KinSource - Tale of the Week - Second Day's Shoot

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Minnesota Tales

The St. Paul Daily Globe, August 6, 1890, p. 2

SECOND DAY'S SHOOT.

The Wind Again Interferes With Good Work at Snelling Range.

The second day of the preliminary rifle shoot at Fort Snelling was scarcely more favorable than the first in point of weather. The same veering cross-winds prevailed, and accurate sighting was almost impossible, as the changeable winds necessitate a constant change of the rifle sights. Nevertheless some very fair scoring was done, and it is evident that with the advent of calm weather or even a stable wind the work done will be fully equal if not superior to that done in former contests. The firing was at known distances, ranges the same as yesterday. The score, with totals for the two days, is as follows:

NAME AND RANK.	Co	Reg't Inf'y	200 Yd	300 Yd	500 Yd	600 Yd	Total	Order	Av for 2 Days	Ord for 2 Days
E. Williams, corp.	I	15th	39	41	42	41	163	4	321	1
F. B. McCoy, 1st Lt.	-	3d	42	41	37	41	161	8	317	2
S. A. Nugent, srgt.	F	15th	43	40	40	42	165	2	314	3
B. Merwin, sergt.	E	15th	42	38	45	31	156	17	313	4
John Gordon, pvt.	B	25th	42	43	36	41	162	6	310	5
C. Lang, corporal	D	12th	44	42	40	40	160	1	309	6
G. W. Obinchain, c	B	15th	41	42	40	40	163	5	307	7
W. Gordon, 2d Lt.	-	12th	36	41	40	40	157	12	304	8
O. W. Lucas, adjt.	A	3d	40	41	40	39	160	9	302	9
P. Boyle, corp.	F	20th	42	42	42	38	164	3	302	10
T. G. Dubbs, srgt.	G	3d	39	38	41	37	155	18	302	11
H. C. Robinson, pri.	K	25th	42	36	40	39	157	14	294	12
G. Pulliam, corpl.	K	12th	41	42	36	32	151	32	294	13
E. V. Smith, 2d Lt.	-	3d	43	41	46	31	159	11	294	14
M. Russell, sergt.	N	25th	44	40	42	22	148	38	294	15
V. Sweinhardt, pt.	D	22d	40	42	34	55	151	29	293	16
C. Gerhardt, pvt.	-	20th	39	45	30	37	151	28	293	17
T. Brown, Lt.	E	25th	37	36	39	40	152	25	291	18
E. O. C. Ord, 1st Lt.	-	22d	43	38	40	39	160	10	291	19
C. Rock, corporal.	I	3d	38	42	36	35	151	30	290	20

Skirmish firing will be the order of to-day, and with this class of work the additional difficulty of puffy winds from all points of the compass will be still more productive of misses. The weather forecast for to-day is warmer; fair; southerly winds.