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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[April 16, 1891, 



haiisted >iy his side. That would be a grand teat and possibly 

 please our wiseacre scolds, but we propose to go right on with our 

 plan, aiaking the match so easy and convenient that no one who 

 can shoot and wishes to shall be debarred by any oppressive con- 

 ditions as to place and time. We want the best work and we will 

 probably get it. While we have no personal interest in any gal- 

 lery, we think it very poor policy to sneer at those who run such 

 excellent resorts and possibly Renette and Rigby from the other 

 side aud a dozen excellent shooting masters on this side of the 

 water may have something to say on this aspect of the case. 



We repeat the conditions of tMs match in this place and re- 

 mind our readers that the trial targets will be sent post free on 

 request. We shall be glad to receive samples of partictjlarly 

 good targets made for publication and encouragement of those 

 engaged in practice. 



CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH CONDITIONS. 



In accordance with the instructions of the donor we would lix 

 the following as the conditions of the match for the Amatenr 

 Revolver Champion?hii) of America, open to any American citi- 

 zen or permanent resident: 



Any revolver, masLmum length of bore, including cylinder, 

 ten inches. 



Any trigger pull. 



Any sight, both siglits to be on the barrel or forward of the grip 

 of the pistol hand. 

 Any fixed ammunition. 



Cleaning allowed only between scores of sis shots. 



Position standing, free from any artificial support, the revolver 

 held in one hand only with the arm free from the body and un- 

 supported in any way. The rear sight shall not be nearer to the 

 eye than twelve inches. 



Target— Ready measurement dislfs, one Shot ou each disk and 

 the measui-ement to be taken by mechanical Vernier scale from 

 center of disk to the center of the shot hole. 



Scores— Aggregate of best three in five ecores, each score'. to con- 

 sist of six coaseeutiTe rounds. The five scores to be fired consecu- 

 tively. 



Amateur Standing— The standing of a contestant as amateur 

 and professional to be determined in each individual case by 



FOKEST AND STREAM ruleS. 



Yfhere not in conflict with conditions herein, the rules of the 

 Massachusetts Rifle Association for revolver competitions to 

 hold. The decision of Forest and Stream to be final on all 

 points. 



Places of holding the competitions will be fixed, with considera- 

 tion to the convenience of contestants, and one month's notice will 



be given of exact time and place. It has been already determined 

 to have competitions at New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Chi- 

 cago. These finals open to all comers, and will be in charge of 

 the shooting editor of Forest and Stream or his representative. 



Preliminarily to the final shoots for the championship, which 

 wUl be held several months from date, and in order to develop 

 shooting ability. Forest and Stream -will open a season of trial 

 shooting. The targets for this test may be had free of cost on 

 application to the oflice of Poresi and Stream. By their use 

 the revolver shot may fix his progress, and the ready measure- 

 ment feature in them enables a quick determination of the total 

 number of inches in tht six stiots. 



Any winner of the trophy shall hold it subiect to challenge for 

 a term of two years, after which it shall become his personal 

 property. Upon receiving a challenge the holder shall agree with 

 the challenger upon a place and date for their meeting not later 

 than six weeks from the receipt of the challenge, of which meet- 

 ing at least two weeks' notice shall be given through Forest and 

 Stream, and the shooting at said meeting shall be under the same 

 conditions as the original competitions for the championship 

 trophy. In case of a failure to agree upon a time and place of 

 meeting they shall be fixed by Forest and Strb.am. 



The trophy shall be deposited in the custody of Forest ASD 

 Stream at least one day prior to any challenge meet, and if re- 

 quired, holders must give bonds to Fore.st and Stream for its 

 safe return. 



The holder shall not be required to accept a challenge pending 

 the determination of a challenge shoot already under date. In 

 case of any dispute Hbnut the right of priority in shooting chal- 

 lenges. Forest and Stre.am shall determine the order of shoot- 

 ing. All expenses of targets and gallery will be borne by Forest 

 AND Stream. Contestants will defray all other expenses. 



SUNFLOWER RIFLE CLUB.— Topeka, Kansas.— The interest 

 in rifl« shooting is apparently increasing all over the country, and 

 aa the season opens w e will hear the clear crack of the .33s and 

 the new 35s, and as the times grow better there will come again a 

 grand boom In target practice. We can but admire the per- 

 sisteEce with which some of the old reliable clubs have held to 

 regular practice, noticeable among which we will name the Cin- 

 cinnati Rifle Club, of wliich Capt. Gindele is a member. It is a 

 worthy, honorable and healthful recreation, and well worth the 

 time and expense to any hard-working business man, and we bope 

 to see all riflemen take bold of the interest and help push it to the 

 front. Here in Kansas we have started the ball rolling by organ- 

 izing anew club in Topeka with a charter membersliip of twenty- 

 one. The name of the club is to be the Sunflower Rifle Club, of 

 Topeka, Kan. Several new good shots having recentlv come to 

 the city there was little trouble in effecting an enthusiastic 

 organization. The officers were elected as follows: Robert Max- 

 well, president; Ben Striekfaden, vice-president; G.Irwin Royce. 

 sec'y and capt. of contesting teatns. A match was made with the 

 Expectation Rifle Club, of Jcew Orleans, La., to ha shot Monday 

 evening, March 31; gallery -listance ISJ^yds., .23cal. rifles, 10-men 

 teams, 10 shots, standard American target, and resulted as follows: 

 Sunflower Rifle Club 701. Expectation Rifle Clu^ 648. It is likely 

 that a return match will be shot soon. The Sunflower Rifle Club 

 will confine their practice to gallery work umil the weather 

 becomes settled, when a fine 200yd. range will be fitted up and 

 regular practice, matches and individual contests will be the 

 order of the day. The club is open to a challenge from any club, 

 gallery distance, .32cal. rifles, 10-meu teams, the match to be shot 

 at any time on short notice. — G. I. R. 



EPHRATA. Pa., April 11.— On Friday afternoon the members 

 of the North End R fle Club formally opened the season's sport 

 by engaging in several hours target practice on tbe range, about 

 a halt a mile south of Ephr 'ta. The unfavorable weather kept 

 several of those who always attend the shoot, away, as it was 

 c]oud> and cold and ocoasionallv rained somewhat. Tne follow- 

 ing scores were made, distance 200yds., ofiE-hand, standard Ameri- 

 can target: 



JMSheaflier 8 7 7 5 6 4 



L M Wiest 6 9 6 7 5 5 



M F Kqfroth 6 8 6 4 G 0 



WD Winters 8 6 5 6 7 5 



D B L»fever 4 3 10 5 4 7 



J AStober 6 5 5 5 6 6 



CKonigmacher 10 4 0 6 3 9 



EMPIRE RIFLE CLUB.— New York, April 7.— Scores made at 

 the regular weeklv shoot at 12 St. Mark's place: W. R-osenbaum 93, 

 A. Stahl, Jr. 91. C. ZH'tJer, -Jr. 89. W. Mifier 88. H. Zettler 86, W. 

 Maisenholder, 85, J. Zettler 83, G. Hillmeyer 73, W. Hammer 61, 

 G. Nowah 75, W. Smith 60. 



THE FORT SCHUVLER RIFLE ASSOCIATION of Utica will 

 have a tournament on its new range, Wednesday, April 23. Hand- 

 some cash prizes will be offered. 



Names and Portraits of Birds, by Gurdon Trumbuii. A 

 book particularly interesting to gunners, for by its use they cai 

 Identify without question ail the American gam© birds whiob 

 they may kilU Clotli, 220 pagesi price $3.f:0. For sale by FOBsei 



THE TRAP. 



7 

 7 



6 10 



4 8 



4 5 



5 4 

 3 3 



4 10-86 

 6 5—63 

 5-60 

 5—56 



4- 52 



5- 51 



6- 49 



Scores for pttMicaMon should he made out on tlic printed hlanKi 

 prepared by the Forest and Stream, and furnished s^-atis to dub 

 secretaries. Correspondents wlw favor us viitn club scores are por- 

 tieiHarly reqpjtested to wrUe on one side of the paper only. 



FIXTURES. 



If you want your shoot to be announced here 

 send in notice like the following: 



April 28-30. — New Haven Inter-State Association. 



May .5-6.— Algona (la.) Gun Club Tournament. Open to all. 

 •John G. Smith, Sec'y. 



May 5-7.— Pittsburgh Tournament. Open to all. Elmer E. 

 Shaner. Sec'y. 



May 5-7.— Auburn, N. Y., Gun Club Tournament. 8500 guaran- 

 teed. Professionals barred. Chas. W. Brister. Sec'y. 



May 5-9. -Grand Tournament of the Hill City Gun Club, Vicks- 

 burg. Miss. Open to all. Geo. H. Hill. Sec'y. 



May 13.— Eastern New I'ork Trap-Shoot-ers' League Tourna- 

 ment, held under the auspices of the West End Trap-Shooting 

 Association, of Albany, N. Y.. at their grounds on Co'vin avenue. 



May 13-14.— Grand Tournament of the South Side Gun Club, at 

 Watertown, N. Y. Open to all. L. H. Prentice, Sec'y. 



May 13-16.— Harris burg. Pa., Shooting Association Tournament, 

 assisted by the Intei'-State Manufacturers' and Dealers' Associ- 

 ation. Three days targets. One day live birds. H. M. F. Worden, 

 Sec'y. 



May 19-31.— Washinston (D. C.) Capital City Gun Club, assisted 

 by Inter-State Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association. Club 

 gives SI .000, Association guarantees .Sl.OOO, totnl $2,000. 



May 30.— Canajoharie (N. Y.) (jun Club Tournament. T. C. 

 Pegnim, Sec'y. 



June 3-5. — Saratoga Gun Club Shoot, assisted by the Inter-State 

 Mauufacturers' and Dealers' Association. Association guarantees 

 $1,000. club adds S3,000. total 13,000. 



.luue 15-19.— Thirty-third Annual Tournament of the New iTork 

 State Association for the Protection of Fish and Game, at Rome, 

 N. Y. M. R. Bingham, Sec'y. 



July 2-4.— Third Annual Tournament of Canastota (N. Y.) Gun 

 Club. E. B. Roberts, Sec'y. 



E. S. BENSCOTTEN. 



Chicago, 111., April 11.— This week Forest and Stream has 

 what in daily iournalism is called a "sensation," and what may, I 

 believe, also be called a complete "scoop." Months ago one of 

 the best-known trap-shooters of Ohio, one of the most'skilful of 

 the "rounders," and a man whose portrait is included in most of 

 the "galleries of prominent trap-shots," took up his possessions 

 and departedfor the West. He told one friend that he was "going 

 where he wasn't known, and where he could get into some shoots 

 and make some money." This may or may not have been liis 

 laudable intention. The fact remains that since last fall Eugene 

 S. Benscotten has not been seen in Ohio, and nothing has been 

 heard from him direct for months; his relatives have bsen seek- 

 ing for him, anxious to know even where he had been. For 

 months they have thought him foully dealt with, but have hoped 

 for the better, trusting that his foolish whim of disguising himself 

 may be the only cause of his passing out of knowledge. For 

 months Forest and Stream, knowing the great reluctance of 

 the family to have all the unpleasant facts brought out, has asked 

 for permission to give the whole matter publicity, knowing that 

 if E. S. Benscotten be dead it is a fact which should be deter- 

 mined, and that if he be alive, and for any reason whatever, from 

 shame, self-interest or bitterness, be hiding himself away from a 

 family as terribly anxious as his relatives have been, he ought to 

 be found out. 



Briefly stated, Benscotten left Ohio last November, went to 

 Spokane Falls, Wasbington, remained there, and while there shot 

 in a tournament under the name of "E. S. Brown," and w^on some 

 money. Since then he has not been heard of, although his friends 

 have communicated with the oflicials of Spokane Falls, and made 

 every possible inquiry without resorting to the rress. 



Here let us close tbe record for the present. The ca=e is clear 

 in some points: E. S. Benscotten for certain reasons did pass as 

 E. S. Brown at Spokane Falls. If be is now passing under that or 

 another assumed nime he ought to be exposed for reasons which 

 will at once rise in any true sportsman's heart, the chief of which 

 is that his relatives are suffering in their anxiety and suspense. 

 The authorities at Spokane Falls ought to investigate at once. 

 E. S. Benscotten was a rough, rugged, burly looking man, about 

 ofs. lOin. or over, dark hair, lighter eyes, baddish front teeth. 

 His picture may be seen in the "gallery of noted trap-shots," 

 commonly found about the sporting goods stores. He is a man 

 easily identified. Will the readers of this journal assist in the 

 duty of looking him upV E. Hough. 



HARRISBURG SHOOTING TOURNAMENT. 



Harrisbtjrg, Pa., April 13.— Shall I say the fates or the ele- 

 ments seem to be against us on our regular shooting day? for as 

 one of our members remarked, we have not had a pleasant shoot 

 day for three months. The important event of the day, the L. C. 

 Smith gun, was not shot ofl owing to the absence of nearly two- 

 thirds of promised contestant", who did not show up owing to the 

 dampness of the day. But this did not keep our genial Iriends M. 

 J.Corcoran, of the York City Gun Club, York, Pa., or R. E. 

 Shearer, of Carlisle, Pa., from presenting themselves on the 

 grounds fully equipped with their Lefevers and favorite shells, 

 and again the attention of the Manufacturers' and Dealers' Asso- 

 ciation will have to be drawn to the fine run of clean deads made 

 by our true sportsman friend Shearer. But it is astonishing what 

 a'falling off occurs in the scores of the shooter as soon as he is 

 talked of as being classed as an expert, for while our friend Nutt 

 could easily defeat this man in two individual races during the 

 past week, he could not lay claim to a clean score at yesterday's 

 shooting. But it is wrong to say all this is done purposely, and 

 we will await further shooting before endeavoring to make any 

 classifications. Herewith I hand you scores made at Saturday's 

 shoot: 



Match at 15 singles. SI entry: 



Brelsford 111110111111111-14 Worden llOOllllcaiOlll-11 



Shearer 111110011101111—12 Lonesome OUUOOOnilllOll— K 



Duston 010011011110111-10 Nutt 011111101111111-18 



Corcoran lllllOllllliini-13 Dili 1111100111101] 1-12 



No. 2, 15, singles, SI entry: 



Brelsford 110111111000011-10 Fuller 111011111011111—13 



Shearer 111111111111011—14 Lonesome OllOlOlUOlOlOl— 9 



Duston llxnilOi 1 011011—10 Nutt OUOll 1111111110 -11 



Corcoran .... lOllllllllllUO-le Dill 111101110110101-11 



No. 3, 15 singles, §1 entrv: 



Brdsford 111011111111111—14 Fuller Ill 111 111111111-15 



Shearer 111111111111111-15 Nutt 110010011010111— 9 



Duston lllOllllOnilll— 13 Diil -. .OllllliJiUlllll-lS 



Corcoran 100111101011111—11 Kinzer. UUUiOlOOllUOl— 9 



No. 4, at 15 singles, Si entrance: 



Brelsford 0110UOli0111111-#10 FuUei- 011101110111111—13 



Shearer llllllUllimi-15 Nutt 111111111110101-13 



Duston 110111111101011—13 DiU 000111111111111—12 



Corcoran 101111011111011-12 Kinaer 111111100110010—10 



No. 5, at 15 singles, SI entrance: 



Brelstord 111111111111111—15 Nutt 110000010101111— 8 



Shearer 111111111111111—15 Dill ] 11101111111011— 13 



Duston 111111110111111—14 KiDzer 110101011111110—11 



Fuller imillOOimiO— 13 Corcoran UOllOllOllllll— 12 



No, 6, at 15 singles. $1 entrance: 



Brelsford 111001110111101-11 Fuller llllllllimilO-14 



Shearer 011110101110111-11 Nutt 100101101111111—10 



Duston 111111111011011-13 Kinzer 111110011111001-11 



Corcoran 111111111011011—13 Todd UOOIUIOUOOIO- 9 



No. 7, 15 singles. $1 entry: 



Brelsford llllU 111111111-15 Fuller 111111111111111-15 



Shearer 101111011111110—12 Nutt 111111111111110—14 



Duston 110011111111101—13 Kinaer OUOllOllOidlll- 10 



Corcoran IIIUIUO 110111-13 Todd 110011111111111-13 



N". 8, 15 singles. $1 entry: 



Brelsf, rd llUOllOllOllll- 13 Nutt 110111011111111-13 



Shearer 101111101101111-13 Kinzer 110111001101011—10 



Corcoran 10101 1000 lOO 111- 7 Todd lOUOOlOlliOllll— 9 



Fuller 111111111110111-14 Lehman lllOllll'3100011-lO 



No. 9, team race, entry S2 per man: 



Brelsford 1 1 1111 011111 01111 110-17 



Shearer llUllOlOlllllOlMOll-14-31 



Nutt OlOlIOlUUllUlllim— 15 



F uller nil 1 1 001 lllOliniOl-16-31 



Shoot-ofle at 10 birds each: 



Brelsford 0111111111-9 Nutt . . ; COlOnillO-6 



Shearer , 1111010011—7—16 Fuller .UOmiUl— 9— 15 



LAKE ONTARIO VS. VIOTOR.-Rochester, N. Y., April U.- 

 match was shot on the Lake Ontario Gun Club grounds to-day, 

 on challenge by the Victor Gun Club, at 35 kingbirds, 21yd8. rise, 

 3 traps, unknown angles. The match was shot in a very high and 

 gusty wind; the flight of the birds was very uneven. The Lake 

 Ontario Gun Club won handily by 38 birds, as the score shows. A 

 retttrn match will be shot at Victor on Saturday, April 18. 

 Lake Ontario Gun Club. 



F L Smith 1110010101111111111001111—19 



A Morris OOllOOlOlOOlllllOOlOlOnO-lo 



J Aman 011100011001001111 0100010-13 



H D McVean 0001010000100010111111110-12 



J Morris 0001011111 101101110101111—17 



F Knebel 1100111111000011101111111-18 



J C Ama n 00001000100001111X11010111-10 



W S Smith, Jr 0011111010101011101101110-16 



O E VVaizer 0001001011011111111111010-16 



W Morris 1010011110011011001010001-13 



W La Force 111101111111 1010111111 011-31 



D Walzer 1111101111010000011111011—17 



A Ever,shed OllimilllllllllllllOOll- 33 



J Rissinger 1101101111111011011111110—30-326 



Victor Gun Club. 



W A Hill 0100011110111111111110010-17 



A Sale 1011010111110101010:101011-15 



W Agate 110 1011 1101 11 11111 10111 11-31 



T Header 1101100001001000111 110111—14 



J Houston 1101111100100011101111001-16 



W Hill ICOlOOiniUlllOl 1 lllOlOU— 17 



A O Gordon 1010101101011101001010100-13 



W Mann 0010111001010011010001010—11 



E Vick 0110111001111010011100100-14 



L Benson 0001000000110011000100001- 7 



O Brusie 0111010011110100110110111—16 



W G Hill UOllOllUOOlUOl 00011111-17 



O Benson 0011000000100101011010010 - 9 



J Barry 0000110000110010101110011-11-198 



H. D. McV, 



WOODSTOCK, N. Y., April 11.— The shoot which was to have 

 taken place last week at Canestota, N. Y., 100 kingbirds per man, 

 between D. Lefever and Chas. Mowry, of Syracuse, on one side, 

 and E. B. Roberts, of Canestota, and Will H. Cruttenden, of Caz- 

 enovia, on the other, failed to materialize from tlie fact that Le- 

 fever took train for Cazenovia instead of Canestota. The otber 

 parties claim Dan was led astray by one "Court." They were seen 

 together at Cai^enovia and had a very pleasant time together 

 waiting for evening train to Syracuse.— Hammerless. 



Model FacJitsand Boats. Their design, maMno and sailing, vMh 

 desHjns and worliinq drawings. Postpaid, 



Yachtsmen who do not see what they want under this heading 

 will please lookunder the hatches of the Ccr/ioc, peep into the 

 Kennel, squint down the barrel of the Rifle, open the Fish Car and 

 Game i3ag, inquire of the Sportsman Tuuri-^t, and if their yearn- 

 ings are still unsatisfied, push their esplorations into the Edit07'ial 

 and Jidvertising Departments. 



FIXTURES* 



36. 



APRIL. 



Corinthian, Opening Cruise, San Fi-ancisco. 



JIAY. 



San Francisco, Opening,San- 30. Corinthian, Annual, San 



salito. Francisco. 



San Francisco, Squad. Sail. 30. Eastei-n, Handicap, Marble- 

 San Francisco, E'ish- Cruise. head. 



•^1. Portland, Cruise. 30. Brooklyn, Opening, Graves- 

 Cor. Mos. Fleet, barohmont. end Bay. 



Rochester, Open, Sodus Bay. 80-31. San Fra.nciscD, Cruise, 

 Mare Island. 



JUNE. 



, Hudson River, Ann., N. Y. 20. Brooklyn, Spring, frraVeseiul 

 Rochester. Review,Charlotle Bay. 



Portland, Annual. 30 Corinthian, Marble head, 

 , Monatiquot, Opening, Wey- Sweep and Club, Marbleh'd 



mouth. 30-21. San Francisco, Cruise, 

 , Massachusetts, Spring, Dor- Martine:.^. 



Chester, 32. Pavonia, Annual, New York. 



Lynn, Lynn. 25. Rochester, Club, Charlotte. 



Quincy. 27. Hull, All Classes. 



Savin Hill, First Cham. 37. Dorchester, Club, Dorchester 



PhUa.. Ann., Del. River. 37. Lynn, Lynn. 



Hull, Under 31£t. 37. Quincy, First Championship 



. Massachusetts, Ann., Nahant 37. Cor. Navy, L. 1. Squad, New 

 . Eastern, Sweep?., Marbleh'd Rochelle. 



Beverly, 1st Sw^ep, Mon. Bch 27. Siivin Hill, Fleet Capt's Cups 



Roch., Ladies' Day.Charlotte 27. Beverly, 2d S weep,Marbleh'd 



Cor. Mos. Fleet, Larchmont. 29. Eastern, Ann., Marblehead, 



HuU Corinthian, 1st Cham. 39. Ma^ssachusetts, Ladies' Race, 

 Dorchester Bay. 



.ItJLT. 



Rochester, Cruise, Oak Orch. — . Massachusetts, 46ft. Special. 



-5. San Francisco, Ciuise, 15. Monatiquot, let Cham., Wey- 



Mard Islan< i . mouth. 



Monaiiquot. Club, Weym'th. 16. Lake Y.R. A., R. C.Y.O., Tor. 



American, Naphtha.Milton's 17. Lake Y. R. A., Queen City, 



Neck. Toronto. 



Larchmont, Ann., Larchm't. 18. American, Steam, Milton's 

 Corinthian, Mar hi e head. Neck. 



Sweep and Club.Marbleh'd 18. Hull, First cham., 1st and 2d 

 Beverly, 3d Sweep, Mon. Bch classes. 



American, Sailing, Milton's 18. New York, Ann., New York. 



Neck. 18. Hull Cormthian. Clab. 



Eastern, Handicap, Marble- 18. Savin Hill. Moonlight Sail. 



head. 18. Beverly, 1 st Cham, Mon. Bch 



Eastern, Cruise, Maine Coast 18-19. San i- ranciscn,Fish. Cruise 



New Rochel'-e, Ann., New 20. Lake Y. R. A., Rochester, 



Fvoe belle. Rochester. 



Dorchester,Clnb, Dorchester 20. Rochester, L.Y.R.A., Charl. 



Hull, First Cham., 3d, 4th, 23. Lake Y.K. A.. (Jswego, Oswego 



5th and 6th classes. 25. Durchester, Open. Dorchester 



Lynn, Lynn. 25. Quincy, Second Cham. 



Corinthian.Marbleh'd, Cruise 35. Corinthian, Marblehead, Ist 

 Savin Hill, Cash. Cham.. Marblehead. 



Riverside, Annual. — . Corinthian, Marblehead, 

 Quincy, Ladies' Day. Ladies' Day, Marblehead. 



Lake Y. R. A., Hamilton, 28. Monatiquot, Pennant, Wey- 



Hamllton. mouth. 



NEW YORK NAVAL RESERVE ASSOCIATION. 



\ LTHOUGH four years have passed siu'^e the subject of a 

 JrX. Naval Reserve similar to the National Guard of the various 

 Slates was first brought before Congress and an effort made to 

 secure aid from the Government; but little has thus far been 

 done. Several of the States, among them New York and Ma.ssa- 

 chtisettes, passed laws intended to encourage the formation of 

 State battalions, and a certain amount of prtjgress has been made, 

 but under discouraging conditions, and with results by no means 

 satisfactory so far as New York is concerned. Within the past 

 three months a new movement has been started, which has re- 

 cently taken definite Shape through the organization of an incor- 

 porated body under the title of the Naval Reserve Association of 

 the State of New York. The promoters of the new scb erne are 

 mostly leading New York yacht;-,men and ex-naval men, amon" 

 them being Messrs. Herbert L. Satterlee, T. C. Zerega, J. W. 

 Miller, Wm. Whitlock, E. B. Keuwick, W. Butler Duncan, Jr , 

 Aaron Vanderbilt. E. C. Weeks, E. D. Morgan, A. Bryan Alloy, C. 

 W. Wetmore, Archibald Rogers, Robert Contcr, W. C. Brown, 

 Henry Stanton, August Belmont, W. E. Iselin, S. D. Pomeroy, 

 and O'hers of equal prominence. The officers are: Herbert L. 

 Satterlee, -59 Wall street, Seawanhaka C. Y. C. president; J. W. 

 Miller, P. & S. S. Co., Pier 88, N. R., late Lieut. U. S. Navy, vice- 

 pres.; Edwm C. Weeks, 18 Wall street. Weeks & 0_p., bankers, 

 treas.; E. B. Rcnwiok, 19 Park place. Larchmont Yacht Club, 

 recording sec; Wm. Whitlock,;iO West 37th street, corresponding 

 sec. The Association has adopted a constitution and by-laws, and 

 has established its headquarters at No. 9 West 29th street. New 

 I'ork. The initiation fee is 35 and the annual dues S6, members 

 being regularly proposed and balloted for as in any club. The 

 first object of the Association is to form a battalion under the 

 present laws of the State of New i^ork, and to secure a suitable 

 vessel for regular drills and practice. In the meantime the rooms 

 on 29th street form a rendezvous for all about New York who are 

 intere.sted in the work. It is not essential that a member of the 

 A-sociation shall join the battalion when formed, nor that 

 members of the battalion shall also be members of the Associa- 

 tion, but in most cases men will belong to both. 



