Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1919 — CONTESTING IN A. E. F. SHOOT AT PARIS. [ARTICLE]

CONTESTING IN A. E. F. SHOOT AT PARIS.

Edward Clark, former Rensselaer boy and a son of A. R. Clark, of Morocco, who formerly owned the local telephone exchange with A. L. Bott, is now in Paris, where he is contesting as a member of the American Expeditionary Force rifle team in a shoot which is being attended by teams of all the allied nations. Clark ranks as the fourth best shot on the American team, which is some honor when one considers the fact that there are eral hundred thousands of American soldiers still in Europe. Clark is a marine, but the shoot is open to members of all branches of the service, consequently he was forced to compete against every American soldier in France indirectly. Mr. Clark was a member of Company M while living in this city and saw service on the Mexican border under Colonel Healey. While here ■he attended various state shoots and was highly successful along with Jerry Garland, another Rensselaer marksman, who is declared to .be the most consistent shot in America.