Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-09

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| private, Company e, LIST Regiment.
To Encourage Rifle Practice.
| The committee on military affairs has
| submitted a favorable report to the Senate
| on the bill Ito promote the efficiency OF
the reserve militia and to encourage rife
| practice among the members thereof" The
| committee made the following statement
by the Secretary of War a part of its re-
| port:
THE national board for the promotion of
rife practice, appointed by the Secretary OF
| War, at Its meeting in Washington on Aprii
10. 1903. made the following recommenda-
| tons:
=" 'rhatsevery facility be offered citizens
outside of the army. navy. Marine Corps
and organized militia TO become proficient
| In rifle shooting. and that this purpose can
| pest be accomplished by means of rife
| clubs
| The board therefore respectfully rec
ommends the announcement by the War
| Department of the organization of rife
| clubs. composed of those who would be
| eligible for service in time OF war under
such regulations as may be prescribed By
| the Secretary of War
| The issue. II practicable OF service rifles
ana ammunition to such clubs for target
| pratlce. that the training may be with mill
| tary arm. =
| That this board be charged with the
couragement of rife practice throughout
| the United States, particularly In the dlrec-
| tlon OF qualifying finished marksmen
.nose individuals who may be called upon
| 10 serve IN time OF war; to encourage COM
petitions In craftsmanship between teams
| and individuals; the Issue of military rifles
ana ammunition; to encourage indoor prac-
| tice In armories, shooting halls and other
! places. and to furnish plans targets. etc,
| Tor that purpose: to create a public sentf-
| ment In respect to the necessity of rife
| pracuce as means of national defense
| . ana at It's meeting on January 49, 1904
| resolution w a cd 70 fhn
| erect that, In the opinion of the national
| board for the promotion of rifle practice
I Iine practice Will be greatly promoted by
| the formation I'm each state of state rife
| associations to be affiliated with the Ma
| t1onal Rifle Association, and that copies OF
| the resolution be transmitted to the adju-
| tants general of the states and territories
and of the District of Columbia with the
| request that they take steps for the organi-
cation of such state associations.
II Is for the purpose OF giving these rec
concentrations and resolutions active force
| that this bill has been prepared, and is sub
mitted for your consideration.
| 1t is the intention. by the issue of a very
! limited number of ma ga zine rifles to the
various rife clubs of the country to stimu-
| late rife practice and to encourage the
clubs to provide their members with a good
weapon or private manufacture, approach
Ing in some degree the arm issued to the
| troops.
One Rifle to Ten Members
|
inclosed memorandum that the regulations
under this bill will provide an issue of one
rife to ten members in each club With q
membership of 1000 for the present year.
! 200 rifles only would be issued and under
! the rule that the purchase of ammunition
should not exceed fifty rounds per man.
| 10000 rounds would be sufficient for this
year, and should the number of clubs
| increase, the corresponding increase OF
Issue would not be very great
1T is recommended that this bill be in
| troduced as early az practicable"
The maximum estimate of club member
ship for 1904, 1000 involves the issue OF
| 200 rifles and 10000 rounds of ammunition.
| 1t Is pointed out that by 1909 the number
| of club members may reach 10000. As plen-
| ty of rifles will be available then, the Issue
| of 5000 rifles will be matter of small mo-
ment.
The total membership of clubs in Great
Britain was December 81. 1902, "a, 904.
General regulations to govern rife clubs
| formed under the auspices of the national
| board for the promotion of rife practice.
| and authorized by act of Congress, have
| been suggested, as follows:
Such clubs shall be composed of not less
| than twenty bona-fide members In good
| standing.
Rifles shall be issued to each club in the
| ratio of one to each ten members.
Ammunition may be purchased by such
| clubs al a rate not to exceed fifty ROUNDS
per member per annum.
These clubs will be governed by rules ana
regulations furnished by or receiving the
sanction of the national board for the pro-
motion of rife practice.
Lieut. Albert s. Jones' secretary OF the
National Rifle Association of America
was in this city recently in the interest
of the bill. AS soon as it Is enacted IL -
understood that a reserve militia rifle club
will be organized here.
Notes.
The following have been honorably dis
charged because of removal from the Dis
trict: Private Laurence NJ. Chains. Signal
Corps; Private Herbert S. Goodrich, Com
pany B. I'd Regiment; Private Edward
Niedomanski. Company B. I'd Regiment.
and Private Henry A. Gasby. Company d.
1st Separate Battalion.
By reason of expulsion from their respeo-
tive commands: Private Charles A. Kirby.
Company B, LIST Regiment; Privates James
A. Beattie Joshua F. Davis, Luther c. Har-
rison and Grover C. Mcqueen, all of Com
pany B, I'd Regiment, and Charles W.
Slaughter, Company A, LIST Separate Bat
TALON, have been ordered dishonorably dis
charged.
The local revolver club will engage in q
long distance competition this evening with
the Smith and Wesson Revolver Club OF
Springfield Mass. The local club will fire
their scores in the rifle gallery at the Cen
ter Market Armory. The results will be
exchanged by telegraph. The teams will
consist of eight men and each man will IRE
three strings of ten shots each at twenty
yards.
In the interest of the service Private
Robert B. Smith. Company f, list
Regiment; Privates Walter l.. L.
Browne, Daniel Ferguson. Allan e. Hurley,
Theodore M. Saunders, Edward II. Scott.
and James Tibbs, all of Company B, LIST
Separate Battalion, and Privates Daniel
Hawkins, Arthur Marshall, Lloyd Spriggs
and Joseph E. Washington, all of Company
d, 1st Separate Battalion, have been order
ed discharged.
The following have been ordered honor
ably discharged on their own application:
Private Charles Staub, Signal Corps; Pri-
vate Gilmore M. Phelps, Company +, LIST
Regiment; Privates William S. Babcock
and Roderick III. Johnson, Sergeant Eugene
c. Lorenz and Privates Joseph w. Man
ming and Christian Schaefer, all of Com
pany H. LIST Regiment; Private T. Edward
Clifford, Company ID, LIST Separate Bat
TALON, and Landsmen William. III. Holtz-
heite and Lloyd w. Roundtree, I'd Division.
Naval Battalion.
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