Outing . presentposition and has donemore perhaps to ele-vate the standard ofrifle practice to itspresent point than anysingle person in theState. Not only doesevery range in theState know his pres-ence every year, butevery officer and near-ly every man in theGuard has had per-sonal instruction fromhim. His orders re-garding rifle practiceand directions for ithave been copied inother States, and of-ficers of the armyhave thankfully re-ceived from him ad-vice and instructionsthat have proved ofgreat service to thearmy. A thoroughsoldier and crack shothimself, it is needlessto say that he seemsm
Outing . presentposition and has donemore perhaps to ele-vate the standard ofrifle practice to itspresent point than anysingle person in theState. Not only doesevery range in theState know his pres-ence every year, butevery officer and near-ly every man in theGuard has had per-sonal instruction fromhim. His orders re-garding rifle practiceand directions for ithave been copied inother States, and of-ficers of the armyhave thankfully re-ceived from him ad-vice and instructionsthat have proved ofgreat service to thearmy. A thoroughsoldier and crack shothimself, it is needlessto say that he seemsmade for the position,and it will be a longtime before a betterman can be found. Heit is who, rightly un-derstanding Creed-moor and its relationsto the Guard, has ex-erted himself, often tothe point of much selfsacrifice, toward d e -veloping the most im-portant part of thesoldiers duty — prac-tice with the rifle. Hiswork must inevitablyprove of great valueto the State in thenear future. THE STATE ATHLETICS AT CORNELL. BY G. H. LOHMES.
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