Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 162, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1911 — GARLAND ONE OF STATE’S BEST MILITARY RIFLEMEN. [ARTICLE]

GARLAND ONE OF STATE’S BEST MILITARY RIFLEMEN.

Local Sergeant Makes Fine Scores at Fort Benjamin Harrison and Finishes Second in Team.

The military rifle match which has been going on at Fort Benjamin Harrison for the past ten days for the purpose of selecting a team to represent Indiana at the national match to be held in August at Camp Perry, Ohio/ was concluded Monday afternoon, when, following a drenching rain the twenty-four highest contestants were required to run a skirmish as the final stage before the team was selected. Sergeant Jerry B. Garland, of Company M, of the 3rd regiment, of Rensselaer, had kept up his high grade markmanship and was second on the team before the final test and he was still second after the test, although the top man went down four places, and the third man went to the top. Garland’s skirmish gave him 76 additional points, and his first tonshots were just far enough outside the Center of the target not to count. Out of his final 16 shots he made 76 points out of a possible 100. Throughout the contest, which required firing under various conditions over a period of ten days, Garland never made a poor score and his finish in second place was a-surprise to some of the shots who have been making the state team year after year. One of the most satisfying things to the Rensselaer -competitors and to all companies |n the third regiment was that the regiment won the state regimental match the fim tUae thaL regimen t was ever successful. The leader was Sergeant Garland, who had the highest individual score in the state at stage of the firing, and while two experts from Angola, one at a time, got ahead of him later in the match,, he always held second place securely and finished only five points behind Lieutenant Glenn VanAuken, who has for several years been regarded as one of the finest military riflemen in Indiana and in the entire country. Garland was probably at a slight disadvantage, owing to the fact that the old shots always dislike to see a new shot spring into sudden prominence and as the firing is largely done in team partnership, Garland was unable to get much help out of his various mates at the firing points. A matter of six points would have let him win the individual championship, but he had sufficient glory out of the match and will be one of the leaders in the national match at Camp Perry, Ohio, which starts about August 13th. Sergeant- John Robinson shot as a member of the regimental rifle team and held up well until after the match was over. His latter firing was sufficient to indicate that he can develope into a good shot with practice. First Lieutenant Woodworth also done some good shooting and both of these mem-

bers of the locai company help it to win more honors next year. In the five-man team match Captain Healey, Lieut. Woodworth, Sergeants Garland and Robinson and Private Thomas took part and the team ended in fourth place. The regular military camp to which all members of the company will go, begins next Monday, and continues for ten dayp.