THE CHAMPION GUNNER.
The United States navy possesses i man who is claimed to be the cham pion naval gunner of the world. Henry Ward Treanor is his name, and he is a gin pointer on the battleship Indiana. His record consists oi hitting the bullseye of a target 160 C yards distant four times in 2 minute* 13secs, the vessel meanwhile moving at a speed of eight miles an hour. The bullseye measured four feet square, but seen from the vessel H seemed scarcely more than foui inches square. It is only two yean since Treanor enlisted in the navy.
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Colonist, Volume XLVI, Issue 10915, 5 January 1904, Page 4
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101THE CHAMPION GUNNER. Colonist, Volume XLVI, Issue 10915, 5 January 1904, Page 4
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