Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-13

should provide for instruction In mills
tary tactics.
The colleges 10 which army officers
are detailed as instructors, although
by no means comprising the entire list
of military schools In the United
States. are divided as follows New
York, seven; Missouri, five. Pennsyl-
yania, four; California. Georgia, Ten.
nessee, three: Arkansas, Florida, In.
diana, Iowa. Massachusetts, Michigan.
Minnesota. New Jersey, South Caro-,
lima, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont,
Washington and Wisconsin, two each;
Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho,
Illinois, Kentucky. Kansas, Louisiana,
Maine. Maryland. Mississippi. Ne,
braska, Nevada, New Hampshire,
New Mexico. North Carolina, North
Dakota, Oregon, Utah, Virginia, West
Virginia aud Wyoming, one each
II may be assumed that sixty or
seventy per cent Of the aggregate of
large body Of volunteer troops
would be under the age Of twenty-five.
iii states where boys have commene-
ed business careers at the age of
eighteen or twenty Il Is hard for them
til get the time oven Il they desired II,
70 practice with small arms, IL Is
therefore essential" says Tho report
Of tho hoard on this subject, 'that
wherever possible indoor ranges he
provided in public schools and other
institutions and that a special endeay.
or he made 10 promote the use OF pri.
vate and other ranges BY schools.
In treating Of this subject the board
faayances d number Of propositions for
/ the consideration Of the war depart,
ment and or congress, as well AZ III
iheads Of various schools II points
out that very little expense Is attach
ed 10 the construction of indoor shoot.
| ing galleries, and recommends thnt
special pains should be taken to see
THAT every public and private school
throughout the country Is equipped
with such range. Especially does
this apply to those institutions e
which army officers are detailed
which should be required TO provide
suitable indoor ranges and demand
a certain amount of rifle practice by
every student as part Of the mill
/ tary instruction.
1 II IL further recommended thai
ithess schools he required to provide
a range OF al least three hundred
yards, and that the state ranges
should be thrown open TO ali th'
schools under suitable regulations. I
Is impossible TO equip all the schools
with the regulation rifles used In th,
Iarmy, but the board recommends tim
the Krag carMnes. which will be
soon discarded by the United State
cavalry. should be divided among III,
4 schools, so that each scholar shoul,
at least obtain working knowledg,
OF the arm. This could be accom-
IplIshed by issuing ten pieces 10 eacl
school as part Of the equipment al
ready authorized and one carbine /.
each twenty-five scholars In publ,
schools possessing indoor ranges
These arms should be chambercd /,
received the regulation cartridge. IL
order that exploded shells may b'
I used for loading for indoor Dractic'
and with reduced charges at shor
range. II Ii suggested that twenty
five rounds Of ammunition be isslet
free for each qualification and add
ti0nal material for school practice b,
sold by the government al half It's nc
tual cost. In order 10 encourage TN
students 70 take an active interest u
this proposition. the board auggesti
TINT number of classes should b,
instituted az esharpshooters." "iun
ior sharpshooters." amarksmen" an,
Junior marksmen Junior sharp
shooters and Junior marksmen" be
Ing boys of less than fifteen years o
age.
4 A special effort Is TO be made b.
the National Rlfla Association D
America. which "a cooperating will
the National Board. 10 interest mem
bers Of the Y, M. q. A. throughout th
country In this subject with a vIey
of forming rifle clubs MS part o
these organizations and tho carryinI
on of rlfle practice under their aus
4 pices.
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