The Volunteers.

Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 85, 7 October 1889, Page 3

The Volunteers.

The oadet range was occupied both morning and afternoon on Saturday by the Wellington Rifles, who are now busy with their class firing. Saturday had been sot apart for the reurnits to fire their firßt period of the third-olasi. Tho weather turned out fnirly good for shooting, r specially in tho morning, the rosulti boinij highly creditablo to the men, and showing that they had paid attention to tho instruction given them during tho winter months, whilo their punctual attendance on tho rango spoaks well for the discipline of tho corps. Nothing is more annoying to tho o in charge than a bad muster, whioh simply means a waste of time and money to the company as a whole and tho mombora individually. The morning squad was in obarge of Colour-Sergeant Brown, and the afternoon in chartro of SSorgeant Naughton, while Sergeant-Major Bell supervised the day's performance. A few of too recruits made really good soores, and the trained men will find them rather hard to boat. The Bocond period recruits will fire on Friday, the 11th, and Friday, the 18th, at tho long range at 5 a.m. sharp. Ammunition is obtainable from tho coloursergeant on Wednesday night, at 7 o'clock. The following are a few of the highest scorers at the finish of tho first part, first period :—Private Rait, 72; Corporal Rait, 70; Privates 80-iley, 69; Clark, 55; Moffitt, 51; Wright, 51; Knox, 50 ; Cossoy, 47; L. Perrin, 42. The Navals fired their first match for tho Compiny Belt and for tbe ordinary Class Trophies on Satvtday. The A Class men find with the Martini-Henry rifles now on issue, and it will be teen that the shooting wai, in consequence, a grrat improvement on tne si or< i which are made with the "played out" Snider. Tho six highest srorers averaTC.i over " inners," the shooting of P.O's. Harris and Taylor and Sc '.dji Mooro beini exceptionally good. P.O. Harris scored his first win for the " Duke" trophy, and also got a log-in for the Waverley trophy. He ako was top scorer for Seauun J. Mai uin's trophy, which is only opon for competition by tho married mem- ; bors of the corpi. Seaman Barnard scon 1 bis first win for Seaman Davenport's trophy in B Class. Bugler Aisher finally won Lieutenant Hislop's ornet in C Cl-iss, having won it three times. The ranges were to haVe been 200. 3CO, and 500 yards, seven shots at each, but owing to one of the markers not putting 1 in an appearance, the 300 yards had to be struck out, ' thus reduoing the number of shots to 14. Following are the scores :— A Class.—Mrs. Isaacs' "Duke" Trophy. '. , i

200 500 Tl. P.O. Harris 32 31 — 63 P.O. Taylot* 33 29 —62 St iman Mooro* 32 29 — fil Seaman Balcombe 27 31 — 58 P.O. Andetßon 28 30 — 58 P.O Williamß 28 28 —56 C.P.O. Armstrong 28 27 —55 Seaman J. Eabe 27 27 — 54 Sfaman Woodier 28 21 — 49 Seaman Brown 24 17 — 41 P.O. Palethorpo 16 24 —40 Sc-man Robinson 21 18 — 39 Seiman Murphy 22 16 — 38 C.P.O. Moran 22 rtd— 22 B Class.— Seaman Davenfobt's Teopht. 200 SCO Tl Sc-man Barnard 30 24 — 54 Sc iman Bertand 26 13 — 39 C Class.— Lieut. HisLor's Cruet. 200 500 Tl Bugler Aishor 27 22 —49 Seaman N. 801 l * 23 24 — 47 Seaman Rothoram * ... 25 21 —46 Seaman Waters 28 18 — 46 Seaman Campbell 19 25 —41 Seaman Flux 26 14 — 40 Seaman T. Rabo 22 17 — 39 Sciman Burns 25 14 — 39 Seaman M'Laohlan ... 24 13 — 37 Seaman Ross 27 10 — 37 Seaman Skinner 22 14 — 36 Seaman Weaver 21 14 — 35 Seaman Dkon 21 13 — 31 Seaman Burmcster 15 14 — 29 Seaman Armstrong ... 23 rtd— 23 ♦Ammunition prizes.