Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 127, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1913 — Battalion Shooting Match Date Changed—Starts Thursday. [ARTICLE]

Battalion Shooting Match Date Changed—Starts Thursday.

The battalion shooting match set to take place on the U. S. range at Parr, commencing Saturday of this week, has been changed to start two days earlier, or on Thursday, May 29th, and Herrqan B. Tuteur, the quartermaster, was at Parr this afternoon planning the establishment of the camp. The change was made necessary by a war department order that all matches must be concluded by May 31st and stating that no federal pay would be given for participation in battalion competition after that date. The match will conclude Saturday night.