull, three pounds; po- 

 sition, off-hand; entrance $1. Prizes five in number, rang- 

 ing from $35 in value to $5. 3. De Peyster Badge Match 

 (presented by Gen. J. Watts De Peyster, value $300.) Third 

 competition. First winner, Cspt. C. F. Bobbins, Seventh 

 Regiment, N. G. S. N.Y.; second winner, Lieut. J. A. 

 Gee, Eighth Regiment, N. Y. S. N. Y. Distance 300 

 yards; open to aDy bona fide member of the National 

 Guard; military rifles only; position, off-hand; trigger 

 pull, six pounds; seven scoring shots, two sighting shots; 

 contestants must shoot in uniform (sec. 7, article 16 of 

 Rules and Regulations.) This must be adhered to in this 

 match. Entrance fee $2. Badge must be won three times 

 by one person before property passes. 4. Old Time Turkey 

 Shoot. Distance 100 yards ; weapon, any ; ammunition fur- 

 nished by the association; entrance fee, 15 cents per shot. 

 5. Team match between Company G, Seventy-first Regi- 

 ment, and Company B, Twenty-seventh Regiment. Officer 

 of the Day, Capt. Joseph H. Porter. The Seventy-first 

 Regiment Band'will be in attendance. Three more targets 

 are being erected by the Range Committee. Entries can 

 be made on the grounds on the day of the match. Trains 

 leave Grand Central Depot, New York, New Haven and 

 Hartford Railroad for Pelhamville at 9:5 and 10.05 A. M., 

 12 M. and 2 :20 P.M.: return at 12:30, 2:25, 5:15, 6:5 and 

 8 P. M. Stages will run from depot to range on arrival of 

 trains. Fare to those purchasing excursion tickets, 75 

 cents, Betura railroad ticket entitles holder to range and 



back in stages without extra charge. The challenges re- 

 ceived from the Scottish-American Rifle Club and the 

 Yonkers Rifle Association have been accepted, and the 

 team will be selected next Saturday by the Executive Com- 

 mittee. 



Morsemere. — This range seems to be in full blast, and 

 matches are of every-day occurrence. Challenges have 

 been sent to the Mount Vernon, the Irvington, and Scot- 

 tish-American Rifle Clubs. On Friday next, the 19th inst, 

 the first association rifle match will take place on this 

 range between the Hudson River Rifle Association, of 

 PougLkeepsie, and the Yonkers Rifle Association. The 

 team selected to represent the association is as follows:— 

 Douglas Smyth, Frederic Shonnard, L. M. Ballard, A. H. 

 Jocelyn, G. L. Morse, H. L. Garrison, Henry Quinn, and 

 W. F. Underhill. But should the team consist of only six 

 members two of these will be withdrawn and held in re- 

 serve. 



Boston. — The rifle organization in Boston seems to be 

 fast approaching perfection. Last week a meeting of promi- 

 nent gentlemen and citizens was held at No. 55 Broomfield 

 street, Dr. Hazeltine presiding, and Mr. A. C. Sawyer of- 

 ficiating as Secretary. Messrs. W. H. Jackson, C. E. San- 

 born, and E. W. Messenger were appointed to select the 

 proper locality for a range. Neponset will probably be the 

 place chosen. All the leading journals in Boston favor the 

 rifle movement. 



— The Rochester Union says: "In Syracuse the Rifle As- 

 sociation of the Sixth Division are making progress with 

 their range. It is situated in De Witt, three miles from 

 Syracuse, on the New York Central Railroad, east of the 

 city. Trains carry passengers to within forty rods of the 

 1,000 yards firing point — fare six cents. The selection. of 

 the range and preparation of the same is in most judicious 

 hands. The committees of this association are elected, and 

 the election for Chairman, of the Range Committee fell 

 upon Major R. Griffin, Jr., an accomplished civil engineer. 

 Before beginning work on the range a map was made, and 

 specifications to the smallest details. There w r ill be an em- 

 bankment 240 feet long and 20 feet high, surrounded by a 

 crib 10 feet high, with a fence for the whole range, which is 

 100 yards wide and 1,000 yards long. The ground has been 

 thoroughly grubbed and cleaned from trees, and graded in 

 the uneven spots, and the markers' trench completed and 

 ready for the targets. Surely the path of the Syracuse 

 shootist has fallen in pleasant places. The opening meet- 

 ing will take place next Spring." 



Prize Shooting in New Jersey on Thanksgiving Day. 



The New Jersey Scheutzen Corps, Capt. W. F. Schuman, 



will have a prize shooting at Scheutzen Park, Union Hill, 

 N. J. , on Thanksgiving Day, to which they invite all rifle- 

 men and lovers^of the sport. The targets are open to all 

 comers. On the "Target of Honor," ring target, are poultry 

 prizes, etc., worth $1.50; tickets for three shots, $1; num- 

 ber of tickets unlimited, but each shooter can get only one 

 prize. On the target "Union," ring target, are twenty 

 prizes, valued at $150, to be divided as follows:— First 

 prize, $25; last prize, $2; tickets for three shots cost $2; 

 number of tickets unlimited, but each shooter can win but 

 one prize. On the Man Target are "ten perpendicular 

 lines," also twenty prizes of the value of $150; first, $25; 

 last, $2; tickets for five shots cost $2; number of tickets 

 unlimited; rule same as above. Bullseye targets— The vis- 

 ual or false centre on this target is 12 inches, the bullseye 4 

 inches in diameter; fifteen shots for $1; number of shots 

 unlimited. After deducting all the expenses the receipts 

 will be equally divided among the bullseye shots. Pool 

 shooting, premiums, for the most bullseyes, $5; second, 

 $3; third, $1. Shooting commences at 9 o'clock A. M., 

 and ceases at 4:50 P. M. Intermission between 12 and 1 

 o'clock. 



The Plainfield (N. J.) Rifle Association will have a 



contest with the Pioneer Rifle Club, at Plainfield, on 

 Thanksgiving Day. The associations will be represented by 

 teams of six, and the prizes offered are a handsome rifle to 

 the successful team, and a gold medal to the maker of the 

 highest individual score. The Plainfield Rifle Association 

 comprises among its members Capt. Edward Feckner, of 

 Company K, Twelfth Regiment; Capt. Wing Burton, In- 

 spector of Rifle Practice, Twenty-third Regiment, and sev- 

 eral members of the same company. 



Chicago. — The following are the scores made by the Chi- 

 cago Rifle Club at their late practice at the rifle range at 

 South Park, November 6th. Distance 500 yards, ten shot :- 



Name. Score 



S. B. Sexton 48 



R. S. Thompson 48 



A H. Simouton ...44 



George Willard. 42 



J. A. Shaffer... 42 



Forty-eight out of a possible 50 is very fine shooting. 



The Inter-State Match at Jackson, Mich.— The in- 

 ter- State match which was commenced at Pleasant Lake, 

 Ind. on the 27th of October, and was left unfinished on 

 account of darkness, was again shot at Jackson, Mich., 

 November 10th, as per agreement, resulting in a victory for 

 the Jackson team of 22 points over the Chicago team, and 

 11 points over the Fort W«yne team. The teams were the 

 same as before except in the Chicago team, where Mr. 

 Adams took the place of J. B. Brad well, and on the Fort 

 Wayne team, Mr. Rundel taking the place of Z. Hopkins. 

 Mr. R. was on the original team, but had been unable to 

 attend the first match. Major H. Fulton was present and 

 chosen referee by the teams. The weather was very dis- 

 agreeable in the forenoon, raining part of tie time, but 

 clearing up about noon it was quite pleasaut. The match 

 passed off very smoothly, and the greatest harmony pre- 



Name. Score. 



S. W. Bnrnham 41 



A. G. Alford 40 



S. E. Bliss 38 



H. W. S. Cleveland 36 



H. G. Howe 31 



vailed among the shooters. The day ended up with a meet- 

 ing of the teams in the parlors of the Hibbard House, at 

 which Major Fulton was chosen Chairman. Presentations 

 of prizes were then in order. Col. Thompson presented 

 the Jackson team with the prize they had won — a silver ice 

 pitcher — and made a few appropriate remarks, after which 

 a fine gold headed cane, valued at $35, was presented to 

 Col. Thompson, as he had made the highest individual 

 score, 35 out of a possible 35; a fine silk muffler, also won 

 by him at 800 yards. Gen. A. F. Devereaux also received 

 a fine silk muffler for the second highest score at 500 yarns. 

 The following are the scores. Distance 500 yards, out of 

 a possible 35: — 



CHICAGO TEAM. 



Name. Score. 



S. B. Sexton 27 



George Willard .....32 



George Buttenmueller .19 



Name. Score 



T. D. Williams gj 



George E. Adams 25 



A. S. Thompson "'..35 



Total 159 



FOKT WATK3 TEAM. 



J. C^Beeks 28;T. F. Cordery 21 



22 



33 



W. W. Stinnett 30iC. Kundel. 



D.D. Weisel 29;A. F. Devtraux. 



Total iro 



JACKSON TEAM. 



G. H. Wolcott 32| J. H. Harrington 33 



J. A. Parkinson 32 T. J. Conely 31 



C.H. Blair ...22|A. Fifleld ,..33 



Total.... 181 



After the team match the Coltrin c% Purdy cane match 

 was shot for. Distance 500 yards, with three shots. This 

 was won by Col. Thompson, of the Chicago Rifle Club. 

 The following are the scores: — 



Name, o Score 



Z. Hopkins 1 1 



A. Fifield JO 



W. W. Stinnett 7 



Coptam Bogardus ll 



Name. Score. 



Colonel R. S. Thompson 14 



S. B. Sexton 14 



C.H. Wolcott 13 



R. J. Haire 13 



C. Bundel 13 



Col. Thompson and S. S. Sexton then shot off the tie, 

 which resulted as follows: Col. Thompson, 5; Sexton, 3. 

 A defective cartridge cost Mr. Sexton one miss. 



— The following scores wtre made by the Jackson Rifle 



Club of Jackson, Mich., at their practice on the 9th inst. 



Distance 500 yards; out of a possible 35:— 



Name. Score. 



J. A. Parkinson 34 



George Blair 34 



J. H. Harrington 35 



Total 169 



Name. Score. 



T. J. Conely 33 



A. S. Fifield 33 



Des Moines. — Still they come, more and more rifle asso- 

 ciations. The tens of thousands of riflemen who made 

 Stuttgart their rendezvous this year will be insignificent lis 

 to size when we come to hive all our riflemen one of these 

 fine days in some grand convention. The following are the 

 officers of the Capital City Rifle Association of Des Moines, 

 Iowa:— President, Gen, K. B. Baker; Vice President, Gen. 

 R. V. Ankenny: Secretary, Col. John C. Parish; Treas- 

 urer, Major M. T. V. Bowman; Executive Committee, Col. 

 C. J. Clark, Polk city; Mr. O. D. Morris, Stuart; Capt. M. 

 T. Russell, Mitchelville; Col. F. Olmstead, Des Moines; 

 Major F. S. Sabin, Des Moines. 



California. —The annual prize meeting of the Califor- 

 nia Rifle Association passed off in a highly creditable and 

 satisfactory manner. The Sumner Guard, Company E, 

 First Regiment Infantry, carried off most of the prizes in- 

 dividually, besides taking second place in the military team 

 shooting. The Remington Creedmor rifle was won by 

 David Watson, of that company, who also carried off the 

 Kellogg Cup, besides which five other members of the 

 company captured prizes. Mr. Sheldon J. Kellogg, for- 

 merly a member of Company A, Twenty- third Regiment, 

 Brooklyn, won a gold medal of the first class, value $40, 

 presented by the association. The prizes were distributed 

 on October 29th, and addional eclat was given to the pro- 

 ceedings of the C. R. A. by a grand promenade concert 

 and other jollifications. 



Canada.— On the 29th of October the Northumberland 

 County Rifle Association had their meeting. The first 

 match was open to all members of the association; ranges, 

 400, 500 and 600 yards; five rounds each; Wimbledon tar- 

 gets. We give the leading scores :— 

 No Name. Points. jNo. Name. Points. 



1— James Ferguson 53k- Andrew Day 49 



2— James Pallen 53'5— Huga McDonald 47 



3- John McRae - . .50|6-Herbert Pallen 46 



The second match was open only to members of the as- 

 sociation who had never won an association prize previous 

 to the present meeting. The ranges were 400 and 500 yards, 

 five rounds at each. The winners, with their scores and 

 prizes, were as follows: — 



Name. Points. 

 Donald Cameron — 30 

 Peter Mc Adam 27 



The annual match for the Challenge Cup presented by 

 Hon. Peter Mitchell to No. 7 Battery of Artillery took 

 place at the Chatham Range. The scores of the competi- 

 tors were as follows: — 



Name. Points.! Name. Points. 



M. J. O'Keefu 40 David Paterson , « 



James Pallen .46 H. PaJlen » 



J. W*. Frazer 46|P. McAdani <>* 



Mr. O'Keefe is consequently the possessor of the cup for 

 this year. 



Foreign Notes.— Mr. John Rigby has written a letter to 

 the editor of the Volunteer Service Gazette in regard to the 

 defeat of the Canadians in their late match at Creedmoor. 

 He says: "No safe conclusion can be drawn as to the qual- 

 ity of the shooting at Creedmoor in relation to the weather 

 on the day of the match. The comparison of rifles is 

 equally unsafe." He further states that the rifles used by 

 the Provincials of his make were old, and that the Reming- 

 tons and Sharps were new. This we freely grant Mr. 

 His concluding sentence is: "£>n the other hand r 



Prize. I Name. Points. Prize. 



$5 001W. N. Bain 24. $4 00 



4 50 i David Paterson 20 3 50 



