Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 150, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1911 — WON REGIMENTAL MEDAL FOR INDIVIDUAL MARKMANSHIP. [ARTICLE]

WON REGIMENTAL MEDAL FOR INDIVIDUAL MARKMANSHIP.

Sergeant Jerry Garland Winter of National Rifle Association Match At Fort Harrison. ’ Jerry B. Garland, a sergeant in the local militia company and upon whom the local team depended chiefly at the 3rd regiment shoot held Friday and Saturday at Fort Benjamin Harrison, distinguished himself by winning the regimental championship match at 200, 300 and 500 yards. This match is pulled off by the national rifle association and a medal is competed for. Garland will get his medal as soon as his scores reach the headquarters at Columbus, Ohio. In winning this match' Sergeant Garland fulfilled the expectation of Captain Healey and the members of the local rifle team, who have watched his progress and know how excellent a marksman be is.

The regimental match is an annual competition and has been won by a number of distinguished shots. Last year it was won by Lieut Glenn Van Aiiken, of Angola, who was also a contestant this year, and who has been a member of the team that has competed for Indiana at the national matches for several years. Garland started out by winning the 200 yard match, getting 47 out of a possible 50 points, a score that has never been excelled and equaled only twice before on the Fort Benjamin Harrison range. In drawing for position on the 300 yard range be was unfortunate and procured the last firing order which caused him to shoot In the fading evening light. Under this disadvantage he made a score of 43 out of a possible 50. The third stage of the match was fired early Sunday morning and Garland had the first order, which was also a disadvantage, as he had to procure with his sighting and early shots the conditions that later contestants would not have to waste shots figuring out. He started with two fours, near the bullseye, and followed with eight straight bullseyes, making 48 out of a possible 5D and winning the match "with a total of 138 out of 150. Sergeant Snyder, of Albion, was a close second with 137.

In the match for the selection of a regimental team, Garland started out in second place. Van Auken was high and Garland second high in the skirmish and they maintained their respective positions. Garland shot strong at everything except the 1,000 yard range, where conditions were bad, owing to a heavy rain and the mirage that followed. Other marksmen firing at the same time fell down also and the finish put three men from company M on the regimental team, viz., Sergeant Garland, 2nd; Corporal Harrison Timmons, B*th, and Sergeant John Robinson, 14th. Lieut. Woodworth and Sergeant Gangloff, after making a good start in the skirmish firing, fell back and finished 18th and 20th respectively. Private Ellis Thomas and Corporal Frank Ellis did not shoot up to form and were not in the first thirty at the finish. Capt Kimble, of South Bend, and Private Tharp, of Monticello, who were ahead of Garland at the South Bend match, finished 3rd and 4th at this match, being only aix points behind Tharp and Kimble. The call for the state shoot has not been rpade, but it will probably start Monday, July 3rd, and last about a week. Garland will be a contestant in the governor’s match and should have no trouble in finishing near the top in the matches to select the state team to go to Camp Perry, Ohio, in August

A crowd estimated at 150,000 saw the “Rainbow” parade of the Foresters, the uniformed branch of the Modern Woodmen of America at Buffalo Friday. More than 5,000 men were in Une. The Denver (Colo) teams won in the competition drills.