The Washington Times

RIFLEMEN'S EXTENSIVE PLANS.
Foreign Visitors to Be Entertained Royally at Sea Girt.

SEA GIRT, N. J., Aug. 25.-From the number of riflemen shooting at the Sea Girt ranges it is evident that the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association and the New Jersey State Rifle Association, which begins next Friday, will excite more interest than any previous shoot.

For the last week the ranges have been occupied from morning until dark by many of the crack sharpshooters in the country. States that will have teams here are Maine, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Maryland.

Again the District of Columbia and the United States Marine Corps will have many sharpshooters to represent them.

In the regimental matches, Lieutenant Jones has received entries from the First and Second Regiments of the District of Columbia; Sixth Battery, Washington; and Fifth of Maryland. In the revolver and company team matches, are entered the First and Second of the District of Columbia; Sixth Battery, Washington; Troop A, of Maryland, and First Troop and Signal Corps teams from New Jersey.

The arrival of the Irish sharpshooters during the coming week is awaited with much interest.

The New Jersey State Rifle Association has raised a fund of $10,000 to be spent in entertaining the Irishmen. They are now on the Atlantic, having sailed on the Servia last week, and are expected to arrive in this country either on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.

On September 7, at the conclusion of the rifle meet, the decorations and trophies won by the riflemen will be presented. Governor Voorhees will attend this function and will probably distribute the awards. On the Monday following the conclusion of the matches the members of both the Irish and Canadian teams will be conveyed to West End in a special train. There an elaborate banquet will be served in their honor. A special train will bring them back to Sea Girt after the banquet.

On September 10 the two foreign teams and the members of the New Jersey State Rifle Association and many of the distinguished guests will take a special train to the Highlands, where the yachts of Edwin Gould and Colonel Thompson will be in waiting. A trip will be made up the Hudson to West Point, where the day will be spent visiting the Military Academy.

From West Point the party will proceed to Washington, where it will be received by the President. Two days will be spent at the nation's Capital, after which the company will return to Sea Girt by special train. The remainder of the week will be spent at the Sea Girt camp, or until the international yacht races between the Shamrock and the Constitution.

For this occasion a steamboat has been chartered for the members of the foreign clubs and their friends. This will complete the programme.

At the rifle matches it is certain that Sir Thomas Lipton will be present, together with the Marquis of Dufferin. The latter is President of the Irish National Society, while Sir Thomas Lipton is vice president. The Irishmen will only shoot in one match as a team. This is a special challenge match between teams representing the Ulster Rifle Association of Belfast and the New Jersey State Rifle Association. It will be shot on Friday, September 6.