Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31

Company I. LIST Regiment; sSergt. James N.
England. Company l.. I'd Regiment, and
Private Elihu Horn, Company9L. I'd Regi-
ment.
FIRST Sergt. John r. Adams. Company L,
I'd Regiment; Private Walter I. Trittipoe,
Company f. 1st Regiment Private Walter
Carneal, Company HI, list Regiment; Pri-
vate Parke D. Massey, Company /, 1st Reg
iment; Private Joseph P. Dement,. Company
c, I'd Regiment; Private William ]. Phil
lips, Company c, I'd Regiment; Private
Lawrence Sangston, CompanyhC. I'd Regi-
ment; Private Joseph Sweeney. Company G,
I'd Regiment; Private Albert l.. Fralin,
Company L, I'd Regiment; Private Arthur
e Emerson, Company L, I'd Regiment;
Private George B. Schumacher, Company L.
I'd Regiment, and Private Roy NJ. Stoddard,
Company l., I'd Regiment. have been or
dered to be honorably discharged.
Rifle Practice in Canada.
The national board for the promotion of
rifle practice. which is preparing plan for
the encouragement of rife practice in this
country, has obtained some observations on
the progress of similar work in Canada, as
follows:
1.-THE education of every citizen to shoot
straight and become an expert riheman is
the foundation of Canada's defense and the
important feature in Lord DundonaldS
project of force of 100000 men in our first
men. and an urgent reason that the gov
eminent provide rifle ranges all over the
dominion. But even with the present ranges
further steps will have to be taken to pop
ularize rifle practice by lessening it's cost.
Miiftiamen and civilians are willing to
devote their time gratis to become prof.
Client In the use of the rifle, but they cannot
be expected to spend money on 1t as well,
thing many can Ill afford to do. The eX-
penses are threefcld-ammunition, trans
port and markers, which two latter items
xHry In cost according to locality. For in
staAoA on the st. Joseph range at Quebec
there are twelve targets, with a range
keeper or superintendent, and about three
authorized markers, and If more of these
are required those shooting have to pay for
them.
TO remedy this perhaps the following
suggestion may be in order: The requisite
number of cartridges could be easily served
out gratis by the government to the author
lzed recipients at the range through the
caretaker, he taking the names and receiv-
ing at the end of the practice the empty
shells, which would be vouchers that these
men had done their duty.
The government might also engage, say
from May to November /, sufficient men
for every target on the range, and pay these
markers. Thus every target would be in
operation and much time saved, besides
eliminating that charge for markers.
The cost of transportation for the city
corps (Simllar and suitable arrangements
could be made in the rural districts) could
be l1ghtened by the government furnishing,
through the caretaker, free return tickets,
which would be given to those shooting
after their practice was completed on check
ing over their names on his list and their
returning the empty shells, and not other
WISE Surely the working out of such a
system should not be difficult matter.
Rifle shooting will never be the success
it ought to be until the cost of these three
items is materially reduced. Then rifle
clubs and associations would flourish and
be more numerous than they are at present,
simply by this reduction of cost to the
members, as proficiency requires much prac-
tice.''