Evening star., 1898-12-24

with some degree of calmness a proposition
looking to the military training of every
able-bodied man, but that time is not yet.
The Runkle plan is, therefore, not now to
be considered, and some features of it prob
ably never will BE- considered.
The remedy which the immediate future
holds,' continued Gen. Harres, ''is a ma
uonalization of the so-called National
Guard, and in largely increased appro-
priation for the armament and equipment
OF the militia forces of the country. The
National Guard authorities have been COM
pairing notes since the close of the war
with Spain, and will, in due season, pre-
sent plan which will have the indorse-
ment of the War Department"
Plans for Rifle Practice.
The week preceding Christmas has been
uneventful in local National Guard circles
The officers of the department of rifle prac-
tice met and decided on some radical
changes, and they have been approved by
the commanding general Hereafter the
qualifications for ''second-year" sharpshoot-
ers will include skirmish run. BY the ad-
dltlon OF the skirmiSh run the qualification
Will bs elevated and to a point nearer that
OF the regular army standard, where most
OF the practice is Of the skirmish charac-
ter.
Hereafter the monthly rifle matches will
be extended to include competi titions on the
Ordway range
The officers of the department also COM
pleted arrangements whereby rifle practice
reports will be submitted promptly thereby
making the giving out of rifle practice dec
oratlons possible without the delay that
has been caused heretofore.
Practice in the Gallery
The rifle gallery will be open every day
hereafter, except Sunday, from to G
o'clock PM, for voluntary practice. Am
munltion Will be furnished on the payment
OF cent for each round An inspector of
rlhe practice will be in attendance, and. on
request, VIII certify scores to captains of
companies to be credited as part of the re-
qWred practice for the year 1899
Company and Battalion Matches.
A schedule Of company and battalion
team matches has been prepared as fol-
lows:
Company-Thursday, January -, 200
yards, Companies A, B, C and d, 1st Bat
talon; A, B. C and d, I'd Battalion, and
A, B. c and D, 4th Battalion. January 13
A, B. c and D, 9TH Battalion; A, b, c and
d, 9Th Battalion, and A. B, and d, LIST
Separate Battalion. Three hundred yards,
Thursday, February g. Companies A, B, G
and D, 4th Battalion; A, b, C and d, I'd
Battalion, and A, B. C and D, 1st Battalion.
February 10. Companies A. B, c and d, LIST
Separate Battalion; A, B, and D, 9Th Bat
TALON, and A, B, c and D. 9th Battalion
Five hundred yards, March 8. Companies
A, B, c and D, 9th Battalion; A, B, c and
d, 9th Battalion, and A, B. and d, 1st
Separate Battalion. March TO- Companies
A, B, c and d, 1st Battalion: A, B, c and
D. I'd Battalion, and A, B, c and d, 4th
Battalion. Six hundred yards, Thursday,
April 13, Companies A, B, and d, 4th
Battalion; A, B. and d. % Battalion. and
A, B, c and D, 1st Battalion. April IA,
Companies A, B, C and d, 5th Battalion;
A, B, c and D, 9th Battalion, and A, B, C
and d, 1st Separate Battalion.
Battalion-Two hundred yards, Friday,
January 20; 300 yards, February Il: 500
yards, March Il; coo yards, April 81. Regi-
mental match-Two hundred yards. We'd
nesday. January %; 800 yards, February
Is; 500 yards, March %; coo yards April
&c. Matches on the Ordway range will be
shot after the conclusion of the gallery
practice on dates which are yet to be Sc
lected.