The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-10

The troubles in the Srd Regiment over the relief from command or US Colonel. are about to be settled by the election of Colonel and command ing officer. This interesting event will occur on April 19, and so far as l have been able to learn there is to be no op- position to Captain w. Fl. Mckleroy of Anniston, who has been placed in the field as a candidate for Colonel by a circular letter from his friends and fellow citizens of the military com panies of Anniston and Oxford.
 The circular letter referred to is sign ed by Captains Pelham and Smith of Cos, D. and l., and the two ieutenants of each of those organizations and is addressed to the line officers of the regiment who alone have votes in the approaching election. The letter sug- gests the name of Captain McKleroy as a candidate for Colonel of the 3rd Regiment and appeals to each line of ficer for his support and vote.
 It is conceded now that Captain Me- Kleroy is to be elected Colonel and as he is very popular and has consider able military training and widely known, his election promises to be a happy solution of the difficulties in the regiment and settle them for all time. With this trouble out of the way the 3rd will soon become one of the most efficient organizations in the ser vice
 An Act passed by the last Congress, just before adjournment, is of espe- eial interest to those who have paid any attention to the shooting of the new magazine rifle, and is intended 10 promote efficiency in the handling and firing of that weapon.
 1t is desred that citizens In civil life should know how to shoot the army gun, so that In the event of an emergency they would be equal to a regular so far as craftsmanship is concerned and. after all, that Is the main thing in actual warfare. as a shot that hits is well worth hundred misses in it's effect and for the work 1t is intended.
 It is very important to handle the new gun and have some knowledge of its mechanism to shoot it with any accuracy, hence this law, which Is giV- en in full for general information:
 "II.-An Act to promote the effi- ciency of the reserve militia and to en- courage rifle practice among the mem- bers thereof.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem- bled. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to sell, at the prices at which they are listed for the Army upon the request of the governors of the several States and Territories. such magazine rifles belonging to the United States as are not necessary for the equipment of the army and the organized militia, for the use of rifle clubs formed under regulations pre- pared by the national board for the promotion of rifle practice and ap- proved by the Secretary of war.
 Section 2. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized in his dis cretion to sell to the several States and Territories, as prescribed in section seventeen of the Act approved Jan uary twenty +first, ninteen hundred and three, for the use of said clubs ammunition, ordnance stores, and equipments of the Government stand ard at the prices at which they are listed for the army. The practice of the rifle clubs herein provided shall be carried on in conformity to regula- tions prescribed by the national board for the promotion of rifle practice, ap- proved by the Secretary of War. and the results thereof shall be filed in the ntice of the Military Secretary of the Army.
 Approved. March 8. 1905"
 It is remembered that Colonel A. A. Wiley, Congressman from the Second