Seattle and Tacoma Militia Compete for Honors
Companies from Seattle and Tacoma squared off at Woodland Park and the armory for top honors in marksmanship and drill.
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Company C, of Tacoma, and Company E, of this city, divided between them the prizes won in the field day contests yesterday of the First regiment, N. G. W. The contests consisted of individual and team shooting at Woodland Park at 200 and 300-yard ranges and team skirmish shooting, and an individual drill in the school of the soldier at the armory in the evening. There were six prizes offered, three for shooting and three for the drill. The prize for individual shooting, a fine gold medal, was won by private S. W. Yarger of Company C of Tacoma.
“Company C, of Tacoma, and Company E, of this city, divided between them the prizes won in the field day contests.”
Woodland Park, once a vast site for militia training and rifle ranges, is now the home of the Woodland Park Zoo and a major public park. The competition between Seattle and Tacoma residents for civic prestige remains a very familiar thread in Puget Sound history.
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