Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-04
Proposed Formation of League.

stage. bullS-eye and group pool matches,
all ranges, and all individual matches, open
all day.
Proposed Formation of League.
A fea ture of the coming meeting at Sea
Girt will be an effort to organize league
of American rifiemen. In connection there
with the following statement has been ad-
dressed to the rifemen of the United
States:
Events which have transpired within the
last year have demonstrated more fully
than ever the need of an active national
organization to represent the riflemen of
the United States.
1T was only recently shown in revolver
shooting circles that a match with any
other country was out of question. as long
as there was no representative body to &C
cept and send challenges and control af-
fairs. Hence the formation of the United
States Revolver Association, which quickly
brought about an international match with
France
The Spanish-American and British-Boer
wars have caused such awakening of
interest in rifle shooting that the next few
years will see the sport brought prominent
ly to the front, the outcome of which Will
be that the experts of this and other coun-
tries will want to try their skill against
each other.
AN effort was made last winter to or
ganize a League of American Riflemen,
but owing to obstacles in the way of per-
fecting the organization by correspondence,
it was deemed advisable to let the matter
rest until a favorable opportunity pre-
scented itself to get together enough of
those interested to hold an organization
meeting.
No better time for this could be chosen
than during the week of the interstate
matches at Sea Girt. n. j.. when hundreds
of the most prominent rifiemen of the
country will be gathered together for the
contests.
THE New Jersey State Rifle Association
has kindly offered the hospitality of its spa
cious club house on the range for this
purpose. and the meeting will be held there
on Wednesday evening, September D. at
o'clock.
The cooperation of every patriotic citi-
zen well as every shooter is needed to
put this sport on the plane commensurate
with its Importance as a factor in the max
ing of a world power of the United States
Charter Members.
1.-The following gentlemen. prominent in
military and sporting circles. are interested
in seeing the proposed organization sue
cess and have signified their intention of
becoming charter members: Maj. Gen. Wes-
ley Merritt, L. S. A. Tetired); Gen. George
r. Gyger, adjutant general, Ohio: Gen.
George II. Harries. commanding d. c. mill
tia: Gen. =. Farmer Wanser, LIST Brigade.
n. G. \. j.; Gen. Bird w. Spencer inspector
general of rifle practice, New Jersey; Col.
James y. Frye, inspector general of rifle
practice. Massachusetts; Col. E. c. Earring
ton, inspector general of rifle practice
Maine: Col. Thomas F. Cooke. inspector
general of rifle practice, Iowa; Col. Frank
X. Patterson, inspector general of rifle
practice, Pennsylvania; Col Henry S. Diet
rich. inspector general of rifle practice, IL
linois; Col. j. Nj. Rice, secretary North
west Military Rifle Association; Maj. Frank
l.. Kimball. brigade inspector of rife prac-
tice, N II. n. G.; Maj James E. Bell, in
spector general of rifle practice, d. c. mill
tia: Maj. C. H. Laucheimer, inspector of
target practice. Z. s. NJ. c.; Maj. William