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| consisting of Major W. G. Townsend, Captain W. B. Brown, Captain J. Frank Ryley, Captain E. A. Smith and Sergeant W. A, Renehan, won the Governor's match, five medals and the beautiful bronze trophy, "Victoria," presented by the Governor of Maryland. Lieutenant Rogers won second place in the Adjutant-General's match for the military rifle championship of Maryland. The Fourth had three in the first four in the Gould Match for the long-range championship, which Lieutenant Rogers also won with a score of 76 out of a possible 100. Second and third places in the revolver standing were also captured by the Fourth, and Sergeant Renehan won the revolver championship of the State in the Winans match with a score of 225 out of 250. By this time the fighting qualities of the Fourth were so well known that when the Governor authorized the sending of a State team to the national matches at Sea Girt, N. J.., six places were captured by the Fourth, the representatives being Captain W. B. Brown, Captain E. A. Smith, Captain J. E. Rit-tenhouse, Lieutenant Thornton Rogers, Sergeant W. A. Renehan and Private W. S. Pirie. Incidentally, Captain Brown led the State team in the National Match with a score of 256. To further stimulate rifle practice, Colonel Charles F. Macklin offered a bronze trophy for the highest company figure of merit each year, it being won by Company A, Captain A. Guy Buffington, in 1907, with a mark of 118.48. A gold medal to the highest first year expert and a silver medal to the highest marksman were won by Sergeant Wm. Emrich, of Company "H," and Sergeant F. Emge, of Company "A," respectively. During the winter the likely shots of the regiment were divided into three teams, captained by Colonel Macklin, Captain J. Frank Ryley and Lieutenant H. E. Lupus, and the weekly competitions did much to advance the organization's interest in marksmanship. In 1907, out of 1,400 officers and men firing for qualifications at Saunders Range, Sergeant Frank Gemmill, of Company "C," won top honors, with a score of 444 out of 450, a mark that has never been reached since in Maryland or elsewhere, and which included the only perfect score of 100 at skirmish fire recorded in the history of Maryland rifle shooting. He also won the Gould long range match that year, and at the close of the target season was awarded a special gold medal by the regiment in recognition of his services in the promotion of rifle practice. In the fall competitions Lieutenant Rogers won the Adjutant-General's match and the State championship, Sergeant Gemmill won the Gould match, Private Robert Forney the Mealy match and Sergeant Renehan again the re- I'tipc Thirtv-onc |